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A Delightful Chefpunk Costume

August 23, 2024August 18, 2024Eppu1 Comment

The Glasgow Worldcon—known as A Worldcon for Our Futures—has been done and dusted for a couple of weeks now. Some buddies of mine went, but I didn’t. Instead, I’ve enjoyed reading various reports and stories, and looking at photos, of course.

For one, Olav Rokne made his Flickr album for the Masquerade 2024 available. Among the many fantastic photos and costumes my favorite is Linda van der Pal’s chefpunk:

Flickr Olav Rokne Linda van der Pal Chefpunk

A chef, steampunk-style. Aaaah! So inventive and different! 😀

There are the requisite rivets, of course, and valves, dials, gauges, and piping, but also burner coils, a pan, a spatula, and plates (in another photo). What really stopped me in my tracks are the burner coils, though—so, it’s not just any generic steampunk gadget you strap onto your back, it’s a portable stove!

Flickr Olav Rokne Linda van der Pal Chefpunk Closeup

It looks like the stove might have been built from a cardboard box, but I haven’t been able to find the story behind this outfit to confirm. (If anyone knows, please share or link!) It would be interesting to hear details, for instance whether it’s feasible to carry anything inside the oven. So clever, though!

Do you have a favorite among the cosplays?

Images by Olav Rokne via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0): Chefpunk. Closeup of chefpunk.

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A Wondrous Jaina Proudmoore by Ibelinn Cosplay

June 12, 2024March 24, 2024Eppu

Ibelinn Cosplay from Norway made an absolutely astoundingly accurate cosplay outfit of Jaina Proudmoore. Take a look:

Everything looks like an exact match: the layers, the embellishments, the shading, the shapes—down to the stupid-awkward blocky shape of the World of Warcraft cloaks. It’s almost uncanny!

She shares more photos of her version of Jaina on Imgur, including the staff for the outfit, and more Ibelinn cosplays on Instagram. I highly encourage you to visit and admire!

Image by Ibelinn Cosplay via Imgur

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An Inventive Pine Cone Dress

October 11, 2023May 7, 2023Eppu

While browsing for cosplay and Halloween inspiration, I’ve seen pictures of some inventive plant outfits, including dandelions and mushrooms. Sheila’s pine cone dress takes the cake, however.

Red Shoes Red Wine Sheila Pine Cone Dress

The base layer is a black cotton dress, onto which she added about 300 individually painted felt scales. In addition to the paint job, Sheila stuffed about 200 scales with cotton balls for the skirt portion.

Red Shoes Red Wine Sheila Pine Cone Dress on Dressform

Tremendous, isn’t it? Apparently Sheila didn’t just decide to do a generic pine cone, she selected a pine variety local to her area. That meant sewing a citrine bead (to mimic the thorny bits) to the tip of each scale. That’s committing on an original design!

Visit Sheila’s blog for all the details.

Images by Sheila at Red Shoes. Red Wine.: In the park. On a dressform.

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Discovering Genderbent Ori Cosplays from The Hobbit

March 15, 2023December 4, 2022Eppu

The other day I fell into the rabbit hole of cosplay from Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. I was sure there’d be a lot, but I was surprised of how much there actually is. And so much of it exquisite! The cutest ones by far are female versions of Ori, the youngest Dwarf in Jackson’s movies. I found three. Lizard Leigh both made and modeled this detailed outfit:

AmeZaRain’s version of Ori was a group effort:

This unknown cosplayer…

… even looks a little like Adam Brown from the movies!

I do love how she included Ori’s notebook and quill; a very nice detail that’s also beautifully included in the photo.

Here’s Ori’s base costume on display for comparison:

Pinterest Sofia Ferreira Oris Costume on Display

They all did a great job invoking the essence of the character, didn’t they?

Images: Lizard Leigh’s Ori by Karina as Lazy Cat via Leigh’s Tumblr (frauleinninja). AmeZaRain’s Ori by Elemental Sight via AmeZaRain’s DeviantArt account. Unknown Ori cosplay by Alexander Turchanin on 500px. Ori portrait found via Chen on Pinterest. Ori’s costume on display found via Sofia Ferreira on Pinterest.

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DIY of Eowyn’s Camp Dress

October 5, 2022October 2, 2022Eppu

What a fantastic DIY cosplay of Eowyn’s camp dress from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies this is:

Cation Designs Cindy Eowyns Camp Dress Cosplay

Made and worn by Cindy at Cation Designs, photo by @captured.by.shirelle. You can read more about the construction process at Cindy’s blog.

One of the really creative solutions she came up with is to inexpensively bone the corselet with zip ties. Much easier to get than corset bones! Another trick Cindy uses is to buy solid-color cotton sateen sheets in good condition from the thrift store to use as costuming material. (I’d add thrift store curtains, but in those there’s much more variability of both quality of material and fiber content, so they might require more time to go through to find anything worthwhile. Then again, if you do find good panels, often there’s quite a bit of fabric.)

Cindy also made the flag herself from a pillowcase using acrylic paint and gold pens. It’s as staggeringly handsome as the costume. Here’s a closeup:

The spear is made from foam, duct tape, and a wooden dowel, and looks as fantastic as the rest of the outfit. Kudos all round!

Images: Eowyn cosplay at rocky landscape by @captured.by.shirelle via Cation Designs. Rohan banner by Cindy at Cation Designs.

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A World of Warcraft Druid Cosplay by Svetlana Quindt

August 5, 2022December 4, 2022Eppu

Svetlana Quindt at Kamui Cosplay makes seriously impressive cosplay outfits from scratch. Here are a few of her photos of the druid tier 9 set from World of Warcraft.

Her attention to detail is amazing! Take a look at the Making of photoset on Flickr for a sampling.

Flickr Svetlana Quindt Druid T9 Vest Progress

And because merely sewing an intricate costume wouldn’t be enough, Quindt has embedded LED lights into some of the gems.

Flickr Svetlana Quindt Druid T9 Skirt w Gems

A staff, of course, is included.

OMG, there’s even a little pouch built into the shoulder piece! I’m afraid I’m way too impatient to make anything this detailed, even if I looked like an Elf… Although, the Dwarven females look about the right height for me if I squint hard. LOL! 🙂

Quindt has written blog posts on the build process, available at the Kamui Cosplay website.

Images: Druid tier 9 costume by Svetlana Quindt: With flute. Making the vest. Skirt with gems. With staff.

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Native American Cosplay of Captain America

October 12, 2020November 2, 2025Eppu

Casey (otherwise known as hot.glue.burns on Instagram) made a Native American variant of Captain America’s costume for the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con. And the cosplay is both inventive and gorgeous!

Casey (hot.glue.burns on *Instagram*); found via *Good Stuff Happened Today on Tumblr*

Poster Cosplay in America has copied & pasted some of Casey’s thoughts:

“I originally brainstormed this costume in late 2015, but I really started rolling on production this last year, once I committed to this years SDCC… My main goal was to make a Native American variant of a fan-favorite character. I was immediately drawn to Captain America because of everything he symbolizes as basically the poster boy of a nation. To me it was the perfect parallel. And once I visualized the red and white bone breastplate on my abdomen, I knew this was something I had to see through.

“A lot of old school leather work with the awl! The majority of the armor was made from a base of 6mm EVA foam with 3 oz deer hide glued over it. The pieces were then stitched together with sinew or leather lace. Using this technique allowed me to form curves and build the necessary bulk of the armor pieces while also getting the suede textures I was looking for. And a whole lot of beading!”

Found via Good Stuff Happened Today on Tumblr.

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!

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Disney Princess Cosplayers Wearing Mandalorian Armor

May 1, 2019April 21, 2019Eppu1 Comment

Ooh—I knew cosplayers were an ingenious group, but this is awesome: cosplayers portray Disney princesses in Boba Fett -like armor:

Oh my goodness, the leaf detailing on the Pocahontas / Fett helmet! And the detailing in general—love it!

The photography is credited to Jonathan York who posts his photos as York In A Box. I haven’t been to confirm it, since Facebook has been glitching for me for some reason. It would’ve been great to read more about the setup and the individual cosplayers’ thoughts.

(I did some searching elsewhere, too, but my google fu fails me for the moment. If you can find a different link, please share!)

Found via Queens-of-Cosplay on Tumblr.

Images by Jonathan York / York In A Box via Tumblr.

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A Wonder Woman – Renaissance Garb Crossover

May 22, 2018November 16, 2025Eppu

Jenn at Ms. Makes mashed up Wonder Woman and Renaissance garb with brilliant results:

Instagram Msjennmakes Wonder Woman Renaissance Full — Ms. Jenn Makes on Instagram; photo by Angela (wanderings_in_wonderland).

Instagram Msjennmakes Wonder Woman Renaissance Portrait — Ms. Jenn Makes on Instagram; photo by Angela (wanderings_in_wonderland).

It’s a version of late fifteenth century Florentine dress. Jenn describes the details:

“The outfit is based on those common in 1490’s Florence, largely documented by Domenico Ghirlandaio, and consists of a camicia, side lacing gamurra (with bead and sequin embellished neckline decoration), a set of tie on sleeves (also embellished), a velvet giornea, and a #tambourbeading embellished and faux leather belt! Other accessories include a lasso holder, faux hair braid, and a diadem […]”

She also shared some details of the costume, like the beaded collar piece…

Instagram Msjennmakes Wonder Woman Renaissance Neck Beading — Ms. Jenn Makes on Instagram.

…and detachable sleeves, lined, with another set of embellishments from Wonder Woman’s costume:

Instagram Msjennmakes Wonder Woman Renaissance Sleeves — Ms. Jenn Makes on Instagram.

Absolutely breathtaking! Jenn mentions using a beading technique called tambour beading, which I hadn’t heard of before. I just love learning new things from my fellow textile geeks!

Visit Jenn’s Instagram for more views and details or the Ms. Makes website for more sewing talk and tips.

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Images from Instagram: full view and portrait by Angela (wanderings_in_wonderland) via Ms. Jenn Makes. Collar detail and sleeves by Ms. Jenn Makes.

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