Cosplays Galore

Okay so, since our dear hell sight is about to purge everyone on the 17th and seriously limit everyone else…

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13%, 21%, a whooping 30%, 15%, 21% again. and those are the stories that do well.

it’s almost like tumblr has a reblog button you could USE

LIKE IT? REBLOG IT!

look, i don’t give a fuck about money. i’m writing fic for fun. if you wanna throw a billion dollars at me, sure, you do you.

but literally all i want, all we all want, is for our stuff to be acknowledged. spread. REBLOGGED. 

because obviously you read it and liked it, right?

so now all you have to do is hit that little button. it looks a little like this

and then that’s that. 

or, on ao3, you write “i really liked this! thank you for sharing!”. and that’s that.

it takes absolutely ZERO EFFORT, and it makes you happy (because you liked what you just read) and it makes us happy (because our work can get potentially more readers), and everyone is happy.

and instead, there’s likes all around. 

and likes are a little like seeing someone having their arms full with things and they drop their keys and you walk past and say “hey dude, i hope that works out for you!”

writers spend hours, even days and weeks or months on fics, pouring ourselves into it, forgoing sleep and food sometimes just to finish something because we hope you’ll like it.

and we get a litte ❤️ for our troubles and that’s it.

and especially when you get statistics like above - 42 likes and 9 reblogs - it feels like a kick to the face. 

if every writer only wrote for themselves (”as you’re supposed to do uwu”), there wouldn’t be a single fic out there, because we’d keep all the fics. but we write for our audience too, hoping we’ll hear back, hoping people will spread our fics, “hey, look at this cool thing i read!”.

and that doesn’t happen.

so you start thinking “hey, maybe i shouldn’t publish this. it’s bad anyways, right? and it doesn’t make a difference if i do. it’s not like anyone cares.”

how many thousands and thousands of words for your favorite ship do you think are out there, saved on hard drives by authors who’ve given up wishing to publish their things, because “nobody cares.”

reblogging and commenting seems to be at an all time low at the moment. and you know what happens when you, the supplier, feel like there’s no demand out there? 

you stop supplying.

because nobody cares enough to want to share it.

“thoughts and prayers with your fic! it was so good!” that’s what the like button means, to make an extreme comparison here.

and honestly, i don’t understand why.

Hidden Platform Shoe Tutorial for Invisibly Increasing Height

View full size tutorial on DeviantArt here: http://rinkujutsu.deviantart.com/art/Hidden-Heeled-Platform-Shoe-Tutorial-Genos-OPM-614226288

Here is a tutorial for adding hidden heels/platforms to regular shoes or boots.  I usually don’t care to boost my height or lengthen my legs for a costume, but I need to be taller than my brother who will be wearing Saitama to go with my Genos from One-Punch Man costume.  As you can gather, hidden heels are handy for making heights in cosplay groups accurate :P .  Most other times, I don’t think it is worth sacrificing comfortable shoes to be taller.

If there is anything that is confusing or needs to be clarified in this tutorial, let me know so I can make it better!

I would love to see anything made with this tutorial!  Send me the link to finished projects so that I can add it to the DeviantArt description.

Social Media links:

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Rinkujutsu-1412178079080819/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/rinkujutsu

Leather Boot Cover Tutorial Part 3

View full size tutorial on DeviantArt here: http://rinkujutsu.deviantart.com/art/Leather-boot-cover-tutorial-part-3-TP-Link-boots-531311443

Back to part two:  http://rinkujutsu.tumblr.com/post/145688589451/leather-boot-cover-tutorial-part-2-view-full-size

To part four:  http://rinkujutsu.tumblr.com/post/145689186776/leather-boot-cover-tutorial-part-4-view-full-size

One of my biggest struggles as a beginning costume maker was trying to do boot covers.  Specifically, leather boot covers.  While there are plenty of great tutorials for fabric, vinyl and spandex boot covers, I couldn’t find any good tutorials that used leather.  Through trial and error, I developed a method for creating sturdy and authentic looking boot covers from leather.  While I would recommend having some previous experience with boot covers before attempting this method, if you are ambitious give it a try!  You can make any boots with this method, I just happened to be making my Twilight Princess Link boots when I decided to create this tutorial.  I hope this tutorial is helpful!

If there is anything that is confusing or needs to be clarified in this tutorial, let me know so I can make it better!

I would love to see anything made with this tutorial!  Send me the link to finished projects so that I can add it to the DeviantArt description.

Social Media links:

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Rinkujutsu-1412178079080819/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/rinkujutsu

Wig Hack Wednesday #4 ! Today I wanna introduce a no-sew-no-glue method to add volume to your wig with a jumbo braid (or braiding hair). Using this method will save you time and money because you’ll be getting more bang for your buck! Jumbo braids are pretty cheap and can range from around $2-$8 depend on quality of the hair fiber. Usually, they are used to add thickness to braid hairstyles, but you can use it for any “big-hair” hairstyle, really. Be careful when using hair dryer or heat tools with jumbo braids because they cannot stand as much heat-styling as other wig fibers. For this tutorial, I’m using a jumbo braid in marshmallow from Arda Wigs. - Untie the end of the jumbo braid. Separate and cut a small piece of weft from it. Keep in mind that you’ll need the piece to be double of the length you would want for the final product because you will be folding the piece in half. - Use a crochet hook to go under the elastic band of the wig and grab the folded hair - Bring the hook back through the same hole, making sure the latch closes before you pull it through the hole - Grab the hair with your fingers, twist it once and hold - Bring the hair from the hanging side and pull it through the twisted loop without tightening the loop - Bring the loop to the opposite side and twist it again - Pull the hair from the hanging side through the loop again - Pull and tighten the knot so it’s as small as possible - Keep adding more hair to the other elastics and different sections of the wig. You can tease it for more volume!

Guide to Back Yokes and Yokes Infographics from Enerie

Writers continue to reblog these infographics for their useful terminology. If you’ve missed any infographics, here they are:

Know Your Shoes Part 1 Lobster Claws anyone?

Know Your Shoes Part 2

Know You Heels

Know Your Hosiery

Know Your Gloves

History of Hairstyles Part 1

History of Hairstyles Part 2

Know Your Braids

Know Your Scarves

Know Your Belts Part 1

Know Your Belts Part 2

Know Your Sleeve Lengths

Know Your jacket length

Know Your Skirt Lengths

Know Your Pant Lengths

Know Your Pleats

Know Your Darts

Know Your Denim Pockets Part 1

Know Your Patch Pockets Part 2

Know Your Pockets Part 3

Know Your Sleeves

Know Your Bras

Know Your Collars

Know Your Hair Buns

Fashion Pattern Vocabulary Part 1

Fashion Pattern Vocabulary Part 2

Know Your Sunglasses Infographic

Know Your Necklines

Sleeves and Necklines

Know Your Hats

Know Your Collars and Cuffs

Know Your Necklines

Know Your Skirts

Know Your Nail Shapes and What’s Popular on Instagram

Know Your Eye Liners

Know Your Wedding Dresses

History of Swimwear

Know Your Vintage Sleeves here

Know Your Vintage Collars and Necklines

Know Your Zippers and Zipper Pulls

it is simultaneously

the best and worst thing

I have ever

fuckIN G seEN

likE WHAT DID THEY DO

TO GET ARRESTED???

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE TELL ME

So I got asked how I made my helmet, so I decided to make an actual separate tutorial instead of just a few progress shots! 

Materials:

EVA Foam

Packing or Painter’s Tape

Tin Foil

Cardstock (optional)

Okay, so first, I took a huge sheet of tinfoil and covered my head, leaving my face out:

then I covered the foil with tape, again leaving my face clear:

I then drew the basic pattern shapes onto the tape:

(again for clarity)

After, I CAREFULLY slipped it off, and cut along the lines. I cut a slit near the top of the side piece so I would know where to dart it on the foam:

I traced these onto cardstock to smooth and even the cuts I made:

I used these the trace onto my EVA, and cut those out. I made sure to cut the edges that meet along a diagonal after I cut the pieces out so that it would bend without showing the seam:

after that I just used hot glue to attach everything together, added superglue along the seams, sanded once dry, and cut the detail piece out of thin craft foam from the pattern i already made:

I MEAN …

COME ON PEOPLE!

GENUINELY FUCKING SPECTACULAR!

THE DETAIL!

THE BEAUTY!!

THE GORGEOUSNESS OF IT ALL!!!

Cosplay Tutorial: How to Create Worbla Feathers

By popular request: it’s the worbla feather tutorial!!

For Tsukki’s Legend of Karasuno cosplay, I decided to go with a heavy crow motif, and what better way to do that than covering myself in feather armor?  I ended up crafting close to 100 in total between the shield, gauntlet, and pauldrons, using a few different tweaks for different armor pieces.  However all of my feathers were made in one of two ways: either by sandwiching worbla around foam for a very thick, large feather, or by stacking two pieces of worbla for a thinner but very sturdy feather that is thick enough to etch deep details into.  Read on for these two methods!

Got your hands on one of those My Hero Academia jumpsuits from Spirit but would rather have a two-piece uniform? Look no further! I was in the same boat, so I threw together this quick tutorial on how to convert your costume and make it more accurate to the uniforms the characters actually wear!

A couple of really important notes before you proceed: -This will only work if your uniform is too big on you! I’m smol and even the small size was too tall for me by several inches, in addition to the huge waist. You’ll need those extra inches to hem the jacket and the pants, so don’t go cutting apart your jumpsuit if you don’t have them! -This only requires some basic sewing knowledge - basically you just have to hem and maybe take in a seam. You can use either a machine or hand-sewing techniques. -This method minimizes marking misalignment (those neat “U.A.” stripes!!) by putting the size alteration of the pants in the center back seam. You still have to replace the zipper fragment in the center front seam, so not only do you need a couple of extra inches in the waist – the front seam will probably end up looking a little bit wonky up close, so this tutorial may not be for you if you’re a perfectionist.

Making Big Feathers

Since there were quite a few people who asked how I’ve made a feather for my Captain Fortune cosplay, today I’ll try to make my very first tutorial!

ATTENTION COSPLAYERS:

I would like to make the paint brand “Angelus” known. It is a special paint that is for leather, faux leather, rubber, and similar surfaces.

This is literally the best paint you can buy if you love a pair of shoes, but they aren’t in the right color for your character.

This stuff coats VERY well AND the coats of paint bend with your shoes. This means no cracking!!

In the photos above I took black rain boots and painted them with Angelus Turquoise. As you can see, they don’t look black any more! It’s so good!

I managed to paint two boots with a little one ounce bottle of the paint, and I still have a third of the bottle left over!

The paint dries very fast, so you can put layer on top of layer on top of layer without it streaking.

You can get the paint on Amazon and it comes in every color!