Amber’s Squirtle wig is almost completely finished! The bangs need help yet, but I’m so excited to get it done!! Wig styling is not my forte, and I’ve never taken on a project like this before, so I’m so proud of the work I put into this!
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Amber’s Squirtle wig is almost completely finished! The bangs need help yet, but I’m so excited to get it done!! Wig styling is not my forte, and I’ve never taken on a project like this before, so I’m so proud of the work I put into this!
I am a female and the cosplay that I am working on right now doesn't really need it but I know that in the future I might want to cosplay a male character and I have rather big boobs that are really noticeable do you have any tips
Disclaimer! The advice I’m gonna give you is not from my personal experience. It’s always better to ask someone who knows more about it. I hope that if I’ll be wrong at some points blog’s followers will correct me.
Okay, thing you’re gonna need is called binding (to bind). It’s the technique that people with breasts use when they need to (or have to) hide them [breasts]. I didn’t have a personal binding experience, but I can link you to these pretty good (imo) tutorials:
Cosplay Tutorial: Binding I by Abessinier (author’s Dante crossplay is amazing)
7 Ways To Bind Your Chest by Michael McLeish (great guide with safety tips!)
Technique - Female to Male Crossplay by Annette W
How do I flatten my breasts for a crossplay by Cosplay Tutorial (with important comment from personal experience about ace bandages)
Breast binding safety
That’s it. Good luck with your cosplay and be careful. :)
P.S. Dear followers (not only cosplayers!), if you had a binding experience feel free to comment under this post, reblog with facts fixes or send me an ask or fanmail. I’ll be happy to fix the mistakes or add useful stuff and links.
The number one thing I have to say is whatever you do, do NOT bind with ace bandages, ducktape, or any thing of the like, even making your own out of elastic is a big no-no. And this is for your own safety, ace bandages are designed to constrict and support, and even on like a swollen ankle if applied properly can cause damage. Your ribs are not designed to support this and can crack, break, and cause difficulty breathing.
Secondly, especially since you are of larger chest size, a professional binder will both look the best and be the safest. I personally recommend gc2b or Underworks both of which I or a friend have worn, are the most commonly used binders, and the cheapest. There are a couple other sites people used to go to before these came up but are more expensive and/or I have not personally used. Mansculpture, Loveboat, T-kingdom.
Lastly a note on the tape tutorial in the links above, open chest binding should really only be done if you need an open shirt. If not please use a proper binder as you will have better support, compression, and will overall be more comfortable. Additionally I’m not sure how well open-chest binding works for larger chests.
General binding safety - what to and not to do’s while binding.
And a post about binding with sports bras.
^^^ Yes. I’m a transgender person. I’ve made the mistake of binding with duct tape before. It was very uncomfortable. Does not move with your body at all. Also when I went to remove it it was a nightmare. My skin was raw, red and almost tore in certain places. People have ended up with scarring from this.
Updating the binding ask with these extremely useful comments and the one from replies:
reachingforstardust: The safest way to bind is to use a Binder. Always make sure you can take deep breaths when you have any binding on and stretch your back and arms to encourage circulation. Binding can be dangerous so always be careful.
Thank you pennys-cosplay, wesker-is-hot and reachingforstardust!
Part 1 of Amber’s wig “tutorial” for Squirtle. Keep an eye out for part 2!
Amber is working on a wig for a “traditional” Japanese take on Squirtle! This is a totally different kind of project from what I’m used to, but it will be done! I may just post a progress video when it’s all said and done... >.>
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Here is a photo from his FB page showing some of the test samples he made using different fillers. I believe he is still working on improving the method so be sure to follow his page for more updates.
For the full video go here:
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Con Survival
Hello there! So every year my school club goes to Detour, and we usually put together a little con survival lecture beforehand for the first-timers. Now this got me thinking, if you were going to give someone a couple pieces of either critical advice or maybe just useful tricks you’ve picked up along the way that maybe others might not think of, what would you say?
Quick and Dirty Wig Head Re-Size
Hello there! So as I’m working on my Mr. H wig, I thought,maybe I should throw together a tutorial to show an easy way to reshape a wig head. If you weren't aware, most wig heads aren't actually shaped like, or incorrect proportion too, a human head. Generally speaking they are smaller. Mine is about 1-2 inches smaller around and top to bottom .
Now, when you are styling a wig for spikes or adding in extra wefts it is important to have the wig sit on something about the size ofyour head. This is because if you don’t it is a lot easier to sew the wefts intoo tightly and then effectively shrink the wig, and with spikes they may endup too small around the base and either pull funny when you put it on, or if you used a ton of product, also shrink the wig.
So! How I quickly made my wig heads larger for my Axel and Mr. H wigs is as follows! (Foreword, if your head happens to be smaller than your wig head, a sharp box cutter/exacto knife/saw/sharp utensil of some kind will be your new best friend!) I like this method because it costs basically nothing and it will also leave your wig head unchanged minus pin holes!
Supplies
1 wig head
Plastic bags (from Walmart, Target, or the like)
Pins
Scissors
Optional: wig head stand (not necessary for the tutorial, but in general is a helpful styling aid ^.^)
Welcome to another tutorial with Amber where she shares those not so graceful moments in cosplay with new wig stylists (since I myself am new to wig styling). I've been really excited to get to work on my Ashura cosplay, and when I went to work on the wig, well... It's obvious something went wrong.
So kei-chick did a bit of editing to one of the photos we took at Anime Iowa this summer, I think I might have a new favorite photo of my Three Musketeer!Axel cosplay!
We love the photo, decided to add flames to Axel’s chakrams.
That looks so awesome!! Thanks! :D
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We are the CONVENGERS! Penny is Captain Crossplay, Amber is the Black Afirmer, and I, Keimi, am the Iron Consent!!! Combined we band together to spread awesome sauce at cons
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Let me know if this is you and I’ll add credit!
I’m Isaac, thelogicalpenny is Miria c:
Hehehe! This was so much fun!
heres my: im dumb and forgot to upload my pictures from naka kon post
Hey its a picture of us from Naka-kon! We are the Fiona (Amber), Marceline (Keimi), and Roy Mustang (Penny) in the top left.
animenebraskon #BBQ 2013! … #StudioGhibli . Howl’s Moving Castle #Cosplay.
Would you look at that! It's Keimi's boyfriend RamenPirate!
Hi everyone! So we had a blast at Nak-kon this weekend! I (Penny) just wanted to give a shoutout to Amber for winning Runner-up in Intermediate at the cosplay contest! Her dress Is so pretty o.o
Awesome photos taken by New Age Photography!
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We may not post much, but here is a friendly reminder to you guys that if you ever need help with ANYTHING, we are more than happy to try and help you! We are simply lurkers until provoked otherwise ^_^