"no wonder the king sealed it away...its energy is rushing into me"

It took me my whole Sunday but I did it!

I have always wanted to make a shirt in a day.

Wish granted!

I really am fond of taking old cosplays or cloths apart, using those for patterns and modifying them.

I had to remake the back twice since my cutting skills are still some-what-to-be-desired.

I thought this picture looked very cool!

All I have to go off of is this color shot (really) from the manga. And i use some of the black and white shots too to figure out the whole outfit.

I also got a chance to use my mannequin. 

Val's vest appears skin tight on him. I needed it to fit me as close as possible. And with the mannequin, i was able to tighten it up to my measurements without having to stick it onto me and measure, like before.

The mannequin sure makes a huge difference (i highly request cosplayers invest in them) :)

few more snips and changes here and there and then it was time to add on the white seam tape!

And it fits like a glove!! 

Originally, since it is fine stretchy fabric, i was not going to add a zipper. I'm pretty small so I figured it would be easy to put on and take off. 

I am so glad I added a zipper (actually found it while gathering up materials from my fabric bin) :)

Seam tape can be challenging! But if you use an iron and pins, it helps much.

All that is left is to make the belt buckles and add those onto the shoulders. 

(I think i'll hand sew the belts on...i still have to clean out my machine!)

I have yet to decide if i want to add the collar b/c i do have a sleeveless dress shirt that i plan to use for the undershirt...I'll have to take it for a test run. (I also have my old Ciel Phantomhive dress shirt. With frills at the end that would go along well with this).

I am very proud of myself! I use to think i couldn't do this stuff.

But boy was i wrong!

and glad of it!

And then there is my sword! XD

 I already have it drawn out on wood. Dad just needs to cut it out (i could do it myself yet pap doesn't want me near his tools. Even though i grew up with them around me) 8P

Hopefully it will be cut out soon.