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This blog contains cosplay tutorials, cosplay photos, and cosplay advice from us. Our mindset is that no one should feel like they can't do a certain cosplay because they are new to cosplay. Learning is one of the best parts! Photo in Banner by Rensuchan Photo in Sidebar by Fotaku
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tempuraprops

Raphtalia Hair Accessories Tutorial

What I used:

  • Craft foam
  • X-acto knife
  • Gold Paint
  • Glue gun
  • Sponge cord (diameter 0.5cm)*

*This just happened to be something I had lying around. You could just cut some strips from craft foam to save buying another material. But from a quick search, the cord is pretty inexpensive (and I’ve used it in quite a few other projects because I like the rounded edge.)

This is a pretty simple project, so the explanation will be pretty short.

I started by deciding how long I wanted them to be. I used paper to pattern a rectangle. I estimated a width then rolled the paper to check I was happy with it. The dimensions I decided on were 3cm x 8cm

I used this as a stencil and cut two rectangles out of foam. I then glued them into tubes, by gluing along the shorter edge. Next, I cut the cord to the same width as the rectangle and glued it into a circle, then glued it to the foam tube (I glued it inside so you wouldn’t see messy lumps of glue on the viewable edges.) I repeated this for both ends of both tubes.

Then I just painted them by sponging on the gold paint. To finish them off I coated them in mod podge (but I’m not sure how necessary this step is).

Tips for keeping them on! :

When I wore them they would slide off from time to time, but my lovely mother came up with the idea of using some duct tape, folding it a few times, and tying a hair band around it, so it would bulk up the area and keep the hair accessory on. I’m sure you could use something else, so long as it’s somewhat bulky when folded, but can squeeze to fit over. I’m not sure I explained that very well, so here’s a photo to help illustrate tha0t:

Here’s a shot of them on:

(Yes, my ribbon is not tied in this photo  😭)

Thanks for reading, I hope this could be of use to some people! 

I actually made these for a different cosplay almost a year ago, but because someone complimented them on my Raphtalia cosplay I decided to make this tutorial!

#cosq#tutorial#prop#wig
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anti-cosmofangirl

Mage Staff Tutorial

Recently I finished the Staff of Magius from the Dragonlance books, and I wanted to post a tutorial, it was a great labor of love for me!

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My starting materials were a PVC pipe about 6 ft long, masking tape and cereal box cardboard. The cardboard came from a factory in town for me, but I didn't use very much, it could probably be done with one cereal box. I also had two clear plastic ornaments from Hobby Lobby. One was sacrificial just to form shapes around, the other split in half to make the globe in the end.

I made the claws by cutting three rectangles of cardboard for each joint, and a triangle for the tip.

Here are the claws fully formed and taped, and the "joint" down the staff. As you can see, it's rough at this point I only needed the placement and general shape.

I then took the sacrificial ornament out to paper mache the whole thing. I tried to be smooth on the claws and I let the paper be rough and "waded" in some places on the shaft to make it look like wood. I also sanded the PVC beforehand to make the mache stick better.

Let the mache dry for a day, then my first layer of wood filler went on

Sanded the filler, then added another layer of mache. this time I got a brilliant idea to mix the mache and wood filler. It made like a sandy slurry I dipped the newspaper in. It dried really hard and sanded great. I highly recommend.

I made the crystal ball for the end at this stage. It was an ornament that split in half so I could fit the two halves back into the claws. I sanded the halves, and painted them a light blue. I bought a remote control LED light off Amazon, and put it in the globe with a Walmart sack to keep it from rattling around and to help refract light.

Back to the staff- I covered it in gesso, sanded aggressively and then spray painted it black for an undertone

Then I used gold and white acrylic for the designs, and brown for the shaft. Then varnished the whole thing, and fit the globe back! And it was done! I'm super happy with how it came out!

I reached the post limit for pictures if you want more of the in-between pics or have any questions don't be afraid to ask!

#cosq#tutorial#prop
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neuralhandshake

I love Legends of Tomorrow and Constantine so stupid much that I had to cosplay him at Colossalcon.

I can’t wait to get a better trenchcoat (huge thanks to Tori of the Ota-Queens the quick and dirty coat hem, haha!) and do it again.

And shoutout to the 2 people who recognized me as Constantine and the 4 I disappointed by not being Castiel.

(The inspiration for the last photo was Constantine’s hand-fire going wrong and being bubbles instead.)

#cosq#cute cosplayers#legend of tomorrow
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tsubasahime

Cosplay Tutorial: Curling a Wig

I said almost 2 years ago I was going to start doing more tutorials and progress logs. Well…here I am finally trying to pick up on that promise.  I’ve had a lot of questions in person about how I curl my wigs. So I figured this was as good a place as ever to start! Image heavy under the cut!

Keep reading

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kivacos

With the final season of Voltron and Halloween coming up, now seemed like a good time to finally get to make my favorite paladin’s wig!

Good luck with your paladin’s costumes everyone! Go, be great 💚

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