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it takes years to develop your craft. do not romanticize the idea of an ‘overnight success’. be a student. grow organically. get really good. hate your work. start over. find new ways to express the same ideas. the student becomes the master. your time will come.

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Raphtalia Hair Accessories Tutorial

What I used:

Craft foam

X-acto knife

Gold Paint

Glue gun

Sponge cord (diameter 0.5cm)*

*This just happened to be something I had lying around. You could just cut some strips from craft foam to save buying another material. But from a quick search, the cord is pretty inexpensive (and I’ve used it in quite a few other projects because I like the rounded edge.)

This is a pretty simple project, so the explanation will be pretty short.

I started by deciding how long I wanted them to be. I used paper to pattern a rectangle. I estimated a width then rolled the paper to check I was happy with it. The dimensions I decided on were 3cm x 8cm

I used this as a stencil and cut two rectangles out of foam. I then glued them into tubes, by gluing along the shorter edge. Next, I cut the cord to the same width as the rectangle and glued it into a circle, then glued it to the foam tube (I glued it inside so you wouldn’t see messy lumps of glue on the viewable edges.) I repeated this for both ends of both tubes.

Then I just painted them by sponging on the gold paint. To finish them off I coated them in mod podge (but I’m not sure how necessary this step is).

Tips for keeping them on! :

When I wore them they would slide off from time to time, but my lovely mother came up with the idea of using some duct tape, folding it a few times, and tying a hair band around it, so it would bulk up the area and keep the hair accessory on. I’m sure you could use something else, so long as it’s somewhat bulky when folded, but can squeeze to fit over. I’m not sure I explained that very well, so here’s a photo to help illustrate tha0t:

Here’s a shot of them on:

(Yes, my ribbon is not tied in this photo 😭)

Thanks for reading, I hope this could be of use to some people!

I actually made these for a different cosplay almost a year ago, but because someone complimented them on my Raphtalia cosplay I decided to make this tutorial!

#cos tut

a-near-cis

One thing I've seen some people say about Evelyn not wanting her father to know that Joy is gay wasn't quite sitting right with me. The statements I saw floating around were about Evelyn choosing her father over her daughter in that moment didn't resonate with my own interpretation, which is that Evelyn was attempting (however poorly, I won't deny that) to protect her daughter from the type of abandonment she experienced when she was young and fell in love with the "wrong" person.

I think she (fairly) doesn't trust that her father can be accepting, because if he disowned her after she married a man that was "too soft" then how would he react to his granddaughter having a girlfriend?

So There’s This hottie/edgy-looking god of war……….. [ 🍇 ]

#hades

btanselanoican

lord dionysus your thighs look heavy let me give you a hand 🤲 🤲 🤲

#hades

artcrystals

After him, Diomedes of the great war cry drove forward with the bronze spear; and Pallas Athena, leaning in on it, drove it into the depth of the belly where the war belt girt him. Picking this place she stabbed, driving it deep in his flesh and wrenching the spear out again. Then Ares the Brazen bellowed with a sound as great as nine thousand men make, or ten thousand, when they cry as they carry in to the fighting the fury of the war god.

#hades