I'm afraid this will be a very long post. There's just so much to say and so many good pictures to post. Well, here it goes.
This is the samurai costume my sister Carrie and I made for my nephew Zack, for an upcoming costume ball. It's the result of over 24 hours of sewing, cutting, painting, and gluing. I went up to her house Friday night and we turned her basement and garage into the samurai armor making zone. We had three computers researching authentic armor, swords, patterns and more. We had the sewing machine going and the glue gun ready. I came, we worked, and around midnight, we weren't even close to being finished. Well, I wasn't too keen about driving the hour long drive home at 1am, just to come back in the morning. So I spent the night. It was kinda fun. It was like staying in a bed and breakfast with themed rooms. There's the camping room, the oriental room, the bathroom, the Lego room and many more. I got to sleep in the "Lord of the Rings" room. We started back to work first thing the next morning and we finally completed it around dinner time.
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And below was our inspiration for this fantastic costume.
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![](http://images.nextnewnetworks.com/1829_medium.jpg)
This guy has a really great samurai armor pattern here.
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3 comments:
It really is great!
Glad you enjoyed your stay in the LOTR room! Thanks again for all your help and I promise to send pics from when he goes to the ball.
WOW! That is a really great costume. Happy Halloween! LM
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