"I think what you are looking for is called a 'cowl'. It's like hoodie with just the hood, or like a very small cloak with a normal sized hood. Honestly I think it would be easiest to take an old, oversized sweatshirt…"
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Halloween Hijinks Help Hopefully?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ms. Zion B. Silvertongue Sep 13, 2012. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Instead of my usual go-to costume of "gentlemen explorer" I'm throwing myself at a steampunk archer costume.So to get to the point...(HATCHA!)If anyone knows of a good pattern for an appropriate…Continue
Wishers of ill always give ill will.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Lord Cerdic Ball Feb 12, 2012. 26 Replies 1 Like
I know a bit about subcultures. There’s a baby picture of my parents holding me in front of the communal teepee they lived in while being social workers in the southwest. My mother has…Continue
Amazingness coming to Philly!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Cogni Sep 19, 2011. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Hopefully this is in the right topic. Friends of mine have started the admirable quest to start the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym. Their idea is to take the gym idea, i.e. mothly membership for space…Continue
Costume Idea that will Astound!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Cogni May 30, 2011. 16 Replies 0 Likes
After going to the 2011 Steampunk World Fair I came up for an idea for my costume for next year. Watching everyone brandish weapons, have contraptions and gizmos running and walk untamed beasts…Continue
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G.A. Jack Hammerquist replied to Cogni's discussion Halloween Hijinks Help Hopefully?"I in no way wish to make you feel under skilled but I made a cloak with cowl and I had never undertaken such a task before... I was 16 or so at the time... if you can sew start with a cheap pillow case and cut it up then use it as a pattern.cut a…"
Cogni replied to Cogni's discussion Halloween Hijinks Help Hopefully?"Ugh, I meant to say cowl.
I was at the PA Ren Faire last weekend and browsed some of the vendors and such, I'm more looking for a pattern to make one myself."
Professor G. L. MacGregor replied to Cogni's discussion Halloween Hijinks Help Hopefully?"I don't have most of my links handy because I'm at work, but there are many makers of cloaks that cater to the Renaissance Festival market. Cloaks haven't really changed much over the years.
BTW - If they make just a hood,…"
Cogni posted a discussionHalloween Hijinks Help Hopefully?
Instead of my usual go-to costume of "gentlemen explorer" I'm throwing myself at a steampunk archer costume.So to get to the point...(HATCHA!)If anyone knows of a good pattern for an appropriate cloak or better yet a pattern for ust a hood (a la current Green Arrow) I'd be much obliged. Even a link to one for sale would be of great help. I'm aquiver for any help,CogniSee More
Cogni replied to Cogni's discussion Wishers of ill always give ill will."Yes, that would be the long and short of it."
"I certainly appreciate honesty and try to always make it my policy...but there is being honest and being a complete dick. I think Cogni's point was, bluntly, "Stop being a dick." And of course that point really is only…"
BuddhaAlex replied to Cogni's discussion Wishers of ill always give ill will."I know that this may border on trite, but maybe... "Lets all be constructive rather than destructive" seems like a pretty fair assessment of what I hope to find in the steampunk peeps. Are we really so set on "betterment"…"
Doctor Ouroboros replied to Cogni's discussion Wishers of ill always give ill will."Certianly I would like to hear anyones ideas on how to improve anything ive made. I love constructive critisism on anything i do, I think Cogni was more against elitist attitudes than being nice to peoples face then laughing at them.
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Cogni replied to Cogni's discussion Wishers of ill always give ill will." It seems I should have editted this much more than I had before posting as some of my points didn't come across that clearly. The point I was trying to make was it's fine to disagree with someone or give them input…"
Liam Finnegan replied to Cogni's discussion Wishers of ill always give ill will."Well Cogni was raised on a hippie commune, so that's a given..."
Doctor Ouroboros replied to Cogni's discussion Wishers of ill always give ill will."I wouldnt want anyone to censor themselves, Id just like people not to be complete a**holes"
Doctor Ouroboros replied to Cogni's discussion Wishers of ill always give ill will."I agree while it is better to be honest im not sure about this " if I don't know what I did wrong, then I can't improve my efforts" How exactly is someones interpretation of steampunk "wrong"?
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Cogni replied to Scarlet Fawkes's discussion Steampunk Erotica Suggested Reading?"Like Clockwork: Steampunk Erotica
Like a Wisp of Steam: Steampunk Erotica
Like a Corset Undone: Steampunk Erotica
these three are short story collections, kind of hit or miss
1901: A Steam Odyssey
a novella, pretty good"
The Hon. Miss Primrose C Leigh replied to Cogni's discussion Wishers of ill will always shall give ill will."One of the best things I saw at my first (only) Steamcon was the generosity. I heard a lot of encouragement and shared tips/techniques rather than snobbery. The only comment I heard about not SP was "It's not Victorian but…"
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