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Haven't cosplayed anything in a while, but I figured I might as well post some samples of my older Cos. They're nothing special, tho ^^;

One of my first Cos:
Sailor Venus // Sailor Moon (sorry for the crappy CG, wish I'd have the original pics -.- Outfits are Seramyu-style, btw)



Rosa Gigantea // Maria-sama ga miteru



Lenne // Final Fantasy X-II (yupp, mainstream-Cos, I know. Only did it for a friend, whose Cos I'm also wearing XD)



Alice // Kingdom Hearts
(Halloween-town version, designed by a friend)



Uchiha Sasuke // Naruto (Another mainstream Cos, and once again only did cos a friend wanted me to XD)



Uchiha Itachi // Naruto (and the last of my mainstream Cos. But I'm actually rather fond of that one, even tho I made it in only one night *lol*)

aw, thanks! whee

This is a pic of the only two cosplays I've made by myself. They're not great, but for a beginer with no formal sewing experience, I think they came out pretty good! I'm the Roxas in the picture, but I made both costumes as well as all three keyblades. I had made Sora for an earlier convention, and let my friend borrow it for this one. She made a better Sora though sweatdrop



I heart my oathkeeper

I have one other cosplay too but no good pictures of it, sadly. It was Rose from Legend of dragoon. I plan on attempting the costume again by myself so I'll take some good pics then. The only picture I have is completely out of character because my mom took it and she said she wouldn't take it until I smiled. LOL! Silly parents.

Those are totally awsome Ziekara!!
Wow you made those with now prior sewing experience!
That's amazing!

REally you did a fantastic job!


*luffs*

Thank you! That means so much to me heart I was pretty proud of them to be honest. Although, after making them I found out that I did a lot of things the hard way, or incorrectly, but they looked good, and I guess that's what matters most sweatdrop



The kingdom key was made mainly from a thick dowel rod I and some wood boards I got at Hoby Loby. My dad helped me drill out a grove in the dowel to attach the handle pieces on both sides, and the "key" part at the other end. The rest was just gluing them in place and painting it along with adding the keychain in the back.

The oathkeeper and oblivion took more creativity and a LOT more time, but came out better in the long run. I started with some 1 inch styrofoam board (also found at Hoby loby). I drew out the outline onto the styro foam, and used a styrofoam heat-cutting tool to cut it out. Once it was all cut out, I covered it in styrofoam paint which is specially made to fill in the rough holes, and then covered it in about 5-10 layers of gesso for added smoothness and protection. After lightly sanding down the edges, I then painted it, and finished it buy using a epoxy wood finisher (can be found at home depo or other hardware store) which is equal to about 60 coats of varnish. It gave it a nice shine and also made it incredibly sturdy without making it too heavy. It was mainly trial and error with them. I had no idea what I was doing, and the first few times I failed miserably, but they looked great in the end.
Also, I due to lack of time, I didn't epoxy the oblivion keyblade. Big mistake. It broke on the way home gonk

You can see them better here if you want:

Oathkeeper in progress after gesso

Same as above but close up

Finished Oathkeeper

Finished Oblivion

Me as Sora with Kingdom Key

Sorry I don't have better pics of the kingdom key and oblivion. I didn't think to take pictures of them by themselves I guess neutral

Wow that's alot of usefull information!
Thanks alot!

I'll keep that in mind, I plan to cosplay as Halloween Sora in the future.
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I think all your cosplays are soo good, and you look beautiful in your Rose cosplay!

Your not a begginner you liar! Your wayy too good!

Here's me and my sister as Zelda and Sheik... we made them... first costumes ever, no idea how to do it O_O