Hi everyone and thanks for the great feedback.
Talon I don't think you have done anything wrong. The pleo cape that comes with your pleo is a very tight fit and does seem to restrict some of the pleo movements particularly the hatching movements where they stretch right out. I think the elastic bands rub and cut into the skin a bit when the pleo does do the big lay down stretch out movements as they are very tight so you may find you can't really use it until after your hatching is complete. That was another one of the reasons why I came up with my Neck to tail pleo cape design to eliminate the tight rubber bands around the legs of my pleos. Also Since getting my pleoworld pleo capes I have had 3 of the elastic bands snap on me from my pleo doing big stretching movements and had to replace them with regular elastic. I gave up in the end and when I saw Patches and then how the cape was making his holes worse I came up with my own more gentle on the pleo cape design.
The velvet ones I am making have a very similar feel to touch as the pleoworld ones. If you are interested in my capes or other clothes for your pleo I have a shop in the mall on the forum called Kat's Creations. Just go to the top of this page and click on the stores tab that is underneath the shout box then choose my store from the list and you can see what I have to offer. To order something you can just PM me.
If you don't see something you like in my store there are other stores in the mall as well that sell pleo clothes or you can always PM me with a special request.
As for making and selling pleo costumes I would love to. But I am not sure how best to go about it as I am sure everyone is going to want something different so I think the best way is just to do it by request via PM. For those of you thinking about it and wondering about cost etc... well it will have to be priced on a case by case basis depending on the level of work involved and the materials but to give you an idea I charged $45 for the skeletor costume. That includes the postage. As for time frames to get them made It can take a few weeks as I will have to come up with a design and plan of how to make it work before I can start the sewing. The Skeletor costume took about 2 and 1/2 weeks all up from the first time Sarah mentioned she wanted it to completion. It took about 3 days to actually make once I had the design worked out. (I have a family and a full time job otherwise I could have done it in one day
) And then I still have to post it which will probably take about 7 to 10 days to reach her.
I have included the Super pleo capes in my shop they are at the bottom and can be easily custom made if you are after a faster option. they only take about 1 to 2 days to make and then the postage time. I already have a pattern for these so they are fairly quick.
So hopefully that helps. It is easier for me to make a costume if I have a pic of what your looking for. Like I did for Skeletor.
I will work out some Christmas outfits and put them into my shop sometime in the next couple of months. I will also keep updating my shop front with fresh designs and new materials so do go back from time to time and take another look.
Kat
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Topic: Skeletor costume for Patches (Read 13795 times)