#the title is already so cute

[leenfiend]

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[a-flickering-soul]

How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Bones: The Harrow Cosplay

Or: I felt like doing a little writeup of the making of my Harrowhark Nonagesimus cosplay because I worked hard on it and this is also basically the first cosplay I actually completed. And I'm also just very proud of it.

I knew from the start I wanted the silhouette to essentially be a triangle, since I deeply believe that Harrow in full vestments is like a little walking cone. This is also deeply influenced by the many years I spent in church choir wearing those dinky little robes.

The first thing I figured out was the headpiece. I knew I wanted the hair to be covered (both in a religious way and also so I wouldn't have to wear a wig), but when it comes to hair coverings, there's a lot of ways it could go. I initially considered mantillas, to go with the whole Catholicism of it all, but unfortunately I was possessed with the spirit of half my ancestors and decided to drape a scarf like a dupatta (I considered making maang tikka to go with it, but had a hard time with the logistics of that). I found a drapy, thin black scarf at a thrift store and held onto it for a while. You can tell from the picture that it's pretty sheer and also a good length.

I szuszed it up by hand-stitching some white lace to it (since I'm very taken with the idea of the Ninth producing lace like all good nunneries did), as well as some seashell beads in a suitable bonelike color and these very cool tiny silver skull beads. These are only on the front of my scarf as a nice little decoration.

For the rest of the jewelry, Sculpey really came through. I used it to make some (outsized) teeth to create a rosary, along with some very cool volcanic rock beads. Individually knotting each bead and tooth was a huge time sink, but definitely worth it visually. Nine teeth for each of the houses.

I also made some bone bangles out of Sculpey (although this was towards the end of things when I was kind of losing steam).

My metamour @benthicbimbo was fucking amazing though and literally?? made thee most beautiful phalanges choker out of Sculpey and velvet ribbon and they're weathered and textured so beautifully and it's such a wonderful piece I genuinely wear it around places quite often.

And because they're incredible they also made these beautiful faux earrings for me that I tragically forgot to wear during Halloween but do look genuinely stunning!!! Like what!!!!!

For the big layers, I genuinely got the best luck at Goodwill in one fell swoop and I have no idea how I got this lucky. The dress is Shein (and once you touch it that fact is very obvious) and the overcoat is a CQ by CQ trench coat someone didn't want anymore (sans belt). These combined with the dupatta really solidified the silhouette and both the pattern of the dress and the brocade on the overcoat really were exactly what I was looking for and it was a sheer stroke of luck that I found both of them in one go.

And now, the big boy: the ribcage corset. I wrestled with this thing for what felt like ages and I'm decently pleased with it, but I definitely have plans for improvement. I started off with a wire frame just to see what kind of shape I wanted-- I took inspiration from the book cover, but slutted it up a little with the titty cups because I felt like having fun. This was made with floral wire and duct tape.

Once I had it to a point where it was reasonably symmetric and fit to my body, I added a very thin layer of quilt batting. The goal of this step was to add bulk without weight or necessarily a gajillion layers of plaster or paper mache. As a friend of mine described it, it looked like low-poly gore.

From here, I added two layers of paper mache since I really wanted it to be rigid-- I did not want this to flex with me as I moved or really flex at all. I wanted to really sell that this was made of bone.

It was at this point I realized I fucked up enormously because the bottom was very asymmetric and I never did a final fit to myself, but it turned out okay anyways, especially combined with the overcoat. I slapped a few layers of acrylic paint over it and used a black ribbon to just tie it around my back-- it was going to be covered by the overcoat anyways so I didn't think too hard about that part.

And that's pretty much it! The black leather gloves are my usual winter gear, and the shoes are my everyday officewear black heels. The face paint design was a mix of the book cover, some fanart I'd seen, and some mockups a friend of mine made for me.

Overall, I had a ton of fun putting together what I feel like is my first con-worthy cosplay, and it was a massive upgrade from last year's cosplay. I'm not 100% satisfied with the ribcage-- I believe I can do better-- but this method was pretty solid (I'd recommend overestimating spaces between ribs though when making the frame). The face paint also wasn't my best work-- thick cream paint is a huge bitch to work with and I didn't have any brushes, but it got the point across. Either way, this cosplay was enormously fun to put together, actually quite comfortable to wear and move around in, and very satisfying to look at. As a reward or perhaps punishment for reading this far, a mandatory couples' cosplay with my beloathed Gideon (my dear @laserlesbians). Happy belated boneday!

[sysig]

Just a bit indulgent, no harm in it, surely (Patreon)

[sonknuxadow]

they werent lying that knuckles series barely has knuckles in it

[todayisafridaynight]

my dads never beating the masumi arakawa kin allegations why the fuck did he say to me 'i was like both your mother and father when you were growing up' ???????????

[yuwuta]

i gave this yuuta fic such a cute name with the plan of it being cute and funny and sort of awkward, and now i'm 8k words into it and yuuta is using biblical analogies to rationalize his love for reader and i've referenced hozier, olivia rodrigo, and sza in the same scene 😐

[steelycunt]

the way i feel with the pride au is like when u look away from the kettle to make it boil faster but every time u post these lil updates it makes it so hard !!! i know it’s a long way away and i’m trying to pace my excitement but fucking christ i need loser loser welsh nobody loser r being obsessively doted on by a drop dead gorgeous city boy supermodel

ah i am so glad!! as you say it is. definitely a long way away although progress is being made!! still very much in the research/note-taking/planning stage but im still very enthusiastic about the idea and very much still want to give it a shot because well. im just like you anon i am more obsessed with this version of r bythe day and i am excited to write s being obsessed with him too!! it is something i would really enjoy writing and definitely would be the most challenging + biggest thing ive ever produced in a good sort of way and i know it is perhaps a niche premise for an au and thus might not be everybodys thing but. it is very lovely to know that there are people who would enjoy it!! and well even though its nowhere near ready to start writing yet i have been jotting down bits as they come to mind and when i started to get bored of plotting the other day i did write a few hundred words of the first scene so um. we'll get there xx somethings happening xx they'll fall in love they always do xx

[teddybasmanov]

I'm pretty close to writing a self-indulgent self-insert hitman smut based solely on the asmr roleplays of him.

[epic-and-kitty]

worked a bit more on the comic and I added Goggles to it because I didn't want to draw Rider's body and I made a little doodle in the corner and you guys....

HE'S TOO CUTE I CAN'T TAKE IT 😭

[coffee-dere]

Hellooo!!! I'm in a very good mood today so I decided to try to draw Kangel again!! For once I'm sorta happy with how it turned out!

(Please I tried my best (╥﹏╥))

Oh oh also this was very inspired by this song by Kairiki Bear!! I recommend it a lot!!

[peculiarbeauty]

gosh i admire extroverts who take the reins in their careers

[leafpool-loves-ashfur]

calling it now people are going to ship Flipclaw and Podlight

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

BESTIE!! BESTIE HAVE YA SEEN!!! CROSS WON THE AU SEXYMAN TOURNAMENT THING :DDD!!!!!

BROOOOO

YES YES I DID!!!! been following the polls at school with my friend screaming crying wailing when killer lost sadly....then going insane when cross was against error cause DUUUUUDE omgggg i thought for SURE HE WOULD LOOSE!!! :'D error simps are strong friendos....but i underestimated my fellow cross simps AYOOOO WE DID ITTTT<33333

[whileyoureinschoolidothisallday]

What do I make Touya’s Hero name in Hex!fic

Endurance or Envision?

[tamaharu]

What isekai are you reading if you don’t mind me asking?

okay... but youre not allowed to make fun of me... its called "50 tea recipes from the duchess." korean woman gets fired, gets isekai'd into the body of a duchess who is timid to the point of patheticness and everybody fuckin hates her. is like uggghh well i dont care if im hated as long as i have my special interest: TEA. and with her autistic girl swag (label pending) she makes both the society and her cold intimidating husband love her. 70% of it is her infodumping about tea to the delight of everyone around her.

[yellowloid]

i was listening to tswift's lover and omg it's so milex-coded?

oh i know anon. i know. one day i'm gonna make a list of all the tswift songs that remind me of them and it'll be all over