planning ahead and how things sometimes work out for me...

Hiya!

So my cosplay plan is forming itself pretty nicely, I now have costumes for both days for tracon, fanfest and even Frostbite if I decide to go (or rather get the ticket, it seems to be very hard getting one...).
So as I've been planning all these costumes, I've realized there are a lot of similar parts in them, that I can use for two costumes. I had to make a post about this, since this is like the first time ever a plan is falling so nicely together.
And while we are on the topic of planning, this is something I'm pretty good at: making a plan and sticking to it. I could talk about the joys of organizing all day, so I'll just end it here and go on to the actual topic of the day!

So here's a list of all the parts I'm going to be using in more than one costume. In fact I think these reusable parts have played a role in me picking the characters I'm doing this year, I think this is proof of how planning ahead can reduce your work load  as well as the cost of your cosplay costumes.

First of, Pixie and Mantis have the same shape of  headband. Sometimes Pixies is black and sometimes its yellow, I wasn't sure which color I would pick, until I noticed that Mantis headband is the exact same shape. On top of this Mantis headband also varies, sometimes its red and sometimes it's yellow. So I decided to do a yellow headband, at use it for both costumes!

Another thing these two ladies have in common is their eyes, they both have black eyes, and therefor I can use my blackout lenses (that I got for a discount woop!) for both.

Also, both Duela and Victoria have green eyes, which means I can use the blood elf lenses I bought last year for them:

If I go to desucon frostbite I will be making this version!

Then there is the issue of belts in the costumes, now this is where it gets really neat :D Mantis, Pixie and X-23 all have the same shape on the belt. Pixies is yellow however, but that can easily be fixed by making a yellow "cover" for it, that I can slide on and of. Pixie and Laura obviously also have the X- belt buckle which is mostly the same color.

More on the topic of belts, I bought a nice steampunk style belt for Duela, that I can use for Victoria as well.

The thing that is really bugging me, however, is Duelas and Victorias goggles. They are pretty much identical, apart from the extra lens on Duelas goggles. I am very much tempted to rip of the extra lens and then put it back when I reuse Duela, but somehow it doesnt seem like a very good (or easy) solution. I swear, nothing good has ever come out of  saying "I'll just rip this off!"

Also, it sucks becuase at the moment I'm actually way more into making Victoria, who doesn't need to be ready until October... But oh well.
 I'm working on Duela every spear minute and the next entry will be about the making of her backpack! Yup, thats right, I finished something!