OHI Cosplay

The Current State of Things

Hey everyone, Cata here. As you can tell, it’s been awhile since we’ve updated here. It’s not that we haven’t been working on cosplay, but life is tiring and so is updating social media and we’re taking it a little easy until the end of the year. With all of the changes happening, we’re not sure if we’ll be sticking around Tumblr either.

However, we are elsewhere! OHI Cosplay has a Twitter that we update a little more frequently. We would also like to get back to writing tutorials or longer things, so we’re looking at other blogging options (Dreamwidth is looking pretty likely).

We aren’t deleting anything, so hopefully all our tutorials and posts remain intact. We did export things and may very well port some of the larger tutorials to other sites for archival purposes.

We want to thank all of you for your support and we hope to see you on other platforms! Keep on making!

Anonymous asked:

Hi! I was wondering if you'd have any tips for wearing/fixing a long and heavy tail? I made mine on an elastic belt that I wear around my waist but it caused pain due to it being heavy and worn all day. If i wear it around my hips the elastic slips. Any tips would be appreciated! (for reference it is a horse tail and is not stiffened with any sort of wire, it is hair wefts sewn to a fabric core)

We answered a similar question here a few months back. Could you make the belt out of a stronger material like nylon webbing or a leather belt?

For an option that attaches directly to a costume, there’s this suggestion with solid anchoring points.

Remember resting is always an option! There’s nothing wrong with taking off the tail (or changing out of the costume completely) for a bit to let your body rest.

Anonymous asked:

Hey, it's the prop material anon! I'm making Ereshkigal from F/GO's final ascension weapon -vignette(.)wikia(.)nocookie(.)net/fategrandorder/images/5/52/Eresh3(.)png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20171215151429 without the brackets. I thought of XPS foam as well, but I don't really know how to sculpt it. Thank you so much for your help!

Cata: Incredibly sorry for the delay in replying, we weren’t getting message notifications at all! orz

Eresh! I love her! With how big the prop is, XPS and/or EVA foam will be your best bets. If you go with XPS, consider buying a hot wire cutter. We got one in the 30 dollar range and it’s saved us so much time when it comes to making beveled edges and shaping XPS foam. Practice on scrap pieces, go slow and work in sections.

I suggest making the overall prop separable in the center for transportation and storage. Here is a tutorial on how to do that with PVC. I also suggest sandwiching the PVC between the foam for durability.

If you go with EVA foam, a hot wire cutter can work as well, or using a utility/xacto knife and finishing with sanding. For beveling tips, check out this video from Punished Props (and generally speaking, check out the site for more tips on working with EVA foam). I’ve also written about reinforcing EVA foam with wire here.

Definitely look at tutorials for large weapons (Buster swords, Guts’s sword from Berserker, Monster Hunter weapons). Take the methods there and apply it to Eresh’s lance.

If we were tackling the build ourselves, we’d probably make the giant spikes out of XPS foam and use EVA foam for the rings and the smaller spikes on the outside.

Good luck! Please feel free to contact us if you have further questions! We’d love to see the build.

Anonymous asked:

Hi there! Do you by any chance know a good, not too heavy, not too fragile, and fairly easy to sculpt material? I need it to make a pretty big cosplay weapon prop (almost 2 meters tall) but since it's my first time I'm not sure which material is best. Thanks in advance!

Without knowing what you’re making, this is a little difficult to answer. Generally speaking, EVA foam, XPS foam, or expanding foam are great lightweight options for large props, but you’ll need to build some kind of internal support (PVC pipe, metal or wood dowels, plastic frame depending on the prop). XPS and expanding foam are great for big bulky shapes and pretty easy to carve with a hot wire cutter, but you’ll have to put a lot of work into finishing and the overall surface will be fairly easy to dent.

Cosplay Tutorial has a lot of tutorials around props. For expanding foam tutorials, check out Kamui Cosplay. We’ve talked a little about XPS foam on our tumblr.

If you want to write back with specifics, we’re happy to give more directed advice.

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I keep telling myself that I’ll try to be active on Tumblr, but I keep forgetting.

Well, now that Thunderbolt Fantasy S2 is out, I’ve been looking for Thunderbolt Fantasy content on Twitter and here, so I finally remembered to share pics of my Tan Hi cosplay! These were from a shoot at a temple last year.

I love Tan Hi; she is the “silk hiding steel” trope personified. Putting on this costume takes so much time, but it’s always worth it. I didn’t maje the costume and sword myself, but I made/added some of the accessories (e.g. the butterflies and hair accessories) and styled the wig myself.

Photos by Olie Romo

Costume by Ian Cartalaba

Sword by Yuu Tachibana

Anonymous asked:

Hello there, I completely had my heart set on cosplaying an Oiran for AnimeNorth, but then today I realized - do you think that people will be offended if I do so even though I am white? I know that there are in real life white geisha right now, but I doubt con goers would know that. Should I give up? :(

It sounds like you’re dressing up as a oiran as an original design or for historical costuming versus a character that’s an oiran (or wearing an outfit close to what an oiran would wear)? What you really need to do is ask yourself why you’re set on dressing up as an oiran. This isn’t a matter of just wearing a kimono to a con, you’ve decided you’re going to wear an outfit of a role with historical and cultural significance. Don’t conflate oiran and geisha either (though most people at a con likely will).

There is a way to dress up as an oiran in a way that’s respectful to the traditional clothing, the occupation, and the culture. This involves significant research and thought on your end. If you are not willing to put the time and work and effort in to be respectful, don’t do it.

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Anonymous asked:

Have you ever bought a cosplay before? I usually make all of my cosplays and I just bought one for the first time and I'm starting to feel a little (re:a lot) of guilt, like I'm cheating. And I don't feel this when other people buy cosplays or judge them, so I'm trying to reconcile why I feel this way about myself and I was wondering if you've ever felt this way. Thanks for any insight!

arkadykoshka answered:

You’re not cheating. At all. There’s not a way to cheat at cosplay. If you have a costume on, regardless of who made it, congrats you have won at cosplay! I have a Widowmaker bodysuit that I bought; most body suit cosplays like Spiderman, Deadpool, etc are bought by cosplayers. I bought my corset for Enchantress and that’s a huge piece of that costume. I commissioned my custom catsuit for Miranda from Mass Effect 2 from a friend because I knew I couldn’t make it myself. Most of my more casual cosplays start out as cheap thrift store or Amazon clothes that I then modify tear apart/paint/sew back together/etc. A friend just sent me a link to a premade DVa kitty costume and I’m eyeing it.

I think I might’ve felt a little bit guilty about this maybe 3 years ago when I was still new-ish to cosplay but more recently it’s completely dropped away. It dropped away because I realized I was projecting an elitist view point onto myself that I’m only good and worthwhile if I’ve make something completely by myself. And that’s such a damaging way to think because 1. it’s not true, 2. most cosplayers don’t think that way and aren’t judging you, 3. it’s stressful as hell to constantly make your own stuff, and 4. I cosplay for fun and to make myself happy and that’s ultimately the only expectation I ever have to meet. Changing that way of thinking was really just a conscious effort to say to myself, “this is stupid. I’m having fun. Wear whatever makes me happy.”

If you’re feeling guilty, I think it might be a good idea to try and sit with that feeling for a little bit and consciously think towards exactly what you’re feeling guilty about. It’s not always a fun exercise, but being able to look critically at vague negative feelings like guilt, envy, self doubt, or shame can help you find the more complicated root of why you’re feeling that way. And from there, it’s easier to address that root cause and start to change your behavior and thinking. Like for me personally I felt a little guilty or ashamed because I thought buying pieces meant I wasn’t a good enough cosplayer. After realizing that’s where those feelings were coming from, I was able to think through and realize that there’s no such thing as “good enough” in cosplay and I was just thinking myself into a box. If you have a costume on, you are good enough! Buying pieces just meant that I didn’t have the skills to make it myself at the time, or didn’t have the time and energy to make it myself at the moment, or knew that someone else could make it better than I could. Being able to say to myself “I don’t have the skills to make this myself right now and that’s ok” is a much more manageable feeling to work through than a vague “I feel guilty.” It helps you learn to be kinder to yourself.

I don’t know if any of that matches up with how you’re feeling or makes sense for you, but I hope something in there is helpful!

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mallow-cat asked:

Hello. I ordered a cosplay online through aliexpress and it’s supposed to be custom fitted but it’s all a little too big. Do you have any advise?

Good news, it is easier to make something smaller than it is to make it bigger!

If you want to avoid sewing you can look for a local tailor to help take it in for you. This does cost a fee but is good if you don’t know how to sew and aren’t interested in learning.

If you want to do it yourself there are many tutorials for altering/tailoring a garment but they are usually specific to where on a garment you need to make the change. As a good introduction, check out this video: The Beginner’s Guide to Sewing Alterations (Episode 17): Taking In a Side Seam.

If you don’t want to get it tailored and if attempting to take it in yourself isn’t your thing, you can make minor adjustments with safety pins! Just be careful to not put too much stress on one pin, as it might pop while you’re wearing the garment.

Hope this helps! — Duckie / Admin / Support the Blog

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I made stencils from my PINK Mercy Cosplay! They are FREE, on our Patreon! (you do not have to be a patron, their is a link to the pdf on the post!)

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@kennethcosplays looked fantastic as genderbend Officer D.va 😀 makes me want to play Overwatch now especially since I main D.va 😋

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[[ I know, not Overwatch, but I am just so, so, SO very happy with my Mahoutsukai no Yome group! It feels so good wearing Chise, and my friend is the perfect Elias. I’m still weeping over his perfection!! ]]

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Monster Hunter is known for crazy builds. And we love difficult tasks in our creation. Mostly all our actual costumes are commissions, but this babe was done by need of our artistic soul. Basic information about costume: ✔ Creation time - 2 months, from 8 till 16 hours ✔ Tecnhics: casting, molding and sculpting ✔ Maker - Andry Sketch

NB! This costume is open for sale in FDStudio !

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Photo by Fenix Fatalist

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