Okay, so I went a little berserk on the shield design...I made the inlay a bit more complicated than it really is (looking at other art, looks like I misread the image) so I’ll do another template and compare the two- and see which one I like better. The tracery looks a little floofy and flowy to me, but not unappealing. It makes me think French architectural embellishments prior to the French Revolution. I dunno why, but it does. *shrug* I /HAVE/ determined, that this shield is gonna be pretty good size. Based on the Roegadyn from the art I like best (also the Roe from the FFXIV: End of an Era cinematic- look it up, its lovely and sad and...amazing) the shield should come from just below my knee up to mid bicep in height when standing at rest if the shield is vertical. On me thats somewhere around 27/28”, pretty good size for a shorter person. 🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍂🍂🍁🍂 #ffxiv #ffxivpaladin #timelapse #template #cosplaytemplate #cosplayplanning #ffxivcosplay #paladincosplay #miqo’tecosplay #miqo’tepaladin #curtanaandtheholyshield #holyshield #procreate #procreateapp #digitalart #digitaldrawing #digitaldrawingtimelapse https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZP0SUgZPv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=msvh0tq9zvpd

More planning for Curtana and the Holy Shield. Right now I’m just templating and planning- and trying to think of how to break down this costume into its constituent parts. I’ve got about one year and five months to work on it, so I’m not rushing. Just gathering things and thinking. Lots of thinking. I’ve still got three costumes to actually construct in front of it. 🍁 This is the same method I used for working on Curtana, I identified the half of the Holy Shield I found more appealing, and then used the Symmetry function in the Procreate App. I lined it up as well as I could with the center axis of the shield and went to drawing. Hatching to help identify parts of the shield that were on a lower plane than what is immediately around it. 🍂 I feel like I’ll need to get some chisels for working on this project. Anyone have any experience with carving chisels and EVA foam? Does it work out? 🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍂🍂🍁🍂 #ffxiv #ffxivpaladin #timelapse #template #cosplaytemplate #cosplayplanning #ffxivcosplay #paladincosplay #miqo’tecosplay #miqo’tepaladin #curtanaandtheholyshield #holyshield #procreate #procreateapp #digitalart #digitaldrawing #digitaldrawingtimelapse (I picked this music because it reminded me if the Final Fantasy franchise) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnY7ONogpnV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=swkp3x281ikj

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