Homestuck Cosplay Help!

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This cosplay help blog is my favorite! Your links are so much more reliable then the other ones and it makes me very happy.

Awe thank you anon that makes me very happy! We work very hard on making this blog as safe and reliable as we can!

~Dave

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Hey so I don’t know if it will help anyone, but I know for homestuck sprite cosplay, a ton of people dye their own tights, and I found some gradient ones if it helps! :)

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Gaige Robot Arm Tutorial by Hillary Jae (Pippi)

View the full tutorial here: http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/community/articles/1125/fan-cosplay-tutorial-gaige-robot-arm-tutorial

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FLUORITE OCTET DISE FOR REAL

  -meganium

 asked you: 

I was wondering if you guys could make a tutorial on Vriska’s Fluorite Octet?

  bluhbluhspiderscrafty asked you:  Total fan of homestuck. Im getting my cosplay on this September at Kumoricon, and im having a hard time making vriskas dice. I would love it if you could help me out here! (i also need the patterns of the dots, which i cant find the correct ones :C)

  SPIDER8ITCH AWAUY!

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Terezi's Walking Cane Tutorial

So this is my first ever tutorial for my second ever cosplay, Terezi Pyrope. I apologize beforehand if my method seems downright awkward and/or shitty. After going to NYCC for the first time ever (and being part of the Homestuck photoshoot on Sunday. I Went as Jade Harley in her Dead Shuffle outfit.), I have been motivated to make my second cosplay!

The reference picture is here. 

And so we begin!

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Kanaya Chainsaw tutorial (attempt) >w>

I got a request for this tutorial after putting up my wip pic

I didn’t make mine out of wood like i’ve seen before (cuz i dont have that intelligence experience- main materials were cardboard and duck tape >w>

so here i go! :D

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SICK FIRES BRO

you cant lay down burns without fire! unless there like chemical burns. okay thats not even the point come on now lets do this

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BASIC MALE MAKEUP TUTORIAL

yo yo yo, wuddup. you guys like homestuck? you guys like cosplay?? you guys like makeup tutorials??? well shucks, i sure do got a thing for you wow.

this is just a basic male troll makeup tutorial that you can change up and use for whatever troll you’re cosplaying. for this I’m using karkat as my base….because he’s fun….but take out the angry brows and “haven’t’ slept in a sweep” shading under the eyes and you’ve got your basic male troll.

now let’s rock n roll

STEP 1: take a “before” selfie because that’s what all the cool kids do.

kawaii~

STEP 2: got eyebrows? glue that shit down. don’t got eyebrows? shit, son, you’re already way ahead of me, skip this step.

i use this, it’s nice. it’s disappearing purple. it comes out purple and then it disappears. wow. cool. now you don’t necessarily have to do this step but i would recommend it because it’ll help you get a more even coat of paint over that area and if you have obnoxious curly old man brows like me it’ll keep them out of the way.

STEP 3: prime your eyelids (optional, cover your lips and brows)

priming your eyelids is very important, it’ll help prevent those little creases on your eyelids! covering your lips is great if you tend to use your mouth a lot, over time the makeup may crack and wear off, this’ll help keep the makeup on longer. covering your brows will help give you a more even space to work with (helps hide your brows)

if you look anything like this, a+, you are damn sexy, unf.

STEP 4: dig out your weapon of choice i mean grey makeup, and paint yourself up for battle i mean cosplay

this step is pretty self explanatory. take that shit, rub it on your face. i like to use snazaroo a lot but use whatever you feel most comfortable with.

(optional step: run around scaring small children and unsuspecting civilians)

STEP 5: SEAL IT. for the love of gosh-diddly-darnnit seal your grey. i don’t have any pictures for this step because….i just don’t, what do you want from me. but yeah, some translucent powder, some ben bye final seal, you’re good.

this is usually were people are like “WELL I’M GREY TIME TO PARTY” which is a-okay, you do what you want, bro, have fun and enjoy your cosplay~

however……..

STEP 6: contour! grab your choice of medium grey eyeshadow (matte, no sparkle or glitter) and contour your face to give it more definition.

since karkat is always angry let’s take the contouring up on the inner corners of the eyebrows. also add a little more shading under the eyes because kid never sleeps or something idk just do it….or not, idc

STEP 7: smudge some black lipstick on.

"BUT HE’S A BOY, HE DOESN’T WEAR LIPSTICK." sit the fudge down. we don’t want to add too much because, yeah, it’ll look like you’re wearing lipstick, but just smudge on a little near the inside of your lip and bring it out to the edges. it’s more aesthetically pleasing and you don’t look so dead.

i also added a little more of a darker grey under the eyes here.

STEP 8: add some eyebrows.

since this is a cosplay i like to go all out and exaggerate the brows because, really, why the fudge not. go big or go home. bump up that eyebrow game. do it. or don’t, it’s up to you man.

STEP 9: now that you’ve got your disney villain eyebrows seal it again. THAT’S RIGHT, we just sealed this shit twice. don’t question it, just do it.

STEP 10: slap a wig on and call it done. (or, you know, put on the whole cosplay, whatever)

that’s it. that’s the tutorial.

yeah.

have fun cleaning that off.

[uncle-edgelord]

Karkat Vantas Face Makeup Tutorial

I’ve gotten a few messages in my inbox asking me for tips on how I’ve beaten Karkat’s face before, so I am answering with a gif/picture/text tutorial of a sort. I’ll probably eventually make an actual video tutorial for this process, but someone needs some tips ASAP, so I didn’t want to make ‘em wait any longer by editing a video. This applies mainly to Karkat, but obviously it can apply to the others without the addition of particularly heavy eyebags. I am aiming more for dudetrolls, here, but if you lighten the shading, amp up the highlighting, and tone down the eyebrows, you could use it for the ladies as well. Ssssooo yeah! This is how I do it. (image heavy!)

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Clawsickle Tutorial

My clawsickle is made out of expanding insulation foam, tin foil, paperclay, a wooden dowel, paint and modge podge! And some good old blood sweat and tears hahaha I wish I was kidding.

IMAGE HEAVY TUTORIAL UNDER THE CUT.

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Karkat's Quotes and Insults Masterpost

Yeeeeaaaah, in the last month or so I went through most of Karkat’s logs, collecting various insults and other quotes from him. Mostly for people to use as inspiration for their own Karkat insults, whether it be for fanfics or roleplaying, or for anyone who just wants to laugh at some of the hilarious things he ends up saying.

EDIT: Alright, well, I updated it now with a bunch of the newer Karkat logs! Supposing anyone’s interested.

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ATTENTION COSPLAYERS: IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT TRIGGER DISCIPLINE

So you’re cosplaying Jake, or Jade, or Yoko, or Dante, or some other badass who carries around guns all the time: here’s a quick tip to make your cosplay of them just that much cooler (and less eye-twitch-inducing for cosplayers who know how to handle a real gun).

If you’re cosplaying a character who knows how to handle guns, then they’re going to know trigger discipline - which is simply unless you plan and are ready to shoot what you’re pointing at, don’t put your finger on the trigger.  (In real life this keeps you from accidentally shooting yourself in the foot or anything else you didn’t mean to shoot.)

So you’re taking a picture holding your gun skywards by your head?  Rest your pointer finger against the body of the gun, or outside the trigger guard.  Aiming at the camera for the kill shot?  NOW you can put your finger on the trigger.

Happy gun-toting!

This message has been brought to you by Liz, Patty, and someone who learned to shoot on a .22 rifle.

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Sara's 3AM Dress Tutorial :D (warning, picture heavy)

Alright, I’m going to just talk about how I made my 3AM dress, as seen here:

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This is on of my absolute favorite tutorials, and I can’t believe I haven’t posted this yet… I’ve used this method hundreds of times (okay, maybe 3-4), but it works flawlessly every time.

This method creates beautiful armor pieces on the cheap, but they still look amazing. This is one of those cosplay-life-changers!

Check out the full tutorial here

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Royal Deringer Tutorial!

Since I promised I would, here’s the tutorial on how I made my Royal Deringer! Details after the cut!

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the answer to your question is no, i do not. but i can make a pretty educated guess on how you’d go about this, so i threw something quick together.

it is honestly really simple. the shapes are super easy. i didn’t include the hood because that’s simple enough on its own but this should allow you the neck hole you’d require to attach it.

you’ll need to make the cape/buy fabric to your own preferences/dimensions. how big you make the cape is up to you and is also dependent on your height, so i can’t really make recommendations on amounts of fabric. as for actual fabrics- personally i would probably make something like this out of cotton sateen or something similarly light with a nice sheen to it. 

if you have any other questions, let me know. i’ll try to help you out. sorry for the delay on this one.