Emily Cosplays!

I'm Emily and I cosplay! Please feel free to ask any questions you have! I've been cosplaying for a few years now, I've only done a couple big cosplays but I'm very crafty and I'd love to help and talk about your cosplays! Open Book Cosplay info and badges found HERE.

[cosplaying-on-a-budget]

Hi, I was planning on making an Ahsoka Tano costume and while the outfit itself should be pretty easy I was wondering if you had any tips on making her headpiece. It would be the one she has in the first season

Courtney Leigh Creations has an amazing tutorial on how to make a headpiece like this on a budget. Check out her video here. Not everyone has access to a mold of their head or can afford the foam for the lekku. But it is a great place to start  and should help give you some ideas of how you want to form your own.

[lovely-hikari-cosplay]

Cellophane Wings Tutorial

Hello everyone! I was asked to show how I made my wings for my friend, Tia *I’m not sure if she has a Tumblr*

So, the materials you’ll need are:

-Pliers

-Tape (preferrably duck/duct or electrical)

-Lighter/Matches

-Wire Hangers

-Cellophane

-Spray Adhesive

-Clothing Iron

-Towel + Sturdy surface

**Copper/Malleable Wiring**

First thing you want to do is untwist the hanger and get it as straight as possible. From there, you’re going to shape it to the basic frame or silhouette that you desire for your character.

After shaping it, you’re going to twist the loose ends together and tape it to hold their shape, as shown above. **If you have any over hanging wire after untwisting, use your pliers and hundred power to to cut it off**

Next, You can decide whether you want your inner details to be out of wire or cellophane. I suggest using wire for wings that look veiny, like Tinkerbell’s, and cellophane for more mythical wings like in Winx Club.

I used copper wire because it was much easier to shape than the spare hanger wire. To keep everything together, I wrapped the frame in duck tape, making sure to lock in the detail wire. I also attached the inner wires to themselves the same way, but without wrapping all the way around. (Does that make sense???)

Next, cut out two sheets (or more depending on detail)of cellophane in any colour. (I used iridescent here). Make sure they are the same size or that one is bigger than another. Spray some adhesive on one sheet and put your wing frame on to it, *DON’T PRESS DOWN YET, your fingers will get sticky and it’s annoying.** 

Spray more adhesive on the wire frame and also the second sheet of cellophane. Place the second sheet glue side down onto the wire frame and press well, but not too hard. You want the cellophane to get into the curves and corners of the wings, but you don’t want it to tear.

**That jumbled mess up there is all four wings glued down**

Then, heat up your clothing iron. I had mine set on Linen/Cotton, which is the highest setting for mine, I believe, but i did have it on the lower end of High. Lay down a towel on your sturdy surface and place your wing on it. Lay another, thinner (not TOO thin) towel upon it. Then, take your iron and just run over the towel where you know your wings are (I like to spray the steam from my iron before I do this). 

Go over absolutely every area. Leave no stone unturned and pay special attention to the areas that the cellophane was restricted from adhereing to. I think I did this for about 5-7 minutes, lifting up the iron and towel occasionally to check the status.

Once the cellophane is heated up, it’ll look like the wire frame has been vacuum sealed. At this point, let the whole thing cool down and cut off the excess plastic.

Now, go into a well ventilated area or open some windows, because we’re going to be burning some plastic.

Using a lighter, run the flame gently over the trimmed edges to close up any gaps that may have appeared. BE CAREFUL, if you leave the flame there too long, the platic will burn away, creating a hole that may travel.

**NOTE: If you want to create burn patterns, quickly and I mean QUICKLY bring the the flame to the areas you want to burn out. You have to be fast so that a giant hole isn’t created.

Once that’s over with, pick your favourite way of securing wings to your back and you’re finished! I embedded my wings into the back plate of my armor using styrofoam. But you could also make them like corsetwear or affix them to be like a back pack of sorts.

**Me as Tatl from Majora’s Mask**

**Photo by @crossroadimages**

Happy cosplaying!

[hatterinsanitycos]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axEvKhFehqI)

LEDs can be extremely fun to work with but purchasing the wrong LED can cause a lot of unnecessary frustrations and wasted cash. The terminology for LEDs and online resources can often be overwhelming and confusing so this guide’s sole purpose is to help break down the fundamental basics to help you better understand what to look for.

[cosplayandgeekstuff]

Raquel Sparrow (Australia) as Aquaman.

Photo I by:  Snap Happy Ian (Assistance by Daryl Lynch Photography)

[sp00ky-teacup]

Woohoo! It’s an Armsock Tutorial! Now in four different Styles!

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[cosfuck]

A nice petticoat tutorial

[ofmonstrousgods]

Horn Tutorial-ish

I was going through some old pictures and I realized that I had forgotten that I had taken several progress pictures of horns that I had made a while ago. So, if you’ve ever wondered how I make mine, maybe this provides a little more detail?

Smush aluminum foil in a vaguely horn shape, keep it straight, otherwise if you try to bend it, it might just rip. Also keep it a bit smaller than you’d like the finished product to be.

Wrap it up in painters tape. I haven’t tried duct tape or scotch tape, but I would think painter’s tape would work best since it’s easy to tear off small pieces.

Bend it into the desired shape and throw on more painters tape to reinforce it.

Knead your Apoxie Sculpt A and B into a consistent color and throw it on the base, piece by piece. Make sure it’s a relatively thin coat, because this stuff can get heavy.

This is just one method of decoration, but it’s my favorite. It’s literally just dragging a line tool over the clay before it cures in uneven lines, more at the bottom, less at the top. I usually then slap the horns on an alice band. First I figure out their position by fiddling with them in the mirror and putting a spot of tape on the band where I want them and then hot gluing those suckers on. To further reinforce that, I’ll make little snakes of Apoxie sculpt and wrap that around the horn base to connect to the band. I also wrap a thin layer around the alice band where the horns sit for extra security. BAM horns. You can paint them with acrylic paint or spray paint and decorate with purdy flowers or MORE HORNS. Yay. Mini tutorial. If you have any questions, just shout at me.

PICTURES OF FINISHED HORNS WOOOO

[weeablo]

Tips for working with foam!

So for cosplay, one thing commonly used to make armor, weapons, etc. is foam sheets like these ones (usually find these at the hardware store)

or thin craft foam like these (easy to find at almost any craft store)

now i realize we talk about these a lot and that it’s pretty common knowledge to cosplayers around the world that this stuff is great but hey i figured i’d show you exactly what i’m talking about

ANYWAY here are some easy tricks that it took us a while to figure out when using foam for cosplay crafting

1) USE HEAT GUN! IT’S SUPER EFFECTIVE!

(this one here is a regular craft one but you can also buy the ones that are more industrial power tools)

these are great for working with foam for a few reasons. first, they gently melt the top layer of the foam to make it less absorbent and less textured (it melts all the little teeny bubbles in the foam, making it smooth). this is important for if you want to paint your foam and/or make it look metallic. second, it also works great for bending foam and having it keep its shape. if you run your heat gun over it for a bit and then hold it in a specific shape until it cools down it will hold the new shape but still be malleable (this works especially well with regular thin craft foam; the thicker you go the more times you have to repeat the process to get it to stick.

2) GO CRAZY WITH THE POWER TOOLS

we’ve found it SUPER useful to use our bench grinder

and a handheld dremmel tool with a sanding tip like this

these are a great way to smooth edges and shape foam. box cutters and x-acto knives tend to leave a really rough edge so to clean that up you hit it with either of these to smooth it out and shape it (**or round edges**). the dremmel also was great for helping weather things by grinding and denting it.

3) PLASTI-DIP IS BEAUTIFUL!

this stuff works great to give your foam a smooth, hard surface. it makes the foam less squishy and gives it that authentic metallic texture. AND its a great way to prime pieces for the real paint (especially if you’re using colored foam).

edit: also this plasti dip stuff helps a lot to keep your pieces more resilient. this way when your wearing/using them, and you knock into something, it wont dent as easily.

And the great thing is all of these (excluding the bench grinder and besides a dremmel works just as well it’s just smaller) can be found at a local craft or hardware store no problem so enjoy your beautiful creations :)

[aicosu]

CHAINMAIL HACK!!!

1. Cover bodysuit/fabric in fishnets! 2. Spray paint silver!! 3. Remove fishnet 4. PROFIT!!

[psychoshinobi]

I’ve been working on a new cosplay over the summer: Alexandrite from Steven Universe.

Here’s the recently completed harness for her extra four arms. Her bodysuit will be next.

[clormakesstuff]

Jedi Robe Round 1

If you want to make a Jedi/Sith robe look no further than this excellent tutorial. It’s the most thorough tutorial I’ve seen on the matter. I bought some bedsheets to make my first draft. Gonna make my friend a sweet Sith robe. Cause that’s what real friends do for another. 

Also these things are a massive amount of fabric. The hood is 25′ x 25′ gather to fit the neckline. That hood is huge. Why did jedi ever find these practical? It’s hard being a space night.

[clormakesstuff]

Jedi Robe Round 3 (Sith Edition)

You might remember round 1 and round 2. The third robe I made out of black queen size bed sheet. I have discovered that a queen bed sheet is juuust enough to make one robe. Then end up coming out a few inches shorter then I would like on the bottom but hey, it’s a pretty cheap source of fabric.

I am very happy how the shoulder tuck look on this. Now that I have a Sith and Jedi robe there will be some epic battles going down. I am 12

[nokkicosplay]

Tutorial Tuesday~ Astrid’s Braid

Because why not continue with Astrid (I swear I’ll try to do something non-Astrid next week xD)

Astrid’s braid isn’t that complicated and is mostly just randomly intertwining bits of hair till it looks like how you want it to look. But I’ll try to describe my process.

First, you gotta get rid of any nasty tangles and frizzies that are on your wig. Make it as smooth as possible. Oh and use a wide toothed brush! When brushing your wig, use one hand to hold the hair near the wig cap. Start brushing from the tips of the hair and then work your way towards the top.

Once it’s all smooth, grab three small strands of hair for her mini braid on top. You can just do a simple French braid for this, but I like to wrap the sections around the braid to give it some diversity.

If you want to make your life easier, put Astrid’s headband on after the tiny braid is done (like I forgot to do in the video).

Now for the big braid. Section the rest of the hair into three large sections over your shoulder, and make sure the tiny braid is included in the first section. Then start braiding the sections together. I occasionally wrap one section around the braid to make a nice lumpy look. I also divide one of the sections in half towards the end of the braid, and start randomly braiding the four sections of hair together.

Once you’re happy with the braid, put a hair tie on it!

If you haven’t put the headband on yet, now’s the time to do it. Weave it under the tiny braid and under the front bangs.

Touch up any areas that need it and fix any loose hairs and voila! Look at that fancy braid, worthy of any Viking queen.

As always, if you’ve got any questions or something’s just not making sense to you, feel free to let me know!

Happy crafting!

[artsmsh]

Psst you should make a tutorial the next time you make a patch thingy

How to make the SNK patch

You will need:

iron on transfers, embroidery thread (and a lot of it), embroidery needles buy a whole pack or two of them they break easily, and a embroidery hoop

This is my reference image

1: You find a high res image of the the wings of freedom or which ever one you are dong and print it on the iron on transfer. PRINT IN THE COLORS YOU WANT TO USE because that way if you have any missing spots you wont be able to see you missed them from a distance and will help make it less confusing working and knowing what color is what. 

2: Take some thin cotton (if you use thicker material with the iron on transfer it will be extremely difficult to use a needle through it so be careful what material you use first try it out and test on a scrap piece before you start)

When you are done ironing it on and are sure it will stay put its time to put it in the hoop. Over time with the project your fabric will loosen so you may have to readjust the fabric in the hoop many times.

3. TIME TO START :D I chose to do all of the white first because getting distracted between colors will only slow you down so chose a color and stick with it for a while.

I suggest you look up videos on different ways to embroider. At first I had done it so that the thread was going the direction of the way it was pointing and later realized I didn’t like that method. 

The transfer paper should have ridges in them that have a direction, i took advantage of that and followed that direction through out making the red and white.

Be sure you get it as close to the edge as you can to get a crisp look

Keep in mind this project takes FOREVER i started in February and it took until August to finish it. So you need a lot of parents for this. If it was in the normal colors i would have stuck with buying one for 10 on Ebay Jesus Christ I stabbed myself 63 times to finish this bitch oh my god!!

As a result you will be surrounded by all your fallen comrades.  

[puzzletwin]

Greywarden breastplate - walkthrough. first of all, I might redo the paint job as I was actually camping while I made this, and didn’t have all the materials I needed. The costume it self wasn’t anything big, just a little something for a small convention, and I only had 3 days to make it, while camping, mind you. However I really want to make an awesome grey warden cosplay sometime soon! TO THE WALKTHROUGH: 

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[hanari502]

I need to clear out my inbox because there are way too many of these. Apparently according to some people I’m a master at making multiple limbs (ahahaha not really). I’ve made multiple tutorials for Steven Universe things in the past, such as 

Secondary Arm Harness for Opal Cosplay, 

A Peridot Cosplay Masterpost complete with Arm and Leg tutorials and picture progression

A Masterpost for Opal Cosplays

Keyhole Knee Rips for Amethyst and Rose Cosplays and 

Cabochons for Garnet/Other gem Cosplays, 

But now I’m going to teach you how to make your own lightweight poseable arms from scratch! You wanna know how to make a second set of arms like these babies above? Follow the tutorial below and I guarantee you’ll be able to make as many arms as you could possibly want. Or legs. Either or.

Things you’ll need:

Cellophane wrap

Clear scotch tape/Packing tape

Wire (Floral wire or bigger gauge wire will work)

Polyfill or cotton filling

Thick Interfacing

White broadcloth (For once in your life)

Thick white tights/leggings

Opera length white gloves

Fishing wire

Lets get rolling!

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[theomancycos]

my guide to easy chainmail!

okay so literally this is super easy and like, basically a three step process but enough people have asked me about it that i’ll just post the pictures i took during the process.

so basically i started off with this silver mesh fabric that i found in the bridal section, i’d link it but i can’t seem to find it. either way, something like it shouldn’t be too hard to find

then i gave it an allover light dusting of black spray paint for weathering, here are the pictures of the samples i did. left is with spray paint, right is without

here’s a picture of it hung up when i was painting the whole thing

then it’s all backed on wool, but it’d probably be fine not backed on anything too. but yeah, here’s something for anyone who doesn’t wanna deal with making real metal chainmail for whatever reason!