Marvel's Black Cat commission

These pictures are of a suit that I've made for someone else so it's a bit baggy on me because the customer is much taller than I am. I just had to try it on because I was so happy with how it came out and I think it makes for a better picture when you can see someone in an outfit even if it isn't perfect.

The customer commissioned just the black bodysuit in the style worn by Marvel's Black Cat, Felicia Hardy. I am not responsible for any of the accessories nor the fur trim which the customer will be adding later. So basically, I had it pretty easy but after having my confidence shaken a few times, I was nervous about delving back into taking commissions.

As usual, I used a Kwik Sew figure skating pattern as my base. I only had minor modifications for the leg length, neckline and front zipper. You can see me testing the neckline/cleavage in the picture to the right.

Here are my suggestions for the other elements of the suit if anyone else is looking to put one together (links naturally may break after original posting due other people's website dynamics):

Wig: I've switched from bestwigoutlet to cosworx.com because the prices are usually better; it's just harder to navigate around the site looking for color swatches but price usually wins. Plus cosworx is somehow related to cosplay.com which has a trading post/marketplace forum where you can find used and new wigs (and lots of other things).

Mask: I use Lance at XtremeDesignFx.com for that; he offers the perfect mask for Black Cat or Ms. Marvel among all of his other work. I do find that ordering takes a long time so keep that in mind.

Variations: Sometimes Black Cat has white boots and white gloves with the fur; other times black. You can avoid getting fur installed on the legs if you purchase boots with santa style fur trimming:



This leaves fur for the gloves/sleeves and the collar.
Gloves - http://www.greatglovesonline.com/product/3GLFE162MAR/8Button_Shiny_Stretch_Satin_Spandex_Slipon_Gloves_with_matching_color_Marabou_Feather_trim_around_cuff_and_down_the_side_cuff_extends_8_above_the_wrist_bone_below_the_elbow__3GLFE162MAR.html

Special Dr. Sketchy's Pittsburgh: Guns of Shadow Valley

This isn't about your typical charity fundraiser. It's not one of those tax-deductible sort of things. However, it would mean a lot to folks involved including myself.

I'm the spokesmodel for the Guns of Shadow Valley comic book which is online and completely free at gunsofshadowvalley.com. The comic is the blood, sweat and tears of Dave Wachter. It was just nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic which is like the Academy Award of comic book awards. Dave has been living the joyous freedom filled life of an independent artist for years. We have plans to attend the San Diego Comic Con for two nights just to go to the Eisner Awards dinner. If you've heard of it, you probably know how crazy expensive that trip is.

The extremely generous people that the Pittsburgh Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School offered to give all of their May proceeds to Dave to fund his trip to San Diego. The event details are http://docsketchy.eventbrite.com/ but the brief is that it's May 24th, a Monday night at the Gypsy Cafe. You don't have to stay the whole night of course if you're like me and get up in the wee hours for a day job, but coming out to support the Guns comic would be truly appreciated.

For $15, you can sketch, sculpt or photograph sexy cowgirls who will be modeling (including myself) and partake in a variety of Dr. Sketchy's hilarious contests with prizes of course including our sponsor Boyd & Blair vodka. It should go without saying but the food at the Gypsy is to die for. Chef Jim Dietz and manager Melanie know how to make people happy with food and drinks. They invented the Wachter Waffles and the Peckinpahguerita in Dave's honor when he got the nomination.

Margie's Wonder Woman tutorial

You've probably seen more pictures of Margie as Wonder Woman than any other costumer out there today. She practically runs Heroes Alliance which is a Florida troupe of costumers that do loads of community service. Recently, she posted a tutorial on making Wonder Woman armor over at Facebook, which may be friends only so I'm not sure if you'll be able to get through the link if you are not on her friends list. Please, if you send her a friend request, take a few seconds to attach a message; this makes a big difference to women who model and costume.

PC attack - in case you didn't know

If you aren't following my twitter, then you might not realize just how far up Shit's Creek I am with my computer. I can't get my video files to work now. I haven't even tried my scanner yet. This means reviews and content are probably going to be a month behind schedule. If you're a paid customer and you have issues with lack of updates or login failures, please email me at amberlovescomics at gmail. 


You can read my pathetic details here: http://amberunmasked.com/?p=1156


On a happy note, I was at Phantom of the Attic for Free Comic Book Day and got loaded up with my monthly stack plus a few of the freebies. I have tons of reading to get to now that I can't get anything on my computer to work.

Neon Harley Still For Sale + Some New Items

My etsy shop has been neglected for several months but I'd like to draw attention to my crazy version of Harley Quinn. I need to attend the Comic Con International in San Diego this year so that I can be the +1 of Dave Wachter whose comic, the Guns of Shadow Valley has been nominated for an Eisner. The Eisner Awards are the Friday night of SDCC. We will be flying out Friday morning and coming back to PA on Sunday. It's crazy but it's really important that we be there. The hotel prices are crazy and if anyone knows the horrors of trying to get one with the con discount, you know they sell out within minutes. At this point, it's pretty late to try and get a room and even ones a few miles away are well over $200 a night.

So why am I whining about all this? I do have a few items up for sale and I'd really appreciate if customers jumped at the purchases now to relieve my mind a bit about paying the SD trip. I'm even going to bail out of Heroes Con in order to have a day and half at San Diego (unless money suddenly falls into my lap).

Besides the traditional comic book themes, I have a couple of other tote bags that I need to post. Hopefully I'll get those up there in the next couple of days.

I'm willing to part with some other items too, like my Star Sapphire T-shirt Mod.

(UPDATED):
I added the pink & black tote bag and the Star Sapphire T-shirt to the Etsy shop. Please take a look. I'm not taking any special orders at this time so what's listed is what I have available until I can make more updates.

Guns of Shadow Valley gets the EISNER NOMINATION!

Dave Wachter's comic book the Guns of Shadow Valley was just nominated for an Eisner Award! If you follow my feeds you've heard of it and probably seen pics of me wearing the t-shirt. I'm uploading a video right now of the behind the scenes from my photoshoot.

Head over to AmberUnmasked.com or my YouTube channel to see the PG-13 version of the video trailer!

The Eisners are literally the "Oscars" of the comic book industry. It  a VERY big deal to be nominated. Of the hundreds of thousands of webcomics and other digitally distributed comics available, only FIVE are accepted as nominations. Congratulations from the bottom my heart to Dave, Jim and Tom for all their work on Guns!

Coming Up in April - Pittsburgh Comic Con

The Pittsburgh Comic Con (not in the Pitt for some reason) is April 23-25 this spring. It is a fun medium-size show. I does fall into that hybrid category though of "entertainment expo" more than "comic con" since there are always a fair share of horror B-movie celebs from the 70s, wrestlers and toy dealers. However, when it does come to comics, a show like this is good because lines are generally not long for the creators (rare exceptions of course like when they have to sell tickets for someone special attending).

This time around the Costume Contest is on Sunday. It will be broken down into 3 age groups (kids, teens, adults). Coming to the show in costume on Sunday gets you into the show for free. The categories with costume contests are always a bit "grey" since there are plenty of crossovers; i.e., Marvel not only has comics but cartoons also, etc.

  • Comic books
  • Cartoons
  • TV/Movie
  • Literature
  • Original Concept
  • Other

Since Joe Sinnott will be there, I will definitely spend some time in my Fantastic 4 suit. Otherwise, don't forget to come visit me at the Guns of Shadow Valley booth with artist/writer Dave Wachter.
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