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Basic Teal Suit with Hook-and-Eye closure
I decided to play fast and loose with the seam allowances and such with this one. I ended up needing to add a fastener because I went way too far with it. No simple slip-on for this one.
The shoulder straps are a bit off, but then again, they are off in a similar way on the Cuties swimsuit I ordered from HLJ. The Cuties swimsuit was inexpensive- even though it only fits Obitsus and tiny dolly-dolls, I found out that my designs are actually more complicated than what the doll clothing manufacturers do. They cut one large piece out, from crotch end to crotch end (shut up), stitch all of the hems, stitch the side seams, the crotch seam, and call it a day.
My designs are based on 1/1 patterns, so they have a front piece and two back pieces like a lot of basic 1-piece swimsuits have. It's harder to sew, but it means a bit more "realism." I might try cutting one of these patterns as though the straps were connected, and see if it works better. It's a giant waste of cloth, as my girlfriend pointed out.
I'll have pics of the Cuties suit up soon, on an Obitsu and on the new Girl's Mission body I just got. I wanted to see if there was a happy medium between the brick-house amazons that are Cool Girls and the teeny-tiny little anime girls that are Obitsus and Volks. It pretty much is, but now I'd like to see something somewhere between a Cool Girl and Girl's Mission body. That would be nice for figures of regular adult women.
Here's the Suit front.
I have better things I could be doing- pounding some rookies in the training center, listening to "Ace of Spades" for the 1000th time, sleeping....
Relax. This won't take long, OK? Here's the suit back. I chose to use an oversized hook and eye by design. I didn't think it would look right to use one tiny hook and eye- this looks like it is holding stuff up.
It's keeping this suit from falling off me and showing my birthday suit to the world. Only the toughest guys get to see that, and there aren't very many of those around.
This good enough? Why do you insist on having me model this stuff? You've got Tia, for crying out loud- that's her damn job.
It's simple, babe- people like you, and they are hoping you tell me to kiss off again.
Aahhh....gotta stretch. Holding these poses is harder than it looks.
People appreciate it, June.
Another view of the front.
Right....you just want to show everyone what nice piece of meat I am.
Will you do one more pose for us, June?
Fine. None of you will ever get any of this anyway.
Will you relax? You're just modeling.
It's hard to relax knowing that all of those people are looking at me like that, and I can't blacken their eyes for it.
What's the big deal? You have fans! Oh no, people actually like you! What ever will you do?
If you'd hurry up and get those damn stories written, they'd like me for the right reasons, not just because I happen to be sexy.
You can still be sexy and strong- people like you because you're even tougher than you are pretty.
If you say so. As long as I get to smash something with my guitar next time.
That's fair. As long as you don't mess with the camera. Deal?
That will work for now. Hurry up and make me those band t-shirts you promised- I want a Motörhead shirt in my size already.
(I like doing these stories with the subjects in-character. It's fun to imagine how they'd act if they could actually talk to me and vice versa. I imagine if June ever had an Indian in the Cupboard moment, the first thing she'd do it try to kick me in the nards. 20 times. --K).
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