CosLog 5!

Hello everyone!
So instead of separating everything in two separate posts I am going to shove everything I have done in the last three days in one post and it will be magically long and mostly coffee fueled. So buckle the fuck up and get ready for some cosplay progress. 

First, I put together my Kiki dress and located shoes, so her entire costume is done because I have the bag and the broom already. I am in the process of sewing a Jiji doll as I am typing this (mad multitask skills) so that will finish up the entire costume. For anyone who is wondering my dress is made of broadcloth, the shoes are just red flats, the wig was Cindy 1B from The Wizards Chest and the bow is a piece of fabric, tied and glued onto a headband. Here is a really shitty bathroom mirror picture that will have to suffice until I have my mom take pictures of everything tomorrow. 

Next, this is Boba Fett. All of the armor is done in 6mm craft foam, coated in gesso, and then painting with acrylic paints. Then it was hot glued into place while it was on my body. It was hot and not fun, but it is done which is awesome. I also have pants and a brown belt that are being finished up right now. I have not found knee pads and I might just go without them because at this point screw it, the thing looks awesome and I look hella rad. Here is a picture!

I also weathered all of my armor for the blood elf. Weathering makes a huge difference in adding depth to your costumes without too much work. It gives your costume a used look and adds profile to it when taking pictures. Also, when you weather, you can alter the character of your armor. In my case I made mine look more like I came out of a game by making my black lines nice and harsh along the details, as if I walked off a computer screen. Here is a picture of the difference between weathering and not weathering. 

And, as I finish typing this, I finished Jiji. He is made mostly of  old tee shirt but he is super cool and incredibly cute. Here is a picture of my new little kitty friend. 

As I said, this was long, but everything is done. I hope you all enjoyed this. Next will be good pictures of everything and then pictures from the convention! Yay. 

Keep cosplaying my lovelies.

--Max