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any tips for knowing which ebay sellers are legit/have better quality when it comes to wigs? I find a lot of sellers using the same photo of a wig so its kinda concerning that I'm probably not even seeing the real wig!

Sheila’s Tips for Wig Buying on Ebay!

-Most mass sellers on Ebay all use the same photos because they are all actually selling the same manufactured wig –MOST. Some do it because their lazy. When looking for sellers, look for one that has pictures of the wig ON A STAND. (A generic model is okay too, but NOT cosplayers) but the biggest key is that they have SEVERAL photos of the wig in different angles. If you scroll down and they have various pictures in the description, thats a good sign!

-Another great tip off is watermarks. If the ebay store has their logo on the photo, and I mean a logo and not like MSpaint type, haha, then its a good sign. -CHECK THE REVIEWS. I can’t stress that enough. Check the reviews, how many do they have? (You want four digit numbers). How many positive reviews (it should be a majority.) -Specifically check the bad reviews. Most have a detail of what went wrong and it gives you an idea of what you could be potentially dealing with. So if all their bad reviews are on the quality, or appearance – thats their main problem. If its all about the shipping time– thats the risk you may have to deal with. Make sure you are ready to deal with the issues others have reported if you are set on that seller. -Return policy!!! Make sure THEY HAVE ONE. Not having one is a BIG NO NO. Most sellers have one, READ IT. Because sometimes they offer exchanges but no refunds. :( And some won’t take it back if the tags are cut, etc etc. -What else do they sell? Do they only sell wigs (this is great!) Wigs and cosplay stuff (good sign!) Wigs and hardware products and house items (hmm… maybe not.) -There are some well known, verified stores with their own pictures, wig only stores with great prices. My favorites are CharissaKids, CosplayAnimeWigs, Cosmonde, WigFashion, and JCPunk-Talk to your seller!! You’d be surprised how quick and nice they can be. Several times I’ve contacted them asking for more pictures in different light or with questions about shipping time (usually they offer me expediated for a higher price, which is handy when your late). I’m always answered. Don’t be afraid to get to know the product before you buy. Especially if you are on a deadline.

pearlybae

I was told by several friends and tumblr users that my Fisher the Voidfish cosplay from The Adventure Zone was being shared uncredited via pintrest and tumblr, so I hurried to put out my big compilation post faster than I usually do. I would very much appreciate it if everyone could reblog this version of the post, instead of any other post floating around that doesn’t correctly credit the costume back to me!! As an artist and a fan, it was incredibly hurtful that this happened. Although the original reposter has apologized profusely for this and properly credited me afterwards, it’s incredibly difficult to undo the damage that results from the reposting any uncredited image in a large fandom.

All photos in this post are taken by either myself, scribblesafterdark, or by cowbuttcrunchies!! My darling Magnus is the other half of cowbuttcrunchies. I would also like to take this time to shoutout to my friend automb, who provided endless support with this costume and helped me with cutting and trimming all the tentacles on Fisher’s dress, They also made Junior for me under my guidance, while I was going nutso over the rest of the costume.

Thank you again to everyone who commented and tagged me on the other post, and I hope that everyone reblogs this version instead!!! As usual, more information about my work process will be under the cut, so if you’re interested in that kind of thing, read on! 💙

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A beginner’s guide to choosing and working with fabrics for cosplay

Choosing the right kind of fabric and treating it right when sewing can greatly improve the finished look of your cosplay. Here are a few tips on how to decide what fabrics to buy and how to treat and work with it when making your cosplay.

Deciding what fabric to pick

So you have picked a character and decided to make the cosplay yourself and are now ready to buy fabric for it.

The first thing you need to do is to find a couple of good reference picture of your character from different angles and see how many different fabrics you will need.

The next step is to try to decide what kind of fabric you will need, this step can be really tricky if you don’t have any previous experience with fabrics.

A good way to start figuring it out is to think about what qualities you want the fabric to have. Is the character wearing a formfit catsuit? Then the fabric should be stretchy like a four-way stretch spandex or a lycra. Is the character wearing a corset? Then the fabric should be stiff and a bit thicker. Is the character wearing a light and airy skirt? etc etc Write up the qualities you want the different fabrics in your cosplay to have and start doing some research.

Look at what kind of fabrics other people used in a similar garment or what recommendations the sewing patterns of the similar clothes say.

Another tip is to think what kind of person your character is. Is it a princess? Then maybe the fabric she would wear would be a bit more expensive looking and not just a simple cotton. Is it a hobbit? Then maybe the fabric should be natural and not synthetic.

Difference between Synthetic and Natural fabrics:

There is a lot of different kind of fabrics but they all fall under two main types; Synthetic and natural fabrics.

Natural fabrics are made from either the fibers of plants or animals (wool, hair etc). Examples are: Cotton, linen, silk, wool etc.

Synthetic fabrics are made from fibers made in scientific way and are produced from chemicals. Examples are: Polyester, Nylon, Spandex, acrylic etc.

Blend fabrics is as it sounds a mix of the both fibers to create a textile that has properties from both fibers.

Buying fabrics in store vs online:

If you have access to a fabric store that sells more than just curtain fabrics then it’s a great opportunity to get to know how different fabrics feels and works. Don’t be afraid to take help of the employees of the store and ask what kind of fabric would work for the garment. Bring a photo of your character so you can check how the color looks and if you already have a piece of your cosplay ready and you need a fabric in a similar color take a sample with you so you can check so it match.

I highly recommend bringing a camera (or your phone) to the store and take photos of the fabric you are thinking of buying. Most fabric looks different with a flash and can get really shiny or change color. Since you probably want photos of your finished cosplay it is important to check so the fabric looks good both on and off camera.

This is for example photos of the same fabric taken in different lights:

If you don’t have a fabric store close to you or could not find the fabric you were looking for, buying fabrics online is a great second option. Buying fabrics online can be hard since you don’t have the opportunity to touch it, feel it and see how it flows, it can also be hard to see the exact color of it. I therefore recommend that you order some fabric samples of the fabric you are interested in before buying several yards of it. Fabric samples are often not very expensive and it is a great way to get to see how it looks and feel before deciding.

A tip is to save the fabric samples or cut out a piece of your fabric and write on a note what kind of fabric it is and where you bought it and then save it in a folder. This makes it really easy to later when you are going to make another cosplay to just check the folder and see if any of those fabrics would work for that cosplay.

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craftydruidxo

Squirrel Girl tutorial (jacket and bunny suit)

Hello!!!here is a material list:

For the jacket:

1 yard outer material (I chose brown vinyl, to look like a leather jacket)

1 yard cotton liner (I chose a cheap brown quilter’s fabric)

Simplicity pattern 1781 (you can also take apart a button down shirt that has a collar if you are being frugal!)

¼ a yard wool type material for the cuffs and collar of the jacket

For the “bunny suit”

1 yard denim

1 yard duck canvas (you will find this is the outdoor fabric section of joanns)

1 yard liner fabric (I always pick something FUNNN)

1 bunny suit pattern from Ruffle Butt (or any other suitable pattern I guess?) bias tape. boning of your choice (I used plastic, normally I use spiral)

eyelets

shoelace string or whatever it’s called for corsets.

using the “A” pattern” cut out anything that has to do with “A” you will not need the lower half of the jacket, as squirrel girl wears a cropped style bomber jacket (?) or whatever. I also personally did not cut out the collar from the pattern, I drafted my own (Which I’ll talk about later.)

After you cut everything out and sew that shit up, it’ll look like this :

dopppeeeee. make any adjustments you have to before sewing the liner into the jacket. the vinyl I used had an impossible time with any U shape, so if you are using a material that is tough to work with, you’ll have to do a lot of altering to the pattern! MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS ON ANYYYYYY CURVED SEAM!! it’s increibly important with any type of fabric, but especially this crazy ass vinyl I chose.

then attach some wooly type stuff to the sleeves to make the cuffs of the jacket

after you do that! you’ll have to draft a collar pattern! to do that, lay your jacket down as flattt as you can on the material you used for your jacket like this:

trace along where you want the collar to go and then draw the design you want for the collar. cut that shit out and then cut out the same shape in the wool material you used for the cuffs

look at that beautiful jacket. if I could write an ode to jackets, it would be based off of this one.

Bunny suit

okay. so…. the bunny suit is a crazy fucking thing. I had to go to my homie Lucky Grim for some help with this bullshit. I bought a bunny suit pattern from Ruffle Butt, and cut it out in DENIM. this is recommended instead of muslin because it stands up a little better than muslin! make any adjustments you need on the denim mock up. For me, I had to add an entire 2 inches to the pattern because I’m a fucking Amazon.

transfer the pattern 3 times! 1 for your liner, one for the duck canvas, and 1 for the outer material, in my case it’s suede.

sew the outer material to the duck canvas; piece by fucking piece.

sew the liner together completely except for the crotch and the booottyyyy

damn. look at that shit. that’s a nice liner right there. alright. focus Doreen. sew your outer layer/duck cloth pieces together

flip. that. shit. over. you’re going to sew boning channels. it’s going to suck the entire time you do it. first, look at J.hart design’s boning channel guide

it’s excellent. for squirrel girl, I used version A, but I also cheated and only boned the front (yes. I boned the front. laugh accordingly)

I used double fold bias tape from jo’s and sewed it over the seams on each side. I put TWO pieces of plastic boning in each channel because the boning I got was really shitty, when you try it on, you’ll be able to kind of figure out if you need another boning piece in there.

sew your liner to the duck canvas/outer layer and do a LOOOOSEEEEE stich on the butt and crotch to try it on.

is your fit good? it should be if you made the adjustments you needed to to your god damn denim mock up. if you are like me, and fucked up a little here, open that shit up again and fix it. sew bias tape around the raw edges of your suit.

oh right. EYELETS. sorry. ya…. you’ll need to do that. I’m really sorry, but I completely forgot to take photos of putting eyelets in! you can uhhh… google it….? I put the eyelets in before the bias tape because I make poor choices. DO NOT USE SNAPS for the crotch. omg. huge mistake!!! I asked my friend, Lucky grim, what she suggested and she told me to use elastic. great choice. unless you are really back-bendy, you’ll have a hard time snapping your vagina flap to your ass flap. you. read. that. right. I haven’t made the tail yet, I’m working on it! I’ll do another post for the tail and utility belt! cheers! MKC

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aicosu

how do you decide what to do with your face in pictures? there are a lot of tutorials on posing but they mostly just talk about the body and i feel like my face looks boring or weird in most pictures

AS ALWAYS this stuff takes practice. You get more comfortable the more you do it, but there are tips and shortcuts to help you achieve something more in your control then just smiling and hoping you look right.

My favorite tips are the, “MMMM” “me” “haha” and “you” tricks! And what they are, are words to say to yourself during your pose to help train your face into specific structures. For smiling for example, specifically with your mouth closed, practice saying “MMM” when you pose! It creates a really natural curve to your mouth, without making your cheeks ache and contract when you force yourself into a fake smile. I know this all sounds stupid, but seriously try it. Try it in some selfies, practice agnling your head. Say it out loud if you need to!Here’s me saying “MMMM” to make a closed lipped smile!

For an open mouthed, natural, teeth smile, say “Me” when you pose!! You can either say “Me” as you smile for a prounouced smile, or simply say it as the shutter goes off to catch a more candid looking, happy state of your face.

These are all “me” poses, where im literally saying the word under my breath to train my face.

Saying “You” so youself as you exhale through your lips, creates a very neutral, easy, UN TENSE, looking face. Its my go to for everything. YOU poses are awesome for static poses, where you just need your face to look normal, natural, and pretty. Lol. It’s great cause if you dont do this and keep your mouth closed, you often look boring or too stiff. Sayng “you” activates your muscles and livens your face enough that you dont look dead or lifeless.

These are all You poses. I’m literally saying that word a I pose. And some of these I say YOU while putting a little smile in there by thinking happy thoughts.

I don’t use “HAHA” as much, but it really is just like you might think. Saying HAHA out loud as you pose creates that easy going, natural look of laughing.

As you might tell, Posing is a lot about ACTING as well as knowing your body.

SO GET LOOSE. In between photos im CONSTANTLY moving around. And after a few shots im cosntantly stretching my mouth wide, making fish faces, puffing my cheeks, RELAXING my muscles so they don’t do that horrendous School Day smile that we all dread.

And again PRACTICE. Get in front of that mirror and try out a bunch of stuff. Try DIFFERENT WORDS to see what saying them dos to your expression. Try angles and poses at home, so when the camers in front of you, your ready.

Then youll be able to do more complicated stuff too.

astinjaystudios

Character: Rapunzel (as designed by @shoomlah ) and Flynn Rider (as designed by me)

Series/Movie/Media: Tangled

Debuted Holiday Matsuri 2016

Patricia Tannis makeup test! Not too bad for never having done cel shading before huh?

#borderlands #borderland 2 #patricia tannis #tannis #borderlands cosplay #my cosplay #wip #makeup test

atelierheidi

How to make custom lace appliques – the “Frankenlace” method

A lot of people asked for more info on how I made the appliques that decorate the bottom of Zelda’s gown. Here’s my tutorial for the whole process! This method can be used to make all kinds of applique shapes and designs if you get creative with it.

These lace appliques are made out of other lace – hence the nickname. To get started, you’ll need to collect a few lace trims to use as raw material. Look for styles that are similar or complement each other, because you’ll be combining them. This is some, but not all, of the trims I used. I bought these in the LA fabric district, but most are available at trimexpoonline.com.

Cut your lace down into smaller pieces that are more modular. Don’t cut up ALL your lace – this is just an experimentation stage, to practice rearranging the design.

Using a template of your desired shape (I made mine digitally, but you can hand draw one too) practice arranging your pieces until you find a design that suits your needs. This is not my final design in the picture – I went through several versions before I was totally happy with how it looked. You might discover that you need more lace, which is why planning and experimentation are so important. When you’re satisfied with how it looks, it’s time to start putting it all together.

You’ll need an embroidery hoop large enough to cover your whole template, plus some netting that is as close to transparent as you can find. Most generic tulle is NOT fine enough to do well with this technique – the holes are too large and the tulle stretches too much when handled. Look for netting that does not stretch or fray, if possible. Put some netting in your embroidery hoop, tightening the surface like a drum. I taped my template to a small sheet of masonite to give myself a portable work surface. I also ended up using clamps to hold the embroidery hoop to the masonite, but forgot to get a picture. This is optional, but really helps the design from shifting too much as you work.

Tools for the next step: fabric glue (other brands work too), a small paintbrush, and a water cup. I watered my glue down a little to make it easier to spread with the paintbrush. Be careful not to add TOO much water, or your glue will be too thin, not grip well, and take a long time to dry.

Working in small sections, begin gluing your lace pieces onto the netting. Start at the center and work outward, if possible. Continue until all your lace pieces are glued onto the netting.

Here’s what mine looked like with all the lace attached! At this point, I flipped the embroidery hoop over and applied a second coat of glue over the entire back of the work. The netting is so thin that you can continue to apply more glue from the backside to get a more secure grip.

Optional: add rhinestones to taste. I used E6000 for this step. Not every applique requires rhinestones, but in this case I wanted Zelda to sparkle as much as possible.

Repeat to create as many appliques as you need! Zelda has 8 along the bottom of her dress. Here’s part of my assembly line.

When you’re ready to attach the applique to your fashion fabric, trim away some of the netting along the outside, but leave any “interior” portions that help stabilize the design. I simply glued my appliques onto the silk, but I later went back and hand-stitched them down for a more secure hold. After they are properly attached to your fabric, you can VERY CAREFULLY trim away the “interior” pockets of plain netting using small scissors.

The final look of my gown, after all the appliques and trim were attached.

This method is very time consuming and requires a lot of patience and concentration – but I just love the results! I wanted to achieve the look of professionally-made applique, but without access to industrial equipment, this was the next best thing I could come up with.

The white-on-white effect is subtle, but matches the look I was going for. Photo by Vontography.

I hope this is helpful to some of you in your own costume projects. Let me know if you have any questions, and good luck!

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angelfruitloop

ATTENTION COSPLAYERS:

I would like to make the paint brand “Angelus” known. It is a special paint that is for leather, faux leather, rubber, and similar surfaces.

This is literally the best paint you can buy if you love a pair of shoes, but they aren’t in the right color for your character.

This stuff coats VERY well AND the coats of paint bend with your shoes. This means no cracking!!

In the photos above I took black rain boots and painted them with Angelus Turquoise. As you can see, they don’t look black any more! It’s so good!

I managed to paint two boots with a little one ounce bottle of the paint, and I still have a third of the bottle left over!

The paint dries very fast, so you can put layer on top of layer on top of layer without it streaking.

You can get the paint on Amazon and it comes in every color!

I just really wanted to make this known!! :D This stuff is amazing!

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https://angelusdirect.com/collections/paint

coelasquid

Don’t buy Angelus pain’t on Amazon, it’s like $6.99 an ounce. Buy it direct from their online store the poster above linked, the single ounce bottles are $2.95 there. Also, a little goes a long way, unless you have something HUGE to paint, you can probably do it with a small bottle. I barely dented the one I got doing all the black on this;

akira-ran

@cosplaytutorial !!

cosplaytutorial

Great tips, and wow that jacket! <3

#tutorial #sorta #hints

Alright all! With DCC coming up I kinda want to join the RWBY hype train since I devoured the whole series in a weekend. I fell in love with these gingers, but I don't know which one I want to make! Opinions?? Who's your favorite?

malisvitterfolk

Here is some of my favorite photos from Blizzcon of my Arakkoa. Credit should be on each photo. I was really excited by how this one was recieved and it was a great ‘ending’ to my cosplay years. That is until the fateful day that my little one should turn to me and utter the words I wish to hear so much.

“Mummy, can you make me a costume?”

milligan-vick

A little test-drive for Tracer by Torie as postcard for Valentine’s day :3 Irene as Emily and D.va photo by me

rocketstitchcosplay

All aboard the Cosplay Aesthetic train with Arcadia Baes!

Max Caulfield - Cosplay Rocket [tumblr] [insta] [fb] Chloe Price - Princess Lyrocis [tumblr] [insta] [fb]

#reblogging for the day crowd

All aboard the Cosplay Aesthetic train with Arcadia Baes!

Max Caulfield - Cosplay Rocket [tumblr] [insta] [fb] Chloe Price - Princess Lyrocis [tumblr] [insta] [fb]

#life is strange #life is strange cosplay #pricefield #cosplay moodboard #cosplay #plus size cosplay #my cosplay

arkadykoshka

Oh man, guys. We found better video of our Sailor Voltron Masquerade performance! I’m so proud of us! We choreographed our routine that morning, spent the entire day slightly screaming into the void about having to perform, and then ended up winning a Presentation award with it! The crowd response was amazing! I love this group so much, it was one of the most fun con days ever!

Sailor Lance: @arkadycosplay Sailor Keith: @catamantics Sailor Shiro: @hustleandbustlecosplay Sailor Pidge: @bernerstahp Sailor Hunk: @geeklyfanboying

moonyagichan

“"But they were hers"…“”

Little clip of me walking in my Grunt stilts. I can move, I can walk, it hurts my toes but all will be well! I just have to build the legs out like mad to get the correct look

#urdnot wrex #mass effect cosplay #digitigrade stilts #digitigrade #cosplay #my cosplay #wip

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