Should I Be Worried…?

Should I be worried how often I dream about matters related to my Costume Quest?

Last night–well, early this morning–I had a pseudo-dream (you know, the ones where you’re kind of half asleep) about a Spider-Man eye frame shape to try. So I decided to sketch it out this morning, and then refine it a bit, and it might actually be what I was aiming for with the “traditional” costume…

The traditional costume is a sort of classic-comic-look mashed up with the movie-look, and I think that’s where this eye lands. It’s not totally straight-edged like some of the movie ones, but the curves are very gentle. It’s got the slant of the Finch and Supaidaman (Japanese Spider-Man) eyes, but isn’t overly angry.

So, apparently, these things are coming to me in dreams now. But I also dreamed up my own episode of the CW show Supernatural last night as well, so I suppose I don’t want to make too much of my dream powers.

I think I have also decided to give the Worbla material a try for the final frames. It’s supposed to be easy to cut and mold, and then will hold its shape after you’re done working with it, and it can be sanded and painted. That means I can make something that is not too thick, but will hold the shape around the contours of the sides of my face, and I can sand down the edges, paint it the matte black I want… And if my magnetic attachment method works out, it will be pretty easy to have removable, interchangeable frames/lenses.

Worbla. That’s just fun to say. Worbla worbla worbla.

I did a little more prep work on the eye hole/frame testing with Bob. I measured the distances/areas for cutting eye holes that I can see out of and that will fit behind the frames. I then marked the borders for cutting the holes:

The plan is to sew some strong embroidery style stitches around those borders before cutting out the fabric, sort of like making really big buttonholes. I hope I can get to those borders with the sewing machine via the unzippable opening at the back of the mask. But I suppose I can do it by hand if need be. That might even be easier.

Once all is said and done, these eye holes with sturdily stitched borders will be covered by the frames and the mirrored lenses that will be part of them. In theory. Hopefully.

I am also in the process of adapting the Ditko design,. First, I am incorporating the sewing guide that I created for the traditional costume. Then, I will work on splitting it into mask, shirt, gloves, boots, pants.

Apparently, I will not be spending money on anything other than Spider-Man costume-related stuff for the foreseeable future. But who needs groceries, really?