Alrighty, militarystuck is always really cool! And if you pull it off right, then it looks even cooler!
NOTE: THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS A FIRST COSPLAY
To start, be sure you know your character pretty well, know their colors, style. In this example Im going to be using Porrim because..well....I am Porrim and she is me.
I know that her thing is sultry, sexy looks as seen in her sexy dress, swirling sultry tats and that makeup that gives her lusty look. In that case, I also know her colors would be green, black, and white (with her glowing skin and all).
Now you’ve got a color pallet! Which will be important! More color pallets would be vriska: (Black, Blue, Dark Grey, Red) or Terezi: (Teal, Red, black) Feel free to add many other colors as well!
Next, start looking up cosplay designs other people have done or drawings other people have done.
Here is a great design of cosplays and here is some cool drawings. You can do your research and find out what you like and dislike, and you can even come up with your own elaborate designs.
Now that you have general colors and a general design, it’s time to get your basics together, your wig of the character, grey paint (if doing a troll), their weapon, and other such props that make them who they are. As well as horns made, teeth made, etc etc.
Next thing is to figure out how you want your outfit. This will require sewing! Want a tailcoat? Want a corset-coat thing that ruffles out the back? There’s plenty of patterns out there that can definitely be used for militarystuck. Some of them say ‘steampunk’ on them, because that's a perfect military style! Here, here, here, here, here , here, here and here are some GREAT ones to use.
Now for the little things:
-studs, studs everywhere ad chains
-boots, combat boots will do, but if you’re doing vriska the best will be tall red boots and you can make boot covers if need be.
-splashes of gold everywhere show ‘ranking’ so little shoulder things, medallions, gold roping along jackets etc etc etc
-lace for the ladies, put it everywhere
-you will want to get a hat like this or this but make sure you’re very good with cutting holes in it to stuff your horns through if you have horns and don’t be afraid to add to it!
Don’t be afraid to add things like eyepatches to characters that don’t usually have one, some bloody makeup on con day, or even a cane modified to fit the character!
I hope this helped, for any specific things just ask!
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