Cosplay?

References and tutorials for my cosplay plans!

[cosplaytutorial]

I was thinking of doing Steven Universe cosplays (either Lapis or Ruby), but I don't have enough paint to do my entire body. Some people suggest tights from a particular site but they don't deliver to India and what I have is also very limited. What can I do about the red/blue skin problem? I have basic sewing tools and skills.

Hello there!

If you are able to find white tights, you may be able to dye them. Cotton or other natural fibers (or nylon) can be dyed with regular fabric dyes, and polyester and other synthetics can be dyed with polyester-specific dye, such as iDye Poly or Rit Dyemore (I am not sure of the availability of these in India). Spandex fibers weaken at high heat, so be sure to use the lowest heat that the dye will set at. If using nylon, you may have better luck with acid dyes, which are set with acid (white vinegar works) – this may take a little experimenting. You will need to dye tights for both your legs and arms, and then turn one pair into armsocks.

If you can’t do tights at all, then you can go with your natural skintone and it should be fine. You can always Photoshop later.

I hope that helps! Good luck :]

—Fabrickind / Q&A Staff

[epiccosplaywigs]

We’ve gotten multiple requests for a bang cutting tutorial, so here it is! What type of bang? All of them!

[epiccosplaywigs]

Want to put a non ponytail non lace front wig into a ponytail? Here are 3 different methods on how to do just that! IMPORTANT TIP: Make sure the wig head you’re working from is the same size as your head or the wig will be too small after the tail is made.

[sakurascoops]

Pearl - Steven Universe Wig commission worn at Sakuracon 2016 in March Base wig was a Theia in Peach Blonde from @epiccosplaywigs Please feel free to throw me a message about wig commissions.

[universecosplay]

[giffing-su]

[celticteddybear]

This blueberry is doodling during a fucking murder trial, I can’t

[mind--master]

Wedding Outfits!

[universecosplay]

Pink-Pearl reference pt 2

[universecosplay]

Pink-Pearl reference pt 1

[fangsnmigraines]

Okay! I’m working on a Peridot cosplay, and of course the first thing I get around to (after the initial, fairly detailed plan) is her face shield.

The pictures have captions, but if you’re on mobile and can’t see them, here’s the materials and the steps I took to make this thing.

Materials:

- some sort of bent, clear plastic (I used a big easter egg I got from 5 Below, but a normal face shield will work just as well!)

             **Make sure to have enough so that if you mess up, it’s not the end of the world! i had enough plastic to make two masks, and it turns out i needed the second one when the first one cracked.

- something to cut the plastic with (something stronger than scissors, unless the plastic is thinner and can easily be cut by scissors)

- pencils

- card stock or printer paper

- masking tape (VERY IMPORTANT!!!)

- permanent marker

- something to sand with (I have a dremel, but with a bit of elbow grease and a lot of determination, you can sand this by hand!)

- safety glasses (just in case!)

- hot glue gun + hot glue

- foam

- elastic or string

Directions:

1. Draw out a basic sketch of what you want the shield to look like

2. Using a full sheet of paper, measure out your mask. (My mask was 8 1/2″ wide, 4″ long to the nose piece, and 5″ long to the pointed edges)

3. Put masking tape on both the front and the back of the plastic wherever you intend to cut. This keeps the plastic from cracking a bit, and really saved my second mask! (I put the piece down the center to give myself guidelines to draw on)

4. Do your best to transfer your measurements onto the masking tape with the permanent marker. Once you have the basic shape, go back in and check that both sides are as symmetrical as you can get them.

            **Be sure to periodically try on the mask and see if it looks right!

5. Roughly (and carefully!) cut out around the lines you drew for the mask. (You should have room to smooth down rough edges!)

            **When you’re cutting, cut in small strokes to keep your plastic from cracking.

6. Sand down any rough edges that could potentially hurt your face, and try it on. Sand until you’re satisfied with the smoothness and symmetry of your sanding!

7. If you didn’t make this from a face shield, you will need to line the upper part of your mask with foam of some sort to keep it from making lines on your face.

8. I suggest hot gluing some elastic or string to the sides of your mask in order to attach it to your head, but if you need to use something else because of a wig or something, by all means do something different!

[glitterprinsessa]

Step-by-Step Tutorial

Rose Quartz - Sword, Scabbard, Sheild

So I got asked about my three S, and seeing as some more people mentioned it in the tags of my cosplay, I figured I could try and do this. It will be REALLY long, just a warning.

Keep reading

[buwakuda]

Hi, I don't know if you've already gotten any questions like this but I want to Cosplay peridot for an upcoming convention and I was wondering how you styled your wig?

No, I haven’t been asked this before! So I’ll go ahead and make a little tutorial for you!

Peridot Wig Tutorial

Keep reading

[adaftcat]

I was wondering if you were planning on/ had done a tutorial for Pearl's spear. I'm planning on cosplaying her but am not sure what materials to use to get a good curve on the spiral part.

OH man you’re not the first to ask and I was so surprised by the positive feedback on it and the amount of people who asked me at the con how I made it and sent me an ask haha!

I wish I could make a tutorial with detailed pictures and all but I didn’t take too many pics of how I made it and next time making it I’m planning on making it out of Apoxy resin.

At first I had no idea how to approach the spear until I found this video tutorial on crystalgemcosplay :

http://captainchunkychew.tumblr.com/post/72834695376/how-to-make-pearls-spear-ive-been-posting-stuff

It helped me get an idea how I’ll make it (Especially for the head) although I thought making it out of paper will look too flat so I made everything out of craft foam. I taped it to the broomstick I already covered in gesso to see how it’d look.

Here’s a few WIP pics, sorry I don’t have many to show you:

After I saw it sat and looked good, I cut the edges of the spiral carefully to even it out and started to glue everything with an UHU transparent glue and a tiny bit of hot glue from inside of the spiral, but please be careful using hot glue as it can give you burns and also melt the craft foam!!

I cover it all with gesso (I mixed my gesso with the paint because I forgot to buy white paint haha whoops I guess it worked?) coated it once, waited for it to dry and coated it twice more.

When the gesso dries the coated craft foam becomes stiff, so don’t go bending any of it because IT WILL CRACK and you’ll have to coat it again. 

Here’s a pic after I coated it twice before I coated it with a mixed gesso (ft. Fishbones in the background)

Before painting I used sandpaper to carefully smooth the edges where the craft foam connects to the broomstick and where the head connects to the spiral. Then I painted the areas I had left (edges of the spear, the broomstick etc.)

It’s fairly easier than you’d think, I hope I helped somehow! Have fun cosplaying!! B)))

[dragonsparkscosplay-blog]

Pearl’s Wand

In response to a question I received via Instagram, I’m going to explain how I made my Pearl Wand (WIP shown).  This will be less of a tutorial and more of  a commentary on this lovely video tutorial I found, as I did a few things differently than the person in the video.

 For my wand (which I will be lending to swinfin13 for her 80′s pearl cosplay later this year) I cut out the spiral in a very similar manner to the video.  However, when it came to hot gluing it to the pvc pipe, I put small darts (similar to below) periodically along the side of the spiral that would be glued to the pipe.

I put these darts into place because I wanted the spiral to stick out a bit more than what the video demonstrated.  When the darts were glued together and then fused to the pipe with more hot glue, they looked like this:

After gluing the spiral, I went over the seams between it and the pipe with more hot glue and smoothed it over.  When it came to the blade, I thought it would be a good idea to use more craft foam instead of posterboard (shown in the video) as it adds more stability and can bounce back from creasing.  It does have these qualities, but it is also harder to get a clean seam between the spiral and the blade  and it is apparent where the pvc pipe ends. (shown below).

(Another note about the blade is that when watching the video I didn’t immediately register why the pattern he used had the rectangle cut out of it, and it wasn’t until I was about halfway through gluing the blade that it was SO THE BLADE COULD CURVE INTO THE SPIRAL! (Person who made that tutorial video, if you ever read this know that I actually physically applauded you for your genius when I was making this))

The video stated that making a diagonal seam for craft foam is a good idea as it reduces the seam.  I, however disagree with this, as it makes the seam between the pieces longer and more noticeable (see below)

as opposed to a vertical seam

which is significantly less apparent.  Or maybe I just didn’t do it correctly…  On the subject of the pommel, while it may seem like a good idea DO NOT USE MODEL MAGIC FOR THIS!!!!! While model magic is easier to use and creates a smooth, even surface with clean edges (which is why I picked it) it is brittle and will easily fall apart (especially at a con).  If you aren’t sure if your prop will survive the wear and tear of a convention, try the Destructive Friend Test. (give the prop to your most destructive friend or family member and have them swing it around/play with it.  If it doesn’t survive this (the first pommel didn’t) try to reinforce it.  This will help you avoid the unfortunate event of a prop failure at a con)  Anyways, for the pommel I took what I could salvage from the model magic disaster and wrapped it in a layer of craft foam in a similar manner to what the video did.  So far it is holding up well.  

In painting the wand, I chose to spraypaint it as opposed to hand painting it, as the colour is more even and painting multiple coats on all of those little nooks and crannies isn’t fun (i tried),  I found a perfect colour of spraypaint at Home Depot:

and did multiple coats for a rich colour.  Then I applied a layer of pearlescent acrylic paint, painted the additional colours on the hilt by hand with acrylic paint, and sprayed it with a clear spray sealer. 

(Will update with pictures of the finished wand soon)

[maddox-knight-deactivated202409]

MAKING PERIDOT’S LIMB ENHANCERS

The process described is using EVA 1/2″ foam from Harbor Freight.

Creating the arms was not very tricky. Basically, I cut out a strip of foam long enough to cover my forearm. I wrapped it around my arm and tightened one end to make it into a cone shape. I marked the line where it meets, cut it out, the ends at a slight angle so it would glue together better. If I knew better, I would have used contact cement, as it’s just so much stronger, is not hot, and hides the seams. I also should have angled the seam at the back, not the front. Cut out the spot for your arm so it can bend. It’s harder to cut bent foam so this is something you should do before gluing. Also before gluing, TRACE the shape backwards onto your foam so you can just copy the first arm. Cut out a strip of foam from scrap and glued it on the inside under the seams to make it stronger. I marked 2″ back from the front end and lightly carved in to mark where the black starts. I then  cut out a circular shape to fit in the inside, where my wrists meet. I used my exacto/drywall blades for the handhole. Gluing it onto the inside is also tricky and takes patience! (contact cement would be harder to use here)

The legs are basically a scaled-up version of Step 1. I used one whole sheet of foam for each leg. Wrapping it around my leg, and marking the spot at the top where it meets my leg, as big as it will get. Later on, the added height in the feet will lift you until it fits. It was then cut out and glued together like before. I again recommend using contact cement instead so you don’t end up with ugly seams. I filled in the back with the big triangles; which would have been easier if I made it from regular paper and then traced it so it fits. And the triangles are also cut out to later fill in with the yellow diamonds. And the feet; Here you can again see where hot glue sucks. Use contact cement. The foot shape is an oval in whole, with most of it being inside the leg. The magic of me being able to walk great in Peridot is the leg and foot being SEPARATE. Plain and simple, stack up foam layers for added height and to make the proportions look better. These aren’t even that hard to walk in, and it makes them authentic “limb enhancers.” FIND SOME CHEAP CROCS and glue those suckers straight onto the foam. Yet another robot secret I divulge to you all. Comfy and no one will ever see them. I also put a small foam strip on the inside of the legs, right above where the foot is to also help it stay in place. I have never had a problem with them sliding out of place at all!

First, Plastidip to seal the foam - the blue can on the far left. Can usually be found at Walmart, or Home Depot. I used the green color pictured but honestly it SUCKS and didn’t wan’t to cover properly - the pictures actually look better than reality in this case. The black is Krylon’s gloss Black. I used masking tape and newspaper to, well, mask off areas where needed. The yellow, as mentioned in the headpiece post, is Krylon’s Bright Idea.

Honestly, these things could be so much better and I made so many mistakes. The paint sucks and there are visible sharpie marks still, but they were a huge learning experience, and maybe this can help you out, as you can improve on what I did.

[firefly-in-lovely-illusion]

Did you ask me how I made MakeUp of Pearl? I`ll tell you how I made it. ———————————- Now I am on youtube! Subscribe to my channel it will be a lot of interesting (*—*)