At the end of June I'm going to Melbourne, Australia.
For Comic Con.
There'll be a few famous guests there, along with one of my most favourite artists - Jason Palmer

This will be my first international convention, but seeing as I'm helping staff the event, I won't be costuming up at all.
It's going to be hard being at a con and not being in costume for once, but I've thought of a way to not feel so bad about it - I'm putting together a Slave Leia inspired ensemble to wear one of the days
Nothing too obvious, but I'm hunting out things with grey/ burgundy/ gold colour schemes that are reminiscent of the look. It's also going to be the middle of winter

Am also upgrading the Slave Leia costume with a prop... have put through an order for a custom-made vibro axe (the giant metal axe/ spear the majority of Slave Leia figures feature). I'm not normally one to commission props, but looking at the experimentation and costs involved in making one myself compared with getting one from someone who has made a large number in the past, I figured it'd be safer to order one, just this once
Slave Leia is due for a new hair braid... current one is looking rather mattered at the end, so I'm looking at the jumbo braid from "I Kick Shins" as a replacement. Has anyone had any experience purchasing from them?

Finally - a 'new'ish costume - if you have the Star Wars Blu-ray set, you may have seen the deleted sandstorm scene from ROTJ. Leia appears to be wearing a poncho and goggles over the top of the Slave Bikini. There was also a collectible figure recently released of this 'sandstorm' Leia.
Yep. I be working on Sandstorm Leia!

Seeing as the Bikini is the base for the outfit, the poncho will provide a quick and accurate way to cover up for cold-weather/ evening troops/ (plus events where a disgruntled person may question the suitability of the bikini)

Been working on the goggles, will try to get some progress pics up


Oh - that 80s outfit I did was inspired by Katie Perry's 'Last Friday Night' outfit