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bestofcosplay: Cleves Blue 1 by ~glittersweet I’m surprised this got even one note ;) Seriously, I’m flattered as this is a style that doesn’t really fit in with the modern aesthetic :) It’s accurate, right down to pinned on sleeves (okay that is my conjecture based on woodcuts of the time as well as written documents of the time) and silly cloak hanging from the head. The cloak is a heuke and it is about 2kg, maybe three (more than five pounds) and is carefully held in place using mainly a little engineering trickery: Hair is plaited and pinned (bobby pins) around the crown. A fitted cap (guldhaube) is pinned (sewing pins) to the hair in front and behind the plaits with florists pins. A shaped cap (sticklechen) is pinned over the cap and pinned also just in front of the plaits. There is a velvet lappet pinned around the front on the underside which adds tension to hold it balanced at the back of the head. Then the heuke collar is pinned to the fitted cap (guldhaube) and the fabric hangs over the back. My original stickelchen had pearls and goldtone bezants all over it but the sequins were ruined by a house fire and I have never managed to redo the base frame to fit. The base is buckram and felt steamed to shape. View high resolution

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Cleves Blue 1 by ~glittersweet

I’m surprised this got even one note ;) Seriously, I’m flattered as this is a style that doesn’t really fit in with the modern aesthetic :) It’s accurate, right down to pinned on sleeves (okay that is my conjecture based on woodcuts of the time as well as written documents of the time) and silly cloak hanging from the head.

The cloak is a heuke and it is about 2kg, maybe three (more than five pounds) and is carefully held in place using mainly a little engineering trickery:

Hair is plaited and pinned (bobby pins) around the crown.

A fitted cap (guldhaube) is pinned (sewing pins) to the hair in front and behind the plaits with florists pins.

A shaped cap (sticklechen) is pinned over the cap and pinned also just in front of the plaits. There is a velvet lappet pinned around the front on the underside which adds tension to hold it balanced at the back of the head.

Then the heuke collar is pinned to the fitted cap (guldhaube) and the fabric hangs over the back.

My original stickelchen had pearls and goldtone bezants all over it but the sequins were ruined by a house fire and I have never managed to redo the base frame to fit. The base is buckram and felt steamed to shape.

(Reblogged from bestofcosplay)
Ange and I representing the SCA in Auckland.  NZ Herald Weekend edition, page 5 of the Weekender lift out. Note to photographers: I always look snooty from that angle if I have to look down the lens. Especially if I ignore the height difference between me and others in frame. I need to stop hunching for others in frame at conventions. Snooty is better than rumpled and bendy ;)

Ange and I representing the SCA in Auckland. 

NZ Herald Weekend edition, page 5 of the Weekender lift out.

Note to photographers: I always look snooty from that angle if I have to look down the lens. Especially if I ignore the height difference between me and others in frame. I need to stop hunching for others in frame at conventions. Snooty is better than rumpled and bendy ;)