Resi_chan Cosplay

Who is excited for Borderlands on switch? 👀 I NEED TO PLAY ATHENA IN PRE-SEQUEL NOOOOW-

Photos by Gentle Giant ❤

Edit by @gryphinic ❤

Moxxi is @gryphinic ❤

Always be kind, especially if you see some that have spent time putting a costume together. We are all still humans and we should put more encouraging words out there and build each other up and not tear them down. Everyone is at different skill levels but we are all just making art of the characters we hold dear. Keep making beautiful things. The world needs more of that!

Something awesome also happened while I was there after the cosplay contest. Our whole group was able to meet Tom Cook who was an animator for the entire He-man Masters of the Universe cartoon! We got photos and free autographs from him and he even said he liked my version better than the show which made so happy and made it all worth it.

So for the Sorceress, I used to watch He-man when I was very young and a group of my friends who are all at least a decade older than I am, they came up with a huge group cosplay for a con a year in advance. The Sorceress was a little out of my comfort zone since I hadn’t made anything with wings but I was determined to make it. 

My friends in the group kept calling me chicken girl since her color scheme on the original show is white, orange and royal blue which is just so harsh and in your face. The white feathers definitely resembled a chicken so I decided to keep the look similar but change the colors to something more regal and also nice on the eyes. (thank you college color theory class) I ended up choosing gold instead of orange and teal instead of royal blue and that made a huge difference. But I still wanted to get even farther away from the chicken look so I chose peacock feathers because there is no mistaking those for any other type of bird. It’s really when I first realized how much I loved redesigning characters that I already loved!

For the bodice, I need bleached white ones so I ended up buying around 300 feathers. For the rest of the wings, I ran into a bit of luck if you can call it that. My friend happened to be garage sale hunting that day. She called me and said there were hundreds of peacock feathers at this house that was about 5 minutes away from where I lived. I drive there and bought 2,000 peacock feathers for 40 dollars! That’s a deal!

How I got the color was spray painting them with gold and teal. Each one front and back. The wings are actually double layered with a gold piece of fabric so I could glue each individual feather on. The whole process took about 2 months. For the mask, I made the inside structure out of crayola modeling magic and wrapped it in worbla. The staff is pvc pipe with eva/craft foam for the details. Overall it took me around 3 months.

Cosplay has honestly changed my life in so many ways. I’m busier that is for sure. With a full-time job and now with guest appearances at cons that include workshops and panels. I do photo shoots which take up my days off and now I just launched my Patreon so that is something that makes me need to keep motivated to produce work. I still do commissions for people which take up a lot of time and but I still manage to work on my own cosplays. The friends that I have made doing this and the places I travel, I just feel very lucky to be able to do what I do. I love taking a character that I grew up looking up to and becoming that! To me cosplay is more than just putting on a Halloween costume, I am making wearable art. That’s the best part to me is creating something from nothing. I’ve learned so many things from cosplaying, new techniques and materials every time I start a new project. I love learning and even more, I love sharing what I have learned with others!

—- Nightingale Vixen Cosplay

MERRY CHRISTMAS 💖 I didn’t have any proper christmas photoshoots this year so have this poorly edited version of a photo from Stuttgart Comic Con earlier this year! I hope all of you have a wonderful celebration tonight or tomorrow, or whenever you celebrate christmas, and if you don’t at all, I wish you a wonderful time anyway ♡ to all of you stuck with annoying family members - keep in mind, these days only have 24 hours as well. Stay strong! Or missing loved ones who can’t be with you these days - you will be able to catch up another time! I hope you guys are well! Thank you for following me and my work this year guys, it really means alot to me!

Original photo by @frostshattered ! I oly put the hat and snow there :’) #borderlands #borderlands2 #tftbl #borderlandscosplay #talesfromtheborderlandscosplay #talesfromtheborderlands #coslay #gearbox #2k #borderlandsthepresequel #presequel #borderlandspresequelcosplay #rhys #rhyscosplay #borderlandsrhys #tftblrhys #fionacosplay #borderlandsfiona

I was weeb Moira- I had to do this-

Here is another highlight of my Glam Moira cosplay-

“Cirilla, a highly-skilled witcher, heiress to several thrones, the last bearer of the Elder Blood and the Lady of Time and Space.”

@gryphinic took so awesome pictures of my Ciri cosplay and I am sooo happy to show you all the results 😭💕

How fast was that!! @schmelzertobias took a few photos of my Connor cosplay on Saturday, thank you so much 💛 I’m so glad to have photos with this high quality of my new cosplay. Thank you for taking the time for these shots ♡ I’m so happy how these turned out!! It’s hard for me to make realistic cosplays or cosplays where you want to look like a specific real person or actor. But hey, at least my jacket literally says what cosplay this is, if everything fails 😂 #cosplay #detroitbecomehuman #detroitbecomehumancosplay #LED #dbh #dbhcosplay #diy #hankanderson #detroitconnor #connor #connorcosplay #rk800 #rk800cosplay

“I could have saved this planet. I could have actually restored order.” !! In love with this shot by @frostshattered , don’t expect me to stop spamming these any time soon ♡ she’s selling prints of this photo and another Jack shot right now on her storeny, head over and check it out! We’re off to a DnD session now and lowkey melting in this weather, it’s freakin 37 (THIRTY-SEVEN) DEGREES here. Aaaaaaaahhhhhh Assistance by @gamilia.photography ♡

#borderlands #borderlands2 #tftbl #borderlandscosplay #talesfromtheborderlandscosplay #talesfromtheborderlands #handsomejack #coslay #handsomejackcosplay #gearbox #2k #borderlandsthepresequel #presequel #borderlandspresequelcosplay

“We were living in a world on the brink. Where every choice, every slight, every injustice, reveals our sins.” I am IN LOVE with this shot by @ginnytheweasley of @lieutenantloot and my John and Joseph. CC Stuttgart was our first time wearing them to a con, and the first time ever to do the make-up and hair for Joseph. Not wearing a wig is so relaxing omg #farcry #farcry5 #josephseed #farcrycosplay #farcry5cosplay #josephseedcosplay #daddy #johnseed #johnseedcosplay

Ya’ll can’t even tell me that I’m not the best Trash Master okay? also gif quality suuucks

Listen, listen you are wonderful.

Another shot of my Rhys by @lieutenantloot ♡ I didn’t really act much for this expression, my eyebrows made me look constantly concerned 😂 DCC was such a blast! Right now I am ignoring the post-con-depression by stressing out over the deadline of my next cosplay, Geralt from The Witcher👍

#borderlands #borderlands2 #tftbl #borderlandscosplay #talesfromtheborderlandscosplay #talesfromtheborderlands  #coslay  #gearbox #2k #borderlandsthepresequel #presequel #borderlandspresequelcosplay #rhys #rhyscosplay #borderlandsrhys #tftblrhys

“My name’s Ten Million Dollars for all you should carem You’re a Vault Key to me. ‘kay, that’s it.” I! Can’t! Believe! I! Finally! Finished! This! Cosplay!!!!! I’ve had this planned since I kid you not early 2016 and only now came around to finally finishing Rhys. This was a huge step for me and my crafting abilities - this arm drove me to hell and back, and I never want to see hexagons, stripes or dots ever again because I drew everything by hand likethe stupid loser I am. I was so afraid I could never make this arm, too, and procrastinated that part like a champion. But I am so damn proud of this cosplay and its accuracy - I don’t believe I own another cosplay as accurate as this one. THANK YOU GUYS for your support throughout the process of making this. Your comments and messages were one of the things that kept me going!! Ily guys ♡ Photo by @lieutenantloot ! #borderlands #borderlands2 #tftbl #borderlandscosplay #talesfromtheborderlandscosplay #talesfromtheborderlands #coslay #gearbox #2k #borderlandsthepresequel #presequel #borderlandspresequelcosplay #rhys #rhyscosplay #borderlandsrhys #tftblrhys

I’ve seen this subject around lately and wanted to share my thoughts on it. Here is a wall of text incoming.

TLDR; People who are cosplaying the same character as you is OKAY. Anybody can chose to cosplay what they want. -

Since I started cosplaying in 2012, I’ve repeatedly encountered people that had a huge problem with people who cosplayed the same character as them. With some it got to the point where they disliked the person just for picking a character, some saying they were “copying them” The reasons I could only imagine were jealousy or fear or both, because let’s face it, we all know that feeling when you see a cosplayer that is, in your opinion, “better than you”. It sucks and as much as I root for loving your cosplays no matter how good others are, I have these thoughts too. On bad days they can be overwhelming in a hobby that is supposed to be creative and fun.

Cosplay can be very competitive if you surround yourself with the wrong people, or engage in a stern mindset. Please don’t judge those who cosplay as the same character as you, but see it as an opportunity to bond and learn. You can profit from advice or techniques from the other person. And please don’t be mean if newbies (to the character) ask you for advice and don’t be scared that if you share your information and products, that they will overcome you one day. (Although credit is a well-appreciated thing, guys. For own designs and OCs, it’s a MUST HAVE.) Cosplay is a hobby that lives and breathes with the community. You can even find friends like that.

These pictures are from Animecon last year. Jase and I both cosplay Handsome Jack and Jase asked me to do their make-up that day. I did my very best to use all my personal experience to make her look as good as I could and guess what - that day was a BLAST. I even met Jase and many, many other friends through the Borderlands cosplay community in the first place, and I am 110% sure when I say the Borderlands cosplay community is the sweetest cosplay community I’ve ever met. Because we all help each other as much as we can. Please don’t cosplay to be better than somebody. Please do it for YOU!

#cosplay #borderfam

Another shot by @andreas_kinder , this time with beautiful Moon Moxxi @nikcku_cosplay 😍 glad I ran into you at AK’s booth! Thank you for taking these with me 😶