our zam version 2.0
- Thread starter MonCal
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Wow, great photos Cal! Congratulations again! I must say I'm glad my category was separate, no way does my Padme costume even come close to your Zam in accuracy and the sheer amount of talent and skill put into it!
Yes, over the years as I have been dying fabric for newer costumes I've really noticed how lighting can make a huge difference in the colors we see. So now when I custom dye things I view my swatches in fluorescent light, incandescent light, day light, and I photograph them with flash too before settling on the closest recipe. It's never going to be perfect. I've gotten over the fact that the colors on my Senate gown are off because that was back when I still bought the best pre-dyed substitute I could off the bolt. I only dyed my velvet and cording on that costume, and took the approach of just trying to use colors that looked good together.
In the end it is only the die hard fans with a photographic memory that will ever catch that you don't have on the precisely correct shade of purple. The overall impression is what matters most.
Yes, over the years as I have been dying fabric for newer costumes I've really noticed how lighting can make a huge difference in the colors we see. So now when I custom dye things I view my swatches in fluorescent light, incandescent light, day light, and I photograph them with flash too before settling on the closest recipe. It's never going to be perfect. I've gotten over the fact that the colors on my Senate gown are off because that was back when I still bought the best pre-dyed substitute I could off the bolt. I only dyed my velvet and cording on that costume, and took the approach of just trying to use colors that looked good together.
In the end it is only the die hard fans with a photographic memory that will ever catch that you don't have on the precisely correct shade of purple. The overall impression is what matters most.
ZamBamThankYouMaam
New Hunter
:loveThat is absolutely GORGEOUS!
*sighing because I'm SOOO going to flop on mine! :rolleyes*
MonCal
Active Hunter
We have placed more pictures of the Zam Version 2.0 in the gallery on this website:
www.FarAwayCreations.com
www.FarAwayCreations.com
Gorgeous work!
SeattleZam
Jr Hunter
*bowing*
That is the most amazing Zam!! You're inspiring me, with my pile o' Zam bits and pattern bits all over my table.
Deunan Shiruba
That is the most amazing Zam!! You're inspiring me, with my pile o' Zam bits and pattern bits all over my table.
Deunan Shiruba
MandoWarrior87
Hunter
Great work as usual MonCal!! Best lookin' Zam i've seen!
MonCal
Active Hunter
Thanks everyone for the comments!! I really appreciate it. I haven't had much time to keep up with the forums these past few months but I'm really trying to catch up. Right now my main focus is getting everyone on this forum taken care of because I have the ..... ever lasting zam blaster project that just won't end .. ... and also a few big zam kit orders for which I am doing everything in my power to get finished up.
... and also a few big zam kit orders for which I am doing everything in my power to get finished up.
