Cool Halloween Costumes images
A few nice Halloween Costumes images I found:
Thor’s Hammer
Image by Morgon Mae
I made this Viking princess costume out of linen, multicolored trim, glass beads, and Super Sculpey polymer clay, which I spray painted gold.
Reenactment enthusiast Lady Muireann ingen Eoghain ua Maoil Mheaghna provided the pattern for the underdress (http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/Tunics/TUNICS.HTML). This was a super simple pattern that turned out great–I almost didn’t want to cover it with the apron dress. I had a ton of extra ease under the arms, so if I use this pattern again I’ll reduce those pieces from the start. As you can see, the apron sits a bit too low. I could only wear it so high because of the bulk in the sleeves. Lady Nastassiia Ivanova Medvedeva provided the pattern for the apron dress, which takes some tricky folding to get started. I might try a different pattern next time if I can find one that doesn’t require starting out with a split panel, but I respect both of these patterns because they waste nothing and make shapely dresses out of rectangles. I might still go back and tailor both garments a bit, but they can’t be too fitted as they lack closures.
I chose navy blue for the apron dress because I’d read that blue fabric was prized in the Sagas and that the dark color that results from successive dyings was most valuable. I made the underdress out of fabric I had on hand. The beads are a mixture of bulk beads from a craft store and some that I had on hand. More period-accurate beads probably would have had a matte finish.
The Brooches are quite simplified, and the Thor’s hammer is a simplified version of this one: www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/WF002113.html, which I found in a book.
VikingPrincesJewelry
Image by Morgon Mae
I made this Viking princess costume out of linen, multicolored trim, glass beads, and Super Sculpey polymer clay, which I spray painted gold.
Reenactment enthusiast Lady Muireann ingen Eoghain ua Maoil Mheaghna provided the pattern for the underdress (http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/Tunics/TUNICS.HTML). This was a super simple pattern that turned out great–I almost didn’t want to cover it with the apron dress. I had a ton of extra ease under the arms, so if I use this pattern again I’ll reduce those pieces from the start. As you can see, the apron sits a bit too low. I could only wear it so high because of the bulk in the sleeves. Lady Nastassiia Ivanova Medvedeva provided the pattern for the apron dress, which takes some tricky folding to get started. I might try a different pattern next time if I can find one that doesn’t require starting out with a split panel, but I respect both of these patterns because they waste nothing and make shapely dresses out of rectangles. I might still go back and tailor both garments a bit, but they can’t be too fitted as they lack closures.
I chose navy blue for the apron dress because I’d read that blue fabric was prized in the Sagas and that the dark color that results from successive dyings was most valuable. I made the underdress out of fabric I had on hand. The beads are a mixture of bulk beads from a craft store and some that I had on hand. More period-accurate beads probably would have had a matte finish.
The Brooches are quite simplified, and the Thor’s hammer is a simplified version of this one: www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/WF002113.html, which I found in a book.
