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Asajj Ventress Betrayed WIP


barryhicks

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Hi guys! So my name is Barry. I'm currently starting on my Asajj Ventress Betrayed kit. I've been wanting to do a costume of her for the 501st for a very long time and I finally decided to take her on. I'll be sharing my work as I go. And I will have questions I'm sure.
A bit of info about me. I am also an approved member of the Mando Mercs, and have a custom kit I made for them. I am also a member of the SCA and do a good bit of sewing, leather working and fighting. I am an artist/craftsperson. I love to create so making costumes has always been a big joy in my life. 

A few things that I am doing currently for the AVB costume I am working on. 

I have decided to go with Mehron cream makeup and varying eyeshadows/eyeliners. My skin has been getting dryer as I have gotten older these last few years. I have been working on trying different techniques for my makeup and have started taking notes on what I need to do for the whole process. This particular part is a journey in itself as I am not big on wearing makeup in my day to day life. So I have been doing a good bit of research on it.

I am shaving my head for the character. I normally shave my hair off every so many years cause I get tired of growing my hair out. I've been bald many times, so luckily I don't have to worry about using a bald cap. 


I found a pair of boots and need to modify them slightly (I'll post pictures over the next few weeks, when I get to them).


I found the fabric I want to use. I will be doing a mockup of a bodysuit over the next few weeks as well, to get a good pattern for the body of the outfit. 


My husband just bought me the Sister Wen lightsabers from CCSabers. They can be used to do choreographed fighting. I also like them because I can remove the blade if I want. When I get them in hand I'll post pictures/video. 

That's about it for the moment. I'm very excited to finally get the ball rolling on this one. 

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On 12/28/2022 at 8:20 AM, NightSister said:

Awesome!!! Looking forward to seeing your Ventress! 

Don't hesitate if you have any question, we'll do our best to help! I made a Clone Wars Ventress myself :) 

Thank you! 

Happy New Years to everyone!


Well I got my boots finished, they needed modifying because the sides had elastic and I needed to cover them with faux leather. I glued the edges down so it can still stretch some.

I've also been working on the bodysuit. I spent the last three days getting to this point. I'm hoping to add the black cuffs and decorative stitching and paint/texturing this week. I'm gonna try to hit up my leggings sometime in the next few weeks. Here's to chugging away during the New Years!

 


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Hey everyone. I have a question about contacts. I got a pair of silver contacts just to see how they would look. I think they look really good for the character. However, in the CRL it says "Light Blue or Turquois". Do you think these would pass? I did look at some of the reference images on this site and found a close up of her face from the episode where she is wearing this outfit and her eyes do look very similar. I'll try and link it to this post. Thanks for your help ahead of time!

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Hey everyone. So got some stuff done over the last week. Here are photos of the soft parts done.  I'm going to be working on my greaves, guantlets, collar and corset belt over the next two weeks, along with playing with more makeup. I'll post pictures soon with my next makeup practice (hopefully this weekend).

Cheers!

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I have a question about the lines going across the gray areas. Should they be thicker or are they alright the thickness they are? Also, should the shading be darker? I'm trying to find a balance between the image of the woman in the CRL page and the images of Ventress in the Reference library.

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Today was play with makeup... I didn't get around to doing the back of the head tattoos. I do plan on making a stencil for that part.  This took around 2 1/2hrs. Still learning the best way to work with the materials. I think I did a pretty good job. :)

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You look amazing, both in the costume and with the makeup. Can't wait to see you with both together!!! 

 

Personally I don't spend that much time trying to cover the eyebrows. I just put a bit of glue on them to flatten them/protect them, and then they're painted over along with the rest of my face. 

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Okay, some updates! I've been busy. I am/have been backtracking a little on my outfit. After some talking with my advisor, I realize that I'm really supposed to be making the version of Ventress that is in the photos of the CRL not the cartoon character (which was more my focus beforehand). I do have the gauntlets and grieves done but I don't have photos currently to show here. I'll have them up hopefully in a few days. I made the lines on the bodysuit much wider and darkened the shading. I also took out my shoulder pads and completely altered the upper part of the bodysuit to look like the one in the photo. You can see things points at the top of the black sides now touch at the top. I also remade the collar to look like the one in the photo. And I am currently remaking my belt. I'm wet forming leather to get more of the shape of what is in the photo. I actually find this funny, because I'm a leather worker. One way to form vegetable tanned leather is to form it over a mold. And sometimes we need to sandwich the leather between a positive and negative mold. I'm wearing a long line corset under the outfit. I then have all of the regular accoutrements on over that and then the damp leather, saran wrap, and then another corset (short line) on top to sandwich the leather between the two corsets so as to get the right shape for it to dry into. Never in my life did I think I'd be a mold for a piece of leather!  Anyways, here's a few pictures.

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With some luck on my side I was able to get enough time today to finish the last of what needed to be done for the outfit. Got the thumbs up from my advisor. Tomorrow I will do makeup and get the submission pictures going. What a crazy ride this has been so far! 


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