Cosplays

Hand-made Cosplays on a budget!
I was drawn to Cosplaying as it was a way to bring to life my favourite characters or step into new stories.
(I create the majority of my Cosplays by hand; including sewing costumes and making props from recycled materials.)

Cosplay and Costumes, Cosplays, Gotham City, Poison Ivy

To continue my Gotham City Collection my next cosplay is Poison Ivy!

I always loved the range of villains in the Batman Universe

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kit List for Costume:

  • Green dress with leaves
  • Long green gloves
  • Green leggings
  • Leaves to attach to costume
  • Leaves for my hair
  • Green glitter face paint
  • Green makeup

 

Kit List for Set:

  • Poison bottles
  • Poison lipstick
  • Green fabric

 

Compilation of my favourite close-up photographs
Compilation of close-ups in the tree
Compilation of alternative close-ups
Compilation of full body photographs
Entrance pose and photographs with staff
Applying poison lipstick and photograph with set
Compilation of miscellaneous photographs
Cosplay and Costumes, Cosplays, Gotham City, Joker

‘Take my business card’

To follow my artworks inspired by the Joker, I have also created my own Joker Cosplay

I had great fun building a set for the Joker’s lair, and props for the photographs. I wanted to give the lair a  disheveled industrial theme. With the colour palette of purple and green throughout the costume, set and props.

Joker: Close up compilation
Joker: Full size with set compilation
Joker: Close up with props compilation

Kit List:

Joker: Set and Props
  • Green waistcoat
  • Purple suit skirt and jacket
  • Yellow bow-tie
  • Green hair and Joker face-paint
  • Props
    • Bomb present
    • Hand grenade Joker inspired bombs
    • Gun with ‘BANG’ sign
    • Dynamite sticks with the Joker’s logo
    • Clowns and Joker cards
    • Other weapons, in green and purple

 

Joker: The mad man
‘I have my eye on you’
Welcome to my lair!
All Drawings, Alternative, Artwork, Comicbooks, Joker

Here is a collection of my favourite pieces of artwork I have completed, inspired by the infamous Joker

I have always loved the Joker, he is the perfect psychopath. He is motivated by the desire for chaos and destruction. Rather than money or lust.

Heath Ledger Joker
Black and white stencil style Joker grinning
Heath Ledger joker in shadow
Black and white Joker
The Joker and Batman’s final battle
The crazed Joker
Joker maniacally laughing
Two sides of the same coin
Batman is part of the Joker, and the Joker is part of Batman
Some men just want to watch the world burn

 

Cosplay and Costumes, Cosplays, Events, Hyper Japan, Sasha (Attack on Titan)

Sasha at Hyper Japan, swords crossed

Sasha

Attack on Titan

(AKA Potato girl!)

At Hyper Japan

Nov 2017

 

Really good fun making the swords and box weapons for this cosplay as I developed prop-making skills

 

 

Sasha at Hyper Japan, swords down

 Kit List:

  • Beige shirt
  • Beige trousers
  • Brown jacket with emblem
  • Brown belts and straps
  • Brown wrap skirt
  • Brown boots
  • Swords
  • Box weapons
  • Potato!
Sasha Design Board
Costume and weapons
Jacket and weapons
Cosplay and Costumes, Cosplays, How-to-guides, Sasha (Attack on Titan)

How-to-guide: Making the swords

Stage 1: Draw the shape of the handle on a plank of wood

Stage 2: Cut out the handle

  • Clamp the plank onto a work bench (ensure its secure)
  • Use a drill to make a hole where the finger grip holds will be
  • Use a hand-held jigsaw to cut out the handle
  • *Safety warning: always have proper safety equipment, training and supervision when using tools)

Stage 3: Papier-mâché (using PVA glue and tissue paper) and paint the swords silver, then draw on design

Stage 4: Use bandages to create the handle and paint brown

 

Stage 1: Draw the shape of the handle on a plank of wood
Stage 2: Cut out the handle
Stage 3: Papier-mâché and paint the swords
Finished swords

How-to-guide: Making the box weapons

Stage 1: Cut out slits on front and back

  • Measure and mark where the slits will go
  • Put a piece of scrap wood underneath the cardboard to protect your table
  • Carefully use a craft knife to cut out the slits
  • *Safety warning: always have proper safety equipment, training and supervision when using tools)
  • Use masking tape and cardboard to reinforce the structure

Stage 2: Make tubes for the top

  • Cut a plastic ball in half, fill and attach to each end of a kitchen roll tube

Stage 3: Paint everything silver

Stage 4: Use Duct-tape to attach the tube to the boxes

Stage 5: Make brown straps and attach to the inside on the box, so you can attach it to your leg

  • I edited and re-used straps from an old bag
Stage 1: Cut out slits on front and back
Stage 2: Make tubes for the top
Stage 3-5: Paint silver, assemble with duct-tape and attach brown leg strap
Finished box weapons!
Cosplay and Costumes, Cosplays, Events, MCM Comicon, Rey (Star Wars)

Rey

From the new Star Wars movie: The Force Awakens (2015)

 

I wanted to cosplay Rey because she is an independent, intelligent and brave woman

 

I cosplayed at MCM Comicon on Sunday

Rey: full costume

Kit list:

  • Sand coloured base clothes
  • Staff
  • Light Saber
  • Long muslin body wrap
  • Arm and leg banages
  • Black boots
  • Brown belts
  • Brown leather wrist cuff
  • BB8 toy
  • Hair in three buns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rey: side on with BB8
Rey: close up
Light Saber and Rey’s staff crossed

 

Other photographs:

Rey and other Star Wars charecters at Comicon
Rey: Assorted photos
Rey: Assorted close up photos with light saber
Photos taken at Comicon by fellow cosplayer (instagram: undeadknightmare)

 

How to guide:

Costume:

I bought a 4m length of cream coloured muslin. I cut two strips length ways, 1-2 inches wide, for the arm bandages. I then cut the remaining material in half and sewed the short ends together on one side, to make one long piece of material for the body wrap.

Rey: costume and design board

Rey’s staff:

I bought a 2m wooden pole, and attached different bottles, aluminum cans and plastic packaging to create the different shapes. Using papier-mâché and glue to create the structure. I then painted it using black, silver and bronze paint to create a metal effect. Lastly, I glued different types of muslin material for the handle.

Rey staff: making-of
Rey staff: completed

 

Cosplay and Costumes, Cosplays, Events, Korra (Avatar - The Last Airbender), MCM Comicon

The last Air Bender is one of my favourite Anime Cartoons, as it combines a good story line with humour and diverse charecters

Korra has the power to bend all four elements: Water, Earth, Air and Fire

I wore this Cosplay to MCM Comicon, on Saturday

Korra: Full Body Photos at Comicon

Kit List

  • Light blue top with white trim
  • Tan skirt with fur trim
  • Dark blue wrap under skirt
  • Grey trousers
  • Tan and fur boots
  • Dark blue lower arm guards
  • Blue and white patterned upper arm guard
  • Blue hair accessories
Korra: Cosplay Costume shown on mannequin and design board

How-to-guide

Korra: Making Blue Top
Korra: Making Tan Skirt
Korra: Making arm and hair accessories
Cosplay and Costumes, Cosplays

Erza Scarlet

This was my first cosplay, at Hyper Japan, in 2015. And I have been hooked ever since!

My friend recommended me to do Erza, as she’s a total badass

I made the katanas from strips of hard plastic. I used cardboard, papermache and cotton bandages to construct the handles.