Lizzy, thanks for the links. No idea why I didn't see them until now.
I've seen a ton of pictures with this bodice on a dress form. I didn't find it overly difficult on the dress form. But on me...different story. I followed Shingo Sato's method, which stresses the importance of making the tucks at least 8 cm wide, so I didn't have the "tucks too small problem". To be entirely honest, I did do a paper mockup of the Pattern Magic version with the small tucks and found it to be way too fiddly. But I suspect it adds a lot less ease than the 8 cm tucks version.
If you look closely at the pictures from fashion incubator, the armhole and shoulder area does have a lot more ease, which I don't particularly like for my frame (read hate), especially on fitted gaments. 5 cm of ease, for me, is 1 size too big. Standard doesn't really work for everyone, as I found out
Anyway, it was a great pattern drafting and construction excercise
I will give this another try at some point, but using fluting rather than changing the pattern.
I like Kenneth King's tutorial from Threads Magazine:
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/34364/video-how-to-create-curved-tucksThis would be a lot easier to achieve
and less frustrating.
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