#godtiercosplayhelp

@thecosmicapple

Hi there. Congrats on your first cosplay! Welcome to this fun hobby.

If you haven't checked out this website yet, it's an archive of Homestuck related cosplay tutorials and guides. They have a sections dedicated to specific characters, so just scroll down to you find Dave.

The difficulty of this cosplay depends on which version of Dave you are cosplaying. WhatPumpkin used to sell official Dave shirts, both plain white tee shirts and the red sleeve baseball tees. You should be able to find either of those on eBay pretty easily. Here is an etsy listing for made to order Dave shirts. If you're looking for more DIY, purchasing a shirt at a thrift store and modifying it is also a great option. Here's a tutorial for using heat transfers for the shirt logos.

Here is a Dave cosplay guide. It's for his godtier outfit, but should help you out nonetheless.

Thrift stores would be a great place to start for aviator sunglasses. I think every pair of glasses I ever bought for cosplays were from Walmart or the Dollar Tree, so those are also good starting places if you have them locally.

Here's a link to a pretty cheap blonde wig to get you started. When I first started this blog 10 years ago, there wasn't much of a market for cosplay items on Amazon yet. I've bought a few wigs from there over the years. Just always check reviews! Some other good cosplay specific wig sites are Arda Wigs, EpicCosplay Wiigs, and the Five Wits Wigs, bu they are all on the pricier side because they sell very high quality synthetic wigs. A simple Amazon or eBay wig is plenty to start off with, though. Here's a wig styling tutorial on YouTube.

THIS. use this. for the love of all things holy use this.

I'm very partial to this fabric because i've been talking myself out of buying it for months because i have no real reason to make kanaya's red dress. but this fabric is suuuuper soft in person and has an amazing stretch and will look super great on your body and ugh. I'm a huge fangirl for this fabric.

But to be honest, you can use any red fabric that really suits your liking. Look on the back of the pattern for fabric recommendations! 

Personally I wouldn't (spun guard for 8 years holla). I just think it looks very obviously not like a gun, and to be honest those things are kinda bulky and dumb looking. You'd be better off with a bb gun or something similar. 

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As for the fabrics you should use, I'd go with a nice knit that'll drape well on your body. If you'd like something that'll cling to your body more, perhaps looking for a tighter look? (recommended for fem!kankri or whatever) go with this in the color "potting soil". If you don't want the spandex knit, go with this also in "potting soil". 

But tbh i always need to go into a fabric store and feel the fabrics before i buy them to make sure it's what I want. You should probably take a trip down to your local fabric store and feel stuff. 

What you use really depends on your skin and what you'd prefer. Ben Nye is probably the best choice, but if you don't like thick oil based paint on your skin, you should go with a water based paint instead. 

For the love of god, whatever you do, don't use white snazaroo. Just don't. It's nearly impossible to make it look good, and you might as well just pay for nicer water based paint like Mehron or Wolf. 

I personally don't do that with my horns, so I grabbed some tutorials for you

This and it's companion video 

Hi, sorry to bother you, I just found your blog and it’s really nice!

I am planning my first cosplay for anime central, and I will be dressed as my godtier, Sylph of Space. I was lucky enough to snag a nice opera dress (pictured above) at the Lyric Opera sale this year. However, since the dress fabric is a really nice quality and really pretty, I am faced with the dilemma of matching the hood with the dress. If you could help out, or give any tips, that would be great!

Keep doin’ whatcha do!,

Midge

Hello Midge!

So I grabbed a reference image:

So idk if you're planning on going off canon and altering the dress, or if youre going to use your own design or what.

Okay, if you want the hood to be a similar fabric as the dress, it might help you to bring the dress with you to fabric stores and matching colors. Actually, i'd honestly bring the dress to a fabric store to match colors regardless of the material you want to use. Its the only way to guarantee you'd get a color that matches the way you want it to.