Rosie's Cosplay & Craft Center

Hello! I'm Rosie and this is where I post my in progress and completed shots for fabrication. Hope you enjoy seeing my creations and maybe learn a thing or two!

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Got a bunch of contact lenses from @pinkyparadisedotcom for my cosplays! Here's how they look on dark brown eyes. The pairs I got are: 1. EOS Dolly Pink 2. Seeshell/Aurora Color Cosmo Aqua 3. Vassen Dolly Plus Red (the most comfortable lenses I've ever worn!) 4. Princess Pinky Cosplay in Twilight Bella (I've found easier to wear than Geo Animation) Bonus Gift: Night Gemini Grey. Did not expect these to work as well as they did. Fantastic for a surprise bonus!

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Washing Your Costumes

Tutorial by:  MlleFe Tutorial Link: http://www.teamblasecosplay.com/tutorials/washing-your-costumes

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Just got my contacts from Secreteyes.org! They're Candylicious Dreamy.i Grey and I am loving them. They offer decent coverage as long as I'm not in direct spotlight. And they're not heavy to boot. Also, they're a good value at $20 + $2 shipping. Hopefully I'll be able to wear them as Naoto at AnimeNEXT!

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LET”S TALK ABOUT COSPLAY!

I’ve been to a lot of cons in the last 2 years, and I always assumed I “got” what was so fun and appealing about it. When I would see an awesome Cammy from Street Fighter, or a Lil’ Mac or a Jacket from Hotline, I would always go, “Man, that looks awesome!” And that’s it. I falsely assumed it was a one way street, and was really ignorant about the appeal of actually dressing up as the character.

When I used to think about the cosplayer themselves, I could only think about the amount of work that goes into a costume, and all the preparation that they have to put into it.

Now that I’ve actually done it myself, I have to say that I understand that you actually just FEEL AWESOME when you’re walking around and getting complimented because you did a character justice, and people appreciate it.

Many people came up to @fakegamergirly and I when we were doing Tiger/Puma and completely marked out, I think we got a bigger reaction overall then if I had just gone around as “Matt from SBFP!”

Also, many Papyrus cosplayers would run up to me to give me a hug and yell, “BROTHERRRRR!” and I would always reply by going, “HUHUHH HUHUUHUH UHUH HUHUHUH!” and it would make them crack up.

I will definitely try to do more cosplay in the future at cons where it’s appropriate and I have the time to do so…maybe if I got really buff one day, I can actually go as MATT MCHAGGAR!

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Pictures from my MAGFest2016 trip (2/2)!

Yang Xiao Long , Annie

Let me know if you’d like me to tag you. I edit for credit!

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Pictures from my MAGFest2016 trip (1/2)!

Let me know if you’d like me to tag you. I edit for credit!

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Day 2: Triple H and Shawn Michaels from Wrestling Isn't Wrestling!!

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Also got my Kanamin @suckfailure!!

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Groovin in the velvet (hotel) room

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Hey everyone! Sorry this is super late, but @suckfailure and I will be going to MAGFest! We’re super excited to see all the games, music and cosplay this weekend!

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How to take a level in wigworking: six starting tips

Wigworking is weird!  It’s intimidating to a lot of people, and one of the last skills that some cosplayers learn, even after tough things like patterning and armormaking.  I have friends who will turn away from cosplays because the wig looks too challenging, or they have no clue how to tackle it.  It’s really interesting thing to see now that I’ve been tapped as the new “wig person” in our cosplay group, which happened after coming in second place in Iron Wig 2015:

Here’s a secret though: a year ago I was really not that great with wigs.

The truth is, learning how to work with wigs is really no different than learning how to work with fabric or props or armor.  It’s intimidating at first but something everyone can learn if you’re willing to put in the time and make a few mistakes!  Here are six of my suggestions for where to start:

1) Do your research.  In my opinion this is FAR AND AWAY the most important step in any attempt to improve your cosplay.  And no, doing your research does not mean asking a friend how they made something before calling it a day.  Read a tutorial!  Watch a video!  Read multiple tutorials because lots of folks have different ideas for how to make the same thing, and one may just click better with you.  For instance, there are lots of ways to cover foam with hair.  You should consider the pros/cons of each method, and then make your own game plan.  If plan A doesn’t work for you, try plan B.

In 2014 I had no idea how to splice a wig, ventilate, make spikes, make a glued hairline, use foam cleanly, or dye with anything other than a sharpie.  I did all of this stuff in Iron Wig, but only because I watched a ludicrous amount of tutorials beforehand to learn how.  There are tutorials out there for just about everything, so don’t be afraid to look for them!  Here’s a few big lists that I’ve come across: 

Arda-wigs.com’s huge list of tutorials

Cosplaytutorial.com’s compilation

Epiccosplay’s tutorials

2) Take the time to experiment.  You’ve watched your tutorials and are feeling pretty confident - but before you chop up your perfect character wig, make sure you test your theory out on a scrap wig if possible, especially if you are cutting or using glue.  Nothing is more frustrating than realizing that you miscalculated and have fudged your wig, so try to keep old damaged wigs around for occasions like this.

3) Go slow.  This is absurdly important and something I have a hard time with.  If you are using foam or gluing, you really need to take your time, especially if you are learning.  Gluing and laying fiber is unforgiving unless you are working exclusively with got2b or hairspray - once that hair is glued down it is stuck forever.  It might take you three hours to glue hair over that one strip of foam, but it will look beautiful in the end.  Save the breakneck speed for after you have the technique down.

4) Make sure you have enough hair.  This is something I did not realize at first, and I am very careful about it now.  An easy to make your work cleaner and cut down on flyaways is to make sure that ALL of your fiber reaches to the end of your spike or structure.  Imagine that you are laying a spike over a cone of foam.  Now imagine that most of the hair reaches to the cone tip, but some of that hair is layered and not quite long enough - some of the fiber only reaches 3/4th of the way up the cone .  Because you can’t secure that shorter hair to the cone tip, it could pop loose as flyaways.  It’s possible to glue every flyaway down, but this becomes harder the more complicated your shape is.  Similarly, if are spending a lot of time trying to conserve hair because you may not have enough, your project is going to be tougher and potentially messier than it needs to be.  Always make sure you are buying a long enough wig, or that your wefting fiber’s shortest layer is long enough for your project.

5) Invest in supplies.  You need a blowdryer!  You need little scissors!  You need a wighead!  Go get them!  Just like you wouldn’t try to sew without straightpins, you shouldn’t expect to have a great time making a wig without the proper tools.  Technically I’m sure you could manage, but a lot of this guide is about making your life easy so that you finish up with a good product that didn’t make you want to pull your real hair out.  I would recommend purchasing all of the above, plus got2b, tacky glue, a hot glue gun, clips (duckbills are awesome), and a straight iron if you can manage it.

6) Don’t be afraid to try new projects!  I really think that hesitation is what stops a lot of cosplayers from advancing their wig skills.  Wigs aren’t cheap - a $40 mistake is an awful lot to stomach.  Plus, with so many pre-made styles now, most characters aren’t going to require a really over the top wig so there’s not a ton of opportunities to go big and flex your wigmaking muscles.  But if that character with the huge hair does pique your interest, don’t be afraid to take it on.  If you give yourself enough time and do your research, you may surprise yourself with just what you can learn to make.  Remember, your skills won’t advance until you’re willing to actually try to make something!

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How to make arm wraps without actually using arm wraps!

So recently as some of you may know I had to figure out how to make these green arm wraps in the picture below

I wanted them to be one piece so that they wouldn’t have to be adjusted throughout the day if parts decided to slip, especially since the original plan was to tuck the shirt into them. I searched the internet for a while but couldn’t find anything too helpful so I decided to make it up as I went along and took pictures so I could share in the event it worked. (It did) This process should work for just about any wrap you want to create for instance things like this as well…

There isn’t much to it but I took a lot of pictures, so here we go. First things first, you’ll want to wrap what ever part of your body you are making the wrap for in plastic wrap (we use this method frequently). Mine was just the forearm so it looked like this

Then wrap it again in tape, masking tape works nicely.

After that you want to draw where the seam is going to be and cut along it like so

Once you have the piece disconnected from your body you want to flatten it, I placed my piece under a pile of binders for about a day

While you are waiting you can get started on the strips of fabric you’ll be using later. Figure out how thick you want the bands to look and measure them out of the fabric you are using

Don”t forget to add a seam allowance, like I did. The length of the strips doesn’t really matter right now, as long as it’s long enough to wrap around your arm once you should be fine. I cut out 12 to be on the safe side. You should have something like this.

Once I had the strips cut out I folded the seam allowance over on all of them, this made it easier later when I attached them to the main piece.

You can then put the strips to the side and go back to the main pattern piece. For the forearm it should look something like this once flattened

You’ll want to clean up the edges with the plastic hanging off and then transfer the pattern piece onto a piece of paper, again making sure to add seam allowance around the edges.

Once you’ve traced around the whole thing you can cut it out and that will be the pattern for the main piece of your arm wrap. Use the pattern to cut out a piece in the fabric you are using and together with your straps your pieces should look like this.

You want to sew on the strips one at a time, starting from one end then making your way to the other. I started from the bottom. Pin the strip onto the main piece along the hem you already created like this

You then want to sew the strip down along the top and bottom edge. There will be fabric hanging off from the strip, you want your seam to stay in between the edges of the main piece. After that is sewn on cut off any extra material from the strip.

It should look something like this

Continue with the other strips. I attached mine diagonally for the most part. When I was done attaching my strips (I only used 6) this is what I had.

Sew your side seams together.

And then hem the top and bottom.

Viola! You should have an arm (body) wrap that you won’t have to wrap!

(I didn’t hem the top because I attached it directly to the shirt) Also it should be noted stretch material should probably be used.  Hope it helps someone! :)

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Broke down and started a Dancig All Night Naoto cosplay. I'm going to debut it for MAGFest but not Halloween. Halloween will be Shawn Michaels from Wrestlig Isn't Wrestling so look forward to pics of that later this week!

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What goes first - a make up routine guide

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How to sew a button

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codezilch:

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delano-laramie:

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I picked up this cool special effect makeup book and thought I should scanned some of the cool stuff in it. Sorry if you can’t read the text. just let me know and I can just type out what it say.

WOW.

What is this book called??

It’s called “A Complete Guide to Special Effects Makeup” Conceptual Creations by Japanese Makeup Artists (Tokyo SFX Makeup Workshop) it’s a really neat book which was made by artists who have done work for Alien vs Predator and Land of the Dead

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How to make a pumpkin head

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drawkill:

Since I defs didn’t want to carve a real pumpkin to put on my head and get nasts pumpkin insides all over my hair I decided to paper mache one. Unfortunately there was no good tutorials anywhere so I will share my trial and error knowledge.

First I got some supplies: 1 Punch balloon (they’re rounder and larger they regular balloons), some paper mache stuff in a bag, cardboard, a glue gun, paint, sculpey clay, tape, some news paper and some water and flour mixed together.

I then put at least three - five paper mache layers of newspaper with flour water on the balloon. I also measured my head and left an opening at the bottom. (NOTE: Don’t put tape on the balloon and try to peel it off after you’re done paper macheing, RIP)

After that’s all dry I put glue gunned some cardboard onto it to give it some pumpkin like ridges.

Then I filled the gaps between the cardboard and the newspaper with the paper mache in a bag stuff. Wait for it to dry. (Note: Don’t pop balloon until the paper mache in a bag stuff is dry cause it holds a LOT of water and your paper mache project will sink, RIP) After that I popped the balloon and lightly dampened the top with a sponge and water until it was wet enough to slowly press down into more of a pumpkin shape.

After it’s all dry I taped a stem I made out of card board on the top and put another layer or two of newspaper mache over top.

More drying wait time (you can use your oven on the lowest setting to make it dry faster) then I sanded it down and cut out a face with an exacto blade.

I added a little bit of backing behind the face on the inside with the paper mache in a bag to give it more of a 3D look which wasn’t that noticeable but oh well, it kidna worked… After all that stuffs done I painted it all white otherwise the newsprint would bleed through and make my colours not as bright, I also added some sculpey clay to the brow area to give it some more emotion in which I used an iron to dry it with cause it was too late to put it in the oven with paint all over it (Note: Put clay on before painting).

I sprayed it with a sealer before painting colours on it cause I find acrylics do weird things sometimes. After it was all dry I begin to paint.

I also painted the inside a red and added a kinda head rest thing on the inside since when I pushed the top down it made an uncomfortable point at the top when putting it on your head. Then once it was all dry I sprayed it with some more sealer, added some cool stuff like stitches with some ribbon and blood which I used nail polish for a shiny effect and put in some lights which weren’t very effective when my head was in the pumpkin but that’s okay, it still looked cool.

And that’s that!

Hope this helps some people, Enjoy!