phantomthief So... Getting on this ledge for pictures was a great choice, judging by the results.
However. Actually GETTING on the ledge was not.

It was my attempt at copying the cover 4 illustration image, but in reality... Fail XD

This is the last picture of Fai I'll post until winter when I wear him again so I'll take this space to explain a little.

I made all three layers (the middle shown in the picture before this). The first layer based on the cover illustration, but in black instead of white. The applique was all done in satin taffeta. Though the designs on the tails came from the original art, the sleeve/collar details were just added because I had extra material XD The design on the back (last picture in the gallery) is his phoenix sealing tattoo from the first volume.

The second layer is based off his blue and white coat. The base is fleece and the fur is from Distinctivefabrics ($18 a yard but OH so worth it). Snap closures for simplicity of design. It's soooo comfy!

The outer coat was drafted and made in its entirety in... About 3 days. Go me -_-; It's based on the cover 4 image, of course, but with the colors from the Fai/Ashura picture. The lining itself (blue peachskin) was the "pattern" so to speak. I just kept cutting and sewing until it looked right and replicated it in the black suiting fabric. The details are blue cotton sateen cut out and dyed with Dylon fabric dye (in 3 shades of blue). I mixed the dye with warm water in a bucket, then used cotton balls and a small spray bottle to apply the gradient. It's more apparent in the pictures ACParadise took (two pictures back). The shoulders were cut into the pattern and shaped with fusible super-thick pellon interfacing. All the fur was, again, from DistinctiveFabrics ^___^

The staff is a curtain rod, three sheets of wood (glued together, cut out with a jigsaw, shaped with a router, sanded with a dremel and normal sandpaper), mirrored blue acrylic sheeting (cut out with a dremel -not a good idea- and hot glued together), fishing line and resin cast gems.

The eyepatch was me going crazy with my embroidery software and random beads leftover from SohRyu's crown XD

The pants -the reason getting on that ledge was more difficult than it should have been- are a size 1. I am normally a size 5-7. THAT WAS NOT COOL. But in restrospect my butt looked pretty nice XDDDD But a lovely pleather number found at Goodwill for $3

Photo by my mom!