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to celebrate i& #39;m gonna start a thread of all the weird and stupid things I did to make some of my fe cosplays
Leo: Had to make him twice. It was my first time making foam armor and it fell apart after every step and destroyed itself when I bent my body cause it was foamies 1mm shit. Second time around I chucked out my knee and elbw guards and redid the breastplate and reinforced--
all the spikes with cardboard from cereal boxes. Also I remade him after having planned and failed to finish 5 costumes and I didn& #39;t know how the hell to attach anything to me, so I glued on little loops of foam and used yarn to tie everything together and it worked
i also made his jewel hanging things out of model magic that didn& #39;t fully dry through for MONTHS aklsjdfsdf I don& #39;t even know if it ever did?? It was always squishy even after i rewore it in july after making them in february
Hinoka: Honestly I had bought a random dark red wig on a black friday sale for NO REASON and months later was like "hmm.... cosplay" and randomly chose hinoka. So the red and white fabric I chose? broadcloth, literally hoann& #39;s country classic (now sew classic) broadcloth
I had bought black and white twill fabric for failed projects, and I just learned about flat lining, so I used those underneath the cotton to make a very stable dress. Also I drafted the bolero with no side seams and I was SO PROUD but god adding the white trim as a result sucked
TATIANA IS PROBABLY THE 2ND WORST THING I& #39;VE MADE it& #39;s real funny. This was a struggle cosplay if I ever made one...... but a valuable lesson in itself. I had like, 2 or 3 yards of ivory satin left over after a very failed sakizou attempt which is why she& #39;s ivory instead of white
i made the underhoop with like... nylon chiffon cause i had it left over from olivia v1. The hoop was from a gutted hoop skirt. This was also the first skirt/dress i& #39;ve made so I didn& #39;t realize that "floor length" didn& #39;t mean... actual floor length so walking was a pain
i also had green crepe from somewhere??? that was used, and the darker green was SHITTY SHINY SATIN that I turned to the wrong side so it didn& #39;t look bargain bin... and the gold...... THE GOLD.
Here& #39;s little 20(?) yr old jonie struggling to find a gold fabric for their fire emblem cosplays. All they want is something consistent, and then they discover this gold satin at hoanns! What section? .....glitterbug. Glitterbug satin.
i bought a few yards, and i turned it into YARDS of bias tape for this project.... no, it didn& #39;t really want to iron, yes, it frayed badly, and no, there was no way to sew it on neatly. Yes, I lost some years off my life trying to sew it on to the tiered ruffled part
and then comes the foam pieces. Here I learned about how everyone was using ~6mm foam~ for their projects, and while I loved my 1mm foamies, I was like, well I gotta do it like everyone else! Unfortunately I had bad blades and didn& #39;t understand beveling or using contact cement
not that I really could do anything better. I was living w/ my parents w/ no vehicle and very limited amounts of money. Even buying the 2 yards of satin was a big investment for me. Also, I had no heat gun. I sealed the foam with my iron 
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and finally, attachments. Velcro was chosen, but not strong velcro, and it didn& #39;t really work, so with no time left, I was left w/ using safety pins and praying, and it worked out for what I needed. I felt pretty in the costume despite nobody knowing who I was, and I got to rep--
my favorite fire emblem game, which i actually didn& #39;t know it was my favorite at that time cause I never played it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ€Ș" title="Zany face" aria-label="Emoji: Zany face"> I made the costume instead of buying the game, but later found out echoes SCHLAPS so yay
and PA olivia, also a struggle project tbh but one that perfectly worked out and I& #39;m honestly SO upset I made it for the shittiest con experience i& #39;ve ever had :(
I made this thread talking abt weird and shitty techniques I did so unfortunately PA olivia didn& #39;t really have many that I wouldn& #39;t use again. It was mostly stash fabric and all I bought was maybe the organza?
one technique i don& #39;t really use anymore but keep in my pocket is doing satin details with heat n bond and a soldering iron. It& #39;s a real fast way to get those details without satin stitching. I still top stitched them down but if you make the costume in a week you save time
that fan was cardboard, foam, and popsicle sticks... hilariously awful but looks great from a distance.
