For the record, this is not including the skirt because Fuck That and also I don’t wear it on Niko anyway. Gonna make the Yorha-53 leggings instead and make the blue lining more visible

Niko for reference and also bc Perceive Him

cutting out the fabric for the mockup rn, will serge and then tear apart and then re-serge the sleeve poofs

Sleeve holes my beloathed

Front panel overlap draped v nicely tho

oh the last Niko photo went to a link, please look at him again

only just started tweaking the sleeves but for having done basically zero sewing in the last several years, this is not the shittiest mockup in the world

...I should add pockets in the side seams of this

Added the hood, and it’s fitting correctly with the robe, though I will have to make the point in back about 4in shorter to, uh, match the rest of my shortness.

Still not happy with the sleeves, might make the armhole smaller before I try to figure out the elbow poof and overall length. Still debating between simply gathering around the elbows vs hiding some narrow elastic bands behind the arm belts. Probably a sign I should end for the night and come back to this with fresh eyes tomorrow.

Also I forgot to add the extra shoulderpads, so that will be part of the Sleeve 2 endeavor tomorrow too

i was in sleeve hell tonight too :/

SLEEVE HOLE FINALLY DEFEATED

I still have to do the elbow gathering lol but. Holy shit

it looks very similar but trust me when I say it is very different

Putting the hood and new sleeves back on will be after dinner, then I can worry about elbows

I also still need to measure where the pockets will go, which may involve cannibalizing a fourth pattern into this guy (pattern 3 is the turtleneck tank top under the robe)

I also Acknowledge the distressed hem on the robe, but I will probably Choose To Ignore It bc I do not actually want all my hard work to get shredded over time

Some more refs

HAHAHA I LIED these are also more motivational Nikos for future me

Ok I’ve determined that just gathering the elbows isn’t enough, I need to add elastic

This is also probably easier in the long run, I can just have dedicated elastic channels

Lining the sleeves is a problem for Future Dirk

But this will also make the elbow panel easier to piece together since it’s alternating the black and silver fabric every couple inches