Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.

'Objects In Space'


Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Consuela - Oct 19, 2006 3:12:05 pm PDT #4448 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Thanks, Consuela!

No problem! Although I think they're better downloaded from the source or played off DVDs than on YouTube, because YouTube screws with the video-audio syncing. Thus negating some of the best editing, sadly.

So I have a $20 gift card to Palomino, which expires on Sunday, and I'm busy until then. None of my regulars are available. Do I go by myself and look like a loser/dork with my book?


§ ita § - Oct 19, 2006 3:28:29 pm PDT #4449 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Do I go by myself and look like a loser/dork with my book?

Feh on the judgmentalism.

It's a restaurant, right?

Lose yourself in the book and ignore the rest of the world.

I draw my line at going to a restaurant called Aphrodisiac (Flash, audio) alone to use a coupon, and you're far shy of that.

Can anyone give me ideas on how to achieve the shoulders in this outfit? Strictly, it's a set of wire loops (not shoulderpads), but I can't work out how to anchor them.


Strega - Oct 19, 2006 3:34:54 pm PDT #4450 of 10001

Do you have the material and just need something to support it?

Or, wait, do you mean you have the framework?

I am confused, but pondering nonetheless.


§ ita § - Oct 19, 2006 3:38:08 pm PDT #4451 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Do you have the material and just need something to support it?

I have the material I'm going to use to simulate chainmail. I even have wire that could serve as the basic frame. I just don't know how to attach that to, you know, me in any reliable fashion.


Allyson - Oct 19, 2006 3:46:24 pm PDT #4452 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

ita, could you cut up an old underwire bra in half, that way you'll at least have the material that covers the underwire to stitch it onto the fabric? Also, less pokey-ouchy. I sort of wish I could come over and help. Interesting project.


Kristen - Oct 19, 2006 3:48:34 pm PDT #4453 of 10001

Can anyone give me ideas on how to achieve the shoulders in this outfit?

Small football shoulder pads? Like the kind the placekicker wears.


bon bon - Oct 19, 2006 3:49:40 pm PDT #4454 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I just don't know how to attach that to, you know, me in any reliable fashion.

I'm not a do-it-yourselfer, but you could make two circles that go around your shoulders, joined by an axle across your back, with the facric draped over it.


Jesse - Oct 19, 2006 3:50:09 pm PDT #4455 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Like for angel wings!


bon bon - Oct 19, 2006 3:53:04 pm PDT #4456 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Like for angel wings!

Prezactly, and in fact, this may not be a bad connection-- perhaps there are do-it-yourself instructions online for angel wings or commercial angel wings you can adapt to hang more over the shoulders.


Strega - Oct 19, 2006 3:53:43 pm PDT #4457 of 10001

Gotcha. I think. What about making a stiff frame that connects to the gown at the back? Like... well, like a Y shaped piece that's attached so that the arms extend slightly over your own shoulders. Build the dress's shoulders off that, so that really they aren't really sleeves, they're just floating above your arms.

How heavy will the shoulder pieces be?