HAVE YOU EVER MADE YOUR COSPLAY COSTUME IN RL?

Make Cosplay Outfits?

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[El Ogro Borracho]

My roommate and I did home made Soul Eater costumes this year for the local con. Apparently because mine was so good I have been tasked to make both of ours next year.

[Gorath Tsu]

I'll admit that my past anime cosplay costumes have been purchased. I always added things to them to spruce them up, but the majority of the outfits were purchased from an online store. But that was years ago...

My Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi B-wing pilot outfit, however, is almost entirely hand-made here at home except for parts that I couldn't make, like gloves and boots, and some details (flares, code cylinders, which are machine-made by a prop-maker). Everything else about the costume-- flak vest, belt, ejection harness, gaiters, cap, hose cover, belt box, are all made here at home. Even my chestbox and helmet I made myself. In the case of the helmet, I actually made a clay model of it, then made a rubber mother mold, and cast a helmet in resin and fiberglass. I'm planning to make a new chestbox in resin/fiberglass as well, my current chestbox is mostly foam and Paperclay. I'm currently working on a new flak vest that's more accurate.
The only other thing thing that wasn't made here were my coveralls, which are a pair of Dickies, but I had to add a number of pockets to them.

[Finn Mylar]

I've made more and more of my costumes as I've gone on. The first costume I made in its entirety was Yugi Moto; the hair took me over a month but totally worth it

[Opal Kay]

I have been meaning to make a cosplay for myself, but have never really put the time to make them. All I have ever done was modify some normal clothes to make it seem as though I am cosplaying, to which people buy and snap. I seriously would love to make my own later in the future.

[BaconTheGreat]

Gorath Tsu

I'll admit that my past anime cosplay costumes have been purchased. I always added things to them to spruce them up, but the majority of the outfits were purchased from an online store. But that was years ago...

My Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi B-wing pilot outfit, however, is almost entirely hand-made here at home except for parts that I couldn't make, like gloves and boots, and some details (flares, code cylinders, which are machine-made by a prop-maker). Everything else about the costume-- flak vest, belt, ejection harness, gaiters, cap, hose cover, belt box, are all made here at home. Even my chestbox and helmet I made myself. In the case of the helmet, I actually made a clay model of it, then made a rubber mother mold, and cast a helmet in resin and fiberglass. I'm planning to make a new chestbox in resin/fiberglass as well, my current chestbox is mostly foam and Paperclay. I'm currently working on a new flak vest that's more accurate.
The only other thing thing that wasn't made here were my coveralls, which are a pair of Dickies, but I had to add a number of pockets to them.

OMG that sounds so Awesome!
Are those photos at the bottom of the post? Sadly my pc won't show them to me.
For this year's halloween, I was thinking of making Queen Amidala's military outfit from Star Wars Episode one.

[BaconTheGreat]

Opal Kay

I have been meaning to make a cosplay for myself, but have never really put the time to make them. All I have ever done was modify some normal clothes to make it seem as though I am cosplaying, to which people buy and snap. I seriously would love to make my own later in the future.

Sometimes modifying is the way to go biggrin

[Gorath Tsu]

BaconTheGreat

OMG that sounds so Awesome!
Are those photos at the bottom of the post? Sadly my pc won't show them to me.
For this year's halloween, I was thinking of making Queen Amidala's military outfit from Star Wars Episode one.

Yeah, those are pictures. Weird, though, the pictures aren't showing for me now, either. o.O
I have a bunch on my Cosplay.com profile, but they're more organized here.

Amidala has some pretty neat outfits. If you ever do get the spark to create the outfit, and in an accurate styling, you could always join the Rebel Legion and go trooping in the outfit with other Star Wars costumers. razz