Convention season is upon us, and much last minute crunching is happening! I'll be fairly busy the next couple weeks, so please expect delays in replies. Sorry everyone...
There'll be a lot of events going on this year at Anime North that I'll be attending or hosting, so please come say hello if you're going! Hosting schedule for Friday is the Random Video Games & Final Fantasy photoshoots, and for those staying up late at night, there will be a Super Mario Brothers panel. Saturday will have the Pokémon photoshoot, I'll also be doing my Pokédex project this day, so if you have a costume from the original #151 Pokémon list, I'd love to get your photo and will have little swag gifts to give away. I'm taking part in the Pokémon Cosplay Chess game this year, and Masquerade. Sunday is quieter, with only hosting the Zelda photoshoot, so it's a good day to wind down if you just want to chat.
Hero's Shade is still being rushed like no tomorrow to get done on time for Anime North at the end of this month. I'm not giving up, no regrets! If I look undead, it's because of lack of sleep... I swear.
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I was wondering if you could take some time just to help me answer one question I have with making my cosplay? It's my first so I'm doing the best I can with it!
If you don't want to I completely understand, cosplaying takes a lot of time and effort and I can see your in the making of a GREAT cosplay right now! ^^
I never mind answering questions, just sometimes the reply is a little slow if I'm running about.
I need to finish my Midna costume by Friday; the real problem I'm having is what to do to make the metalic parts?
I just need to know what kind of materials you would use to make these parts:
1. head piece on her forehead
2. "crown" parts
3. belt
4. anklet
5. hair piece that ties the hair together
It's fully understandable if you take a while for a response. I don't mind ^^ Thanks so much for taking the time to help!
Let's see, I'd probably use craft foam (with cardboard if you're worried about it breaking) for the anklet and belt around her waist. Foam is really easy to ingrave, so you can just use like a pencil or something to add the lines on the belt. You could also use foam for the hair piece, just maybe build upon a hair clip, so you can secure it to the hair.
Since the crown is so thin, if you already have clay, you can look into getting jewelry-like wire. It can come in different thicknesses, and you can build your clay around the wire so it's stronger and supported. I haven't worked with clay, I'm not sure how heavy it becomes, but craft foam could work too in a pinch (glue the wire behind the foam).
There's many metallic paints, spray paint will cover more evenly, but acrylics work great too~
I'm not sure if any of that is helpful, I have seen some great Midna cosplayers though who might have tutorials online. I'm not sure. D: