#cosplay faq

[insecurishima]

Does anyone have any experience sealing EVA foam with this modge podge spray??? I want to use it but I don’t want my foam to crack with paint lol

[zacharyhing]

MAKEUP / BODY ART F.A.Q

I don't have the equipment to film proper YouTube videos yet so I hope this helps for now! I'll definitely do a full Lotor tutorial at some point!

These answers are specifically for [fantasy] characters like Lotor! I'll post a separate 'basic' cosplay makeup F.A.Q later!

>> What products do I use and how do I use it? << 1. FOUNDATION I use water activated paint. I use Snazaroo because it's cheap and you can get fairly large palettes for less than 5 quid! Snazaroo is great for foundation for fantasy characters! *I apply it by dabbing the paint on with a sponge to ensure an even coat! Make sure the paint isn't too wet otherwise your makeup will run. I would always recommend using a sponge rather than a brush because brushing on paint tends to leave streaks. 2. DETAILS For details, I use Kryolan paint because it's a lot more pigmented hence why it's more expensive! Kryolan is my favourite paint brand but I've also heard good things about Mehron! *I apply using regular face paint brushes and angled brushes for brows! 3. CONTOUR & HIGHLIGHT For contour and highlight, I currently use the Urban Decay Full Spectrum palatte. This palette is a d r e a m. But you can use any other eyeshadow palette from your local drugstore, just make sure the colours are well pigmented! *For Lotor, I just used dark purple shadow for contour and silver shimmer mixed with white for highlight! 4. EYELINER For the eyeliner, I use NYX eyeliner. It is A+++ quality! I personally find felt tip liners easier to handle but just try different liners out and see which you prefer! So far, the only brand I trust is NYX. Rimmel is shite. Please don't use Rimmel. 5. SETTING Again, to set my makeup I use NYX translucent powder. For cosplay and theatrical makeup, always go for matte finish powder - it will look the best in photos! The trick with cosplay is you want to look better in photos than in person! *I just apply this over my makeup with a big fluffy brush! I've worn makeup like this to a con and it's lasted me the entire day, even after getting hot from dancing to BTS!

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[ghostprincecos]

lolalalonde replied to your photoset “debuted my paladin armour at Anime Revolution on Saturday!! lasted 7...”

How did you make the armor?

my armor is made out of a roll of EVA foam i got from the hardware store which i cut out and glued together with hot glue and contact cement. i bent the pieces into place with a high temperature heat gun. everything is heat primed with the heat gun and sprayed with about 4 or 5 layers of flexidip or plexidip, and then spray painted with normal white spraypaint. the red parts are painted on by hand with folk art acrylic paint (i really recommend this brand. it’s very thick and nice to use.) the wider pieces like the thighs and upper arms are held onto the bodysuit with strips of velcro. to get my body piece on, i cut the side section of my armor in half and attached clips to either side to make it easier. make sure you draft out the pieces in a note book to make transferring to pattern paper/foam a lot easier, and don’t forget to add a bit of space when cutting out the foam since EVA foam tends to add a bit of bulk.

i’m really awful at explaining how i do things, so let me know if there’s anything specific you want help with or if you want pictures of my drafts from my notebook!

[ghostprincecos]

Where did you get your Barry bluejeans jacket?

my current barry jacket is this one!! it was on sale at the time (and i think it might be on sale again?) so i didn’t actually pay $50 for it

[dormantfig]

Hello! I love your Connie warrior cosplay, and was ordering if you could help me. What did you use for the purple?

Hello and thank you!! All the fabrics I used were stretch polycotton blends from my local fabric store! 

[nomadicgoldfishcosplay]

gingeriiz

I've been wanting to spring for a WIF wig for ages but haven't done it yet. How long do you think this wig will be straightened out? I love the color!

Sorry for the crazy slow reply, things got busy! I think straightened this wig would probably be about an extra inch in length or more. Also I’m fairly tall so it sits shorter on me then it might on someone smaller in height. 

[nepetasprites]

Aha.. Um.... So-- (did you say I was different) BUT UM ACTUALLY NOT MAKING SU REFERENCES-- um can you help me out?? I /realllyyy/ want to make a Sapphire cosplay, and yours is GORGEOUS. if you could tell me how you did it, what supplies you used, your patterns, etc, I'd be ecstatic. (Ahah um I'm also not like rlly nervous bc you seem so cool and idk aaa) Thank you neps c: Keep on shippingg

I’m so so sorry this has taken so long!!! I’ve been putting off answering this for forever BC of colossalcon but now that’s it’s passed I don’t really have an excuse.

For my sapphire dress, we used butterick pattern BP262 (or at least something similar to it , just the underskirt of it)

And the sleeves were from butterick 6630

The diamond patterns were cut out and we used heat n bond to get them to look all stiff and nice and then sewed them onto the dress. I’m not really that fabric savvy lmao so I can’t really remember what fabric we used, just that it took around 10 yards? It was a lot lmao esp because I messed up the first try.

The ruffles at the waist were done by me (and I’m no expert) I just bunched up the fabric as I sewed.

[dormantfig]

hi!! first of all ur cosplays are amazing hot damn! how'd u make ur shirt for pearl ??

Thank you!!! I made a bodice pattern and combined it with a sort of circle skirt pattern. Its made out of four way stretch fabric (really easy and cheap to find on ebay) which isnt as difficult to work with a people often assume and gives a really nice fit!