No apologies please. When I review my posts the next day they're a suppurating heap of homonym errors and random pronouns. If I proofread them, I'd never post them.
In re: leather wrapping. If you're near a sporting goods emporium, you could ask for golf club wrap or tennis racket wrap. Lately there's some amazing "vegan leather" (polyester, I assume) that actually feels and looks a lot like leather. If you were using the cane extensively, I bet real leather would be better, but for cosplay it would be cheaper. (Anything from motorcycle or car shop costs more. Proximity to engines, I believe.)
Any sort of tassel would be lovely: black, gold, whatever. A good place to find one (outside of the graduation cap in your attic) is at a curtain equipment vendor. Tassels and swags often appear on the fitting which ties back most of the curtain for daylight. I'd go to a fabric store like Joanne's, or a home-stuff place like JCPenney's.
The copper wire wrap sounds like it would be uncomfortable as all get out. I'm sure there's a wacky novelty shop in the great Cambridge area where you could find a noisemaker. (I'm guessing there's a black theme in the rest of your costume: a crypt door opening could be apposite).
The theme is steampunk, so the color scheme is brown. I'm making a rushed velvet skirt and bolero in chocolate brown for Halloween, and I'll be using it for the Arisia presentation.
Re wire wrapping over leather: I acually got this idea from SCA sword hilts, and thought it might create a sword-cane look, but I'll probably abandon it as more work than is worth it.
Tassles: I have some a friend gave me years ago, so I'm pretty sure I won't have to buy any.
Re leather wrap: I've looked a tennis wrap stuff on Amazon, but it all seems to come in either black or sporty colors, with no mention of whether it looks/feels like leather. Yes, the motorcycle stuff is expensive, but it comes in brown leather, and it has a solid adhesive backing. If you see something equivalent, I'll probably go for it.
Re sound effects: this would probably be a good excuse to drag Alexx to a toy store, since there seem to be lots of really cheap space blaster toys. Or I may get a pair of nice unlined wrist-length brown leather gloves (oo, that makes my "Dr. Who" Master fetish happy) and rig something to it, like an Iron Man gauntlet.
I spent osme time his morning sanding and staining the handle of the black cane and, despite being clever enough to wear a latex-type glove on the hand I was using to dab stain on the cane, managed to drip stain everywhere including the ungloved hand I was using to wield the paper towels.
Stain is a bear to work with. It's only doing what we want it to do — work its way into every nook and cranny of the surface to which its applied (or applying, in your case).
I hope for your sake it's water based! Get someone to take pictures!
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Date: 2011-09-23 05:38 pm (UTC)In re: leather wrapping. If you're near a sporting goods emporium, you could ask for golf club wrap or tennis racket wrap. Lately there's some amazing "vegan leather" (polyester, I assume) that actually feels and looks a lot like leather. If you were using the cane extensively, I bet real leather would be better, but for cosplay it would be cheaper. (Anything from motorcycle or car shop costs more. Proximity to engines, I believe.)
Any sort of tassel would be lovely: black, gold, whatever. A good place to find one (outside of the graduation cap in your attic) is at a curtain equipment vendor. Tassels and swags often appear on the fitting which ties back most of the curtain for daylight. I'd go to a fabric store like Joanne's, or a home-stuff place like JCPenney's.
The copper wire wrap sounds like it would be uncomfortable as all get out. I'm sure there's a wacky novelty shop in the great Cambridge area where you could find a noisemaker. (I'm guessing there's a black theme in the rest of your costume: a crypt door opening could be apposite).
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Date: 2011-09-23 06:06 pm (UTC)Re wire wrapping over leather: I acually got this idea from SCA sword hilts, and thought it might create a sword-cane look, but I'll probably abandon it as more work than is worth it.
Tassles: I have some a friend gave me years ago, so I'm pretty sure I won't have to buy any.
Re leather wrap: I've looked a tennis wrap stuff on Amazon, but it all seems to come in either black or sporty colors, with no mention of whether it looks/feels like leather. Yes, the motorcycle stuff is expensive, but it comes in brown leather, and it has a solid adhesive backing. If you see something equivalent, I'll probably go for it.
Re sound effects: this would probably be a good excuse to drag Alexx to a toy store, since there seem to be lots of really cheap space blaster toys. Or I may get a pair of nice unlined wrist-length brown leather gloves (oo, that makes my "Dr. Who" Master fetish happy) and rig something to it, like an Iron Man gauntlet.
I spent osme time his morning sanding and staining the handle of the black cane and, despite being clever enough to wear a latex-type glove on the hand I was using to dab stain on the cane, managed to drip stain everywhere including the ungloved hand I was using to wield the paper towels.
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Date: 2011-09-23 06:13 pm (UTC)I hope for your sake it's water based! Get someone to take pictures!