Comic Con 2019 -sewing Thranduil

 Comic Con is on this year, in 2 weeks - but I have not bought tickets yet. Having just come out of lockdown, and quarantine as well in my house! - I just can’t see how it can still run.

I have been working on my Outlander patched shirt, but thought that instead I would finally get around to finishing posting about the Thranduil costume I made for Comic Con in 2019.

I used an op shop pattern to start with, and made a muslin out of calico. I drew texts lines to mark the different segments, and cut them out to make the new pattern pieces, with help from some online posts I found which showed where the sewing lines are. 

The silver/ green tinged fabric was a super lucky find from Spotlight, it was basically the first thing we found, and was exactly what I was looking for. Plus we were in Spotlight during the last day of a “ 40% off everything”  sale, excellent timing!

After checking & double checking the pattern pieces, consulting online posts, and lots of reference pics from the movie and making-of DVD’s, I cut out the pieces from the silver fabric and started sewing! I numbered each piece with stickers so they wouldn’t get mixed up, it was a bit like making a quilt. 

The boots were a lucky op shop find, they were white with elastic laces & cost the sum total of $2. I took the laces out and painted the boots  black. I found a pair of tall black boots at Savers, chopped them up and added elastic straps to hold them onto the under shoes. They turned out really well!

The crown and main brooch were made from a wire frame, hot glue,and paint. There was a great YouTube video on making the crown that was super helpful.

I did the first coat of paint, then rewatched some reference videos, and repainted with a different colour scheme. I also added some fake leaves - $2 shop aquarium plastic plants, which looked much better with a  touch of paint. My son was not convinced about the leaves, nor the boots, until he saw the finished products! He also was not initially keen on the $20 Rapunzel dress up wig I found at Spotlight, but I talked him out of spending $150 on a wig! I removed the braided hair section, and spent ages picking the glue from the braid out of the wig! Some online research led me to trying dry hair shampoo on the wig to take some of the shine off/ improve the colour a bit. A bit of brushing and shaping improved the hair; and a pile of hair clips, combined with the weight and shape of the crown anchored it in place. I nearly forgot the ears - found at a local costume shop ( would you believe there were about 3 different version to choose from!)

I always say a great costume is the sum of all the parts!

The rings were op shop finds, with a couple made from craft wire.

The scabbard/ sword holster was my H’s contribution to the outfit!