#how to train your dragon costume

[cat-cosplay]

[wickedcriminal]

What do you MEAN it's not anywhere near Halloween its Spooky Time whenever I want it to be 🦴 I also don't feel like waiting until October to post this so 😂

They decide to make it a trio this year, just to keep the neighbors on their toes

List of sibs below cut:

Year 1: Wirt and Greg from Over the Garden Wall, with Astrid as Beatrice

Year 2: Dipper and Mabel from Gravity Falls, with Dagur and Heather as Soos and Wendy, and Camicazi and Little Fish as Stan and Ford

Year 3: Phineas and Ferb from (shocker) Phineas and Ferb, with Heather as Candace

Year 4: Mario and Luigi from the Super Mario Bros, with Astrid as Princess Peach and Camicazi as Wario

Year 5: Edward and Alphonse from Fullmetal Alchemist, with Astrid as Winry

Bottom: Alvin and the Chipmunks

[artist-ellen]

Modern Astrid

I haven't actually made a historical Astrid but i had a lot of fun making a modern Astrid. A part of that is probably how modern/how 2010s Astrid's HTTYD movie design already is. I went with a bomber jacket, dark leggings, big boots....oh and I made a little necklace based off her shoulder-armor clasp.

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[violet-moonstone]

Heathers Part 4: Rogue Heather and Conclusion

Part 3

This is my favourite option, which is why I saved it for last. This route focuses on skills Heather could much more believably pick up on her own—in fact, these are skills we already see her exhibiting in RoB. This version of Heather is very much like Arya Stark—minus the combat training—specifically, Arya when she’s in Braavos. She’s good at hiding, sneaking around, pickpocketing, etc. She would rely on changing her behaviour and appearance to fit the situation and slowly build her arsenal of disguises as she improves her skill and has more resources at her disposal. One day, she might appear as a raggedy street urchin; the next, a bawdy barmaid; then, a haughty noblewoman or cunning hunter.

Her primary use of this skill would be survival—blending into the background or standing out without people knowing her true identity—but this would also be strategic. She could get information either from being a fly on the wall no one considers being cautious around, or by being charismatic and charming people into trusting her. In more extreme situations, she could slip poison into the drink of a bar patron, set fire to the room of someone who thinks she’s their servant, or (in a version of RTTE with a more mature rating) stab someone once they’re in her bed. (I’ve written a fic about this)

I think this option makes the most sense, because it requires no retconning of her backstory and includes the most believable skillset for someone without any training. I also think that with a heavy focus on stealth, it wouldn’t make sense for her to have a large, armoured dragon with reflective scales (once again, sorry Windshear). Instead she could have a small dragon that could help her with fetching things, being on watch for danger, and shooting fire at close range. I’m thinking a Terrible Terror or something similar. Although a small dragon with similar traits to a Changewing would be really cool, like a winged chameleon of sorts—but maybe instead of becoming invisible, it just mimics different colours and textures.

In terms of costumes for Rogue Heather, it can really be anything. She’d probably need a base outfit for when she’s not in disguise, in which case, I’d go for something like the redesigns all the dragon riders except Hiccup got, which was basically putting them in the same clothes as in RoB/DoB but with different colours. I think the outfit Heather’s wearing in RoB is pretty good for a rogue type character already—just use a slightly different colour scheme that’s still faded, and keep the hood from her current design. Her disguises could be much more dramatic and could include wigs and makeup as well.

I have a headcanon that she has a favourite disguise though. Due to all the danger and insecurity she’s faced, she’s become ruthlessly ambitious—not just for revenge, but for wealth and power. She never wants to have to worry about being unsafe or scrounging around to survive. I think her favourite roles to play are rich and powerful women. In these roles, she gets to wear something beautiful—I’m thinking a deep green gown that brings out her eyes. It could also be a reference to serpents and envy, which goes hand in hand with her use of poison and her desire for the finer things in life.

I love this version of Heather. I’m currently in the early stages of writing a very long fic (that will probably just include regular Heather because the story already has a lot of OCs and moving parts), however, if I get enough inspiration, I might write some one-shots here and there about her.

Some ideas for her more fancy/aspirational disguises:

From left to right: Labyrinth (2012), BBC’s Merlin (I always thought Katie McGrath would be a great grown-up Heather)

(Some more historical Norse looks)

And a more everyday look:

(From Voriagh)...tell me this model isn't LITERALLY HEATHER. I think it's the murder in her eyes.

(Arya in Game of Thrones, tunics from Dark Knight Armoury)

Conclusion...After a Note About Combat and Women in Fantasy

Before I finish, I want to briefly touch upon another issue I have with Heather’s character. You may have noticed that the latter two options I gave have a much stronger emphasis on her intelligence and/or social skills than her physical prowess – I did this intentionally because I find that RTTE lacks characters who are not combat focused (Even Johann turned out to be a skilled knife-thrower. I miss when he was just a friendly and knowledgable—though talkative—merchant). While I appreciate that the female characters in the show are shown to be capable fighters, they don’t all need to be. I think fantasy and sci-fi writers tend to forget that making women into combatants is not the only way to make them strong, empowered, or interesting. There are so many ways that characters, regardless of gender, can have agency and be integral to a plot; these ways don’t have to include putting a heavy weapon in their hands. I’ve briefly discussed this in another post, but I think the dynamic between Viggo and Ryker would be much more interesting if Viggo were not physically strong and had to depend on Ryker’s strength just as much as Ryker depended on Viggo’s wits. And while Hiccup’s sword fighting abilities are commendable, let’s not forget that his first great achievement would never have been possible without curiosity, intelligence and empathy—the three things required to befriend Toothless—not physical strength. I love Race to the Edge, and I understand the combat-heavy focus (because “Vikings”) but I do wish there was just a bit more variety when it comes to the way characters navigate dangerous situations.

Alright, so there you have it: My 3 Heathers. I’m very tempted to draw all three of them, to get a clearer image of what their designs would look like. Which one do you prefer the most? The revenge-fuelled warrior, the unhinged alchemist, or the ambitious assassin? Let me know, and thanks for reading!

[otherworldworldy]

Year of the Dragon Toothless

[nemo1946]

I made an Iron Age Toothless cosplay, and this is how it turned out!

For this costume I made everything except for the shoes, belt, turtle broaches, and wig. (Though I did do a little bit of styling to the wig and I painted and strung the beads from the broaches.) There are scales painted on the tail and underdress that you can’t see in this picture- overall I used 3 bottles of black slick paint for all of the scales on this costume. I even drafted some of my own patterns for this, but the underdress and apron dress are made using two patterns from Rabbit & Hat Patterns.

Full build book is on my Insta: AdorkableMeCosplay

[salty-cardiac-lizard]

Pics from Halloween 🎃😻

[tylermannart]

How To Train Your Costume Dragon Preview by Crownflame

What if How To Train Your Dragon was performed by characters from The Costume Shop? In this one page preview of a two page comic, we see Finn as Hiccup and Rhaco as Toothless, illustrated by @Crownflame. Find the full comic in The Costume Shop Kickstarter on February 2nd!

[lankinthemadmage]

Meatlug captions, part 2:

Bit late, but here's the Halloween pics (both last year's costume and this year's).

@serrantsaloto

Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12, part 13, part 14, part 15, part 16, and part 17

[c-taylor-wanna-be-a-glader]

My How To Train Your Dragon inspired halloween costume!

[cat-cosplay]

How to Train Your Kitten

[artist-ellen]

I don't know if you ever watched it but I’d love to see you redesign how to train a dragon character I think it would really fit your style

I really like those movies! Technically I've drawn a modern Astrid but I haven't done anything else with the characters. I just don't know what the heck direction I'd take with them. Historical? Idk.

[violet-moonstone]

Heathers: On Heather the Unhinged and Potential Modifications to Her Backstory and Character Design.

An essay about Heather in Race to the Edge. Posted in separate parts otherwise my computer would explode.

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Warrior Heather

Part 3: Alchemist Heather

Part 4: Rogue Heather and Conclusion

[krattgirl124]

Should I start posting my cosplay TikToks on here?

[helheimshell]

My Halloween costume was probably a viking or some oc from how to train your dragon..

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Did it just because i could practice my fave hairstyle..