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I just got back from Cosplay America in Raleigh, NC and I’m really excited to share how my Amethyst wig turned out! I watched Houseki no Kuni after seeing a bunch of lovely pictures of people cosplaying from it, and once I finished the show I started kicking around a few ideas of how I could make a wig that had a glass-like finish like the way the 3D models are rendered.
For a walk-through on how I made this wig, please read below the cut! (Header photo taken by Coffee_cat_cat on IG.)
This tutorial, as well as future tutorials, will be cross-posted to my Patreon account! It will be 100% free always, but is another way you can keep an eye on my cosplay tutorials and write-ups.
Again with my terrible explanation on how to craft cosplay animal ears. This time the ears are extremely adjustable that I discovered when sewing these custom Cat ears for my friend’s Humanoid Morgana Cosplay (Persona)
This is beginner friendly!
The ears themselves can move in different angles and be shaped, along with adjustable distance between the ears so if you want them perked up all the way or to the angle of your head~!
So today, I was asked how I made my feathers for my Griselda (Odin Sphere) wings using craft foam and… well… I was on mobile and Tumblr ate it.
So I’ll make one with pictures! It won’t be that great but oh well…. It’s only a small tuto…
What you need:
Craft foam
Scupting tool/exacto knife/cutter (something to make creases)
Scissors or a cutter (to cut)
Hot glue/hot glue gun
Acrylic paint or spray paint (whichever you prefer)
(optional) White primer
(optional) Glitters
STEP 1: Cut the feathers.
Be creative. Make ovals ones, banana shaped, whatever you want them to look like! I drew templates on paper and traced over them because I wanted them to have a specific form. Cut them with scissors or a cutter. I used scissors to have that sort of angle and irregular borders.
STEP 2: Make patterns.
You want it to look legit, right? Well, you got to put effort and patience in it! To guide my blade hand so it doesn’t look like a mess, I crease a line in the middle to know where the center of my feather is. Follow the shape, don’t make a straight line or it won’t look natural!
Next, make diagonal lines toward the line you just made. You can make both sides symetrical or you can be irregular like me. Be creative!
STEP 3: Add details!
Now that you made them look like this, they look like leaves, right? Don’t worry! We’ll fix that with an exacto knife! Cut little triangles on your feather just like when you split the little hair on a real feather! It’ll look better and more feather-ish.
STEP 4: Hot glue details!
It looks ready to go, right? Wrong! See that white line on this real feather?
Well, you want THAT. So use hot glue on that line you made that you thought useless! Be very patient because you can easily mess up! Hot glue tends to love making air bubbles or huge SURPRISE LUMPS! So be slow, go back and forth and if you mess up, rip the glue off and start again.Try to loosen up the trigger at the end to have a smaller line.
ALSO, be mindful that hot glue leaves small dingly hot glue strings if you don’t clean it off well! it can drag your feathers together and mutate them or even flip over on your desk and that’s just the worst thing you’ll ever experience.
Be careful not to burn yourself like me!!!
STEP 4: OPTIONAL Prime the feathers!
This step is optional but recommended if you don’t use spray paint to color them. Why? Because the hot glue doesn’t like acrylic paint and it’ll still be visible even if you put multiple layers. So prime your feathers with whatever white primer you like IN A WELL VENTILLATED AREA. Let it dry. (Mine took 20 minutes to dry but just follow what the instructions tells you depending on your brand.) You can do both sides or add an other coat, but I didn’t because I’m lazy.
STEP 5: Painting the feathers!
Here comes the fun part! Use some acrylic paint or spray paint to color them! Obviously, you know how to use a can of spray paint, so I won’t bother explaining this. You want to do it with acrylic? GREAT! So get your paint ready and start mixing the colors you want! (I recommend priming your feathers first because of the hot glue problem and you’ll need 2 layers of paint if you didn’t prime them)
Apply a first coat of your base color on your feather. Move your brush on the same direction as the lines you did so you don’t see random vertical lines, plus, more realistic!
When it’s fully dry, you can add highlights! I usually add a lighter shade of the base color all along the feather line thinggy and spread to the outside of the feather but not all the way! Then I add a darker shade on the upper edges of the feathers because you know… it’s nice.
If you don’t want to add glitters, you’re done! Congrats to you!
STEP 6: Add glitters!
You want to feel like a princess? Or you just like sparkling things…? Then let’s add glitters!! I got mine really cheap at Walmart. (Martha Stewart crafts. Be mindful that these makes your feathers just a LITTLE bit darker)
What I like to do is start from the feather line and spread it towards the outside and add a few on the borders. Put a few on the feather line to have that extra spark! And like painting, go the same direction as the diagonal lines to avoid the lines.
Sparkles got in the creases? AWESOME. It’ll be extra sparkly!
AND YOU’RE DONE!!
Now assemble it however you like with hot glue. It made nice wings like these or a pretty headdress that I never posted!
*Be aware that the feathers will easily bend because it’s still craft foam after all!
**You can do the same process on the back of the feather if you’d like.
***The thickness of the craft foam depends from sheet to sheet! I got some who were thinner than others. I got mine at my local art supply store OmerDeserres and they were very irregular (8.5x11 sheets) compared to the ones I got at Walmart. (I think they’re 5x8?? but it comes in packs of 50!!! )
I MADE A TAMBOURINE. THAT IS A THING I DID. AND YOU CAN TO???? IF YOU WANT???? FOR SOME REASON???
@appleringo-cosplay is working on Snowy Mountain Kotori and for her birthday I desperately wanted to get her a heart-shaped tambourine but GUESS WHAT DOES NOT EXIST READILY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. So….I made one! Out of a heart-shaped paper mache valentine box, some wire, and some tambourine jingles I bought on Amazon!
Basically I cut down the box, made a little template for how big I wanted the rectangles to fit the jingles, cut them out, and then stabbed some little holes with a sharp tapestry needle above and below the rectangles. Then I just painted it and wired up the jingles (2 in each hole)! I still need to do a grip on it, but I figured I’d see what Erin’s preferences are for that.
You ready for the kicker? IT WORKS! It does actually jingle like a tambourine. Erin’s gonna be obnoxious for Katsu and my work here is done!
Hello Mabs, im sorry to bother you, but do you have any tips on how to make the back design of Masamune's school uniform and the eyepatch? I'm planning wearing him for my senior portraits. Also your cosplays are awesome.
You’re definitely not bothering! Questions and comments are always welcome!
For the design on the back of Masa’s uniform, I actually just used fabric paint!
Same with the back of Masa’s actual jacket, actually.
If you want to get fancy though, I would recommend using
Double-Sided Fusible Interfacing! You should be able to buy it at most craft stores! Essentially you iron it onto the design you want to use, position that in place, and then iron it onto the jacket–super easy. It’s what I used for the design on Sada-Chan’s cape.
I’m went hunting through my phone and it turns out I don’t have any good pictures of the process on Masa’s eyepatch, but here’s a close up!
It’s made of:
faux leather
craft foam
elastic
gold bias tape
The main eyepatch piece starts with a piece of leather (right side up), and the a piece of craft foam (with holes cut in it of course), so I could make it look a little thicker. I placed another piece of leather on top of that, and then covered the raw edges with smaller pieces of leather. The band actually weaves through all of that so that it’s more secure. Speaking of, I also sewed the edges of the eyepatch and zigazag part all together for further stability.
Make sure you keep checking the size as you go! If it’s too tight, it will be super uncomfortable and could harm your eye.
Thanks again for the question and good luck with your cosplay! <3
Making your own witches hat is not incredibly difficult, so I figured I’d make a little cosplay tutorial on how I made my own lwa hat! It’s pretty self explanitory, but if there are any questions, don’t hesitate to send me a message (:
Here are parts of my Persona 5 wig styling livestream where I was actually working on the wig rather than goofing around with the chat, a.k.a. “This is why in-game time changes from Early Morning to just Morning as Protagonist/Akira gets ready to go out”
It was so much fun hanging out with you guys, and being able to joke around, answer your questions, and exchange tips while working on this! Thank you for making time for me! I’m not completely done with this yet so if you want to catch my next livestream, just follow my Facebook page!
Hey it’s me the person that’s terrible at taking pictures to document cosplay builds. Hopefully I took enough pictures of my knife build to make a kinda complete guide on how I made this:
Huh. Don’t know why messenger is being weird, but there are a few main ways to make Obi-Wan’s beard for cosplay, depending on what sort you’re going for:
1. Buy a pre-made beard. Higher end costume shops often have a variety of premade beards, either of the strap-on variety, or of the lace-variety which you need to glue on. I don’t generally use this option, because I don’t like the selection or the fit of most pre-made beards, but it is a good option if you don’t have much time.
2. Make one out of craft foam - I only recommend this approach for clone wars Obi-Wan, where you are trying to immitate the animation style.
3. Using prosthetic glue, glue crepe wool directly to your face in the right style. This is less work than the next option, but it means you spend a lot of time applying it each time, and it’s hard to re-use.
