Written by bigant on September 18, 2013
Aviendha Costume
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Photo by Samuel Laubscher
About six months ago, I decided I wanted to make a pretty involved costume for an upcoming convention. About 2 days before the convention, I started making it. Yee haw!
As I think I’ve mentioned before, I am a giant fan of the Wheel of Time book series and thought it would be really cool to dress up like a Maiden of the Spear. The Aiel are essentially desert warriors with red hair and light eyes. So 2/3 already achieved. I also thought this was an excellent choice because I would be marching in the hot sun and a desert warrior’s garb would probably be excellent for that (it was).
I have made many a costume for Halloween, costumed a few musical revues, and have an excellent ability to find and buy things. Give me a sewing machine, however, and my brain turns to static and only sharpens again three hours later with 15 minutes worth of work done. I’ve broken almost every sewing machine I’ve worked on. It’s sad. It’s true. I’ve taken a class. Maybe one day I’ll try it again.
LUCKY FOR ME, the Aiel have pretty simple clothing and a bunch of weapons. After disagreeing with a bunch of fan illustrations I saw, I ended up referencing both The Thirteenth Depository and a Wheel of Time Military Compedium since they focused heavily on the books and examples of the historical weapons/clothing Robert Jordan (probably) used as reference in creating the Aiel.