Tombstone Val Kilmer / Doc Holliday Costume
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I will just point back to my previous introduction of Cameron1138 and say, "See? This. This is what I am jabbering about. This right here."
joberg
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Yes...and he's in your good company also. You guys kill me softly with your eyes for accuracy...in a great way, of course
Speaking of fine detail, has anyone found a source for realistic costume facial hair? These western mustaches are not in my genetics.
joberg
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Fake facial hair (mustache/beard/side burns) are always tricky. Practice makes perfect as they say. Mix of a good glue, then applying little tuft of hair to the main mustache...some make-up and voilà. I guess it's easier to say then to do
There's quite a few models to choose from on Etsy.
There's quite a few models to choose from on Etsy.
I found the technique you described and this might be a bit easier than I thought. So the use of the prefabs has the one drawback of seeing the edges and that is the spot where the glue and strays comes in to cover the backing edges. Makes sense. Thank you!! Now to pick the central prefab and some matching tuft pack.Fake facial hair (mustache/beard/side burns) are always tricky. Practice makes perfect as they say. Mix of a good glue, then applying little tuft of hair to the main mustache...some make-up and voilà. I guess it's easier to say then to do
There's quite a few models to choose from on Etsy.
PS my wife will have you on her "bad" list when I start wandering around town with my Wyatt stache.
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Cameron1138
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Thank you so much! The jacket was definitely my favorite of his wardrobe items so I wanted to tackle that as soon as I could. Finishing it will be delayed a little longer since I had to order some different buttons last minute. In the meantime I'm working on the grey shirt with the diagonal striped bib front.HOLY SMOKES THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!
"Falling down the button hole." See you when you get back Alice.
joberg
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You can always shave the lower part of your own mustache and keep the upper stubble/hair untouched. Then it's a game of blending your real hair with the prefab one...that could, not only, cut your work to a minimum, but also make your 'stache more natural. The problem with that technique is that you'll look like Guy William in Zorro
...and knowing that I'm on your wife's bad list, I'll surely not travel to Oregon soon
You don't understand how much worse you just made it. I have been threatening to do the Guy Williams Zorro ever since the Adam Ant mustache last Spring. This runs right up there with "if your friends jump off the bridge, are you doing it to?" I still remember how much it hurt hitting the water..... so, ya, pretty likely.You can always shave the lower part of your own mustache and keep the upper stubble/hair untouched. Then it's a game of blending your real hair with the prefab one...that could, not only, cut your work to a minimum, but also make your 'stache more natural. The problem with that technique is that you'll look like Guy William in Zorro
But this is a great method and I had never even seen it suggested anywhere before so thank you. I will definitely try this. It could easily eliminate the upper lace showing on a handsewn piece.
JohnHolliday
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Funny you should mention that shirt, as this shirt is the next one coming up as it is on the on-deck circle. We are going to finish our John Wayne Rio Bravo vest (which is about 80% finished) then it is on to the Doc Holliday O.K. Corral shirt, followed by a lot of other Doc shirts since they are pretty much the same shirts with just a few changes here and there. Patterns and Fabric have been bought for all these Val/Doc shirts so we ought to pump them out at a pretty good rate
We are even going to throw in a Wyatt shirt or two as well since they are the same shirt with just different fabric. After the shirts are complete it will be on to the vest
JohnHolliday
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Here is John Wayne's / Cole Thornton's Red/Orange shirt from El Dorado that we just did to celebrate our 1st Anniversary
Cameron1138
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Awesome! I'm especially looking forward to the vests.Funny you should mention that shirt, as this shirt is the next one coming up as it is on the on-deck circle. We are going to finish our John Wayne Rio Bravo vest (which is about 80% finished) then it is on to the Doc Holliday O.K. Corral shirt, followed by a lot of other Doc shirts since they are pretty much the same shirts with just a few changes here and there. Patterns and Fabric have been bought for all these Val/Doc shirts so we ought to pump them out at a pretty good rate
Just finished my shirt, it's definitely not perfect but for trying to keep as many of my items as low-budget as I can I'm happy enough with it (especially considering most of won't even be visible under the vest and cravat). I really dislike making shirts (thinner fabrics and me just never really got along) so I always prefer to modify preexisting shirts whenever possible.
This was a $15 pullover band collar shirt from Amazon, and I just added the striped bib and the suspender loops (made from the chest pocket) and added additional buttonholes on the cuffs to accommodate cufflinks. It's a little more purplish of a grey than I'd prefer, but I really wanted to use cotton rather than linen and I was pretty limited in terms of the non-linen grey pullover shirts I could find, and the base fabric will barely be seen when in full costume anyway. Still need to pick up cufflinks and another silver collar stud and a detachable wing collar, so the club collar is standing in for now.
Still waiting for the jacket buttons, after that I probably won't work on anything else for this until the spring while I finish some other projects in the queue.
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