LadySnip3r
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Hey everyone,
I'm starting a new costume that I plan on debuting Spring 2013 @ PAX East in Boston and I was hoping I could pick your brains about it. I'll be making a Maya costume from Borderlands 2! (See below for reference image)
I've been cosplaying for about a year, but this will probably be my most challenging costume to date... that's why I'm giving myself so long to work on it. I want this costume to be perfect.
Hair
I'll be sporting a wig for this costume, which I've already purchased on ebay. I think it's a great style/color, but I might still dye the tips of it a little darker blue. Does anyone have any experience dying wigs? I can't say I've ever done it.
Makeup
My plan is to use some form of body paint for her arm. I don't have much experience with body paint (except to make myself look dirty), but I've heard great things about Ben Nye makeup, so I'm leaning towards that. Not sure how to create that amazing color that she has - it's almost glowing.
The rest of the makeup should be pretty straight forward, just smokey eye with blue lipstick.
Another thing to note on her face is her eyes. I'm going to get colored contacts (my eyes are dark blue so they don't really work), but I can't seem to find light grey ones. Do you think white ones with a darker outline would look okay? Once again, I've got no experience with contacts.
Clothing
Oh that top will be the death of me. I bought all of the materials for it, choosing yellow, black, and grey spandex. I can sew the basics but I've never worked with spandex before. I hear it's hell. I've looked up quite a few tutorials online so I'll probably follow along with that and hope it turns out.
One part of her top has material that has a sort of mesh look to it and I couldn't find fabric that matched that. I bought extra black fabric with the intent of painting on that design - Do you guys know what type of paint works with spandex? If any?
Her pants should be fairly simple, but I'm going to wait to start them until there are more clear screenshots. I think they're a combination of jeans and grey material, with lots of pockets and whatnot. I've got the jeans, and I'll probably pick up some thicker grey material.
Accessories
She's got a holster of sorts which has not been clear with the current screenshots that are out. I'll probably wait to really see how it looks instead of making it and having to re-do it.
I'd love to get sneakers as close to hers as possible, but I have no idea where to look!
Weapons
I plan on modifying a toy gun, making a mold, and then making it from plastic or something. I've never actually done that before, but I think it could look really cool - plus, I'm going with a Borderlands group so having a mold could be helpful to make lots of guns for us.
I really wanna make her orb and have it light up. I've thought about using a large plastic Christmas ornament that opens and then filling it with some lights or even painting the inside blue. I wanna be creative with the orb but it's one of those things that are very difficult to translate into real life.
I'll be working on this costume for the next 4-5 months and will definitely post updates on here with pictures of my progress. I really appreciate any help/tips you can give me along the way!
UPDATE - Jan 15
I've ordered everything I have to for this except the phase lock prop. I was thinking it would be really cool to use a spacey ball because I bought blacklight body paint, but I'm unsure how to wire it to be portable. Any thoughts?
I also finished my gun today! Yay I used a nerf gun that I spraypainted black, then handpainted the camo and weathered it with black, silver, and brown to give it that cell-shaded look.
I'm starting a new costume that I plan on debuting Spring 2013 @ PAX East in Boston and I was hoping I could pick your brains about it. I'll be making a Maya costume from Borderlands 2! (See below for reference image)
I've been cosplaying for about a year, but this will probably be my most challenging costume to date... that's why I'm giving myself so long to work on it. I want this costume to be perfect.
Hair
I'll be sporting a wig for this costume, which I've already purchased on ebay. I think it's a great style/color, but I might still dye the tips of it a little darker blue. Does anyone have any experience dying wigs? I can't say I've ever done it.
Makeup
My plan is to use some form of body paint for her arm. I don't have much experience with body paint (except to make myself look dirty), but I've heard great things about Ben Nye makeup, so I'm leaning towards that. Not sure how to create that amazing color that she has - it's almost glowing.
The rest of the makeup should be pretty straight forward, just smokey eye with blue lipstick.
Another thing to note on her face is her eyes. I'm going to get colored contacts (my eyes are dark blue so they don't really work), but I can't seem to find light grey ones. Do you think white ones with a darker outline would look okay? Once again, I've got no experience with contacts.
Clothing
Oh that top will be the death of me. I bought all of the materials for it, choosing yellow, black, and grey spandex. I can sew the basics but I've never worked with spandex before. I hear it's hell. I've looked up quite a few tutorials online so I'll probably follow along with that and hope it turns out.
One part of her top has material that has a sort of mesh look to it and I couldn't find fabric that matched that. I bought extra black fabric with the intent of painting on that design - Do you guys know what type of paint works with spandex? If any?
Her pants should be fairly simple, but I'm going to wait to start them until there are more clear screenshots. I think they're a combination of jeans and grey material, with lots of pockets and whatnot. I've got the jeans, and I'll probably pick up some thicker grey material.
Accessories
She's got a holster of sorts which has not been clear with the current screenshots that are out. I'll probably wait to really see how it looks instead of making it and having to re-do it.
I'd love to get sneakers as close to hers as possible, but I have no idea where to look!
Weapons
I plan on modifying a toy gun, making a mold, and then making it from plastic or something. I've never actually done that before, but I think it could look really cool - plus, I'm going with a Borderlands group so having a mold could be helpful to make lots of guns for us.
I really wanna make her orb and have it light up. I've thought about using a large plastic Christmas ornament that opens and then filling it with some lights or even painting the inside blue. I wanna be creative with the orb but it's one of those things that are very difficult to translate into real life.
I'll be working on this costume for the next 4-5 months and will definitely post updates on here with pictures of my progress. I really appreciate any help/tips you can give me along the way!
UPDATE - Jan 15
I've ordered everything I have to for this except the phase lock prop. I was thinking it would be really cool to use a spacey ball because I bought blacklight body paint, but I'm unsure how to wire it to be portable. Any thoughts?
I also finished my gun today! Yay
I used a nerf gun that I spraypainted black, then handpainted the camo and weathered it with black, silver, and brown to give it that cell-shaded look.
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