By Lena, Eli and Dodo (and Aby on the armor and boots).
This valentines day my new costumes arrived and I was really surprised about the huge package – it was huge – and the low price of the shipping. (I paid around 20 to get the armor to austria, and they only paid a little more to get a 5 kilo costume back to germany.)
The fabric is a perfect fit for the costume, it looks almost like the real one and all the details are nearly perfect – we had not enough „silver-thingis“ for the pants so we had to make do and now they silver don’t goes down to the knees, but that’s really not that important. The sewing and crafting of the whole thing, and how it is put together is really good, and worth every euro I spend. The zipper in the back goes fully down and even with all the leather-belts I am able to dress myself, on my own, with no help at all. (Ok, I managed to break of the shoulder-armor right away because when something won’t move then I have to get violent and try to break it off! That’s me!-_-) They worked in the parts they did not make wonderfully too, you can’t see that two parties worked on it.
The way to secure the belts is very cleverly made and I really have to bow to all the ideas the girls came up with to make the costume sit right in any pose you might strike. (The tricks they came up with are beyond MY lazy brain!)
I would, and will, commission from them again – not only because the costume is amazing and comfy, but because they are very nice and communicative too. (and I am Elis biggest fan!^.^ She is such a cool Loki!)
PLUS +
On the Costume: Everything – from the crafting, to the fabric, the whole feel of it (it makes you feel like a fucking god), to the way the costume looks and fits. They paid attention to every tiny detail, from the collar to the arms, the little gold-chips to the coat! And the pants fit so so well, I was so very pleased, it is almost like a glove – and that even without measuring me in person. That’s really amazing. And that goes for the whole costume – it fits soo nicely, tight, but not too tight, just about right.
On the armor: It is very good, It looks almost like real gold.
On the boots: FINE WORK and so clever made! They are nice to wear and I love how nearly perfect they look. Good work.
MINUS -
On the costume: Not too much. Only that the little gold-chips break off very easy and I had to fix a few after trying it on (I think rolling on the floor with it is a no go),but that’s nothing. I have got a bag of replacement-chips and I can work glue fine. And maaaybe the buckle on the knee to fix the shoulder-belt on, it is a little dangerous to fix it there it could treat the fabric and I just don’t use it. Something on the inside of the costume could have worked better, but that’s only minor things, and nothing to really bother about at all.
The fabric of the pants etc seems to keep stains from make up power, but then again nothing water and a little rubbing can’t fix in a sec. (I am just not sure I should use water on it!)
On the armor: The only minus is that the color comes off slightly and that one of the cuffs does not fit as well as the other one on my arm, but all in all it is fine too.
UPDATE:
After two times wearing it I found out that the gold was not sealed/fixed with spray. It ruined half of the sleeves and I will have to clean that, IF I CAN, and get a spray to fix the gold and prevent further damage of the whole costume.
On the boots: I managed to break off one of the little screws-buttons-thingies (how ever you call that) – but again, my fault.
POINTS ON THE COSTUME (shirt, coat, pants, belts):
♥♥♥♥♥
(five hearts out of five)
POINTS ON THE ARMOR AND BOOTS:
♥♥♥
(three hearts out of five - the armor looks good and is well crafted, but the not professional use of the gold color nearly ruined the whole costume, sticking everywhere. -_-
The boots are fine.)
