I'm sure many of us here have at least a little time off over the holidays. I'm fortunate enough to have from the 18th of December to the 3rd of January off which I'm VERY excited about.
My plan during that time is to really get a head start on a bunch of costumes, including, hopefully my ODST. It's all trimmed and painted but I still need to cut down the thighs and of course add all of the strapping and undersuit and vest. I also haven't started the helmet yet, and I'm just ordering the backpack. I have several costumes planned this year (as always) for both local cons and DragonCon so I'd really like to get lots of the foundation work done for those so I can get away from my typical OHMYGOODNESSINEEDTOWEARTHISCOSTUMEIN3DAYS panic. This year I have a lot of super ornate stuff I'm working on but not a lot can be done until the base is done.
Unfortunately, I really do have the best of intentions to do this most years and then somehow get sidetracked in to doing other things. We have a lot of local events for the release of Star Wars TFA with the 501st but thankfully they are right at the start of my holidays so they shouldn't get me sidetracked too badly.
What do you have planned to do? Building? Relaxing? Visiting? Gaming? All of the above?
My plan during that time is to really get a head start on a bunch of costumes, including, hopefully my ODST. It's all trimmed and painted but I still need to cut down the thighs and of course add all of the strapping and undersuit and vest. I also haven't started the helmet yet, and I'm just ordering the backpack. I have several costumes planned this year (as always) for both local cons and DragonCon so I'd really like to get lots of the foundation work done for those so I can get away from my typical OHMYGOODNESSINEEDTOWEARTHISCOSTUMEIN3DAYS panic. This year I have a lot of super ornate stuff I'm working on but not a lot can be done until the base is done.
Unfortunately, I really do have the best of intentions to do this most years and then somehow get sidetracked in to doing other things. We have a lot of local events for the release of Star Wars TFA with the 501st but thankfully they are right at the start of my holidays so they shouldn't get me sidetracked too badly.
What do you have planned to do? Building? Relaxing? Visiting? Gaming? All of the above?