Tinted Lollipops Cosplay

Hello and welcome. This is a cosplay blog for Mawi (mawii) and Laurie (strategossex). We will be posting pictures of our finished cosplays, our cosplay progress, and other things.

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squid sisters are comin’ at ya

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*flexes my mspaint skills* it’s about that time for Katsucon/Squidcon

On Friday I’ll be Marie with laurie as Callie, Saturday I’ll be Agent 3, and saturday afternoon I’ll be Pacifica. On Sunday I’ll proooobably be an inkling again lmao welcome to Squidcon

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we found a super cute garnet yesterday

Garnet - kawaii-baka-baby

Pearl - strategossex

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Friday is over & two cosplays are down

-- mawi

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#NoSwimming who do you think I am ??? 

Lapis - gaiiius

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Haruko is done! One down, two to finish.

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Working hard or hardly working?

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i just gotta sew down the buttons + clasp and the cape will be done, and then onto the hard parts R.I.P. we both have 20 days left :”)

-- mawi

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Could you explain how you made the Strategos Six cosplay??? It's one cosplay I really really would love to do but I have no idea where to start. What materials did you use as well? Thank you!

Here’s the writeup Laurie did on it

-- mawi

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hey is it possible to know just how you made your rly awesome strat six cosplay ;;0;; i realllly wanna cosplay them but im just not at all sure /how/ any help is appreciated ;0;/

sure, but first things first. if you have never made armor before please please please dont make this cosplay right now. i learned that the hard way half way through the con when my armor was falling apart. 

for the armor i used a mixture of eva foam and craft foam. i covered them in plastidip before painting them and adding modpodge. 

the bodysuit i ordered online and painted stripes on with the help of the other half of tl. im not very happy with how it turned out so if i get the chance/motivation to do it again i will sew it in panels instead. 

the microphone/pointer thing was a case i painted for my phone. 

i created my own pattern for the ears. i stuck them on a headband with screw anchors, a trick i learned from my time as a homestuck. i am actually selling pairs of these ears for $10 plus shipping, if youre interested please message me on my personal blog.

the wig i got from epic cosplay wigs. i didnt style it at all.

the mask i made out of one of those pressurized balls. i cut it in half with my heat knife and painted it. then i put craft foam on the border to make the white edge. if you do use one of those pressurized balls get one thats bigger than you think youll need. i had a bad headache half the time because the edge was pressing in my nose. it is also rather hard to breathe in. between the thick plastic and the fabric i was having trouble breathing all day. 

the body paint was kryolan aquacolor in white. it rubbed off a bit where i was sweating but it didnt feel like i was wearing any makeup

if you have any other questions feel free to ask ^.^

-laurie

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Hey, could I bother you for where you bought your nona wig? It would be ultra helpful!

Here’s a writeup that I made for it because that wig is an experience. Feel free to ask me questions if you want to know anything else!!

-- Mawi

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Nah is officially underway!!

trust me on the color thing btw, it looks really dark in the photo but in real life it’s 100% accurate

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Hey! Love your lapis gem :) would you mind telling me how you made it? Thank you!!

I bought it from justcuriousthings since i honestly don’t trust myself with resin casting. The color was a little light for my tastes so I used dark blue and gold nail polish to paint tinfoil which i glued to the back of the gem to give it more dimension.

tbh it looks a lot prettier in real life

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I guess I should post this here too 

Honestly I dont think I look like her :/

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i wanted to incorporate gold into the gem just like irl Lapis Lazuli and let me tell you it was worth it

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Hi!! I was just curious where you bought the base wig and extension clip for your Nona wig. Thanks ^^

For my Nona wig I got a Matilda and a long curly clip from Arda Wigs both in aqua! but i have to warn you though, I definitely wouldn’t recommend doing it the way I did. It ended up being too top heavy, my hairline was showing, and it kept slipping down no matter how many pins were there. I had to trash the wig. Unless you’re familiar with wearing lacefront wigs please don’t do it this way. 

So my plan B is that I’m going to get this wig in powder blue, pull the bangs up and tease them to get the bump, and mayyybe put a small dowel rod in the ponytail for support since ponytail wigs are heavy. After that I’ll just braid it. This alone should look a lot better than the original one. 

In the end I have to sacrifice some accuracy, but it’s not that big of a deal. Nona’s hair SUCKS and it gives me a headache

tldr; don’t get the lacefront that i originally used unless you have experience with them. I’m just speaking on my own opinion so you dont waste money like I did.

hope this helps and good luck!!

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may i ask how you made your mask for strategos six?

i cut a pressurized bouncy ball in half with a heat knife. after that i put a piece of foam on the outside to make the little rim part. then i covered it in plastidip and painted it. side note, if you use a pressurized ball make sure its bigger than you think youll need it