Project Runway Chat Thread

YAY!!! WHOOOPEEE!!!! What great news.

 

Those are actually great suggestions. A gallery thread is a great idea. Not just the winners, but any of the outfits you can get permission to post.

I don't think that dedicated posts would make much of a dent, but talking it up on discussion threads might. Just letting other people know how much fun we had doing the outfits and thinking in a different way might help.

Is there any chance, if there were enough tinies entered...that there could be two different sets of awards? One for tinies, one for those big enough to topstitch seams? (I'd say YoSD and above, myself.) I've got CLines, LTF and Pukipuki sizes and the options for details are dramatically different between Wiishu and Pook. I'm thinking that it's possibly intimidating to the tiny folk Moms and Dads to enter because they see the detail in the larger outfits and think they can't compete. I'd think it would also make judging easier. Obviously, we'd have to get enough entries to warrant, but maybe if they knew it was an option...?

 

hooray! was so worried about PR ending! thank you elfmoon for your dedication, hard work and always making it so fun! would be happy to add a PR link in my signature.

 

Glad to here, I'll be looking forward to the next challenge.

 

What would be an acceptable image to use for the signature? Could we use winner images in it? Just curious

 

gah..the new challenge sounds delightfully delicious..tee hee. Now to find out who to enter...hmmm

 

Yay!!! Congrats to everyone...now on to the next...tee hee excited to see what theme you come up with for the next round, do you know when that will be posted? I'm so addicted to these challenges. So much so that I think I might go back and do some of the ones I missed out on just for the fun of it. I think I hopped in on 5 and missed 2 inbetween that one and this last one so...er that 6 to catch up on..lol.

EDIT: hmmm can't seem to find challenges 1-4 does anyone have a link to those? or Are they no longer up?

haha just saw your little blurb from last night for the next challenge. Welcome to Camelot!!! This I can not miss for sure, can't wait to enter!

 

I just did a search using Project Runway and only got hits from #5 and on?? *shrugs* I'll do some further digging when I have more time.

 

YAY!!! now to decide who to enter! Oh geesh the possibilities are endless, already getting some ideas.

Edit: So I did eventually go back and find challenge #4 which was the glitz & glamour logo. Does anyone know what 1-3 were?? I think they may have been deleted or were titled something else??

 

I just found this thread and some of the previous DoA PR games, how fun. I'll watch this one and enter the next. I'll volunteer for judging too if future need arises again. Can we suggest themes for future games?

 

drat...I think I vaguely remember one was a steampunk sorta theme. thanks

 

I have a question concerning Leather as a material. I tried to read the posts in the Steampunk Challenge link, but I do not have access to it. (I don't know why, 'caus I read the candy, arabian night and many other challenges as well). I would like to know if someone used leather in their costume.

I want to know how the 25$ rule for the costume purchases applies to leather. Dolls are much smaller than human, but the tiny portion of leather used in a doll's costume can be quite expensive compared to fabric.

For exemple, in the future, if the theme was Japan-Heian period, and someone was crazy enough to do a samurai leather armor (yeah, I know, that might bust both budget and/or time limits), how would it work ? Would it be ok to finish the project anyway and post photos, just for the pleasure of sharing ? (even though we would be disqualified for sure). Are disqualified contestants allowed to post their costumes ?

 

Recycled purses! I used an old purse in Vanye's outfit. It would be maybe $1 at a garage sale (if it sold. It was pretty beat up). Biggest expense on his outfit by far was the lace but since it's purchased by the inch...and he's REALLY small compared to MSD and larger... it actually stayed under budget. The bigger dolls are easier to sew for, but he and Wiishu are cheaper!

(BTW...LOVE LOVE LOVE the notion of Japan-Heian period challenge! Not to mention Korean historical?...hint hint, judges! )

 

I re-read my post and I am sorry, it is confusing, lol. I meant leather like vegetable tanned cowhide tooling leather. I am a leather carver and I like to carve design unto the leather pieces, although it would be my first time on a doll scale. But when I think about it, I could carve only the chest piece and the helmet. For the rest, yes, I could use some already dyed leather, which is much cheaper.

Vindalootoo, could you post an image of the costume you mentioned ? Or Pm me if you prefer. Purse leather is very soft, I am curious of your creation.

 

Don't know if we're supposed to post pix here, but it's my current PR project.
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...roject-Runway-Welcome-to-Camelot-Challenge-18

His boots, hat and scabbard are all made out of recycled purse leather. Granted he's only ChicLine size (39cm) but I think there was plenty body in it to go for a larger size.

What you're talking about sounds positively luscious! Even if you don't do it for PR, I hope you do it and post lots of in-progress pics in the "project" section!

 

Thank you both for your response.

Elfmoon, I will definitely take the 25$ limit seriously. Making costumes at a doll's scale will be a totally new challenge for me. Also, I just realized that, since dolls are smaller, I could buy tooling leather leftover scraps. Some are 10-15 $ a piece and should be sufficient. Gives me an excuse to go shopping

Vindalootoo : I saw your musqueteer outfit, but I assumed the hat and shoes were purchased (they look great !). And I thought the scabbard was made of fabric, dumb me (lol).
I purchased a MSD size doll precisely to be able to sew and carve leather corsets, which are thick and hard to design in very tiny scale. We'll see if I can make it work out.

So, until my doll arrive, I will keep an eye on these Challenge masterpieces all of you are making. I am starting to think I should have bought a male doll for combat costumes, oh well...

 

where are they posted, I didn't see them in the challenge thread? Nevermind for some reason my computer wasn't uploading the page.

Thanks elfmoon and judges for a another fun adventure.

 

Kitty Blue the winners have been posted on the same thread for game #18, on page 5.
hope the link works: http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...allenge-18&p=10232354&viewfull=1#post10232354

 

elfmoon , I would like to ask. When can I wait critique from judges about my costume for the 18th challenge? I answered "sure" for the question but still do not have anything.

 

Really? Wow. Cool! Hmmm...I wonder if the judges thot that, too. Guess I should make it clearer next time. Nope...I made every stitch he's wearing, including wig. Well...the stitching on the scabbard was the original stitching on the purse strap. Found a cool way to make patterns for boots...involving plumber's tape. Need to post a tute, I guess. Will, if I can repeat the process successfully.

 

Something I've wondered from the start...Why are "tinies" defined differently here than everywhere else on DoA? I mean, there's a huge difference between sewing for a pukipuki and an LTF, but not that much more than between an LTF and a minifee: there are things I can't do for Wiishu because he's just that couple of cm too small. Even sewing for Vanye was much easier because I just had that much more room to maneuver. I'm sure the judges, in fairness, take into consideration size associated problems, but I'm still curious why you have a sub-category at all, if that's the case.

Not complaining, mind you! There's a reason why I haven't competed with the pookster and why I always look forward to Mooki's entry, but I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in wondering, and with more YoSD sizes in the current competition, I thot I'd go ahead and ask.

 

I am excited about this theme. Just torn on whether I would like to do the classic Greek god look or do more of a modern take on his outfit design. Have rough sketches of both, and a bit of a back story for the modern take.

 

well if you mean classic look like just the draped fabric like togas...it says that they are not looking for traditional.

I have a few ideas already floating in my head for mine can't wait until Monday to get busy!

 

Togas are actually Roman. Chitons and peplos are Greek and can be modified in all kinds of ways. :]

 

We had fun with the idea of a 21st C Apollo:


He’s a sun-lovin’ little surfin’ dude with his surf-board sun chariot, who moonlights as a guitarist in a rock band.

I also thot about doing something base on the Apollo moon missions, but I think we're going to go a bit more traditional.

 

Oops. Sorry. I don't really plan to use it, so I just didn't think.... One of the former messages commented on a contemporary interpretation, so I posted for giggles. The guitar was intended to be exactly that. I'll do this eventually just because it's too cute not to, but we have a more "traditional" look planned for the competition. Sort of. Well...it's Wiishu. As Apollo. How "traditional" can it be?

 

Everybody be sure to check out the latest challenge Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead Challenge Game 20 here: http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...-de-Muertos-Day-of-the-Dead-Challenge-Game-20

 

yay! excited for the next challenge...just need to figure out which doll will be the lucky one.

 

Added a picture of my materials to an existing post in the Day of the Dead Challenge Thread.

 

hmmm just saw the new challenge now I must decide who wants to do a sleepover..lol. great theme! Maybe my big girl Lusion..haha.

 

yay! Fantastic challenge was lot of fun..thanks again elfmoon for continuing on with this wonderful game. I see the challenge already posted for Game 22...this one looks really exciting, just need to decide who to use as a model.

 

I enjoyed the last challenge so much, thank you elfmoon for all your work and of course can't forget the judges A 'high five' for all the designers who worked on the last challenge!

Yikes, this up coming one has so many choices....don't know what to choose at this point, I guess first thing is to find my 'victim' and take it from there.

 

Considering the current challenge, I had a thought that I thought I'd throw out there for consideration. PR tends to rouse images of the twenty-something New York Runway female marketing niche. When I began looking at PR, back when I first joined DoA, I hesitated to get into it because it did appear biased toward the larger, female dolls, for which detail is so much easier to achieve, and which fit into that same niche. It took me a long time (and Mookie!) to convince myself to give it a try, and Wiishu has found great acceptance, for which I'm extremely grateful, but which, I admit, surprised me just a little. I'm wondering if others have been similarly discouraged from joining in. I'm wondering about making a logo challenge that's maybe a year long challenge, that emphasizes diversity. Three outfits, Three different sized dolls, three distinct themes, either self-chosen or panel-chosen, posed together creatively to fit a logo-sized image. Most of us have (or as in my case have access to) various sized dolls to work with. The problem, of course, is that someone(s) might choose to do nothing but that challenge, spend all year on the three outfits and have predictably slammin' results which no one who participates in the monthlies could match, but I just thought I'd suggest it.