cosplay build blog

social media are trash for describing builds so we're back to basics baby

[carnivalizationcosplay]

Hi there, and welcome to a new ✨experiment✨ of a blog! I'm Carnivalization Cosplay, aka Christy (she/her), and I'm a cosplayer! Obviously! Here are costumes and props I've all made from scratch! I love focusing on the craft of cosplay and sharing things that I learn, so I've returned to Tumblr to try and better document my builds in a more blog-like format. There just aren't any other social media sites that are well-suited to content where you actually talk about what you're doing and why (save for Dreamwidth, the real one), so I'm giving this a shot for the rest of my builds this year. This year, I'll be building:

Barbarian Tav (Baldur's Gate 3)

Jaheira (Baldur's Gate 3)

Cassia Orsellio (Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader)

and whatever else I might have time for...! You can expect posting about every step of the process of creating these costumes, so if that sounds up your alley, hope you enjoy it! And always feel free to send asks if you have questions. I'm happy to talk shop, send recommendations, etc.! Photo Credits 📸

Aloy: Renfroe Photography

Merrill: Fabled Imagery

Lohse: Momo Clicks

Maya: Hall shot--No page for photographer

[carnivalizationcosplay]

I’ve been busy after work lately, so starting off this build tag with something simple: dying a lot of rope!

Dying is actually one of my least favorite cosplay tasks because if you’re color obsessed (like me) it can be very frustrating to get the color you want. That said, Rit in particular does make it easy for beginners with their color formulas and as long as you follow the box instructions!

That said, I did not do that, haha. This was vibes based dying from colors I had in my stash, since I just needed good red which isn’t super complicated to achieve.

I used one box of powdered red dye and half a bottle of the liquid wine which gave me rope soup:

And after taking it out, I decided the color was a little too dark for my liking, so i did a quick dip in color remover to lighten and desaturate it.

And this was the end result, with the wet vs dry color—and as you can see it changes a lot! Never trust the color when it comes out of the pot. It’ll be much lighter than you think every time!

The color is a great starting point for what i wanted, since with the browns and blues in the costume, I want the red of the rope to match it well. So once it’s all put together, I might use paint to further modify the color, or maybe this is good! We’ll see!

[carnivalizationcosplay]

Alright, and here's the very first starter for my next cosplay project! This is the default armor for a female Barbarian in Baldur's Gate 3. I'm shooting to make this for PAX East, so it'll be a pretty quick build if I can manage that. FINGERS CROSSED. If you'd like to follow my progress for making this outfit, give me a follow, or follow my build tag!