/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Looking to make a quick costume. I've been 'invited' to a dragon themed cosplay event and I'll have a couple days to work on it at most. From experience making costumes before, this stuff can take months and I'm looking for what the simplest methods are.

It's dragon themed, so I know a ton of people are going to be doing horrible Skyrim outfits. I'm staying away from it and probably doing something original, which means I don't have to be nit-picky about details. Knights generally fit with dragons; I could even do dragon themed armor.

I plan on using buckles and straps I already have (dozens of 'em) so that makes armor pretty easy. I'm thinking hotglue and cardboard for the most part. Painting might be tricky in the dorm but duct tape could look pretty bad as a finisher (or good, depending on how well you do it).

I don't have great access to stores, so I'm not looking for new materials and tools, just shortcuts to make something straightforward.

Something like pic related looks fantastic for just cardboard and few hours, but brown/unfinished looks bad.