Cosplaying While Black: Tips, Tales, And Inspiration
Tips on getting started and ignoring the haters, plus incredible cosplayers to follow.
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Create Sister Night’s Goggles From The Watchmen
If you’ve been enjoying HBO’s series The Watchmen, you probably perked up at Sister Night’s goggles that allow her to augment her vision in various ways. A good prop is always exciting to the maker community and this one was perfect for being recreated. The folks over at Adafruit have done just that, and shared […]
Sculpt, Cast, and Paint The Ultimate Slip-On Cosplay Monster Feet
We’ve all seen those impressive costumes that pop up at comic con and dragon con and the like. Have you ever noticed that the ones that have custom feet seem somehow to be an an entirely different level? The Egg Sisters want to help you get to that next level, so they’re sharing the entire […]
How To Splice Animated EL Wire For Your Cosplay
EL wire is amazing, and the “chasing” el wire is even cooler. However, if you want it in several places on the costume, you end up having to figure out how to hide multiple inverters (or buy a more expensive unit that has multiple taps). The Egg Sisters come to the rescue to show you […]
Let KamuiCosplay Help You Get Started Making Armor From Foam
Making armor from foam, often referred to as “foamsmithing” is a popular area of cosplay exploration. Foam happens to be perfect, you can mold it to shape and age it to look like hard, battleworn armor, but it is lightweight and easy to work with. KamuiCosplay is here to help you get started by sharing […]
This Simple Pattern Makes Lightweight Foam Chainmail A Snap
Chainmail has been a staple of the costuming community since… well, since the invention of chainmail I guess. Over the hundreds of years that it has been popular, people have explored many ways to recreate it, from painting little curves onto cloth to actually just sitting down and manufacturing real chainmail. Ben Eadie has come […]
Watch A Group Of High Schoolers Perform ‘Alien’ As A Play
This story has been sweeping the internet for the past week or two. A high school group decided to eschew the classic plays often performed, and instead put on a full production of the 1979 movie Alien. The North Bergen High School drama club in New Jersey went all out, self funding, adapting the movie, […]