Tiffany Faulkner
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David Dalglish:
I finally got my husband hooked on your books as well. He's listened to all of the audible audio books and has re-read the Shadowdance series twice now. Currently, he is developing a concept of a Jedi warrior as a cosplay idea. His idea is to make Haern into a Jedi. Our current discussion is how many cloaks to create for the look and how short the lightsabers should be to emulate your character. Any tips? :)
David Dalglish
First off, that's awesome, and if this gets done I demand pictures of the finished costume :-)
As for the cloaks: generally I say it's a combination of three fairly light cloaks, one for the left half, one for the right half, and an overlapping third to cover the back and parts of the other two. I'm including a link below to the actual photoshoot Orbit did, and the cloaks they used were heavily influenced by yours truly. You should be able to see how they formed their costume, particularly the cloak, in those videos.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
As for the swords: the key is dual-wielding them comfortably, which is going to be a personal preference by your husband. Since they'll be lightsabers and not actual metal, he can probably get away with making them about a foot shorter than most than most regular lightsabers.
Hope all this helps!
As for the cloaks: generally I say it's a combination of three fairly light cloaks, one for the left half, one for the right half, and an overlapping third to cover the back and parts of the other two. I'm including a link below to the actual photoshoot Orbit did, and the cloaks they used were heavily influenced by yours truly. You should be able to see how they formed their costume, particularly the cloak, in those videos.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
As for the swords: the key is dual-wielding them comfortably, which is going to be a personal preference by your husband. Since they'll be lightsabers and not actual metal, he can probably get away with making them about a foot shorter than most than most regular lightsabers.
Hope all this helps!
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Giraffedragon
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David Dalglish:
Hello! This is probably an odd question, but I was wondering how Haern's interlocking cloaks work. I have a couple ideas but I was wondering what you were specifically envisaging when you wrote it. How do they interlock, and do they look like one garment when he's still? On a completely different note your Shadowdance series is amazing and I really like it. I'm looking forward to reading the rest when I get time!
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Apr 30, 2017 05:22PM · flag