It's Been Decided

I have to start working on Halloween early. It's only January, yes, but this year I want to be Leah,  my troll hunter from World of Warcraft, so I have to get busy making stuff. It's my hope that I can make all her gear myself, but holy crap, that's going to take some work. Her transmog set, which will be what I'm constructing, you can see here.

I've already begun cutting out templates for the shoulder pieces and gauntlets. To keep the gear lightweight an inexpensive, I've opted to make my pieces out of papier mache and craft foam. Keep your fingers crossed that my faux painting skills are good enough to make it convincing!

This costume has a few challenging aspects that I'll need to overcome. Leah has a hot pink mohawk and braids, pointed ears, tusks, only two toes on each foot, and only three fingers on each hand. The ears and tusks I plan to take care of by using prosthetics, and the hair I plan to take care of with a wig. For the fingers and toes I'll have to get creative, and I'll show you my solution for this when the time comes. Oh, and did I mention she's green-skinned? I guess a little cream face paint will take care of that.

I'm photographing the whole process, and I plan to do step by step coverage of my journey to becoming Leah, so you guys will get to see the whole thing unfold throughout the coming months. My enthusiasm has been contagious, it seems, as my husband is now thinking that he wants to resurrect his old troll warrior Boaris to dress up with me. Frankly, nothing would make me happier, but we'll see if he goes through with it or not. I'm hoping to make the whole process look so fun that my little one will want to be our little troll baby. If she doesn't, that's okay, but I can't pretend that I won't be a little bummed. I've always wanted to do a themed family costume set, and a troll family would be awesome.