#cosplay troubles

[xitsensunmoon]

My first ever comic con! And first cosplay too. Of course it's gonna be my boy :] Ramblings about the process are under the cut(Let me know if?? You would want me to elaborate with process images for any of the steps?)

The costume took me forever to make, as I've never done any machine sewing, sculpting, fabric dying or spray painting before but learning all of these was so fucking fun!! I never realised just how many different skills go into making a cosplay but it was so worth it!!!

Almost all of the clothes(except the hat) were purchased first as bases, but all of the detailing was added by me. All of the fabric used was originally just scraps that I was given for free so I needed to learn how to dye and dye all of the stars, they were originally white.

The sewing machine was its own beast that brought me tons of frustration from the lack of skill and knowledge (it was devastating to find out that 95% of fuck ups were my fault and not the machine's lmao). But as a result, a hat sewn from scratch, all of the fur trims, embroidery on the corset, stars and the collar(which is very hard to see on the pictures unfortunately) was all added manually. The stars and the stripes(on the back of the cape) were attached using heat-and-bond adhesive (I WISH I knew about such thing just when I started working on this. It would save me so much time and nerves.)

Then I found out about polymorph(mouldable plastic) and it has become the next thing I wanted to learn, to sculpt the claws and the fangs(yes, they're handmade jfksjs). The claws I then primed and painted in trillion coats because I wasn't satisfied with the colour of the spray paint. The fangs I moulded to my own teeth and then stained with tea to match the colour of my teeth :)c

As for makeup, I used Mehron Paradise water activated paints. At first I wanted to try to save money and bought myself Snazaroo instead, which unfortunately turned out to be a waste. Snazaroo didn't hold on my face for longer than 2 hours, cracking and peeling awfully. Mehron on the other hand survived 11 hours of me smiling, talking, emoting and such and didn't even crease at the smile lines(I'm actually shocked about that). It obviously works like any other makeup which means your skin texture and wrinkles won't go anywhere but Mehron's elasticity pleasantly surprised me. It did obviously smear from sweat and saliva(if you're eating and licking your lips) but if you don't touch the skin it just dries again, self setting. But if it's dry it's fully smear-proof. Highly recommend!

And last but not least, I've decided against painting my hands as it was very risky that I will stain everything I touch at the smallest hint of sweat. So instead I got myself gloves-tights(? Not sure how they're called but it's made from the same fabric as tights) and painted them with normal acrylic paint(did you know you could dye fabric with acrylic paint? I personally didn't), then heat set with an iron and voilà, they're reusable, my hands are not stained after an exhausting day and I don't stain everything I touch. It worked wonderfully which honestly was a surprise as I was really sceptical that acrylic paint will somehow stay in place.

I think this whole thing took me minimum of 6 months with big-big breaks for my school and life in general. But I'm really proud! This project taught me so many new skills and I couldn't have been happier about learning new knowledge, even if it sucked to fail in the meantime.

Everyone at the con was really nice and gave me a large confidence boost even tho it was my first time and I had no idea what I was doing. Taking photos with other people was really awkward/new for me as I hate cameras so I really had no idea how to pose/behave in front of one. But that's okay I think. This whole experience definitely made me want to do this again, so I think that will come with experience. Thank you for reading this far, hope you enjoyed this little summary :)

[inkimpcosplay]

I used misting bottles filled with rit dye for this part of the project. I rinsed it until the water ran clear and then let it dry completely. I was thrilled with how it looked and put it in the washer.

It came out looking like this:

I was crushed last night.

It's actually a super pretty color now in person, there's hints of light yellow, pink, and Peach in it. Too bad it's completely not what I wanted for this project. 😕 I'm going to try to dye it again using a different method, and if that still doesn't work I'll break out the acrylic paint and fabric paint medium.

THIS OMBRE IS GOING TO HAPPEN DAMNIT.

[palossssssand]

Finally finished my bloblobber cosplay prop!! Was a challenge and I’m really happy with how it came out. AND!!! Completed the Trito hat/wig to go with it!

I used a white plastic tub as a base, and covered it up with foam. The side handles have a cardboard base and then also covered with foam. The rim is made of pool noodle and I’m able to carry it using a strap. Debuted today at Sacanime! Hope to bring it to many cons to come!

Progress thread here!!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

more outfit requests, ft some pretty fellas!

Anna Valerious Frank for @sheriffopossum, & sparkly dress Wally for @wheatlover <3

[mamawasatesttube]

anyways. core four lotr cosplay group. kon and cassie go as aragorn and arwen (he's arwen and she's aragorn, of course). they try to make tim and bart be frodo and sam ("you guys are hobbit-sized," they explain), but bart declares he'd rather be gollum so he can bite tim in all the photos. ("pretend to bite me, right?" tim says. "...pretend to bite me, right bart????")

[wahooworld-doublehelix]

Hello Splatoon Nation!

[sunnycanwrite]

Paralympic swimmer Barbara Gordon is an idea I hold very close to my heart. The way she'd find water as recovering, maybe she swam when younger. Was swimmer in highschool, used to pull her hair into swim caps, and go throw swimsuits much to fast.

So while trying to find something to hold on in the aftermath on her injury and there it is. She gets help, learning to adjust. To pull her self through the water again, new prescription goggles helping her along the way. It's hard, learning to swim after an injury. Even a broken arm takes recovery it gets it moving properly in the water. But she keeps going, runs tech at night, swims early in the morning.

She never thought swimming would mean much to her, not like this. But than there she is is. Transferring into the pool, a team USA cap on her head, and swims. Her arms pulling her through the water to victory.

[pants-magic-pants]

...a voyeur, are you?

[funkytown999]

Things from twittterrrrrrr (X)

[waivyjellyfish]

[goblin-a-gogo]

Some lasagna sketches featuring @cruisingheightswithdragons (Erik & Astrid) and @needsmorezass (Ro) !

[kpop-bbg]

[delaneytalks-tostatues]

"This is Sophie, by the way. Sophie Green. Call me back."

I have dog tags for Sophie. I literally have custom Sophie green dog tags. I even brought them to con. I just didn't put them on. This fact haunts me in every picture.

Photos by AlfaShots

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[ybotter]

Working on my halloween costume… Her name is Kushka :D

[laniidae-passerine]

people think the theories are getting too crazy well I don’t think we’re getting crazy enough. we need weirder shit. Armand wasn’t Alice. Louis was Alice. how does that work? it doesn’t. but it’s only Tuesday and I can’t day drink rn so we’re gonna work with this until the weekend

[1emon-ice]

Kai costume!!!