/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10364730
Firstly the most important thing about a cosplay is that you have fun making it and feel good wearing it regardless of what other people might think. However, I know that it can be stressful when you first start because no one wants to look bad.

My advice is to start simple. Pick a character/ costume you want to wear but could be made out of items you find that can be altered here and there. For example, my first cosplay was the homemade spider-man outfit from Spider-man: homecoming. Because the outfit is supposed to look like it was made from thrifted pieces and other homemade stuff there wasn't really any stress in making it look good, because the end result just looked right.

the stuff that took a lot of work was the mask, but even then that was still a lot of sewing and finding creative ways to make things that looked like they fit. Non-traditional crafting items will be a big part of cosplay creation, it's all about what you can find and make work. for example, my goggles for the mask were sink pipe connectors that i filed down and hot glued to a mask i sewed down the middle. For the front i used mesh from an old pair of swim trunks and then cut out some half-circle shapes from an old plastic binder.

when it comes to armor and weapons, especially something as impressive as Mjolnir armor, you'll be using a lot of EVA foam or molds, which are progressively more and more advanced. definitely start with EVA foam. You'll need to find a pattern for the armor or make it yourself and then cut it out of EVA foam. depending on the thickness you may or may not need to warp it with heat so it curves to the dimensions of your body.