BJD Project Runway #5: The Marvelous Mardis Gras Challenge! (Winners Posted)

I love Mardi Gras masks..well, I just love masks. I definitely want in on this challenge! And I'll use my new boy!

DOA user name: SharpestLife19
Size and sculpt of model BJD: 70cm Dollmore/Leekeworld Hybrid
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge?: Yes
Photo of model BJD:

 

I've always wanted to celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but I know it will never come to pass. So in order to join the fun, I'm going to enter a costume in this challenge!

Please note that my entry will not be judged and I will not be eligible to win. This is just for fun!


Entry Form:
DOA user name: Elfmoon
Size and sculpt of model BJD: SD IP Mars
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge?: No
Photo of model BJD





Front



Back






Details (I couldn't figure out how to make a collage! Please forgive me!)



Glamour Photo



Mask

 

Just for clarification, by Halloween costumes, we mean vampires, witches, ghosts, skeletons, werewolves, ghouls, zombies and the like.

We want to keep the Mardi Gras concept fun and wacky and on the wild side!

We hope our designers have fun with this theme and we encourage all DOA members to join the challenge! We know there are many very talented people and we'd love to see what you can do!

 

I'll definitely be entering this one...fabulous! I love Mardi Gras costumes, the fancy stuff! No I'll just need to figure out who my model will be...I have way to many to choose from...lol

 

Here's a little inspiration to get you in the Mardi Gras mood!

The song 'Iko Iko' is a song about the Mardi Gras. If you've never heard it, it's a catchy little tune!

Here's a link to the history of the song:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iko_Iko

And here's a link to hear the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wNSHPQj0W8

Now that you're in the mood ~ Join the fun! LOL!

 

Oh i love over-the-top theme like this

Entry Form:
DOA user name: varao
Size and sculpt of model BJD: SD Luts Landy Hybrid
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge? Yes
Photo of model BJD:



Front:


Back:


Mask:


Details:



Glamour:

 

I'm going to have to sit this one out, guys! I just got a full-time job (finally) and I need to find out during this month if I'll have enough time to enter future competitions while school/work walks all over me. If I find that I do have time to sew, I'll be entering the next ones. I do plan to shadow the thread and watch everyone's progress! Good luck, guys! This sounds like a fun challenge!

 

Oh! I'm loving the idea of Mardi Gras XD I love a bit of colour!

DOA user name: Jeshii
Size and sculpt of model BJD: LUTS Senior Delf Miyu
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge? Yep
Photo of model BJD:


Squeeee!

Front:



Back:



Detail 1:



Detail 2:



Mask:



Glamour:


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Thanks for watching!!! ^_^

 

Alicethorn ~ Congrats on finding a new job!

We're sorry you're unable to join this challenge, but we hope to see you back soon!

 

I would like to enter! Actually Doyle insists that it's him doing the entering, and I'm simply his manager. He's a tailor and loves the idea of a Project Runway contest, and now that Cassius finally has pants I ought to have time in April to make fun clothes, without feeling obligated to finish anything else.

Entry Form:
DOA user name: cowpewter
Size and sculpt of model BJD: Dollzone 70cm Yuu
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge? Sure why not?
Photo of model BJD:

 

Entry Form:
DOA user name: silje
Size and sculpt of model BJD: MSD, Rosette School of Dolls Fir
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge?: yes
Photo of model BJD

1. Front



2. Back



3. Detail



4. Detail



5. Detail



6. Mask



7. Glamour Shot.

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Entry Form:
DOA user name richila
Size and sculpt of model BJD 27 cm Planet Doll Mini Tara
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge? No





PRB Mardi Gras Front by richila9098, on Flickr


PRB Mardi Gras Back by richila9098, on Flickr


PRB Mardi Gras detail 1 by richila9098, on Flickr


PRB Mardi Gras Detail 2 by richila9098, on Flickr


PRB Glamour 2 by richila9098, on Flickr

 

Just a reminder that all costumes must be designed specifically for this challenge without the use of commercial patterns. Patterns must be drafted by you.

Please take a minute to read the complete set of rules contained in the main thread:

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?387178-BJD-Project-Runway-Take-II-(Main-Thread)

Thank you!

 

DOA user name: blue oracle
Size and sculpt of model BJD: minifee Lishe
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge?: no, thank you.

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I'll give this one a shot!


DOA user name: KiwiNinamori
Size and sculpt of model BJD: MSD Angel of Dream Rao
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge?: Yes please

 

Withdrawing due to illness in the family.

 

DOA user name: sephydoll
Size and sculpt of model BJD: SD - Crobidoll Yeon Ho on a Dragondoll 62cm body
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge? Sure
Photo of model BJD:



OFFICIAL ENTRY:
FRONT:


BACK:


DETAIL-1:


DETAIL-2:


MASK:


GLAMOUR SHOT - the "After, after, party"

(just added the wallpaper background in photoshop).


Some outtakes that didn't quite make it for the glamour shot: here.
I really had fun doing this project, and even though Kiki looks quite grumpy, he had a blast too (he loves costumes!!).

 

Polyhymnia ~ sorry to hear your news! I hope it isn't serious! Our thoughts are with you! Take care!

 

Thanks so much, elfmoon. It's an elderly parent in a health crisis, but we are hoping for the best. I appreciate your concern!

 

Our new logo is finished! It will be posted in this thread and in the Main Threat soon!

Thank you, Adarhysenthe, for all your hard work putting the logo together!

And congratulations again to Blue Oracle, the winner of our Logo Design Challenge!

 

For clairfication, there will only be ONE winner. King & Queen are not two seperate categories. Sorry for the confusion!

Cross dressing is allowed. Boys can dress in female attire and vise versa. That's the fun thing about Mardi Gras ~ anything goes!

 

Only a week left to enter! Come join the fun! Don't miss this chance to be wild and creative and set your imagination free!

Madri Gras rocks!

 

DOA user name LinaInverseTsg
Size and sculpt of model BJD: 45cm Dollzone Yume
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge? Yes
Photo of model BJD




Front detail



Back detail



Detail set 1 showing the massive feather plume hat and the hand beaded choker.



Detail set 2, showing the hanging sleeves length, the hand beaded holder for the feather tail and a view of the mask on the doll.



Mask detail



Glamor photo.

The frills are all hand gathered. i do not think i will be doing another project with them anytime soon!
I chose gold and purple for my colors. I used beads in the choker and tail holder, and doubloons on the mask.

 

Only 3 days left to enter! Come join the fun and celebrate Mardi Gras with us!

Time to set the flags on fire!

 

Eee, has anyone started sewing yet? Got any inspirations? I'm loving this project!

 

ok here we go I'm just going to jump in on this one.

DOA user name: Kitty Blue
Size and sculpt of model BJD: MSD AOD Rao
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge? I supose why not

This will be much work as she is completely blank so I'll be doing her faceup/blushing as well. Just can't pass up this challenge...love Madri Gras!

Front:


Back:


Detail 1:


Detail 2:


Glamour:


Mask:

 

Glad this is the perfect opportunity for you to finish your girl! LOL! Now you have a excuse!

There must be more Madri Gras lovers out there! Only one more day ~ don't miss out on the fun!

 

i haven't yet but i'm DIEING to get started! i have a rough idea of what i'm going to do.
my inspiration is what other have told me of the festival and the colors of fabric i have ^^

 

eek, I don't have much inspiration this time I love this challenge, but somehow I am just not "seeing" what I want
I am hoping for a miracle on April 1st LOL

 

Just remember that one (or more) of these colors must be present on your cosutme: Green, Gold, purple.

No inspiration? I think this is one of the easier challenges. The possibitlites are endless! The costumes run the gauntlet. Only your imagine limits you! Take a look at Mardi Gras pics to get some ideas!

 

i think i can do 2/3m with tiny dots of the 3rd (colors) but i'm not sure if i will, i'll be fine tuning it until i start making it ^^
And Sephy don't fret. Sometimes ideas just slam you XD you might be staring at your ceiling and then BAM there it is!

 

My fabric came in, but I am leaving it in the mailer until tomorrow. I am eager to get started. I have a gallon ziploc for my fabric, coins and beads. I have an inspiration file created on my hard drive that holds articles, pictures and slopers. This is going to be so much fun.
How about montage pictures of the materials we are going to use? It would be fun to see everyone's stuff. I plan to lay out everything to check my colors before I get started. I hope everything works together; I haven't seen the fabric in real life yet.

 

Phew, late entry! I wasn't sure I would have the time this month, but it looks like my schedule can allow for a sewing project after all

DOA user name: solstelpa
Size and sculpt of model BJD: MSD/Mini - Asleep Eidolon Shine girl
Would you like your costume critiqued by a judge? Yes, please
Photo of model BJD:



ENTRY PHOTOS:

Front:


Back:


Details:


Mask:


Glamor Shot:

 

Reminder ~ I'm entering the challenge just for fun! I'm not eligible to win!

I have my fabris picked out. I'm going to use all three colors. At first I didn't think purple and green would go well together, but surprisingly they look pretty good.

I have my doubloons, which are tiny stamped coins from the craft store, and I ordered my beads.

I probably won't post drawings of my designs because I'm no artist! LOL! I do my designing in my head and hope that it comes out the way I want it to!

I'm really excited about being able to participate!

 

Today is March 31st. The challenge closes tonight at 12:00am PS time ~ midnight ~ the beginning of April 1st.

 

yay! more contestants ^_^
elfmoon is it ok if we post photos of what supplies we're using?

 

wow...some of you already have your fabrics and stuff all ready to go. lol..I have no clue yet what fabrics I am using, I just know that I have all sorts of sequins, beads, jewels and feathers in all the 3 colors so I'm sure when I get the chance to get started, which probably won't be until April 10th, everything will just come together My hardest part will be the face up and getting her a proper wig and shoes...eek.

 

Yes, you can post pics of your fabrics, design drawings, supplies and prgress pics in separate post from your entry post, but if you do, please add future pics to the same post. That way the thread doesn't get cluttered up.

Kitty Blue ~ it sounds like you have everything you need for a wild and fun costume!

 

Here's a photo of the fabrics I'm using. The green is dupioni silk from India. The purple is a silk from China. The other purple is velvet and the gold is some sort of reflective fabric that I've had for years and never used. All of it came from my stash.

The velvet will be made into a cape and lined with the purple silk. I'm not sure yet what pieces I'll make with the other fabrics, but it will come to me when I have finalized the design.



Here's Kismet's cane. I made it from a branch I found in my backyard, which explains why it's slightly bent! LOL! I wraped it in ribbon and added some beaded ribbon streamers. The top is actually a bell. I removed the clapper and hot glued it to the top of the stick.


I finished the cape! Don't pay any attention to the pants, they're not part of his costume.



I finished decorating his hat!

 

The game is now closed for entry!

Let the sewing begin! Good luck everyone!

 

Designers entered in this Challenge:

ShartestLife19
Varao
Jeshii
Cowpewter
Silje
Richila
Blue Oracle
KiwiNinamori
Sephydll
LinaInverseTsg
Kitty Blue
Solstelpa

For the next game I'll try to put the names in the first post after the challenge.

 

025 by richila9098, on Flickr
Here are my fabrics, beads and coins. I am going to start by stringing beads. I hate stringing beads and love playing with fabric, so my reward will be the fabric play-after I do the beadwork. My inspiration was a new wig I made for my girl last month.

Here are pictures of Nasrin in her new wig with one of the strands of beads, her over skirt and underskirt.


overskirt by richila9098, on Flickr


Underskirt by richila9098, on Flickr

 

We're in need of judges! Any 'lurkers' out there who'd like to step forward and help judge our challenge? It's fun!

 

All right, I've chosen my materials! Although I may add a couple of accents later in purple or green, gold is definitely going to be dominant and may end up being my only colour, so I got very picky about the shades I wanted to put together.

-pleated champagne satin, recycled from a top found at the thrift store
-6 shades of gold/brown superfine glitter
-embossed tan felt
-gold acrylic paint
-gold and copper sequins
-old gold satin ribbon

 

Here is my fabrics and main materials that I'm using for this challenge.


I'm not sure the name of the fabrics, so I'll called them by the color,
*Navy fabric -recycled from a sweatpants- will be the pants.
*Gold-ish velvet -recycled from a skirt- will be the jacket/robe. It got pattern in it, like an animal pattern.
Both i bought a year ago from thrift shop.
*Gold silk-ish fabric -leftover fabric that i found in the box- will be the shirt.
*Leather cord -recycled from old belt-, and golden rope, this one i bought new for this challenge.
*Ribbons, only the gold one i bought for this challenge.
*Beads -from old necklace-, and golden chains -from old belts-, I'll deconstruct all of them.
*Clay and paints for the mask and the doubloons, from my own supply.

Still on sure about the buttons and hooks, i will figure them out later.

Oh, i have questions about the doubloons. Is it okay if they are plain both side, no emboss/print?
How about the size, should be doll size? or all size is fine?

Update Progress:
-The Mask (WIP)-
I decided to make the mask first since it takes more time.

 

We are so thrilled that our contestants are starting to post pics of their fabrics and supplies! It makes the challenge so much more fun to see how the costumes begin and the planning that goes into a design!

Please remember to keep all of your pics in the same post!

Varao ~ The doubloons do not have to be stamped, plain is fine. As long as they are round, flat and resemble a coin, they can be anything. As for size that is up to you, but remember that one of the judging categories is 'aesthetics' which is the overall look of the costume, so using coins that are doll sized may be a better choice. You don't want the judges to say, "we love her costume, but the coins are too big and look out of place." Not that they would, but that's just a possibility.

 

here's most of my materials, i'm not 100% sure on the reddish purple one at the bottom right, i forgot to photograph my feathers x.x

The fabrics color isn't coming across to well unfortunately ^^" there's a lot more purpley shades in there than how it's coming across in the picture.
I'll only be using the coins off the necklace to the far left.

UPDATE

here is my completed mask.

It has gold chains attaching the doubloons to the mask, and gold paint (which really isn't photographing well XD) that paints delicate swirls and hearts under the eyes.
It was made with polymer clay, and then coated with a heavily blended shimmer powder in gloss. (i used a lot of powder to take the shine out of the gloss as i didn't want it to be super shiny). A tiny bit of black acrylic paint lines the eyes, and then the feathers are actually ostrich plumes that i carefully snipped and placed around the mask.

now i gotta finish her costume ^^

 

Well I just dyed my hair purple and green (for a totally separate reason!) so I feel very much in the mood of Mardi Gras!!!

My fabrics are ones I already had, but I bought some amazing gold coins on a string of beads. I'm not sure yet how I'm going to include them in my design.... but I've drawn what I want and I've started sewing! I do lots of concept art, and this is the one I'e gone with. Hehehe I love sewing!



Hope it's ok to post my progress XD

EDIT!

Here's the triple-layer skirt with coins. I'm so proud of how it's going! LOL



Also, my mask! You can't really see the feathers... but they're there ^_^

 

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...new-entries)&p=7651163&viewfull=1#post7651163
I added some in progress pictures to my supply post.

 

ah yes masks can't forget them...hmmm maybe if I don't have time for a faceup I can just use the mask...would that be cheating..lol..I look forward to starting on this project...got to catch up with everyone else.

 

PLEASE READ!

We've decided that because the masks are an important part of the costumes that the judges need to see a close up. We're requiring that that our contestants post a separate photo (close up) of their mask with their entry photos. So that would be 6 photos: front, back, 2 detail photos, glamour shot and one close up of mask.

Thanks!

 

The close up photos of masks should be posted along with the other required photos of your costumes in your entry post when the rest of your costume in completed. In other words, all 6 pics should be posted at the same time. If you want to post a photo of your mask as a progress pic in a separate post, that's okay too.

 

Added my progress in here.

 

Getting to a slow start here... Wish I had design sketches to show, but I can see it in my head better than I can get it on the paper ^^;

I'm planning a sort of slave-leia/belly-dancer-esque thing for the bottoms, and a beaded top. The overall theme is 'peacock' though prices on actual peacock feathers quickly changed some of my original plans. I don't want to blow the whole outfit budget on just one part.

I picked up most of the fabric I'll need yesterday - chiffon for the gauzy bits on the skirt-thing:



Looks like I'll be using polymer clay for my coins, though I haven't picked it up yet.

 

Here's my progress XD I've been sewing like mad making this triple layer skirt! It's hopefully going to give a really nice silhouette when it's on: http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...new-entries)&p=7666452&viewfull=1#post7666452

I've also decided to try a different design for the corset. I'm not 100% sure if I'll be able to pull it off, but I'll give it a go! It'll be the next thing I work on..