So you've decided to cosplay

yeah, we're going to Katsucon again this year, and instead of Getbackers we've got an Organization XIII theme going on. And yeah, there are more than two of us so i think we can legitimatly call it a theme. we are cosplaying as follows (in order of the org. cause i'm a dork):
Karyna- Xigbar #2
Karyna- Vexen #4 (EDIT: yeah, she just added this one lawl, cake!)
Rin- Saix #7
Karyna- Axle #8 (yeah, she's being one for each day...)
Me!- Demyx #9
Amanda- Larxene #12 (XD)(EDIT: roxas was too hard for her, so she switched to Larx)


anyway, the whole point of this post is that I have to make Dem's REDICULOUS sitar-thing-yeah. and I'm making it out of pink insulation foam (no, not fiberglass, you simpletons) and foam core and paint and gesso.
READY FOR PICTURES?! 'cause 'ahma post 'em.

• HERE BE REFERENCE
• Here's some of the big ol' piece of tracing paper I used to map it all out. It's 5 feet tall. to get the measurements I used corelDRAW and set the picture to 5 inches then multiplied all the distances by 12 to get inches. it took forever ;o;
• This is the first piece of pink foam we cut. Its for the bulb. the pink foam is 2 inches thick and 8 feet tall. it has been in the hall of my house for several weeks now and is starting to get annoying.
• So you know how foam isnt the strongest of materieals? to strenghten it we built a wood skeleton that sits flush with the top of the foam. my god, making this channel nice and straight and stuff was hell.
• We cut the rest of the pieces for the bulb, and glued them. Here's a top view, and here's from the back.
• Since the neck is so thin, we decided to glue it on the wood before we cut it. this is the first pic where you can sorta see the whole thing comming together.
• oh, right, here's the bulb sanded and awesome. we used sand paper and raspers (kinda like really big nail file boards)
• This is the coloured foam core I used for the face. looking back, foam core is not the best thing to use because its really hard to cut with a nice straight smooth edge. plus the edges are white and we still havnt figured out how to cover them...
• PROGRESS! the white is gesso. its kinda like plaster paint and once again, it is not the best thing to use with the pink foam. because when you paint it on, it's all streaky, and when you try to sand it, it doesnt sand because its on spongey foam. >.<>

more pics with more progress! (email me for questions, i dont check the comments here.)