If a picture is worth a thousand words, is this a really long entry?

[beetiger]

First draft on the beegirl costume. It still needs a little something more black on the upper body, I think -- perhaps a low-slung leather collar or a black velvet scarf. But I'm overall pleased with it.

This is definitely an outfit that requires an assistant. I of course need to be laced into the corset. Although I actually have the eyes mounted on a pair of glasses behind the mask, the holes in the eyes are tiny and only allow limited tunnel vision, plus they tend to fog up after a bit. Also, the boots have 4" heels, which means I may want a bit of help navigating stairs and the like. (If anyone wants to volunteer to accompany me for a while one night at Midwest FurFest, you will be richly rewarded.)

I'm aiming for disturbing, yet sexy. What do you think?

Comments

[cowboy-r.livejournal.com]

I think you should put black stripes on the orange bodysuit, and hide the straps for the wings in the corset somehow.

I also think I'm disturbed, now.

[supersocks.livejournal.com]

Hey, alright, it's a chitinsuit! ditto on the stripes idea. You might also want to add some insect head definition to the mask so it reads more buggy than human-head-covered-in-black.
Very cool!

[genders.livejournal.com]

I also like the stripe idea; you can now purchase clear straps for use with bras and the like even in Wal-Mart, unless they're done for the season.

Really cool costume.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

I agree with Gryllus on this one; the head is what's lacking most. If you've noticed, a lot of furry art is animal heads on otherwise human bodies.

You should have bigger, compound eyes. Heck, if the head looks like



...I'd be really happy. (You may need to shift the eyes forward so that you can see out of them.)

I'd also agree with those who want stripes. Yellow and black stripes. Mrrrrr.

Finally... since we can't see the other side, I assume that you have a stinger?

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

i find that mask more than a little disturbing. :) i agree that it needs some more black, but i'm not sure about thin stripes. your idea of a collar is - of course - insteresting to me, but you probably meant a different type of collar. *innocent look*

[cowboy-r.livejournal.com]

Rather than shifting the eyes forward, you could shift the feelers out a little ways, and conceal your vision slits in them somehow.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

In normal lighting, the straps and the bodysuit were the same color. Obviously not exactly, as per photo! I'll probably be going with velcro for the wing attachment instead.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I was actually thinking of the head as being one of her more anthro features. I kind of like a sleek look for it. Also I'm a deelybopper fan. :)Separate from moving the eyes, what might you suggest for a more buggy head look?

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Actually the eyes are compound, though you can't really tell in the picture. They are made of yellow base with black dots in Fimo clay. I tried a larger, bulkier set, but they really messed with the relative delicacy I was looking for in the shape. I may keep working at that, though.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

I think I meant exactly what you thought I meant! This costume is very sensory deprivation oriented, between the limited vision and the corset. Very subby.

[mike-kenshin.livejournal.com]

Oh, so many comments, so little time...

None of which, will _not_ get me in trouble with one or more persons :)

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Oh, get out of here, before I start teasing you for wearing my husband's clothing. ;)

Yes.

[m0nkeygrl.livejournal.com]

Very nice costume. I do think you hit the mark of "disturbing yet sexy." :) I can't wait to see it in person next month.

[(Anonymous)]

Richly rewarded, eh?

Like maybe with some SKYBOAT MATERIAL or some specifics on ENCHANTMENTS, maybe, HRM?!?!?!

I might could make myself available at MFF. :)

Loxley

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[supersocks.livejournal.com]

The picture posted there is a good guide. If you can incorporate that triangle shape and some of the plates that make up the head, it would look more buggy. :)

[mike-kenshin.livejournal.com]

Ah, but he's not in the clothes at the time, so it's not _as_ scandalous. Or as interesting. *evil gryn*

Room for one more furless lackey?

[lmacleod.livejournal.com]

Interesting suit, and I definitely don't mind keeping myself busy during the con.

If you still need someone to help you and be a spotter, let me know. At the least, it gives me another excuse to take pictures of you close up :)

Mac

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

I don't find this disturbing. Should I find my lack of disturbance disturbing?

[paka.livejournal.com]

It looks nicely reminiscent of Brom...

... which means that if you really wanted to go the Brom route, some more straps, a batch of Army surplus web gear, some sort of gothic flanged mace would really accessorize it further. Er, but you were going for sexy. Right! Sorry.

How'd you do the compound eyes anyway?

Sub-bee

[cloverr.livejournal.com]

WONDERFUL; I Love it! Especially like the body suit and corset. Yep, you need to hide the wing straps-- velcro, or I've also seen costumers make a sort of clip-hook that goes over the corset back. Do you have a "stinger"? That could just be some sort of tail like attachment at the base of the corset back.

(BTW, Have I shown you the wasp-woman in corset tattoo on my lower back?)

One idea for the head--I could make you a great mask from an old army surplus gas mask I have. I've always thought it looked disturbingly insectoid. Have always wanted to actually do something with it. How about, I make a mask just for fun and give it to you at MFF--then you can decide if it actually works with the costume or not.

Hey, I'm actually going to a mask making/women's circle get together this weekend--I could even start working on it there!

One more comment--you look just too cute! I don't know if I'm suffering from body-image envy or developing a crush...:)

Re: Sub-bee

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

I would *so* love to have you make me an insect mask, as an alternative if nothing else! Keep it low-tech looking, if you can...that's my style. I'll figure out something good to trade you back.

Stll haven't quite worked out the stinger. I've got a fabric bit from the wing backs hat I was going to move to the butt; alternately, I may make something more substantial in black velveteen. Got any? :)

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Practice golf balls and Fimo.

Heh.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

If we do any of the skyboat testing as PBeM, you'll be on the list. :)

Re: Sub-bee

[cloverr.livejournal.com]

Coolies! lol. Just what I need another project...:) But I'm inspired now...

I do have some back velveteen scraps; I think that would look good for a stinger. Does your corset lace up the back? I've made a couple of tails that lace right into the last set of lower eyelets on the corset. It works pretty good--you just need to figure our how much of a gap you have bewteen the eyelets and if you need to add any length to a plaquet so the tail sits at an appropriate spot.

Re: Sub-bee

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

It does lace up the back. I usually have about a one-inch gap maximum. It comes just to about the waist. I can send you a back-picture privately if you'd like.

[bookwurm.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! That is really impressive. I agree with the recommendations for stripes. I think a black collar would just get lost in the neck of the hood. However, a reltavely thin (~0.5 in.) orange collar would look really good.

J and I will be at MFF, but I don't what hours. (We'll be commuting so we can take care of our cats.) I'm looking forward to seeing you again!

Re: Sub-bee

[cloverr.livejournal.com]

One more thing..... I have a black leather collar which is studded with a sort of honeycomb pattern in silver. It might fit in with your ensemble. I don't wear it anymore (as it's gotten too tight in the last eight years since I bought at San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair). Will bring it along to MFF too.

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[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

i strip off my elf ears and jump right back into LJ. someone has corrupted me.

oh yeah. forget it. ;)

i had an idea for the eyes, even on a gas mask. i bet you could find a remnant of gold or black metallic fabric for a couple bucks at a craft store. if you dipped it in stiffener and molded it to a large (sugar) easter egg mold, you'd have almost those eyes above when you lifted it clear. the fabric is really thin and fairly see through-able. not that easy to pick out features underneathe it though.

this idea could be adopted to cover eye-holes of a gas mask.

if this missive makes no sense, don't worry - it will self-destruct in 10 seconds.

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