miccostumes Women's Anime Princess Cosplay Costume with Bands Earings and Boots Covers

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I decided to hand-make the feathers for my arrows out of 2mm craft foam. My first attempt at cutting realistic feathers was okay, but I wasn’t happy with it so I started over and tried to make the cuts more organic looking. I alternated the scoring on each side of the feather, only cutting all the way through at the very tip of each score. I then hit the feathers with my heat gun. Using a heat gun on scored foam will cause the lines to pop, which, in this case, gave it that split feather look along the top. They aren’t that realistic, but they sure do look good. So with my sword looking all shiny and metallic, I needed to weather it to make it look more realistic. I utilized a combination of the ebony Rub’n Buff and the acrylic paint technique from Bill Doran’s newest book ( Foamsmith 2: How to Forge Foam Weapons–yes, his techniques apply to materials other than just foam). Wrap it up! And the final touch on the sleeves was the finger loops. This piece is critical not only to the look, but to making sure the sleeves and hand pieces stay in place. I spent a lot of time and trial and error figuring out the best way to get a loop of elastic onto these, but they turned out really well. To make sure my trim didn’t tear, I made two button holes with an empty button holer on my sewing machine. I wanted to give a shout out to Wonder Clips. I’m pretty new to sewing, but I feel like these are an amazing power user tool. These little clips can hold all kinds of seams and are so much easier and more convenient to use than pins most of the time. They also have little marks on them for 1/4″ and 5/8″ seam allowances so you don’t have to guess or measure or anything. If you do any decent amount of sewing, these should be in your tool kit.

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I recently mentioned how I won first-place at RenCon for my Ashitaka cosplay. Over the past year, I had published several work in progress articles over at GeekDad.com about my process for making it–everything, head to toe (yes, even my shoes) was scratch built by yours truly. Below is a slightly edited, combined version of all of those posts. If you like these write-ups, please consider joining my Patreon to get early access to tutorials, videos, work in progress pics, and more!Make little holes in the mask with your knife. Insert the tip of the blade into the mask and twist it, boring a hole. Do this all around the mask. Don't worry about the white bits, you can always paint over them. As with all of the other pieces of clothing for this costume, step one was to make a really rough prototype. I basically laid my arm on a piece of fabric and traced the basic shape. I cut it out and used my awesome wonder clips to clip it on to get the right fit. My wife assisted in trimming off excess fabric where needed. Final test fit before the real thing.

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The other big upgrade I did was remaking the entire hood. The change is subtly, but I put some darts into the hood to square the opening off more and make it more accurate to the movie. I also changed the strap for the mask and permanently attached it to the hood. This keeps the hood securely on my head whether I have the mask up or down. Ashitaka’s signature red pouch was one of the easiest parts of the costume. I apologize for not having any work-in-progress pictures but I essentially took a square of leftover fabric, hemmed all the edges into an octagon shape, made a couple of buttonholes to reinforce where the rope would feed through and hang, fed a length of red hemp rope through the holes, and then glued on a wooden bead. It was the perfect way to carry my driver’s license, a credit card, some cash, my cellphone, and my house keys while blending in perfectly with the cosplay.Now the curvature of the ear is taking shape, but it's very cylindrical. We're going to make a taper to the tip of the ear. Position the ears on your hood and make a tiny mark in the fur. Stitch the ears to the hood. Since it's just cardboard with a thin layer of paper mache, a needle can go through it relatively easily. A curved needle would have been really useful for this, though... I ended up jabbing myself several times... Now to paint! First, make a template for the designs on San's knife. Fold a leftover piece of card in half, draw half of a boomerang-like shape on it, and cut out. Use the template to help you trace the designs on the knife. One of my ears turned out way longer than the other, so I cut off the bottom of the longer ear to match the shorter ear and squished it into the bottom, taping it firmly. And here is the finished sword. I consider this my first finished prop weapon, and I am extremely happy with how it came out. I’m thinking about the possibility of molding and casting this as well. Higher, further, faster, more. PVC Foam board is amazing. I’ll definitely be using it for my Kanan armor.

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Bow breakdown. Since I’m planning to remake the bow smaller, I want to also make it break down into two pieces. Since my next con likely won’t be local, this is going to be critical for me to travel with the bow anyway. For anyone who doesn’t know, Princess Mononoke is one of my favorite films, so it was a no brainer for me when deciding on my next cosplay that I’d try Ashitaka. When watching the beloved Studio Ghibli film, Princess Mononoke, one of the most memorable characters is undoubtedly Ashitaka. His unique look, including his bright red sleeves, has become iconic and has left many fans wondering: is there a name for Ashitaka’s sleeves in Mononoke? The answer, surprisingly, is yes! Ashitaka’s sleeves are known as hakama, a traditional Japanese garment that usually consists of a pleated skirt-like piece worn from the waist to the ankles. While the sleeves are a modern variation of the traditional hakama, they remain a staple of Ashitaka’s signature look and have become beloved by fans around the world.Fur pants. For a large part of the beginning of the movie, Ashitaka is wearing fur riding pants. I painstakingly agonized over and chose fur for making these but just ran out of time to make them before ECCC.