A thoroughly productive day! It's been great hanging out with Jesse but having some time to myself is absolutely divine.
Anyways, I finished with the muslin mock-up for Nuada's tunic by early afternoon so I cut out and sewed together the outer body pieces. The skirting has been cut out as well but I'm thinking I'll let that hang for a few days (or even while I'm away) so the fabric can drop like it needs to. I've also cut the outer skirting on the bias so the square patterns are actually diamonds, as his are on the actual costume.
It all went together quite smoothly today though the collar did take a lot of fiddling around. It's still not quite right but I just wanted to get on with it so I figured I would finalize it on the actual tunic.
So first some pictures of the mock-up. I'm missing the second back panel in the second shot there since I only cut three for the mock-up. Strange how his overlap but this is good because I don't need to worry about them fitting perfectly around the body.


Then the actual product went together QUITE well though the (sort of) upholstery fabric I used for the body was hella tough to cut and sew through.


The skirting is just pinned on for now and probably will stay that way for a few days. And the diamonds don't line up yet. But they will! And here's the original again for comparison:


I didn't realize this at first (FAIL) but his tunic is made of the same fabric for the body and skirts. Ah well. I'm thinking the combination I've got should pass tolerably and I'm not too concerned about having this as spot-on as I have been in the past. It will be close, for sure, but I'm just not feeling particularly anal with this one.
Going to do the lining tomorrow (silk - how posh!!) and then either start the pants or start the armour pattern (which shouldn't be too hard).