Finished modifying my costumebase vest today. It was sandpaper day!
http://instagr.am/p/WVM0BgxQ1Y/
Also, I got brave and wanted to find a way to keep the collar on my banepants coat from falling down, so I took two small segments of a wire hanger, and pressed them down in to the shearling in a V shape, and then used a hot glue gun to pull the shearling over it, so it wouldn't be too noticeable.
http://instagr.am/p/WVM34GRQ1k/
Surprisingly, it actually worked, and I walked around, flailing like crazy and shaking the coat, and the collar stayed up the whole time.