/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9475135

Answering for those who are thinking of making their own fullset. I don't find anything particularly impossible about making your own outfit from head to toe, all of your own design. You don't need to be a supergenius to do it, although you do need some rudimentary skills in different crafts and be willing to spend some time and money.

- You can sew a blouse, main piece and hair accessory if you have simple sewing skills. If you need a custom print, there's spoonflower (although they have some limitations on fabric type).
- For custom jewellery, learn simple beading or just putting things on chains. For custom pendants, you can go with simple polyshrink and cover them with UV resin/sealant, or polymer clay. If you can't draw for shit, hire an artist who can, or trace some free vintage image off the internet.
- For custom bags, again you can sew this, many shops sell findings such as bag clasps, bag chains, bag feet, handles, etc for you to make pretty bags with.
- For accessories like badges, flower crowns, etc, you can easily find online tutorials that gives you the basics on how to do it.

Just a note that many Otome no Sewing issues cover all of the above items (pic related), usually within one issue. There's even an issue where the bag is a rabbit plushie as well. Although some of the crafts do need some specialised supplies.

- For the tights, you can get them printed via certain sites, or paint them yourself, or sew appliques to them by hand
- For shoes, Antaina can make custom designs, although they do have some limitations

So there you go. It's all doable.

Your biggest obstacle is (a)being willing to spend time and money on turning your designs into reality, and (b)if you started designing without knowing how these things are made first, there's a high chance your designs are bullshit anyway.

Still, it's all there and available if you want to make your own fullset.