Recently I was struck by a feverish inspiration for a new costume. I've been following the Thems Fightin Herds saga for a few years now (since back when it was known as 'Fighting is Magic') and the developer's blog has been posting character backstories and snippets of lore. One of the characters, Oleander, is a rebellious unicorn that has chosen to study dark magic instead of light. The ominously admirable lesson of 'not fearing the dark,' plus a reference to senpai Lovecraft's work in the presence of the Unicornomicon and FTNG (the demon that posesses it) has made me fall in love with the character already.I'll hopefully be able to finish this costume in time for Ponycon NYC since it'll be a garment modification project, though I have some bigger projects still on the docket. Crossing my fingers! I'm pretty terrible at posting my WIPs here, but if you follow me on Twitter, Facebook, or VK I typically post them there!To create this little beast I used a 'book box' purchased at a craft store, and cut the funky outline for the cover out of styrene. After cutting the half-circle from the binding with my dremel, I covered the whole thing with fake leather. The demonic visage was cut and layered from black craft foam, and detailed with basic craft paint. The raised eyes and writing are simply hot glue coated with sparkly pink nail polishOleander and the Unicornomicon designs belong to Thems Fightin Herds belongs to www.mane6.com/ - If you love fighting games, take a look, they've been backed for almost $600k