No rest for the wicked

Yesterday, or actually the day before now, I started playing around with the skull for my daughter's Pandora costume.  Take an inexpensive Halloween decoration and add some clay to build it up the way you need it, install a small battery pack and LED lights, then paint and detail.  Sounds simple enough; until the clay dried and didn't stay put.  Dodo head forgot to pre-sand the surface so it would stick.  Ok, lesson learned, won't do that again and have now re-thought the whole design; going to use craft foam instead.  This will keep it light (she has to carry it around all day at ComicCon) and it is still a very easy medium to work with.

Also yesterday I played with my Wonderflex for the first time and fell in love with it.  Decided to piddle with it on a mask I can't seem to make up my mind on for the neighbor - I have played with a couple mediums but I think I am going to use the Wonderflex.  It's light, mold-able, yet sturdy.  I need to whip it out this weekend and finish it up so I can get it off my plate.  I am going to use my 'piddle' for a pattern, in 2 parts, to get the proper feel for the 'mouth' of the mask and then the paint is quick, just red and white.  Oh, and I need to pick up something for the eyes, a gauze or something like it - thin and white so he can still see.

Batwoman's gloves came and they match the material I purchased to make the utility belt, guantlet, and symbol perfectly.  That was a load off my mind.  The material for the cape should be here tomorrow, so will be laying out the design for it this weekend as well.

Can you say busy body????

I am Batwoman, hear me roar, lol.

The Batwoman Project:

With ComicCon coming up quickly, I needed the least path of stress for my costume this year.  I think the suggestion of Batwoman by one spousal unit was self serving, but I agreed that it was the least work I could put into a new costume.  I already have the red hair and the skin suit was an easy find.  All was going smoothly and quickly, that was until I tried buying red pleather to make the accessories. Holy hue Batman; who would have thought it could be so scarce or so varied in the different tones of red.  None the less, I will say this is the easiest, not counting being Elvira, that I have done.  As soon as my glove and cape material arrive I can whip the accessories out and be done with it.

Already planning the next costume - Dragon Age Inquisition character

Introduction

I am the Reluctant Dilettante.  

What does that make me?  A Dilettante is a person who dabbles in a variety of pursuits but is not dedicated to any particular one.  We are not simply an amateur or hobbyist, but better know as a Generalist, Savant, Renaissance Man (or woman), or Jack of all Trades.  We are known to be masters of procrastination, highly skilled in the art of holding off the completion of one task by introducing another.  We may or may not eventually complete our original ideas, but when we do, they are works of art - to us - for we completed it!  We are Reluctant as we want to see the succession of our dreams, but inner fears of success or self-doubt constantly trip us back into the cycle of procrastination.  People often want to say Dilettantes are lazy, they avoid work, but they are most likely the busiest people you know.  We have a thirst for knowledge, always delving into new realms to expand our repertoire.  With all that a Dilettante touches, they try to leave a small fingerprint of themselves on the world around them.  That is what I am.  

Welcome to my random paradigm.