Cosplay Tutorials Galore!!!

I'm here to help you find the right tutorial for your cosplay needs! Ask and you shall receive!

[elsmaster]

I made a tutorial(ish thing) for my cosplay page on how to move a sin top from one wig to another. It’s pretty simple, if a bit time consuming. 

[oldjewelryfeed]

Victorian Silver and Moonstone Scorpion Brooch

[the-font-bandit]

One of the most frustrating things about being ADHD is the way hyperfixations and skill levels work.

So I, an ADHD person, will get obsessed with A Thing. I will research, I will practice. I'll check out library books, watch YouTube videos, seek out podcasts, all to learn everything I can about The Thing.

Thiat Thing is often a skill or hobby. Painting, writing, candlemaking, baking, mixology, tea blending.

But the thing with ADHD is that you'll be obsessed with it only to a certain skill level. Something where all the mystery is gone. It's not as fun once the learning part is over and it's just boring practice to get better.

Then abruptly, you'll lose interest and move to another fixation.

That skill level you've earned may be higher than your average person with a passing interest. But it's also lower than someone who specializes in said thing, who has put in those hard hours of practice and work.

So you start just forming this miscellaneous collection of things that you're good enough at to earn some praise, but still leave you feeling like you're just never *quite* good enough at anything because you can't just choose anything.

And you want to pick a Thing. To find Your Thing. The thing that fits, that you can finally excel at. But you just can't seem to.

[sworntovalor]

Here’s a “life-hack” for you. Apparently concentrated Kool-Aid can be used as a pretty effective leather dye. I was making a drink while cutting the snaps off some new straps for my pauldrons and I got curious, so I tried it, thinking, “ok even if this works, it will just wash out.” Nope. It took the “dye” (undiluted) in about 3 seconds. After drying for about an hour and a half, it would not wash off in the hottest tap-water. It would not wash out after soaking for 30 minutes. It did not wash out until I BOILED it, and even then, only by a tiny bit and it gave it a weathered look that was kind of cool. Add some waterproofing and I’d wager it would survive even that. That rich red is only one application too. Plus it smells great, lol. So there you go, cheap, fruity smelling leather dye in all the colors Kool-Aid has to offer.

[hammerhide]

WELL THEN!

[pomegranateandivy-deactivated20]

this may be important to some of my followers *and certainly not just getting reblogged because of my costuming and my boyfriends desire for leather armor*

[armeleia]

When I was in middle school we used to use it to dye our hair.  Potent stuff.

[baedlyweathered]

If you’re dying anything with kool-aid it’s best to use SUGAR-FREE ones otherwise the thing you’re dying might get all sticky

[samthor]

the flavor only packets where you are supposed add sugar are the best.  they will dye any natural fiber: leather, wool, cotton, hair,  flax, jute, silk and so forth.  heat the dye water so it is more potent.  let dry then rinse excess out in cold water.  there’s  a whole system to this. 

[explorerrowan]

That’s the thing, kool-aid food dyes are protein dyes because they’re suspended in gelatin. They will dye anything made from animal products, so leather, wools, silks, and Easter eggs, but don’t take quite so readily to plant-based fibers like cotton, rayon, and linen. Not to say they can’t stain those, but it’s significantly less likely to be a forever type of thing. When you buy a Rit dye (or other commercial dye), it’s actually two dyes in the same bottle, one for protein and one for plant fibers. When you only dye one type of thing with it, you only use half of it, which is where you get most bleeding, since it’s all the unused dye coming loose and getting on other stuff. If you want to get your money’s worth out of a bottle of fabric dye, put plant and animal products together in the same dye bath. You’ll use both parts of the dye and also reduce the amount of unbonded dye in the mix, so you won’t have as much bleed on other things.

[truebluemeandyou]

Guide to Collars Infographic from Enerie 

Writers continue to reblog these infographics for their useful terminology. If you’ve missed any infographics, here they are:

Know Your Shoes Part 1 Lobster Claws anyone?

Know Your Shoes Part 2

Know You Heels

Fashion Pattern Vocabulary Part 1

Fashion Pattern Vocabulary Part 2

Know Your Check Fabrics

Know Your Animal Prints

Know Your Hosiery

Know Your Gloves

History of Hairstyles Part 1

History of Hairstyles Part 2

Know Your Braids

Know Your Scarves

Know Your Belts Part 1

Know Your Belts Part 2

Know Your Sleeve Lengths

Know Your jacket length

Know Your Skirt Lengths

Know Your Pant Lengths

Know Your Front and Back Yokes

Know Your Yokes and Hems

Know Your Pleats

Know Your Darts

Know Your Denim Pockets Part 1

Know Your Patch Pockets Part 2

Know Your Pockets Part 3

Know Your Sleeves

Know Your Bras

Know Your Collars

Know Your Hair Buns

Know Your Sunglasses Infographic

Know Your Necklines

Sleeves and Necklines

Know Your Hats

Know Your Collars and Cuffs

Know Your Necklines

Know Your Skirts

Know Your Nail Shapes and What’s Popular on Instagram

Know Your Eye Liners

Know Your Wedding Dresses

History of Swimwear

Know Your Vintage Sleeves here

Know Your Vintage Collars and Necklines

Know Your Zippers and Zipper Pulls

[lolita-wardrobe]

The ultimate outfits vocabulary (source: FRACTALZ LAB)

[quixoticrobotic]

help what were those little graspy hands that held stuff people used to wear on their skirts called

[quixoticrobotic]

Chatelaines!!!!!

[quixoticrobotic]

concept: instead of like. a bunch of belt pockets or wtf ever give your character a tricked out steampunk version of THESE PUPPIES

[lesbianaut]

Men not giving you pockets is the mother of invention

[fine-things-for-plain-occasions]

CHATELAINS ARE MY SHIT

[housetohalf]

Oh so what femme stage managers do: just tie everything to yourself because you don’t have actual pockets.

[deliriumcrow]

They wore these in the 18th century as well, when women wore massive hanging pockets also tied around their waists, and pocket slits in their skirts to access them. Sort of like two large purses, hidden under your skirt. But the problem with massive pockets, like any large bag without other pockets in it, is that everything falls to the bottom, and you don’t want to be rooting around in there for half an hour trying to find your scissors. So the important things that get used all the time get put on the outside, where they have the additional benefit of being Very Shiny.

[jabberwockypie]

What I am hearing is that we should bring back both ginormous pockets AND chatelaines, yes good

[obviously-aubrey]

Female boleros

[reboobaru]

@dantalaois

[hailstonenumbers]

@nonasuch

[nonasuch]

heck yes chatelaines are great!

here is one shaped like an octopus.

(courtesy of Dearest, a newsletter about antique jewelry that is probably relevant to y’alls interests.)

[catchymemes]

[humming-doodles]

So now that @ceeblathers has finally gotten her birthday gift I can upload some process pics!

Overall the model made by mynefild worked really well, with only some minor alterations needed to chance Mercy’s classic blaster to the Victory model. Out of everything gotta say the most challenging part was sanding everything since that took foreverrrrr, but other than that it went great!

Anyways super glad with how it came out, and definitely a great learning experience for 3d prop making!

[keyblack-hl]

DUDE THIS TURNED OUT SO FRIGGIN AMAZING.

[kickasseditor]

https://www.instagram.com/eternal_and_unchanging/

Hey if you guys would take a look and follow this guy he has some amazing photos he’s taken! Reblog and share please!

[ganbattesewing]

Making an 1890’s Sporting Jacket : Part One by Angela Clayton

Link: https://youtu.be/GtpZd1QUheo

[silvericedragon]

Another tutorial!  This one tells you how to make articulated shoulder armor that bends with your arm.  The shoulders were probably the most difficult piece for my Tyrael cosplay, so hopefully this will make things a bit simpler for others.

[in--no--cent]

mermaid caro by Bruno-Conti (http://ift.tt/2bZv1zO)

[codycorycorkycookie]

@kickasseditor

[yaexrae]

“A Strapless That Stays Put” by Kenneth D. King

Featured in Threads magazine, issue #46, pp. 52-56

A couple years ago I inherited a bunch of old copies of Threads magazine after my grandmother passed away, and this article is by far one of the most useful discussions of dressmaking technique for strapless bodices that I’ve run across.  I scanned it for my own personal use, but since I’ve been getting a couple questions about a couple of my projects, I figured I would share it with you guys!

[kioncosplay]

‘How to glue on a fake hairline to your wig’ Masterpost Hello all you cosplay fanatics :3 I already postet these short photo tutorials one at a time, but now that the WIP/tutorial is complete I guess it would be a nice idea to make a master post about them. So here it is :D

More cosplay and tutorial related things on Kion Cosplay

[arsenicinshell]

Firefly Path

[cosplay-and-costumes]

Steampunk Cheshire Cat by C&F Cosplay Factory Photo by Minum’s Stuff