Today, I bring to you some close up photographs of the Xena costume dress prop replica made of the american propmaster called Todd Coyle. Also, I would speak about the history of this dress and the evolution of the production of it.
Complete Xena leather costume
This is a never worn leather dress made 16 years ago in 2002. The quality of this costume is awesome, fully detailed and very well made. Ive bought a few months ago on eBay from a seller who took great care of it during all these years. The seller has always been very kind to me and it is not the first item that I have bought from her.
It is made up of two different parts, the leather corset that include the chakram hook and the resin medallion. The skirt is composed of several leather strips with 9 rivets per strip and behind of them two rows of wide leather strips. Also, to simulate Xenas brilliant grey undies, Todds decided to add in the inner part some wide fabric strips as the ones in the original undies from Xena costume.
Medallion detail close up
Since the tv series started Todds Costumes had created these kind of Xena costume using some original screenused costumes he got on his hands. Therefore, the proportions and sizes of each piece are identical to the original
His earlier work was a raw leather design of it with some small mistakes that after he modified them and got a realistic costume like Xena has. My costume is one of those, it is made of a genuine heavy dark reddish brown leather with the characteristic medallion of the warrior princess made of flexible resin.
Nowadays, I was told about his recent work and we dont know exactly why, but the quality has become deficient and the final result has varied a lot in relation to his beginnings. The leather used isnt the same quality and the thickness is smaller than the ones made years ago and the leather cut isnt as accurate as before. However, Im sure it will become again a great propmaster as he was known arround the world.
His earlier work was a raw leather design of it with some small mistakes that after he modified them and got a realistic costume like Xena has. My costume is one of those, it is made of a genuine heavy dark reddish brown leather with the characteristic medallion of the warrior princess made of flexible resin.
Corset close up
Nowadays, I was told about his recent work and we dont know exactly why, but the quality has become deficient and the final result has varied a lot in relation to his beginnings. The leather used isnt the same quality and the thickness is smaller than the ones made years ago and the leather cut isnt as accurate as before. However, Im sure it will become again a great propmaster as he was known arround the world.
Todds Costumes tag inside the back part
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