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Leonard wig, mark 1 (yuck)

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Trystan
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Leonard wig, first try

Leonard wig, first try

First take on my Leonard wig, and I’m not sure. Ok, it’s super-messy, that’s a problem. But that’s not my real problem with it. I think the shape is too girly. It’s been sitting on a head clamped to my cutting table for a few days, and every time I look at it, I think it’s a girl’s wig. Partly because the side curls have been hanging down like lovelocks (I pinned them into really quick, sloppy curls for the pix that follow). But also the shape. It’s so round.

Leonard wig, first try

Leonard wig, first try

I keep thinking the boy wigs should be pointy. Yet only the movie Leo had a really pointy wig. Ok, and the Williamsburg fop wig was kinda narrow and pointy. But the Macaroni caricatures are all kinds of big and foofy.

Haven’t added proper curls along the sides or a bag in the back. And it’s hella messy. Ugh, not satisfied!

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