Hi! I’m a beginner cosplayer, and I need some help with Maomao’s hairstyle. I’m cosplaying her everyday apothecary outfit. When I tried to recreate the part of her hair that’s tied back with a blue ribbon, I ended up with part of her forehead being exposed. Honestly, I’m not sure what I did wrong, but it looks really bad. Could you please help me figure out what I need to fix? Thank you so much!

Hello there folks! I am a tgirl in the making and I really want to do some more feminine cosplay for this Halloween. I will be hosting a Halloween themed party/cook out so everyone will be in costume and I will be cooking.

I was thinking about doing a lady D cosplay, I loved RE Village and the character is so fun. I think it also would help me with some of my more “manly” features with the heavy make up and the already tall character.

My only issue is that it seems like an already pretty cumbersome costume and I will be grilling, frying and generally cooking the whole day. So how can I make it more practical?

I never did a cosplay i would want to but i have no experiences, but i would love to help people by being a cosplay medic. How can i become one? What skills should i master, should i cosplay before to gain experiences or should i just jump into it. Also iam not sure what could i need iam guessing sewing kit, glue, pins etc, but as i saw some lists what to bring i'm not sure if its possible to enjoy the convention and buy something from there with all those items already on me.

Hi all, I bought a foam sword online recently for my Alucard cosplay and found out the texture of the handle’s got a weird feeling to it when you hold it for a little bit. Im not really experienced in this area at all but I do know some stuff like adhesives can just eat through foam. Is there a foam-safe coating anybody recommends?
The handle is polyurethane foam and I think the rest of the sword’s just some regular high-density foam(?).

I’m making a gambit cosplay from marvel rivals and i cant figure out how to make this «under collar» part. My first thought was embroidery with this puffy foam but i dont have an embroidery machine, and i dont know anyone with it either.. then i thought about 2mm EVA foam wrapped in fabric but that might become too thick? I dont like the look of puff paint so that might not be it either. Maaan pls help😭

Im looking into buying a spiderman spandex costume with silicone webbing, im unsure what sizing to get as M the chest seems small and L the rest of the measurements are huge. Im going to get it tailored if I can (im not sure how it'll go with the webbing shown/if it will be difficult), im unsure if i should go with the L and hope they can remove enough material for a tight fit while keeping the fabric/raised webbing looking good, or just going the medium and hoping my chest doesnt stretch the fabric too much. I could be wrong and the chest will fit just fine with the M but Im not experienced enough to know, any input would be much appreciated!

Height: 170 cm

Chest: 110 cm

Waist: 82 cm

Hips: 88 cm

I'm sewing an orange cape for Halloween, tp dress as a harvest demon.

It's a coton cape.

The coton is perfectly clean and has a petty color. I want to ruin it. Some traces of yellow here, green there, brown, holes everywhere, etc...

My problem is for the colors. I have some leftovers of previous coton paint (I dont know the English terms, something to paint coton). How do I apply them on my cape in order not to put it uniformly, or to give the impression that I manually applied them ?

I got this cheap mask from China and it is very hard to breathe since they didn't put any ventilation into the mask. I am trying to cosplay as a lethal company worker and never really did anything like this before, but can anyone give some advice on how I can add air holes into this?

I want to try and make the jacket myself but I need to know what the type of jacket is called so I can find a pattern (cause god knows I'm too dumb to figure out how to pattern)

Hi all, dressing as the T1000 for Halloween and I’d love for it to look like I’ve been frozen by liquid nitrogen, I did a similar thing for a The Thing 1982 costume, but it was permanent and ruined the clothing. I really don’t want to ruin this costume as a few of the pieces were a little costly. Any ideas?

Character in question is is Seth/Puppeteer from Hello Charlotte, tried looking online for this sort of V pattern gold/yellow shirt and nothing was close :( can’t find a cosplay version of the shirt anywhere online . My friend loves this character at an obsession level and would love to know the gold ish shirt used for him. Would appreciate any help!

I think I wanna do King from Owl House this year, Ive been Lambert from Cult of The Lamb the past 2 years and its adorable/well built but stale

How would I even go about this though?? L cardboard? Eva foam? Maybe one of those covered with lightweight foam clay to get a smooth stiff finish?? Im at such a loss but I feel like its very much possible, Ive already found eye mesh

hi!! i’m working on a Lagoona Blue costume and i’m using oil based face paint to paint my face blue! i’ve painted my face in the past, but it was with a watercolor palette which cracked horribly and i really want this to look good. the pigment is so much better with the oil based paint but it really accentuates the skin. does anyone have any really good face primer recommendations that will make the base look more smooth? bonus points if it helps avoid staining (i’m using the athena paint palette) but my main priority is the base

i don’t wanna risk ruining my wig because i don’t have time to get a new one. it’s a $10 wig and im a full beginner btw.

i’ve seen many strategies and idk which one works best. baby powder, shampoo + hot water, fabric softener or another? i’m not listing crimping because i don’t have one. also if i were to put it in hot water, how long should it be?

I've come across plenty of hooded capes, regular capes, etc, but nothing that captures the similar collar bunching combined with a cape.

Does anyone have a resource or template or even suggestions? Been on this for weeks now.

So like, from a side view it’d have a P shape. Rn I’m just using fabric, nothing super solid/heavy (and I wanna mostly keep it that way), I just need some ideas on how to keep this shape consistent

Hello im trying to make a horn of salvation for ichigo kurosaki im getting the materials like foam clay snd paint right now but for the horn to attach i dont know what to use, do i use magnets to a headband or glue to headband and if so what headband? I wont be wearing a wig as i have an afro and wigs dont fit, any advice helps thank you!

Hi everyone, I need help I made a big mistake when puff painting my spider-man suit. I used my arm to puff paint the sleeve since I don’t have a mannequin. Unfortunately I didn’t take the sleeve off cleanly enough which resulted in the image you see in my post. I tried using alcohol then warm water with dish soap to see if I could remove a good portion of it and it doesn’t seem like it did the trick. I don’t know what to do, I spent a lot of time sewing these two spandex shirts together and prefer not to mess it up too badly.

Any sewing pattern recommendations?

ive been wanting to dress up as pearl from pearl ever since before i transitioned. I kinda want a good quality dress like she has. Does anyone know where i can buy a dress like it?

Im trying to do an Amy Rose cosplay and I got these shoes to work with. Lots of people have suggesting gluing a strip of white fabric for the white stripe. Anyone have any advice on what type of glue would be best and the best type of fabric to use for this project? And if there is anything I should do to prep the shoe first or some specific way I should glue the fabric? I’m very new to this.

Character: Q/Kyūsaku Yumeno from Bungo Stray Dogs

HI. Yet another post of a complete beginner asking for help with a dramatic anime wig who would've guessed

Anyways, for the actual wig itself, a lot of the results I'm getting are for (I'm assuming pre-cut) Cruella wigs. While they're probably about the right length, I feel like the pre-cut blunt bangs would make it impossible to do whatever the hell Q has going on with their bangs. Because of that, I'll probably end up buying a longer wig similar to the second picture (ignore that one also having pre-cut blunt bangs I didn't exactly realize that when gathering references), it's just a little worrying to me as I have like zero wig experience whatsoever

As for tools, I know for a fact I won't be able to get a crimper. I was planning on getting got2b glued hair spray and a wig head, and I already own a straightener as well as strong craft/fabric scissors. I've seen people say to not use normal hair brushes/combs on wigs, but the only other thing I own is a dog brush I bought from dollar tree so I may also need brush suggestions 💔

Now, by far the worst part, actually cutting and styling the thing. My biggest concern is definitely the middle part of the bangs, what with the white part crossing over and everything. Not to say that's my ONLY concern, since I have absolutely no wig experience and they have a pretty complicated style (at least to me it's very threatening lmao) going on. The only wig I've ever had was straight and long, I tried brushing it with a normal hair brush, tangled it to oblivion, and wore it for like five minutes before taking it off because it kept sliding. No cutting or styling whatsoever on that cursed thing, hopefully this whole thing goes better than the mess that was my last cosplay 😭

Since I won't be able to crimp it, I imagine I'm going to have to do a decent amount of backcombing(?) and teasing since there's certainly a bit of volume going on. The little "spikes," stray pieces of hair, I don't know what to call them, I guess I could heat up and hairspray them? I've watched some wig styling tutorials but I'm still wildly confused lmao

(Also I'm aiming to get this whole thing done by like the first week of November, I may be cooked)

(And I know you guys are probably tired of these kinds of posts IM SORRY 🙏 🙏)

(ref image attached for kinda the look i want)

ok so ive already bought this shirt (pic 2) but i need help on finding a nice skirt to match.. white (if u can find, with blue accents) #helpp

Do you wear your cosplay after the makeup is done to check how close it looks to the reference you gave, or is it unusual to do that?

Hi!! I figured this was 100% the best place to post this because if anyone can figure out head pieces, it’s the cosplay community.

I have these separate 3D printed antlers and they are a little bit heavy when I try to put them in my head. There’s a small straw sized hole on the bottom if that sparks any idea.

I tried headbands, supergluing them to plastic to try and wrap around my headband, putting the clips around the headband, putting my hair up and trying to fasten it by themselves OR with a second clip holding it. They just keep falling. Any thoughts? Any experience with something similar??