German Sparkle Party

Hello, Im Rat! pleased to meet you. I doodle, cosplay, and sometimes make cosplay related walkthroughs/tutorials.

[puzzletwin]

Hey guys! 

Im just gonna do a quick shoutout to my friend GMAN8D < click his name for link! 

He’s a newly started twitch streamer, and at the moment he mostly streams Fortnite and Darkest dungeon, but will start streaming other stuff as well, like monster hunter world! I join his streams quite often, so if you wanna hear me make a fool of myself thats the place to go, lol!

Please if you have a moment go check him out! He’s a really fun and nice guy! 

(all art by me)

[mchanzo]

It’s ass o’clock in the morning as I head to the Anaheim Convention Center, but if you spot my itabag (eventually with the lights on) or my tired ass at Blizzcon, come say hi? Or just wave at me from the other side of the room we both happen to be in; whichever works for you!

[puzzletwin]

Hey! Look, that's my charm! ❤️❤️ I'm honoured it got such a nice spot on your amazing it's bag!! I hope you have a great con!

[puzzletwin]

Hey! I opened an Etsy store!! Link: ♥ MagicRatArts ♥  I’m currently making cute Overwatch chibi charms, and hope to make even more in the future! Right now there is only one of each, but I’m planning to restock this week, so 8 of each design will be available. 

[puzzletwin]

Hey just wanted to say the Mchanzo charms are back in stock, now! and the Tracer and widow will be back in stock tomorrow!

[puzzletwin]

hello again! Just wanted to say there is only one mchanzo charm left! They might get restocked at some point but I'm not sure if or when <3

[puzzletwin]

Hey! I opened an Etsy store!! Link: ♥ MagicRatArts ♥  I’m currently making cute Overwatch chibi charms, and hope to make even more in the future! Right now there is only one of each, but I’m planning to restock this week, so 8 of each design will be available. 

[puzzletwin]

Hey just wanted to say the Mchanzo charms are back in stock, now! and the Tracer and widow will be back in stock tomorrow!

[puzzletwin]

Hey! I opened an Etsy store!! Link: ♥ MagicRatArts ♥  I’m currently making cute Overwatch chibi charms, and hope to make even more in the future! Right now there is only one of each, but I’m planning to restock this week, so 8 of each design will be available. 

[puzzletwin]

OVERWATCH FROM MEMORY! So I'm still in Japan, but one of the days while we were here it was raining so much we had to stay indoors, and naturally decided to see how well we could draw overwatch characters from memory! Apparently I can't remember soldier for shit! 😆

[puzzletwin]

Hi everyone! I was originally gonna upload some d.va (overwatch) related cosplay tutorials before leaving, but I never got down to it! Instead I am now on my way to Japan for 3 weeks! If you feel like following @vallenca and I's trip to the other side of the world you can check out our travel blog here: @theweebtour !

[puzzletwin]

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[puzzletwin]

Happy birthday to me! :D  Because it’s my birthday I decided to share these pictures from the meitu app of my casual d.va cosplay, because I kind of really love them!  I’m also planning to post a lot more cosplay stuff again in the future! but yeah, one year older, feel weird, man <3

[puzzletwin]

I know you did your inquisitor cosplay a year ago, but would you still so happen to have the inquisitor shoulder armor pattern? *desperate fugly tears*

Sorry! I hadn’t seen this messege before now!! D:I uploaded a post about the shoulder pieces some time ago: HERE But I might still have the papers! if you need anymore help feel free to write me again! :D 

[puzzletwin]

The Raven Prince. Original character from a story i’m making. It didn’t turn out as planned, but I still like it ! :D

[puzzletwin]

tracer chibi <3

I'm not sure why but my phone just removed everything I wrote here.. Anyway, trying out a new chibi style and I really like it : D

[puzzletwin]

HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY @vallencathe2nd!!!  It was actually on the 9th, sorry about that. HOWEVER! spreading out birthday stuff only makes you have more birthdays right?! SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! you are a wonderful spaghetti! : DD

[lunaconstantinerp]

“Nice ta’ see ya’ again, Batsy. Hope ya’ don’t mind but I went ahead n’ signed Mr. J up fer some early release.”  —————- We were at Genki ‘16 and @puzzletwin took this really cool picture of us! She’s to talented! —————– Photo and edit by: @puzzletwin —————— Her facebookpage: https://www.facebook.com/StineLundPhotography/ Our facebookpage: https://www.facebook.com/Weepingclovn/

[puzzletwin]

I’m so glad you liked the picture! :D you are always a delight to shoot with <3

[wwhhhhhhhhhat]

Photo: @puzzletwin Costume: @sophu Cosplayer: me

[puzzletwin]

Hey yoo!! Glad you liked the photo!

[puzzletwin]

You guys remember how I said I was going to make a convention report about J-popcon 2016? yeah? Remember how I totally did that AND in a timely manner? yeah, me neither 8D; 

[puzzletwin]

Dragon age apostate staff - Walk-through/tutorial. AsI couldn’t fit all the pictures in the top, the finished staff as well as close up of details will be with the walk-through under the cut! TO THE WALK-THROUGH!!

The tutorial looks super long and maybe a little difficult, but it is really not! it’s actually super easy!! I just made very meticulous steps, but in reality you can probably make it from the pictures alone. now! to the walk-through for real this time!!  All right! What you need: Tools: - paper + pen. - small saw or other strong cutting tool.  - glue gun - drill - sewing-machine or needle and thread and a lot more patience than me. -sandpaper Materials: - small thin PVC pipe. - craft foam (thick + thin) - paper clay - wooden glue - paint - leather or fake leather  - string. - long wooden staff TO THE WALK-THROUGH!! 1. Draw the pattern on a piece of paper, to figure out size and shape.     - I made my staff top and bottom in two piece (4 pieces all in all). 2. cut the PVC pipe so it matches the length of the top plus 10 cm to go into the wooden staff. do the same for the bottom part.  3.1 now it’s time to make the shapes. to make the bottom part I i glued pieces of thick craft foam into the PVC pipe, and cut them in the shape of a point with a knife. I then covered the point in thin craft foam to make it more smooth. 3.2 I then covered some of the PVC pipe in thin craft foam as well, and finally added the blade side details in thick craft foam. You might notice I only have about 2cm PVC pipe left to put inside the wooden staff instead of the 10cm. This was a mistake on my part, but it worked out fine. 4.1 Now the top part! I cut out the shape of the blade in 4 separate pieces of thick craft foam, 2 of them with a hole down the middle for the PVC pipe. (I ended up cutting the very top of, so please ignore the weird growth on the top) 4.2 Now I glue all the pieces together WITHOUT the PVC pipe inside. 4.3 Now it’s time to start cutting out the shape! remember to look at a reference while doing this.  5. the very top part of the top (the mace/morning star) is made in 5 pieces. 1 hole piece and 4 half ones. 6. Now glue it all together, and it should look pretty much like a rough uncoloured version of the staff.   7. cover both the top and the bottom part completely in paper clay, let it dry, sandpaper it, and repeat until you are satisfied with the smoothness. 8. cover the dry pieces in wooden glue, to prepare it for paint. It might need a few layers. 9. now you can either spray paint it black, or just colour it black with acrylic paint. 10. Paint the whole thing in silver paint (if that’s the colour you want) and add shading. You can also add rust and blood if you want to.   Now the blades are done, and now you just need details and putting the whole thing together,  11.1 for the belt I used fake leather as it’s easier to sew in AND easier to glue on than real leather.  11.2 I cut out a long strip of fake leather and stitched the edges to make it look nicer, and made the belt holes. 11.3 Then I glue the strip directly on to the blade so it wouldn’t fall off. 11.4 Now the top should be done. 12.1 for the STAFF PART i used a long wooden staff, in which I drilled holes in each end for the PVC pipe. 12.2 I then painted it a darker brown, as the original wood colour was very light. 12.3 for the middle detail, I used a 5m long fake leather strip. I personally had to sew 5 smaller strips together as I did not have one long enough. I then stitched the sides for a nicer finish. 12.4 Now I started from one end and glued the strip around the staff, all the way to the other end. You are almost done! hang in there! 13.1 for the end I but on the top part of the bottom blade first. (I didn’t talk about this part much, but it’s made the same way as the other pieces) I then glued on the pointy end, leaving a piece of the staff empty between them. 13.2 now it’s time to glue/wrap the string all the way around the empty part. Look at the final picture for reference. 14. now you glue on the top AND BAM!!! YOU ARE FINISHED!!! WELL DONE!!!   Finished staff: