Customs
 
 
Customs simply means using dolls of any kind and sewing for them clothes that were a close design of other characters from books, videogames or whatever. All hand sewn on account of not learning how to use the sewing machine 
 
The Big Four
 My 12 inchers whom I usually use to make costumes. Chun Li-5 and Ryu-5 (standing) are now in semi retirement because of the the more articulated pair Ryu-14 (aka The Serious One) and his companion piece Obi-Chun (an Obitsu)
 
Video games based
Well duh that's the wrong Bahamut. But its the only Bahamut I have. ya  
 		 Final Fantasy X -Yuna   
After playing Final Fantasy over 90 hours. This is bound to happen, you know. Yuna's costume made mainly with ribbons. No Tidus, Rikku, Kimahri or Wakka ya.
 The first piece of anything for Ryu. Ryu with shades... Looks kinda cool ya 
 
 
Final Fantasy X - Auron   
A lot has to do with the fact that I can't afford Sir AuronyGoodness (whoops! fangirl alert!). 'Sequins' ya. According to a friend he looks more like Neo (if I ever get around to making Neo's cassock). Eventually will learn to make a pair of pants for him
One heck of a learning curve to get this done That butterfly was a hairclip ya Final Fantasy  X - Lulu   
How many belts? The answer is 15 ya. Auron and Lulu *Laughs* No stuffed toys were de-tailed or skinned in the making of Lulu's costume. Ya  
  
 
 
King of Fighters series- Vice    
Until I can sew a nicer looking vest
Nippon Ichi!! Please pick up your eyeballs and roll your tongue back into your mouth. Fatal Fury series - Mai Shiranui  
3 pieces of ribbons for her costume. Getting her hair right gave me a headache and made me missed breakfast. 
She's a whole lot cuter as Yuri Art of Fighting series - Yuri Sakazaki (customed from SOTA Sakura) 
The ultimate level upper piece. Since she's a freaking 6 inch action figure it ups the difficulty factor for me.  T_T (I should go back to 12 inchers) I made pants (whoohoo pants! - see Auron) instead of tights because I don't wanna paint her legs.  
Also broke her left hands... So that was on loan from Cammy. 
Street Fighters - Chun Li 
After years of trying to make Chun Li into somebody, the role reversal finally came and I sort of made an Obitsu into Chun Li. On account of not being an official CL she's named The Obi-Chun and has to be in player 2 colors where the CL costume is concern. Still wasn't able to make a proper petal sleeve hem. 

Her original hair made her too DOA Kasumi for my liking so I rerooted her in a prefered color. 
Her album 
 
Darkstalkers - Morrigan 
In the long wait for SOTA to release their Darkstalkers line. I was struck by the Auron Sydrome (making costume to ease wanting a toy) 

The head wings are made of flexi sculpy and wires, the big wings from wires, lycra and bits of sculpy. 
The costume is made of lycra and actual nylon stockings material. The puffy arm thingys used to be puffy hairbands. 
Boots stolen from the late Queen Amidala. 
Harassing Ryu 
Trying to be Dracula
 
Cheongsam/Qipao 
it all started with a joke about CL having a different shade of the same cheongsam. Gave me a lot of headaches 4/3/3 Done in one day. The first sleeveless cheongsam. Looks kinda matronly.... Even I'm tempted to buy the fabric to tailor a such a cheongsam for myself. I had to edit the pic a bit
not the best looking piece. But its the one piece with an obvious looking bust and waist
A white one, A black one, A red one. The red blossom one, blue one. And now I can't get rid of the notion of doing one in each fabric I have. All because of the SIMs skin editor. I'm missing a pink and a whole lot of other shapes and designs. And now Obi-Chun kinda takes over 

The pattern-impaired Iwa's guide to Cheongsam making
 
Fics based
  
 
  Ragged Kimono aka Jiu Dao Nu  
Chapter 40 in Legacy's tale. That odd little Kimono I mention. The piece of cloth that sparks off parts of a fic and frantic fabric hunts.  
Hair made with a certain type of rope usually found on certain shopping bags 
 
Obi is actually Ryu's headband from SF3 comic Formal Kimono aka Bride of Darkness  
Chapter 2 and 14 of Legacy's Tale. And the obi is Ryu's headband. this is the closest I got to making a kimono
Just a blue kimono  I like the way her hem made a circular fan around feet
Those shells came from a shell necklace. Element Water  
I actually dumped her in an unused fish tank. And I'll do it again until I get the exact pic effect. Element water is based on a subplot in book 2 or 3. Her hair is made with unreveling satin ribbons, because texture of wigs freak me out
  
If her headpiece looks familiar. It should because that used to belong to Amidala		   
Element Fire  
Waited a few days to get right type of strong sunlight to shine into my living room. As I don't want her near any naked flame. Staff made by combining the Kusunagi Sun sword, Kagura mirrior and 1 of 8 Orochi herald sword onto a chopstick and binded with ribbons.
 
 
And since I spent a large part of my time and energy in sewing these with the constant threat of getting Carpal-Tunnel Syndrome. If you have to take the pics for your own site please email me or at least link a credit to my site at  http://www.rcllair.com/ otherwise it reflects very badly on you. 
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