Re: Cosplay!

by **Altera** Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:08 pm

*resurrects thread because she can*

So day one of Chchgeddon (finally). I neglected to take photos because I was too busy drawing and reorganising my copics. Fortunately someone did take at least one of me (when I wasn't noticing). Forgot to add the white hemline and yellow collar, but no one really noticed. My wig wasn't pretty by the end of it. It's so tangled now.

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by **Winnie** Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:56 am

Is that an AQW armor I see? :D

by **Altera** Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:32 pm

Indeed. I cosplayed as myself ^^ Skirt I made before the February quake, but I only did the shirt in the days just before the con. The fleur-de-lis was a horrible thing to make and then attach. Maybe I shouldn't have done

Will post a pic of my humanised, feminised Perceptor costume (sans scope because I lacked time to make it in and I was exhausted Saturday evening) if a photo exists of it maybe tomorrow or something. I'm gonna be doing a photoshoot with some friends sometime this week if we have time (so I could end up having better pics.

by Mrsebi Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:51 pm

How did you make/attach the Fleur?

by **Altera** Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:39 am

I used cotton drill, same as my skirt fabric, hand stitched the edges (took a couple of hours, then machine-stitched it on to the top. The size and fiddliness of the appliqué was a source of frustration. I'd probably use fabric paint if I did this or something similar again.

by Mrsebi Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:43 am

seems a tad complex, might have been easier if you stitched the pattern onto a circular or square piece of black cloth, then machine stitched that onto the shirt?

by **Altera** Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:15 am

My problem was with the appliqué itself, machining it on was easy, mostly because I could actually pin it to the fabric. Due to the narrowness of the petals, I was dealing with 5 mm borders at which point for me, it's easier not to pin in place so hand-stitching the edges so I wouldn't have an overly frayed fleur was the better option.

by Mrsebi Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:25 pm

Yeah, I can relate to that: once had to make a pillow with a similar small pattern.

by **Altera** Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:17 pm

Now to start planning for next year's costumes. Though I have to figure out who to cosplay as. Doing a Nijika or humanised Drift is really tempting right now though I can guarantee I'll probably have changed my plans several times before the next con.

by **Altera** Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:03 pm

(Snow) Angel Avenger

by Mrsebi Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:57 am

Thats gotta be cold.

by **Altera** Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:06 am

The hat gives me +5 to cold tolerance ^^

by Mrsebi Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:00 am

Only for your head.

by Arch Fiend Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:01 pm

looks cool (literaly :P)

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