General Help Thread

[Anonymous No.7490318]

Didn't see a thread up, so... Post about anything you need help with regarding cosplay or lolita.

[Anonymous No.7490334]

ok, I need elf ears for a cosplay.
I have medium skin tone.
elf ear companies hate black/darker people.

what do I do. how can I paint them

[Anonymous No.7490347]

>>7490334
Aradani Costumes have some elf ears. Incidentally, I ordered some and got them in today, so I need help with this too... I've had no experience with this before, so I'd like some insight.

See, they offer three prepainted skin tones, which are light, medium, and dark. Light is best for well, light skin, dark is best for dark skin, and being tan, I figured medium would be the choice for me. I even sent a message to them and they said medium would do well. But... As you can see here, it ends up being a little lighter than I expected.

So a few things.
> 1. Even though they are prepainted, should I still paint them (to match my skin colour more), or do they look fine as they are?
> 2. How do I hide the parts where you can see the elf ear and my regular ear meet, so I can make it look more natural?
> 3. I need to use the spirit gum adhesive to stick them onto my ears, right?

[Anonymous No.7490369]

>>7490347
I was actually looking at them. I found some tutorials but they were like
"yeah, just paint them, should take 5 minutes, paint in these areas"
and I'm just here like:
>what kind of paint?
>what kind of brushes?
>what kind of tutorial is this?

[Anonymous No.7490389]

Does anyone possibly have a larger version of this? I can't find it bigger for the life of me

[Anonymous No.7490391]

>>7490347
You should be able to make them look a bit natural with some makeup foundation, but I'm not fully confident because I never tried it.
When I had a pair of elf ears (full cover ears) I got some liquid latex and smoothed the edges of the prosthetic down. And yes, you'll need to use the spirit gum, probably, but the liquid latex will adhere them on too. Best to use both.

[Anonymous No.7490407]

>>7490334
>>7490369
They're probably talking about rubber mask greasepaint, but you can paint with a mixture of acrylic paint + liquid latex. You can buy latex at Michael's it's sold as "Castin Craft Mold Builder". Latex dries a /lot/ darker, so something that looks pink on your palette will dry red, etc.

>>7490347
The lightness is less distracting than the pinkness. I assume you're going to be wearing foundation/makeup with cosplay? Seal the ears with a light layer of castor oil and then apply your makeup over them.

[Anonymous No.7490414]

>>7490407
About that... I don't really know how to do basic makeup for cosplay. Don't have any experience with makeup, really. But basically I'd find some makeup that looks nice with my skin tone? Then apply that to the ears too after sealing it with castor oil?

[Anonymous No.7492503]

Anyone have any advice for buying/making a bra that doesn't have a middle strap? I need something with a little lift for my Ragyo cosplay but all the silicone/strapless bras I'm finding have a middle piece. Pic related.

[Anonymous No.7492508]

>>7492503
use the adhesive cups

[Anonymous No.7492521]

>>7492503
>Ragyo

You will probably have to use boob tape, seeing as the sides of her dress are open as well.

[Anonymous No.7492753]

>>7492503
Get those stick on cups. That's about the only thing that might work (but chances are those would show on the side, so you may have to just use a ton of boob tape).

[Anonymous No.7492758]

>>7492503
If the other suggestions fail, you may just have to use a strapless with a clear middle piece.

[Anonymous No.7492760]

>>7492503
get the stick on cups, trim them so they don't show on the sides, and then use boob tape, stick it sort of underneath your boob a little and then lift up and stick it to your chest area under your collar bone.

I hope that makes sense.

That'll give you the lift you need and keep your nipples in check.

[Anonymous No.7492873]

Could I get recommendations for circle lenses for Alice? I've got dark brown eyes, if that helps.

[Anonymous No.7493284]

So this is going to be my first time buying a wig, any site recommendations? I don't have a ton of money, so maybe some good cheap wigs? I'm cosplaying Ellie from the last of us for reference.

[Anonymous No.7493319]

Anyone have any patterns for making kinda funnel shaped pieces? I need to make some boots that have a very open top then go thinner. I've never done boots before so I'm kind of inexperienced in this area.

[Anonymous No.7493326]

>>7493319
Anon, you have an entire other thread to yourself about your damn boots, at least wait until that one dies to go reposting to the other threads

[Anonymous No.7493335]

>>7493326

There wasn't a help thread when I made it. Thought I would post here better before some other anon would send me here?

[Anonymous No.7493342]

Not sure whether to post this here or in the lolita thread but I got an offbrand chiffon blouse which turned out to be a bit more of an offwhite than the white I was looking for, so it doesn't match with the bright white bag, tights, wristcuffs. To whiten it up, would it be safe to just try soaking it in a bleach solution and hoping for the best? Or is there a better way?

[Anonymous No.7493379]

>>7493319
use a scaled down cape collar pattern?

[Anonymous No.7493405]

I'm planning on making an enderman cosplay and I was trying to come up with some material ideas for it but the only one i could think of was cardboard. I'm just wondering if anyone has any better ideas about what material to make it our of or at least some knowledge on how to make cardboard not look like shit.

[Anonymous No.7493409]

>>7493405
Cover the cardboard with cloth or something. Iuno.

[Anonymous No.7493418]

>>7493409
cover it in cloth? like what, cut up some spandex and glue it to the cardboard?

[Anonymous No.7493483]

>>7493342
bleach is pretty harsh on it, i'd say try something like Rit whitener instead, i've heard good things about it

[Anonymous No.7493504]

So I'm waiting for a wig I ordered that I'm going to have to style, but I don't have a wig head yet. I'd rather get one that's actually the size of my head (23"), since I'm going to have to sew in wefts, but all the ones I see for sale are 20". Anyone know where to find larger wig heads? Or is there a good way to DIY a normal sized one larger?

[Anonymous No.7493507]

Aura...cape/shawl thing? I wanna remake the one I have Last time i used a shawl as a pattern and it turned out meh. Also the things at the end of the shawl...tassle like things. Should I get tassles or? tubing or? anyone else have an idea?

[Anonymous No.7493513]

>>7493507
Just sew some tassels on to it. Here's a video showing how to do it for a scarf, but you it wont be any different for a the shawl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xZOQAh5KGA

[Anonymous No.7493539]

>>7493507
you could sew tassels onto it, or you could make tassels out of the fabric itself like pic related. prolly more work though.

[Enver !!52WOxLC+CKW No.7493601]

is there a simple method to creating the quilted pattern on the scarf and waistband?

[Anonymous No.7493606]

Any idea oh how I can cut a neck like this? I was thinking of using thin wire to keep the front shape but I'm having a little trouble finding the right pattern to figure out how to cut it.

[Anonymous No.7493608]

>>7493606
wouldn't it be easier to take a hoodie and cut the top?

[Anonymous No.7493617]

>>7493513
>>7493539

Thank you! I think I got some ideas

[Anonymous No.7493615]

>>7493608

I kinda bought the fabric and made the cape and underpart out of it already. All I'm missing is the neck so I can sew it onto the cape but I have no idea how I'm supposed to cut it so it looks like that.

[Pizza Princess No.7493618]

Hey seagulls, I'm having trouble trying to figure out what to do with the Huntress wizard's hair from Adventure Time. Any suggestions?