(Late) Fan service

Heyo guys~

Sorry for lacks of updates.

But enough of apologises - here is a crack ship for you. 

Lan as Kevin and me as Dean from the tv series Supernatural. 

//Danny

(Weak) Wig Wednesday

I really don't have anything to post at the moment </3 So I'll be uploading some old pics of random wigs I've styled and/or cut myself. 

Ft a friend of mine ~ 

//Lan

Making it Monday!

Hello ~

Today I worked on my Anna cosplay but since it's taking it's time I don't exactly have any intresting things to show you. 

Instead I also did a make up test for a mermaid/man. 

I simply used a net stocking for the fishy illusion~ 

//Danny

Very Late Fanservice Friday

Hello and I'm sorry!
I did not mean to postpone this post this long but, well, I kind of repressed it heh.
Anyhow, here I am cosplaying Maki Nishikino November version. All photos taken by Lan.

And, of course the obvious derp picture:

//Danny

Random Thursday

Heyo!

A few months Lan, I and @bravelittleowl [once illegal always illegal] were on a convention and I was cosplaying from Free! for the first time.

Haru: bravelittleowl

Nagisa: octoprinze (Lan)

Rin: mrpenguiin (Danny) 

Hope you'll enjoy it! Here is some more~

//Danny

Wig Wednesday

Supsup this is Lan again. 

For this wig Wednesday I'll be sharing some tips on styling and buying wigs. 

So personally I buy all of my wigs from either Ebay or Lucaille wigs. Depending on how my bank account is looking... Lucaille is just a bit more expensive because of the shipping fees. (which are not that bad at all) But it's totally worth it becausr their wigs are A+ . 

Here are some of my wigs I bought from Lucaille: 

When styling my wigs. I use the Got2be 'glued' hairspray and it does wonders. For trickier hairstyles I also use heat, for example a hair dryer after I've applied the hairspray. Or a curling/straightening iron depending on what I'm going for. 

So I guess that's all I've got to offer for today. I hope everyone are having a good week so far!

//Lan

Testing Tuesday!

Heya!

This Danny and this week I'll be the host of "Testing Tuesday" - or something like that. 

I'm guessing that the majority of the people between the ages of 20 till now grew up with Harry Potter and I guess most of us loved it. 

I have always loved Draco Malfoy and the  actor Tom Felton brought him perfectly to life. A long time ago (or more like half a year ago) I costested Draco. 

[I'm terribly sorry for the awful quality] 

Well? What do you think? I need to fix the wifg quite a lot but I'm kinda satisfied with the result. Soon I'll make a real cosplay of him. 

Till then -  enjoy these pictures!

//Danny

Making it Monday!

Ah yes another week. To make this dull m

Monday better I'll be posting a quick "tutorial" of how I made the skirt for one of my most recent cosplay projects I did together with Danny. Nico Yazawa from Love Live in her White Day outfit! I've been asked this question a lot so here goes! 

( This cosplay is 100% self made except for the shoes).

The skirt was the most annoying part of this cosplay. Mainly because of the lace at the bottom of the skirt. As you can see on the official picture, the skirt and the lace is connected. I couldn't find any tips or tutorial on how to make this. So to make the skirt as canon looking as possible I did this: 

(Sadly I will not be able to post any work in progress pictures as I didn't think of taking any photos while making this cosplay). 

First I of course, bought a lot of fabric. White and two shades of purple, light and then a bit darker. 

I made the base of the skirt(s) just like any other circle skirt. (For this I did not need a pattern as I already knew how to make one). I repeated this step three times. Once for each skirt. I also made the second (purple) skirt a tad bit longer than the first one (white). And the third (dark purple) longer than the second one (purple). 

Once I was done with all three of the skirts I started cutting out the required shape of the "lace". For this step I was very very careful as I was cutting directly onto the fabric of the skirts. 

Once satisfied with the results. I used clear nail polish to secure all the rough edges of the "lace". This took at least two hours. 

To finish the skirt I then sewed all three skirts together, white on top of the purple, purple on top of the dark purple. 

Because of the layers of the skirt I decided not to add a zipper as that would make the skirt look less poofy.  Instead I sewed on a snap button to be able to easily get in and out of the skirt. 

//Lan

Fanservice Friday. Lan edition?

Heya!
This is Lan again. For fanservice Friday I'll also be posting some pictures of me in a maid dress... I mean Nico.

These pictures were taken about two months ago at a mini convention here in Stockholm. I had forgotten my apron at home so Danny was a gentleman and let me borrow one <3.

Photo by: Ice of tin (I actually have no idea how to spell that...)

//Lan

Fanservice Friday

Maki at your service~

No, just kidding

A while ago I recived my Maki Nishikino - Maid version cosplay!

I really like this cosplay since it's both comfortable and good looking. 

//Danny

Random Thursday?

Hello again! 

I don't have so much time posting a post today so I'll do a popular tag-thingy. 

From the top to the left:

1. Normal - A normal selfie, no make up, scars and freckles. And of course funny hair colours. 

2. Cosplay - A regular cosplay picture of me and my friend (Ida/Dragon). I'm cosplaying Claire from Jurassic World. 

3. Female - Here I am cosplaying Jinx from Leauge of Legends. 

4. Male - Cosplaying Rick Grimes from the show The Walking Dead. 

//Danny

Wig Wednesday

Hello again!
This is Danny and today I'll talk about washing wigs which is a pretty big issue for some (including me 2 years ago) .

I'll keep it simple, so:
1. Grab the wig you want to wash/untangle 

This wig was used for Mami Tomoe and I kinda tortured it...

2. Pour some lukewarm water in a bucket.

3. Add some fabric softener. (You can use any brand)

4. Put the whole wig under water and let it stay in the bucket for a while. (a few minutes or so)

5. Pick up the wig and rinse it from the water with your hands.

6. Repeat the process (2-5) but without fabric softener. Aka only water.

7. Now lay a towel on the floor and put the wig (as untangled you can)

8. Let it dry and massage the wig through the towel so the wig is kinda dry.

9. Now start brushing from the tips to the roots with a metal brush.

This is how my wig turned out. I also cut off the roughest tips.

Instead of fabric softener you can use conditioner but I would highly recommend the fabric softener since it makes the whole wig so soft! You can also pour in some shampoo or soap if the wig is really dirty.  

//Danny

Testing Tuesday?

Heya! This is Lan speaking.

I guess this is supposed to be Testing Tuesday. The day of the week where we share all sorts of new things we've "tested". For example; new products, makeup, cosplays, costests, new clothes and so on.

So for today I've decided to post some pictures of one of my most recent costests I did together with one of my close friends about seven weeks ago. Sorry, it's pretty old but I've been way too lazy for cosplay lately </3.




















This costest is of one of my favourite characters ever. She is called Nekoyama Suzu and she's from a shoujo ai called Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san. Nekoyama is described as a a shy tsundere with a cat like personality who loves dogs. If you haven't seen this anime yet you definitely should!

I'm actually really satisfied with how this costest turned out. Nekoyamas hair is so cute so it was a lot of fun trying to style my wig into it.
Hopefully I'll be able to cosplay her for reals sometime soon.

//Lan

Making it Monday

Hello!
Me and Lan were thinking about starting a "Making it Monday" where we share how we make our cosplays. I must remind you that neither of Lan and me are professional sewers (not drains, the dress etc makers) but hopefully you'll get some kind of help by seeing our posts.

I'm currently working on my Anna cosplay and even though I have not come very far into the process I think that it's starting to look pretty good.

I used a rubber band around my waist so the skirt will be easy to put on and off. The only thing you need to do is to take about 2 inches of fabric from the top of the dress and sew along the edge . This will create a "pocket" along with the dresses waist. Now you'll take the rubber band (you can use any kind of band, it just have to be elastic) and attach a safety pin to it. The safety pin will help you moving the band inside of the "pocket" since it's bigger than the end of the band. When you have put your band through the whole "pocket" you tie the ends together and it's done!

As for the bottom of the shirt it's important that you zigzagging the fabric half an inch or so. This applies to everything you make but if you use the same kind of fabric that I use you defiantly need to. (I used a polyester blackout fabric) 

  For the corset I use a black fabric that has almost no stretch at all. I embroider the flower patterns she has on the front with a cotton thread. To secure the pattern I put some fabric glue on the back of the pattern. This is actually not necessary if you are a good embroider (which I'm not).

For the golden bands she has around the corset's edges I use a golden silk band. On the inside of the corset I use interfacing to stiffen it more.

And that is about how as far I have come. Stay active for more later on! 

//Danny

Disclaimer: The corset I write about is not actually a corset, I just call it that because that is the closest thing I can think of.