#the-tonberry

[saiikavon]

chef-tonberry replied to your post: All right, so if I WAS to give in to my urges...

For me, it was always picking a character that I found easy to write for. Stuff would just flow and it all felt natural. The few times I went outside that comfort zone were when I was trying to play a character that I liked, but they were smarter than me.

That makes sense; less pressure that way. I guess the voice would have to be pretty clear, then. I've definitely got some planning to do.

[thecupcakemedic]

thepompouspickle started following you, the-tonberry started following you

eeeeeeEEEEEEEE hey you lovely people UvU

[ennybunny]

the-tonberry replied to your post: no power for 17 hours, yayyyyyy going back to...

Nooooooo! Are you okay! Has your power gone back up yet? Weh, ilu! <3<3<3

Yes! The power came back shortly before I made that post! No power at home means no internet because router box and sum shit. And now I'm back at school because some derp in charge changed their mind about the school being closed through tonight. fffffffffffff I'm still really grumpy about it, especially since now I have to meet with my group for our project due tomorrow morning and asdsvgfagadgha I just want to spray paint things but it's COLD outside, boohoohoo.

[saiikavon]

the-tonberry replied to your post: Whenever I watch The Lion King I wonder why it was...

When I was younger, I believed that the land was spiritually connected with the royal family. When treachery occurred, the land withered and died. Alternately: sets the atmosphere.

Ooh. That sounds perfect.

[ennybunny]

I just thought about the Witch brothel in Urban Flight. That's a thing we should try sometime. I wish finding a server in L4D/2 was a little more like finding one in TF2, though, because I don't want to face SUPER TANKS. I miss your face. mwah mwah <3

Oh, lordy. Dat campaign. I can't remember - did we manage to sneak by them, or did we set them on fire? (I mean we need to do both obviously but herpderp) And swissfrackingcheese, thinking about those Tanks still makes me cry a little inside.

I miss your face! There's less than a month until Nekobutts and we can shenanigan again in person! <3<3<3

[protowilson]

Hello, hope this doesn't like a bunch of weird, random questions, but how much did kangaroo leather cost? Since you said it was thinner, how strong is it compared to other varieties of leather? How difficult was it to sew, needle-breaking included? Your cosplay seems to be coming along wonderfully, by the way! I can't wait to see the finished product!

I bought the kangaroo leather off of eBay.  The listing is here, and it has quite a lot of info.  I'd buy from them again, but I think I'd ask if they could send the skin rolled in a tube rather than folded and flattened in a parcel bag cos it means you have to iron out the creases from the folding, which you can do.  I'm just lazy!

I guess I consider it thinner to most suede I've come across, but perhaps I'm just not very experienced with the types of hides that you can get.  I was hesitant to look outside Australia for a supplier since we have quite strict quarantine rules and I don't know what the laws are surrounding the import of animal hides.

Machine sewing it didn't seem like much of a problem, but when it came to triple or quadruple layers of the hide, the machine had difficulty running it under the needle.  I had the same issues with the furniture vinyl I made the Pyro suit out of.

Handsewing wasn't such a problem when there was a single layer but it got exponentially difficult with each additional layer.  Likely if you had a good leather needle and thimble it'd be OK, but it does require a bit of oomph to get the point through to the other side sometimes.  Consequently I have a nice puncture mark on the pad of my thumb. You might need to be careful you don't use too bulky a needle otherwise the needle holes may remain visible.  Not sure.