Making a Dwarf Crown

I’ve sadly skipped the last couple of years, but normally I go to a yearly event called Labyrinth Masquerade (once called Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade Ball – aka LOJ). I sadly couldn’t go in the past because it was always a couple of weeks before San Diego Comic Con and that time is reserved for drawing artwork for the SDCC Art Show.

But this year it’s the first weekend of August and I’m so happy that I can go! If anyone reading this is going, I’ll only be there on Saturday. 

I love to draw and pain, but I also love to engineer costumes. I’ve been having some health issues, but the doctors feel I’ll be okay as long as I take it easy and wear something loose and comfortable. The ancient romans had a pretty damn nice looking loose fitting outfit, so I decided to take inspiration from that. My friend at A Red Thread is helping me put together a Stola and then help me drape a Palla  over it.

But I’m going to the Goblin King‘s ball, I can’t go as an ancient Roman! So I’m turning the outfit into a Royal Dwarf Queen outfit. Sadly I won’t have the time to glue a fake jewel beard on me, but I hope the crown and my jewelry will have a Dwarf feel with a hint of ancient Roman influence. We shall see. 

The image above is the template for the crown. Which I plan to light up.

First draft concept sketch of crown

Sizing for the center jewels and how they might look when I light them up with LEDs


^Decided it would look better flipping crown upside down from the original concept. 

Now I’m just waiting for the Worbla to come in the mail today and then I can get to work on putting this bad boy together!

If the outfit fails to give the feeling that I’m a Dwarf from a fantasy story, than I hope it will at least look awesome. 🙂