The Quidditch Costume

[mishaday]

Having a little trouble ftp-ing to Madstop, but yay for Rabidpug!

Slightly fuzzy picture of the Quidditch costume:



Took us a couple of tries - the camera wasn't letting the nice new batteries work, so we had to borrow one from General Surgery, which needed to be held very, very still. There were a couple of red blurs that I trashed - at least in this one you can tell I have a face.

If you're really bored, feel free to point out all the ways in which it isn't like what I was using for a model: (Don't worry - I've got the exhaustive list already.)



Took the picture from a fansite for Katie Bell's actress that I can't find right now. It's part of a huge still with all the players from the movie splayed out across the Gryffindor Common Room, including the part that most people see, which is the crop of Oliver Wood sitting on the ground looking sexy. The twins, also very with the sexy. Harry - not so much with the sexy, being all of twelve. (I don't care what you say - he' not going to be sexy until he's at least sixteen (in Britain, eighteen in America.) Lalalalala.)

Comments

Eez verra nice... :)

[srallen.livejournal.com]

Very cool!

Next year I'll ask you to make my Trolloween scarf :)

Re: Eez verra nice... :)

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Give me more than a week's notice, please. My hands are still twinging, and oi - my back! :)

Re: Eez verra nice... :)

[srallen.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking I'll ask around, say, September some time? :)

Next year I'll give my skeleton some more thought *grins*

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

That looks so brilliant. *awed*

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) I'm really critical of my own work, so it's really nice to have people ignore the wrong bits and just say it looks good.

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

*nod* I know what you mean. Though I'll say I for one can't see any wrong bits. :)

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Bottom isn't hemmed, the sweater has no sleeves (I *did* keep the robe on for a reason), the robe's sleeves are a little on the long side... The rest are pretty minor details that I'm aware of, but only because I obsess over researching costumes when I'm making them.

[sheer-panic.livejournal.com]

Umm, I don't get the Britian vs. America age thing, but the costume is brilliant..

[scuse me, Misha]

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

I'm taking the leap of logic to figure she means in terms of when the consensual/legal age is in each country. It's sixteen in England and eighteen (I think?) in America.

Re: [scuse me, Misha]

[sheer-panic.livejournal.com]

In the US it varies from state to state.

Re: [scuse me, Misha]

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

Really? Did not know that. Gods, that must be confusing, then.

Re: [scuse me, Misha]

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

It is. It so is. And sometimes it depends on the age of your partner, too, which only adds to the confusion. So I generalize to 18.

Re: [scuse me, Misha]

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

hoo BOY. That's nutsoid... *is quite glad not to have to worry about that, hee*

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[sheer-panic.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is rather. AR is 16, VA is 15, IL is 18.. and then there's the guy in IA who ended up doing jail time for taking sexy pictures of his lover.. completely legal for him to sex her all day long at age 16, but take one snapshot and it's child porn, and 20 years in the slammer for you.

US laws often make *no* sense.

Stoopid laws

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Heh - it's amazing that they occasionally (once in a blue moon) *do* make sense.

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Age of consent. Britain is 16, America is... fucked, and not in a literal sense, alas. So I generalize to 18.

[kasha.livejournal.com]

You look so cute! Good job on the costume. Very good job!

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[sheer-panic.livejournal.com]

Anyway.. what position do you play?

I'd be rather keen to be a chaser, myself. ;-)

S.

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Katie's a chaser, and even if I weren't dressed as her, I'd probably want that position. My hand-eye coordination isn't good enough for beater, and there's not enough pitch-long flying as keeper. Forget seeker.

Not that I've given this much thought at all. :)

[sheer-panic.livejournal.com]

Yah.. the flying is the part I'd really enjoy also.

[sisterfish125.livejournal.com]

WOW!
Looks amazing! You're so talented!

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Yay me! Thanks :)

Way kewl!

[shrewreader.livejournal.com]

Misha, your costume rocks like a rocking thing! Way to go!

Now, about getting that broom to fly..... Could make commutes -much- easier here in Atlanta, so if you figure it out, let us all know? Please?

--Shrewkate

Re: Way kewl!

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Yes, but does it rock like Stonehenge, or the Rockies? :)

My line on Friday was that it was 'a training broom' that I'd brought 'for my little cousin', and the real brooms were locked up in the broom shed. That one's a little small for daily commuting, but I didn't have time or resources to make an adult sized one.

Soon as I have the cushioning charms worked out, I'll let you know :)

[gymgeek.livejournal.com]

Nice costume. I didn't do anything, though I did tell kids that Smarties were good for their eyes. And I'm glad you decided to use Alefnot Hosting Services. (Rabidpug)

Speaking of Wood, you missed a good hockey game the other night. They won it in our corner. And we were in row three. We also had a fight in our corner. The angst was delicious.

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

Man! You gotta tell me when y'all are going - I love babyhockey!

[themouseketeer.livejournal.com]

That is just so cool! And the photo of you looks ace, too (not just the costume)

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

Thanks!