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You can Cosplay: Tutorial: Making guns with sintra

abessinier:

In this tutorial, I will introduce you to a relatively easy method on making pretty realistic looking, lightweight guns for your cosplay without the use of expensive tools or materials!

Materials:

• 1-2 huge sheets of sintra (in Germany known as ‘Hartschaumplatte’)
• Fimo
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youcancosplay21:

How to lighten a wig by ~Rirukuo

handmadepride:

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disneycosplayftw:

No Sew Fairy Wings Tutorial by vickybunnyangel

Part 1

Part 2

~ The Land of Tears and Gears ~: Wing Tutorial Masterlist

momentai-rawr:

ARTICULATED WINGS:

http://andsewingishalfthebattle.com/the-angel-wing-tutorial

http://www.instructables.com/id/Articulated-Wing-Framework/

http://cupcakecosplay.com/tutorials/how-to-make-articulated-wings/

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marvelous: important cosplay resources

swimmingays:

idk i’ve been struggling finding resources for certain things so i thought i’d pool them in case anyone else needs them too

outfits/clothes
How To Cosplay: Make A Sailor Fuku (School Uniform)! 
How to: Pleated Skirt - YouTube
Simple Tie
Circle Skirt
Ore-Tied Obi
How To Make a Hakama

wigs and wig treatment
Care for a Wig
Wig Styling Walkthrough
Cut Bangs on Wig
Gravity Defying Bangs
Cleaning a Wig
Detangling + Washing
Wash a Wig
Building on a wig - Jessie, Pokemon
Huge Curls
Layering a Wig
Long Hair Under Wig
Straighten a Spikey Wig
Sebastian Michaelis - Kuroshitsuji
Sasuke - Naruto

makeup
How to Apply Eyeliner
How to Apply Blush
How to Apply Liquid Foundation
Flawless Skin With Makeup
Airbrush Makeup
Acne Covering Makeup
Girl / Boy Makeup
6 Secrets I Learned at Makeup Artist School
How to Apply Contour Makeup
Grell Sutcliff Makeup Tutorial
Eyebrow Covering
Bishounen (Pretty Boy) Makeup
Fake Facial Hair

wounds ect
Fake Wounds / Scar
Mello Scar Makeup
Scrapes & Bruises
Lacerations
Gouged Eye Makeup
8 Fake Blood Recipes
No-Cook Edible Fake Blood

tattoos 
Make a Temporary Tattoo
How To Conceal Tattoos
Sebastian Contract Symbol - Black Butler

wow i really hope this helped people like it helped me!

And Sewing Is Half The Battle: Tutorial! INVISIBLE SHOES!

dangerous-ladies:

elementalsight:

You heard right:  INVISIBLE SHOES!

A great tutorial on making invisible shoes for all those characters who run around barefoot. 

I have been saying for weeks: I cringe whenever I see Jack Frost cosplayers standing bare-foot in the snow, or Rapunzels wandering around convention floors or gravel roads in bare feet, and so on. 

This is the answer.

- Jenn

wrathoftheicedemon:

aelynn:

dangerous-ladies:

A general photoset about faking a large rack for a cosplay. Christine did a more detailed write-up here, but pictures are worth a thousand words, you know?

Pictured are two of our ladies — Christine and Emmy. In LaSenza sizes, Christine is a 36C and Emmy is a 32A. With boob wizardry, we can take Christine to a 36H and Emmy to a 32DD… at least. Christine’s breasts aren’t contoured for definition, Emmy’s are. Either way, if you have little to no rack, you can still definitely fake it. If you have lots of rack, you can drown in your own cleavage. 

Generally, to do boob magic, one needs four items: a bra, a bigger bra, “cutlet” inserts (or socks), and make-up to contour. If your bras don’t clip in the back/have convertible straps, you may want a safety pin to pull the straps together in the back. (This is uncomfortable as hell, so convertible is better.) And obviously, the bigger the insert, the more, erm, results.

I think the pictures are pretty straightforward: bra 1, inserts, bra 2. If you want, you can switch it up and do inserts, bra 1 and bra 2, but that means putting the cutlets against your skin, which gets sweaty. Then apply bronzer/brown make-up to cleavage and along the arch of the breast and voilà, fake boobs.

Oh god look at all the boobies.

best cosplay help post of life.

hmm

youcancosplay21:

Eye-makeup Tutorial - Pretty Boy by *kitsunesqueak

aicosu:

dangerous-ladies:

Look: these boots are very, very simple. Actually sewing them together is no problem once you’ve got it drafted. 

It is, essentially, a sock. A sock with a fancy cuff, with a sole glued to the bottom. It is also zipper-free. You are going to make a sock that fits over a shoe, and you are going to use a knife to peel off the edges of the sole, tuck the fabric under, and then glue the soles back in place so you have a nice, clean edge.

You will need:

• Spandex fabric in whatever color you need.
• Extra spandex fabric with the same amount of stretch for drafting your pattern.
• Pattern paper.
• A pair of ballet flats (or whatever shoe type you need.) Make sure you get the right “shape”; Supergirl’s boots, for example, have a pointed toe, and look out for sole color; we usually just go with black because anything else will get dirty/paint will chip. You also want to find one with an easily removed sole; as a general rule, the cheaper the shoe, the easier time you’ll have with it. We usually spend about $5 tops on our flats, haha. If you’re trying to do heels, be very, very cautious; if you damage the structural integrity of the shoe, you might be in some trouble when you need to walk on them. You also want to make sure they are as basic as possible; remove any bows and whatever possible.
• An exacto knife.
• Hot glue
• Usual sewing implements; pins, scissors, rulers, whatever. 

You can draft it yourself easily: take your scrap fabric and wrap it around your leg as I’ve pictured above in the pink, and pin it along the back. You want to make it snug, but not so snug that you can’t get your foot out of it either. POINT YOUR TOE WHILE YOU DO THIS. Additionally, wear the shoe while you pin it around your foot; it’ll need to fit over the shoe in the end anyway. Don’t worry about the bottom of your foot; it’s easier if you make the curve under your heel snug, and the front of your toes, but you’re not going to be closing off the bottom.

When you have it pinned neatly and evenly, trim the edges down. Leave enough excess for seam allowance along the back, and enough for tucking on the bottom. (Tucking into the sole, that is.) Take it off your foot and you should have some weird shape (like a mirrored version of the pattern I have pictured above.)

Now: if you trace that onto pattern paper and smooth out any raggedness you may have made in cutting, you have your basic pattern. Then all you have to do is alter the top of the pattern: a /\ point for Wonder Woman, a V for Supergirl, etc. Because we’re making Supergirl, here, you’ll want it to be in two pieces, as shown in the pattern above. Wherever you cut to change the design, be sure that you add seam allowance (as you can see on our bottom pattern.) Also make sure that the top edge of your sock is snug enough to your calf that you won’t have to constantly bend to fix them.

I’ve taken pictures of my and Christine’s patterns. Obviously, if you don’t want a seam down the front, you need to cut the fabric on a fold. You will need four of the top cuff and two of the “sock”; the top cuff is two-layered so it’s got a clean top!

Sew all the cuffs: in the last picture, that’s what they should look like. First, sew them all at the back seam. Then layer them together to sew the top seam, so that when you fold them right-side out, you have finished cuffs as pictured. Topstitch whatever you want.

Sew the sock’s back seam.

Sew the cuff to the sock. Be very careful about the corners, so that they are sharp. Again, topstitch whatever works.

Use the exacto-knife to separate the shoe from the sole. Don’t take the whole sole off — you don’t want to pop it out of alignment, or compromise TOO much of the shoe’s integrity. You just need enough opened that you can tuck the bottom edge of your sock into the space between.

Once your whole sock is finished, it’s time for the crazy part: put it on, with your shoe. Then, with the help of a friend or with the acknowledgement that your spine will hurt trying to do it to yourself, start putting the bottom edge of the sock under the edge of the sole, and gluing in place. We have found hot glue works best because it hardens/sets fast: anything else and you may be stuck sitting there wearing your shoes for HOURS trying not to ruin your work.

Now you have boots.

Go kick some supervillain ass, girl.

Probably the cleanest boot covers and simplest tutorial I’ve seen!

aicosu:

Today on Tutorial Tuesday!!

How to make a Generic Cosplay Sword! - by Eressea-sama

This is one of my all time favorite tutorials! It’s super easy and cheap, with a unique idea for making handles — and the quality is AMAZING!!! 

Perfect for making detailed, lightweight  realistic looking broadswords, generic swords and it even works for daggers and knives!!  

Part 1.  Part 2. Part 3.

Fade dying cosplay

how-to-cosplay:

this is for artemisarrows and anyone else who wants to fade dye their fabric then here is a tutorial to help you guys out. Hope this helps

http://firelilycosplay.deviantart.com/art/Fabric-Gradient-Dye-Tutorial-207707945?q=boost%3Apopular%20dye%20cosplay&qo=0

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cosplayqna:

Lightweight Cosplay Wings

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Building wings can be one of the hardest things about building a cosplay. The weight, how to attach, what materials etc etc. When I saw this tutorial, I had to share. Both lightweight and elegant looking.