@forever adel:
I'm also going as Lightning (though to the SDCC, not to this convention, so you won't have competition from me :)), and I can tell you that you can iron the wig fibers, but you have to be VERY careful. Keep the iron on the lowest setting, and go very slowly, and keep the iron off the wig fibers at regular intervals to prevent it overheating and melting. Also, to make the wig look more like her hair, I would suggest finding a picture of the back of lightning's head so you can see how her hair is cut. If you find a decent picture, you can see that her hair is actually cut short on one side of her head, and all of the long hair is on the left side of her head. So, instead of being all the hair on the back of her head swept to one side, only one side of her head has long hair in the back, so it's easier to hang over her shoulder. So you might try finding a picture and trimming it a little, but again, be careful, as wig hair obviously does not grow back.
Now I need some help:
For the jacket, there are some very specific-looking clasps, and I have only found then in a semi-accurate form in one place, and they are quite expensive, anyone know of any place I could get them?
http://animehistory.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/ffxiii-lightning_cg.png
(The silver buckles)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
I'm also going as Lightning (though to the SDCC, not to this convention, so you won't have competition from me :)), and I can tell you that you can iron the wig fibers, but you have to be VERY careful. Keep the iron on the lowest setting, and go very slowly, and keep the iron off the wig fibers at regular intervals to prevent it overheating and melting. Also, to make the wig look more like her hair, I would suggest finding a picture of the back of lightning's head so you can see how her hair is cut. If you find a decent picture, you can see that her hair is actually cut short on one side of her head, and all of the long hair is on the left side of her head. So, instead of being all the hair on the back of her head swept to one side, only one side of her head has long hair in the back, so it's easier to hang over her shoulder. So you might try finding a picture and trimming it a little, but again, be careful, as wig hair obviously does not grow back.
Now I need some help:
For the jacket, there are some very specific-looking clasps, and I have only found then in a semi-accurate form in one place, and they are quite expensive, anyone know of any place I could get them?
http://animehistory.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/ffxiii-lightning_cg.png
(The silver buckles)
Any help is greatly appreciated!