Miss Fortune Cosplay Part 2

Hi GGG Readers,

Other Miss Fortune Cosplay posts:   Part 1

I am back with part two of my Miss Fortune Cosplay.  I have finished my top and I have started on my hat.  I still have a lot to do, and I feel like I am running out of time.  My guns are coming along as well. My next post should focus again on my gun progress.

Miss Fortune’s Top

In order to make Miss Fortune’s top (if you can call it a top LOL) I bought a bra from La Senza.  It is a white lace strapless bra.  I wanted to make sure the bra was lace in order to give it more detail.  I then bought faux leather fabric from fabric land.  This fabric was actually found in the section that is used to make drapery, curtains, and other things.  It wasn’t in the regular clothing material section.  I then took the following steps to make the top:

1)   I first cut out triangles that fit perfect onto the bra cups

2)   I then cut a shape that would fit perfectly under and around the cups.

3)    I hand stitched on the triangles first, and then the bottom piece.

4)   I then cut out two rectangular pieces that are the same height as my bottom piece.  I hand stitched this onto the sides of the bottom piece.  I made sure that these pieces were not attached to the actual back of the bra.  This is so that you can still stretch and hook the bra on in the back.  These rectangular pieces will then lay on top.  The back is attached with black velcro that was also bought at fabric land.

5)   Next, the detail was added at the top of the bra cups.  This was made by purchasing a white lace trim and black ribbon.  I cut slots into the lace trim, and the black ribbon was weaved through to give that striped effect.  This was then hand stitched onto the top of the bra.

6)   I then created my own bow with the same faux black leather material.  This was hand stitched together and then onto the top.  I then added a gold/black button to hide the stitching and give it a more finished look.

7)   Lastly, the arm straps were sewn on.  The material I used isn’t stretchy, so I had to make sure these were long enough so I could lift my arms.   The problem is now when my arms are down, they hang pretty low.  Oh wells!

Cutting out first leather pieces

Pieces sewn on initially.

Supplies

Ribbon added

Bow and Button

Final with arm straps

I might still add some detail onto the top.  Not sure yet.  It is not in the splash page, but I think it will add more to the look.  I’m thinking of adding a gold pattern along the side bands of the top.  I guess I’ll decide later.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and stay tuned for more updates on my cosplay progress.  I should have a tutorial on my hat shortly as well.
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Miss Fortune Cosplay Part 1

Hi GGG Readers!

Other Miss Fortune Cosplay Posts:  Part 2

Anime North 2013 is fast approaching, and as predicted I am procrastinating on my cosplay. LOL.  I’ll be going as Miss Fortune from League of Legends this year.  So far I have my wig, my contacts, started on my guns and top/shirt.  Still have a lot to do and not enough time!  In this post I want to share with you how I am making my guns.

Wig and Contacts

Lets start off with a preview of my wig and contact lenses.  I just got my contacts from PinkyParadise.com.  They are the Vassen Bambi Queen Blue circle lenses.

Miss Fortune Wig and Contacts

Guns

I started off by making my guns similar to my Riven cosplay props.  I started with layers of foam board, with the intent of covering with instant paper mache.  Please see my link for more details.  After finishing the base of the first gun, I decided to stop this method and make my guns out of wood.  I decided on this for a couple reasons.  First I wanted my weapon to be a bit more sturdy than last year’s, and I think I am able to make it look better and provide a smoother surface to paint on with wood.  I will be sharing both methods for you, as I know a lot of you cosplayers out there may not have the equipment or time to do wood work.

Foam Method:

1)   First I bought foam board from the dollar store.  Each board was $1 each I believe.

2)   I traced out the basic shape of my gun and cut the foam board out with an exacto knife.

3)   I bought a pylon from the dollar store and cut off the base to give me a cone.  This cone I used as the opening of the gun.  I traced the pylon onto the foam boards.  I then cut out this shape so that the pylon would fit nicely onto the end of the gun.

4)   I cut out many layers and glued them together to my desired thickness.  Some layers I cut off the trigger part, so that this part would be thinner than the others.  The barrel layers (outer most layers) did not include the handle.

5)   This is where I stopped, but to continue you would shape the gun by carving it with an exacto knife.  This would give it more of a rounder shape.

6)   Cover the gun in instant paper mache (Purchased from Michael’s craft store for approximately $30.00.  Remember to use your coupons!)

7)   Let the instant paper mache dry.  Do not make the layers too thick as they might not dry completely.  Add more layers if necessary.

8)   Sand the paper mache down and paint.

Please see our other tutorials on how to finish your weapons.

Wood Method:

1)   Trace gun shape onto wood board.

2)   Cut out shape.  I used a small table like saw to cut out my guns.

3)   Wood can be a bit more heavy than foam, so to make my guns a little lighter I hollowed out the inside layers a bit.  Be very careful to not go all the way through the wood.  I used a hammer and a chisel to do this.

4)    Use wood glue to glue together the layers.  I used two layers of wood for the handle and base of gun.  I added an additional two layers (rectangular shaped) to the barrel, and a few additional pieces to the end of the gun so that it can be sanded flush with the end funnel.

5)    I bought a plastic pot from the dollar store to use as the end of my guns.  This turned out to be a perfect size.

6)   I used a sanding tool attached to an air compressor to sand down my gun and make the barrel more rounded.

Still to do:

- Attach plastic pot to the end- Finish sanding
- Adding Trigger area
- Using wood filler to fill in gaps
- Painting
- Adding detailed designs

Basic shape cut out

Hollowing out the guns

Glued together

With the end piece

Sanded and rounded

Rounded barrel view

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and stay tuned for more updates on my cosplay progress.  I should have a tutorial on my top shortly as well.
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Lulu

Hi everyone~!

It’s time for some fan art! Have some Lulu. Did the lines in pencil and added color in Photoshop.

I’m hoping to do more of these in the future. We’ll see. :3 My summer vacation is right around the corner so I’ll be able to draw more of my own stuff (and play more games). So exciting!

Pax East Preparations: LoL The Laser Cutter

Hello Everyone,

My post today is kind of an update/mess of everything I’m currently doing. I’m so busy with end of the term projects at school so I decided I wouldn’t rush my costume for Pax East. So I am still working on my Cosplay, but very slowly. I got the fabric and started the body suit pattern! Here is a small preview of the upcoming Diana cosplay post:

  Otherwise I was working on a new project for Pax East since I knew I wasn’t able to make the cosplay. I made two different designs for the laser cutter! A laser cutter can cut most materials, including wood, cardstock and leather. I wanted to try to make a cropped top with leather with cut outs. I kind of failed, but here was my experience with it.

There were the two designs I made, but I only picked one to use:

I ended up choosing the Janna only cut out. It seemed more likeable even though the other one took way more work -_-. There are a lot of ways I changed things so that it would connected the leather parts. Here is a test i did before. I did an engrave and cut test. The engraving turned out kind of ugly so I decided to try the cut one.

Here is the final result. Something I should have done, was print it out and measure it along my chest -_-. I measured the distance and made it exactly the distance I was going to make the shirt. So its really big, I don’t know if I can make a top out of it still.

I’m kind of sad I screwed it up and I can’t redo it. I might try to make the cut out go across my side so that its kind of a style. I also might put lace under to support the letters more, because standing up some parts fall over. If I do end up making the top, I’ll post it here later today =). It’s pretty cool to laser cut! You can find one in Toronto and its about  a dollar a minute, and this took the laser cutter 5 mins to make. Try it if you have access to one!

Otherwise I will take lots of photos at Pax! I’m excited to go!

Anime North 2013 – Cosplay Preview

Hi GGG Readers!

It’s that time of year again… Anime North 2013 is coming to Toronto!!

I am a little late in starting my cosplay this year, compared to last.  Myself, Coco Rocha, Ninjabunnies, and one of my close guy friends are cosplaying League of Legends champions again.  I have bought most of my supplies, which I will provide a list in a future post with final pricing.  So far I have only started on my weapons.  I will post a tutorial once I am finished the first stages.

Here is a preview of my cosplay.
Can you guess which League Champ I’ll be cosplaying?

Here’s a hint:
“How do you like my guns… Shock, and Awe!”

Stay tuned for updates and tutorials on my cosplay~!

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Happy New Year! 2013!

Hello GGG Readers!

Happy New Years Everyone, it is 2013!!!

I made last minute plans with few friends, we had homemade nachos with beer.

Then, we went to City Hall in Mississauga to see some fireworks but our view wasn’t great. So, we decided to do our own fireworks.

On a side note, enjoy my edited League of Legends play as Miss Fortune.

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Fish are Friends! Cerule, the Mystic Mermaid Art

Long time no see, GGG readers!!!

I’ve been away for awhile, thought I will drop by to post something I’ve finally got around to finishing!

Earlier on, Makeup Disguises had made a tutorial on how to cosplay as the lovely custom League of Legends champion Cerule – created by Nhan Pham. I was asked to do a drawing of my take on this champion. Voila! Here is the initial pencil sketch and the final coloured version of the Cerule, the Mystic Mermaid:

 

Sketched out on paper, scanned in and coloured in Photoshop CS5.

Here’s the link to the custom champion on League of Legends Wiki here. I’ve taken some liberties with the hovering fishes (now that I look back at them, they look like even weaker versions of Magikarp..baby Magikarp? LOL), it’s not really part of the original concept There was a hidden passive/interaction name that really stuck with me called, “Fish are Friends” – although it was supposed to be an interaction with Fizz, it just seemed kind of cute to have fishes chilling around her.

Edit: Whoa~ Kinda freaky timing that LoL posted the sneak peek today of their new champion Nami, who also happens to be a mermaid too!

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LoL – playing as Riven

Hello GGG Readers!

The opponent team had an interesting strategy: they all came at bottom to push which they succeeded by destroying both of our turrets. Check out the video below, I edited down to 10 minutes. I was still getting used to Riven because it was free then and was just trying it out.

I play Miss Fortune more than Malphite now, slowly improving… receiving less deaths hahahaha.

When I was playing LoL, my dad asked me to come out to the living room but I said I can’t and he started yelling at me. I told him I can’t pause the game, and it just reminded me of this meme:

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LoL – ARAM 5 vs 5 play

Hello GGG Readers!

I’ve been playing a lot of LoL lately, which makes behind on my reading schedule. Yes, I read now… I never read any textbook during University, but now… I read… how ironic, eh?

We had 10 people on skype and played together, check out the video below:

It was my first time playing Sona, it’s quite easy. You just button mash and poke, poke, poke. *Note: pay attention to Teemo*

Today, I went to net cafe to play L4D2 but I suggested my friends to play LoL. It was the first time for my one friend to play LoL, but he got caught on quickly because he used to play Dota. Miss Fortune was free, and my friend recommended me to choose her and since we were just playing against AI(bots), I did. I kept stealing kills from my friend which never happens to me because I’m still n00b >_< So, I just chose Malphite later to support him later and gave him all the kills -_-;

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Riven Sword Cosplay Video Tutorial: Part 2

Hello Everyone!

Hope nobody was waiting too long for my next video! I’ve been so busy so I wasn’t able to finish my 2nd video early. Here is my Riven Sword Cosplay Video Tutorial: Part 2. This video I’m showing you how I build Riven’s sword with layers of foam board. It is a very similar process to my Riven Armor Cosplay Video Tutorial: Part 1, but making the sword instead of armor pieces.

Alright so here is a template I’ve create for all you Riven Cosplayers. Hopefully it works, it should be to size, if not open in a program and make sure it comes out 20″ wide and around 53″ tall. Let me know if you are having any problems. Just print it out on letter sized paper and then tape all the paper together to form the sword.

Here are the Photo steps of the video, Part 2 (For video scroll below):

As explained in the video the first part of the tutorial is making the basic shape of the sword. You need foam board bought from the dollar store, try to get it as cheap as possible. Feedback, comments and questions are welcomed. Please don’t hesitate to ask for any help or clarification. Here is the video, Hope you enjoy:

Click here for the next video, which is using fast mache on the armor pieces! So stay tuned and if you want to ask any detailed questions please ask below! Please also like our GGG Facebook Page for updates!