3D Maneuver Gear Part Three

So! I've spray-painted my 3D Maneuver gear. It is definitely not my best spray painting job (and by not my best, I mean my worst ever--everything is all wrinkly because I spaced out and sprayed way too much on). But that's alright because the boxes already didn't look the best to begin with. I plan on making a more sturdy and better version of these later in life but right now I don't have the time to put much effort into them. Just a quick update: I'll let you know I have been working on other cosplay related things but nothing picture worthy (just cutting out fabric and stuff). Also, most of my time is being used up with making birthday presents for my friends. When their birthdays have come and gone, I'll post some of the stuff I've made for them because it's dork related so you all might be interested. That's about it. MadDog out!

3D Maneuver Gear Part Two

So hello again! (Two posts in one day--what?! MadDog... Are you feeling well?) Well, I was gonna wait to show you my progress on my 3D maneuver gear as I have done almost nothing but then I decided I'd just post now instead of doing a collective post. Because I'm lazy. Well, that and I'm basically stinking at school in general right now so I'm not sure when my next cosplay work time will be (as I will be cracking down on myself for a bit). All I've done since my last post is wood putty and sand down the edges of my two box things. Here are some pictures. I can't do anything else until I buy some silver spray paint and more foam board but hopefully I'll have those things soon. MadDog out!

Random Cosplay Tips #3

I'm very sorry if I end up repeating things I've said in these posts. As they are random, I have no idea what I've said randomly before. I hope that you'll still enjoy these posts anyways though.

• Ask questions of other cosplayers. If you want to know how they made that awesome prop, usually cosplayers are glad to share. (Seriously though, don't be scared--all it does is show that you have interest in their costume and can be taken as a compliment.)
• Knee length hair can be really hard to deal with (no... really), so get used to it beforehand or choose a character with short hair before sporting the super-long wig to a convention. (Guys, just trust me on this one. My hair was that length for the better part of my life--only recently did I get it cut.)
• MAKEUP! Every cosplayer should wear makeup--in the very least foundation--because your cosplay will look so much better in photos.
• Don't be that person who has a completely beautiful cosplay and then wears sneakers. Pay attention to your characters footwear.
• Pose! Right now I pretty much suck at taking pictures. Don't be like me--look completely awesome with an in character pose in yours.

That's all I got for now! MadDog out!

3D Maneuver Gear Part One

So. Schools started. This means that there is excessive amounts of sitting down. I cannot say that I'm really enjoying the excessive amounts of sitting down and the thought of sitting at my sewing machine for hours after sitting at desks for hours isn't exactly thrilling me. Instead of being in a sewing mood I'm in more of a prop-making mood. This brings me to my next little project. I've wanted to make three dimensional maneuver gear since Attack on Titan started airing just because it looked so flipping cool to make but it's been a while. Even so, I'm finally going to make an attempt at making it. I may not make a complete Attack on Titan cosplay for a long while but I really want to make three dimensional maneuver gear anyway so I am. That's all I have to say on that. So...Yeah. Basically all of done so far is make some boxes out of foam board so that's all I'm showing you for now. MadDog out!

Devit (aka Debitto aka David) Cosplay Part Two: The Pants... (In Progress)

Well, while I was in the process of making these pants it occurred to me (and by occurred to me I mean my friend pointed it out to me) that although I keep calling them pants, I don't really know what to call them. If you have any ideas, leave a comment or feel free to send me an email (wickedcosplay@yahoo.com). I would like to hear your thoughts.
Okay! So jeezums! This post took forever to arrive as well. Yeah, sorry again. (I am apologizing way too often--this needs to stop--I must be stronger--this is my blog!) However, it took me quite I while to gather all of the grommets that I needed to make them but I now have the finished product. Have fun following!

MATERIAL'S I HAVE GATHERED SINCE MY LAST POST ABOUT DEVIT:
120 black grommets (or eyelets; whatever you wanna call them)
An eyelet plier kit
(I ordered both of these from Amazon and they are from Dritz.)
 
STEP ONE:
I cut the leggings I had (on one one side) and hemmed them.

STEP TWO:
I cut a giant line down the middle of the long pant leg.











 STEP THREE:
Fold over, pin, and sew each side of the giant cut in my pant leg so that it looked even weirder than it did already.










STEP FOUR:
Spend multiple hours punching grommets into my pant leg and realizing that I'm going to need more than I bought to complete this cosplay.



































STEP FIVE:
Lacing up (Or should I say lacing down?) the one part of my pants that is now finished.

STEP SIX:
Where around my house like a boss and practice posing as Devit even though you know you're not close to being done with his whole outfit yet.

That's all I've done for now. The pictures should be more help than my commentary but I'm sure you generally get it. Sorry about the strange angle on my legs that makes them look all misshapen (too lazy to take another one--long day of cosplay) but I hope you all enjoyed this post anyway! MadDog out!