New Costume?
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:10 am
Yes, I meant to put a question mark at the end of that.
As several of you know, I've been working on a Mara Jade outfit. Mara is, of course a very expensive costume to do, and the lightsaber alone will not only make a large dent in any income I get, but will also take many weeks to get once I order it.
So here's the thing, I'm debating on if I should work on another costume (a cheaper costume) until I get some regular cash flow, and pick one that won't require weeks upon weeks of waiting for things to be made and sent to me. Now I realize that ANY costume I do is going to cost a fair bit for it to look good, so I guess this is really more of an issue of patience. I could take small bits of cash and start working on bits of another costume at a steady pace, or I could save it up, spend it, save it up, spend it, save it up, and spend it on Mara.
Ideally, I'd like to get official membership sometime before the end of the year, and with Mara I'll be really hard pressed to do that since there are so many pieces that cost a bit on their own and will thus require not only time to be made, but also time to save for them.
Some other costumes I've considered working on that I stand a better chance of finishing before 2009:
Royal Guard (which could potentially take that long since the helmets are so hard to find, and I fear making one may be beyond my abilities)
Ysanne Isard
And and un-specified Imperial officer.
I feel like I'm rambling and never getting to the point here, but basically I'm asking for opinions. Should I finish the one I have started and just wait longer for membership, or should I get membership out of the way (all those are costumes I want to do eventually anyways) and then devote untold months to mara?
As several of you know, I've been working on a Mara Jade outfit. Mara is, of course a very expensive costume to do, and the lightsaber alone will not only make a large dent in any income I get, but will also take many weeks to get once I order it.
So here's the thing, I'm debating on if I should work on another costume (a cheaper costume) until I get some regular cash flow, and pick one that won't require weeks upon weeks of waiting for things to be made and sent to me. Now I realize that ANY costume I do is going to cost a fair bit for it to look good, so I guess this is really more of an issue of patience. I could take small bits of cash and start working on bits of another costume at a steady pace, or I could save it up, spend it, save it up, spend it, save it up, and spend it on Mara.
Ideally, I'd like to get official membership sometime before the end of the year, and with Mara I'll be really hard pressed to do that since there are so many pieces that cost a bit on their own and will thus require not only time to be made, but also time to save for them.
Some other costumes I've considered working on that I stand a better chance of finishing before 2009:
Royal Guard (which could potentially take that long since the helmets are so hard to find, and I fear making one may be beyond my abilities)
Ysanne Isard
And and un-specified Imperial officer.
I feel like I'm rambling and never getting to the point here, but basically I'm asking for opinions. Should I finish the one I have started and just wait longer for membership, or should I get membership out of the way (all those are costumes I want to do eventually anyways) and then devote untold months to mara?
