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Klaus Hargreeves Cosplay! (N° 4)

*also my frist time in years using contacts :3*

the cosplay is a bit so-so because I did it last minute just to go to an anime event in my city.... I wasn't even going to wear contact lenses but I found these in my drawer (I got them as a gift from somewhere and I forgot about their existence lol) and I ended up in a Mc Donalds bathroom to put them on. I have a slight feeling that I almost went blind because I didn't let the lenses soak before putting them on. (Don't follow my example. Wash your hands, the lens case very well and use lens serum. Take good care of the health of your eyes, guys!♡) ly all! Take care of yourself!

Hey moon knight fandom! I need an opinion! I’ve been wanting to do a moon knight cosplay for a while now but then my brain was like “what if I gender bend a mr.knight cosplay?” And I was wondering would this look good as a cosplay? It’s a rough sketch idea of what I would be doing and the objects for the cosplay are easily obtainable to me,

Thoughts, opinions, and helpful additional ideas to add on are welcome! Please would it be recognizable as a gender bend cosplay?

I’ll be making my own moon sticks as props to and if any one has any tips on how to make the eyes of the masc glow please share any tips, I haven’t been able to find any thing to use and I’m making the mask my self

About 2 weeks ago I made my mask for my Sango cosplay from Inuyasha and I've uploaded a video with a summary of how I made it.

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Cosplay tip: Storing patterns

So you’ve been cosplaying for a while, and you’ve accumulated quite a few home-made patterns. Don’t throw them away! They might come in handy for a future cosplay, so keep them in a neat binder with plastic sleeves like this:

I am a librarian so I like to obsessively label things. You could label each sleeve with the character’s name, source material, and list the patterns stored inside:

As I said, storing them this way would come in handy for future cosplays. Say for example you want to make some gauntlets so you can cosplay your latest waifu. Just look through your binder and BOOM you’ve found a pattern for gauntlets you’ve made for a previous cosplay. wow!

Plus it keeps things nice and neat. Also wow!

hi! i read your wig tutorial and it's super helpful! but i had a question, what if bobby pins don't stay in your hair? they constantly slip out of mine so i find it hard to keep my hair in place and all @_@ thanks!

Hi there, lovely! I’m glad you found my tutorial useful! 

Okay, so when I was in color guard in high school I actually ended up learning a lot about bobby pins. 

The first thing I’ll ask you is if you’re using them right. Most people don’t know that the right way to use bobby pins is to pin the squiggly side down (so it’s the side closest to your head), rather than up. 

If that doesn’t work, make sure that the pins you’re using aren’t old or too cheap (i.e. make sure they’ve got that plastic bit at the end). 

If that’s still not working, I’d recommend using Spin Pins (little cork-screw pins they usually use for fancy up-dos, found in Target, CVS, ect.) to pin your hair up under your wig cap and then using the little snap hair clips to keep the strays away from your face (though idk if those would stay in your hair any better) and then, as always, just spray and gel the ever-loving shit out of your hair to make sure it just all stays back. 

Try using just an extra lot of bobby pins and those Spin Pins I mentioned earlier to pin your wig down afterwards. 

Oh! Also, are the pins not staying simply because you might have thick hair? If that’s the case, just try to make sure you catch less hair with them and use a lot. If it’s because you have fairer hair, try to make sure you catch more hair with them and use a lot. 

I know this is a lot of information, but hopefully this helped!

I haven’t had any major problems with bobby pins myself, so if anyone could let me know if these methods worked for them (I’m posting this public for anyone with a similar problem; I hope that’s okay, @lisidoesart) or if they didn’t work, I’d appreciate it. 

Thanks for the question!

Tutorials and Costume Notes

“THE BIG ONES”

The following are our most popular tutorials, so they get a place of honour up top so that they are easier found :)

Custom thigh highs

Spandex boots

Basic capes

Cupcake “Madoka” skirts 

GENERAL SEWING:

What is broadcloth for, anyway?

How do I avoid burning polyester with my iron?

Where do I go to learn to line things?

What is bias tape?

Where do I go to learn to sew?

Why should I use shoulder pads?

Notes on sewing vinyl/pleather

What do you do with retired costumes?

Learning at an advanced level

Why line a petticoat?

Why should I do mock-ups?

What is a knit?

What is horsehair braid?

Painting denim/heavyweights

How do I make my costumes look clean and professional?

Tips for sewing gloves

Washing your costumes

Finishing seams

WHAT FABRIC FOR… 

What fabric should I line with?

What fabric for mock-ups?

What fabric for a character who lives in the desert?

What fabric for sailor shirts?

What fabric do I use for a flowy tunic?

What fabric for a schoolgirl jacket?

What fabric for an Assassin novice/period character?

PATTERNING:

How important are pattern blocks?

How do measurements on your tutorials work?

How do different patterns effect the shape of a hood?

What do we draft patterns on?

Keeping patterns clean and organized

Tools for marking patterns/fabric

SEWING MACHINES: 

What To Look For 

What To Look For 2 

What machines do we have? 

Stop-And-Start Buttons 

Sergers 

Vintage Machines 

Embroidery Machines

Recommendations

FOOTWEAR:

Painting Boots 

Custom Printed Tights 

Making Custom Thigh Highs  

Stenciled Designs on Tights

High Heel Tips 

First Time in High Heels? 

Painting Rubber Boots 

Making Shoes From Scratch

Paint Colours for Vanellope Tights

NOTES ON PARTICULAR COSTUMES:

Poison Ivy 

Captain America 

Fire Emblem: Awakening: Lissa’s hoopskirts, Henry/Say’ri’s loincloths, Chrom’s trim, Panne overview

Satsuki and Nonon’s pleated dresses without waist seams

Serah Farron’s belt (Final Fantasy 13)

Ledo’s catsuit (Suisui no Gargantia)

Josephine’s shirt (Dragon Age)

Ruby’s petticoat (RWBY)

STRETCH FABRICS:

Attaching Applique to Spandex 

Embroidery and Satin-Stitching on Spandex 

Ironing Spandex 

Recommendations for Attaching Logos 

Fabrics For Catsuits 

Crisp Necklines With Knit 

Can I alter a one-piece catsuit to be two pieces? 

Shortcuts to make bodysuits

CAPES:

Basic Single-Layer Capes 

Tips for Safe Capes 

Collared Capes 

Channeling for Articulated Capes 

Cape Closures 

Fabric Options

Preventing lined capes from “drifting”

BATGIRLS:

StephBatgirl Cowl 

Batgirl Bracers 

Easy Belt Pouches 

More Notes on Pouches 

“Black Bat” Cape 

Steph’s “Robin” Leggings 

Zentai Suit Sellers 

Non-Wholesale Bodysuit Sellers

SUPERGIRLS:

General Tag 

Spandex Boots 

General Tips 

Making the Emblem 

Turner Skirt 

Turner Cape Pattern 

PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA:

Tomoe Mami | Boots | Shirt Pattern | Mami’s Rifle Tag  | Rifle Pattern | Installing Horsehair | Links

Akemi Homura | Tights

Kyoko Sakura | Hoodie Source | Prep List | Order of Assembly

Miki Sayaka | Sword Pattern

Madoka Kaname | Petticoat Tutorial | Two-Part Skirts | Cupcake Skirt

 Other: Simple Bows | Soul Gem Commission Interest | Attaching Soul Gems

FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING:

This section would honestly be massive on its own, so it can be found over on its own masterlist. Even if you’re not cosplaying from FEA, it has some interesting stuff.

SAILOR SCOUTS:

Lining

Material choices

AESTHETICS:

Make-Up Products

Body Wizardry

Faking Large Breasts + Binding Resources

Tips for Defined Waistlines 

Hiding Leg Cellulite

Slimming Pants

Tall Cosplayers

Face/Body Paint Brands

Two-Coloured Lips

Breast support for costumes with open fronts

Keeping cool in costume

ARMOR:

What They Don’t Tell You About Worbla

PROPS AND ACCESSORIES:

Wearing Helmets 

Wing-Making Resources 

How do I prime a plastic?

What are our moulds made of?

WIGS:

Anchoring Ponytail Wigs 

Maintaining Long Wigs 

Wig Sources with Fast Shipping 

Where to Get Inexpensive but Good Wigs

Tips for Curly Wigs

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Flight Illusions

SHOPPING:

Where did you get your pale dance tights?

On Milanoo and wholesale

More on Milanoo and wholesale

COMMUNITY:

Talking To Your Parents

Cosplay Group Etiquette 

Financial Tips 

Being Body Positive 

On Criticizing Concept Artists

Staying Motivated

How to Get Started

Why Don’t We Do Commissions?

Our Approach to Group Cosplay

Do We Work Out?

RECIPES:

Banana Bread