Arms, Armor, and Awesome

girljanitor:

all-four-cheekbones:

thedoctors-steampowered-hunter:

fernacular:

demonsee:

Rule 63 Captain America, cosplayed by dangerousladies, photographed by Josh Barrett

this is so gorgeous and awesome in every way.

I nearly jumped for joy that she wasn’t sexualized, that it was his uniform just with a female under the clothes, god i love this fucking cosplay

Also some kind of arcane witchcraft has gone into that hair.

setting lotion is definitely witchcraft

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farandaway:

suckmycholo:

cherryblossomsparkle:

baconsavingcosplay:

Circle Skirt Tutorial by Kapalaka

Circle skirts are one of the handiest things you can learn to make for cosplay.  As far as simple-to-make skirts go, there are two types: circle skirts and rectangle skirts.  A rectangle skirts is where you cut out a large rectangle, and gather or pleat all of the excess material until it will fit your waist, giving you a nice full skirt (we explained it in a bit more detail on this over here).

Circle skirts, on the other hand, give you a lot of nice fullness, but with minimal bulk at the waist.  For example, my Babs Bunny skirt:

It might not seem like it, but there are a ton of different things you can do with circle skirts.  Long circle skirts (as outlined in the tutorial) are perfect for ball gowns.  If you need less fullness, you can make a half circle skirt or a 3/4 circle skirt (just use a half circle or 3/4 of a circle, instead of the full circle).  If you need more fullness, make several circle skirts (make sure you adjust the waist measurement accordingly, i.e. for 2 circle skirts, use half your waist measurement on both of them), and sew them all together.  Here’s an example of that technique (with gathers and horse hair braid in the hem.  Tutorial for how she made it here)

You can add pleats or scallops in the hem, layer a whole bunch on top of each other, or whatever else you want to do:

I’ve even known some people to make capes and cloaks and the like using a circle skirt as the basis of their pattern.  So go forth!  Go forth and use circles!

FREAKIN JUST WHAT I NEEDED

O HMY GOD IVE NEEDED THIS FOR LIKE EVER

This is also good for dancers! Contra and swing dancers, take note.

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robinade:

maniacalhawk:

Best Han Solo cosplay ever…hands down.

Gorgeous! And fantastic job on the belt :)

Proof that you don’t have to change the costume to show a ton of skin for female versions :)

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misswendybird:

As ready as this costume is gonna be on such short notice! #ramonaflowers

sewingtutorials:

Learn to Sew

“…a series of free online tutorials guiding you through the basics of sewing, from setting up your machine, to understanding sewing patterns, and finishing your seams.”

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nimbus-makes-shit:

Got my serger today, so I’ve been serging and sewing for most of my day.  And gosh sleeves are annoying.  I don’t know, I keep expecting my first time at things to go perfectly smoothly, like an idiot.  

I’m not touching the other sleeve for a little while.  

cspranklerun:

Emmara Tandris

Cosplay made and modeled by me!