Name: The Costume Making Guide
Brand: F&W Publications/Northlight
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Get ready to impress ordinary mortals with your superhuman costume-making skills. No matter what your experience level, internationally known cosplayer Kamui Cosplay (also known as Svetlana Quindt) can teach you how to easily create elaborate costumes and successful props out of items from your local arts and crafts or hardware store. 

  *The Costume Making Guide* is the first full step-by-step technique book on cosplay &mdash; with no sewing! Turn foam into a realistic ax, create a breastplate from scratch, and use a glue gun to modify just about anything. You'll even learn the best and most accessible techniques for working with specialty cosplay materials such as Worbla. 
   
  Packed with more than 30 step-by-step demonstrations that teach the skills of bringing your favorite characters to life no matter the genre, Kamui Cosplay deconstructs the work that goes into making a complete costume, from the first thought to the final photo. Tutorials cover design planning, fabricating body armor, 3D painting techniques, and more. Best of all, you can adapt every lesson to use in future fandom projects spanning video games, books, anime, movies &mdash; even your own original characters. 
 
   *The Costume Making Guide* includes the following: 
  
-   How to choose a costume and find good reference art 
-   A short shopping list of necessary materials and tools for beginning cosplayers 
-   Basic safety tips 
-   A beautiful photo gallery featuring inspiring images from other cosplayers 
-   Next steps — how to grow your workshop, take professional photos, participate in contests, and join the cosplay community 
  
  Author &mdash; Kamui Cosplay. 
  
  Paperback. 128 pages. 8-1/4&quot; &times; 11&quot; (21 cm &times; 28 cm).




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The Costume Making Guide Creating Armor and Props for Cosplay

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Step into your favorite fictional character’s shoes with *Cosplay Crash Course*. A combination of the words “costume play,” cosplay is a type of performance art in which participants (or cosplayers) wear costumes to look like a character from popular culture, including video games, comics, and movies. 

Some cosplayers create their own costumes and accessories — that’s where *Cosplay Crash Course* comes in. This beginner’s guide is filled with tips and techniques from nine international cosplay artists. Learn how to turn fabrics, toys, thermoplastics, wigs, and other materials into realistic costumes with step-by-step instructions.

It contains over 25 projects for creating authentic-looking props, costumes, and accessories, including metallic armor, wicked horns, and lifelike claws. Skip through years of trial and error and create comfortable, wearable pieces using the best fabrics and adhesives.

Author — Mina Petrovic.

Paperback. 128 pages. 8" x 11".

Step into your favorite fictional character’s shoes with *Cosplay Crash Course*. This beginner's guide It contains over 25 projects for creating authentic-looking props, costumes, and accessories. Skip through years of trial and error and create comfortable, wearable pieces using the best fabrics and adhesives. Author — Mina Petrovic.

Get ready to impress ordinary mortals with your superhuman costume-making skills. *The Costume Making Guide* shares how to create elaborate costumes and successful props out of items from your local arts and craft or hardware store. Kamui Cosplay. Paperback. 128 pages.

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Get ready to impress ordinary mortals with your superhuman costume-making skills. *The Costume Making Guide* shares how to create elaborate costumes and successful props out of items from your local arts and craft or hardware store. Kamui Cosplay. Paperback. 128 pages. Author — Kamui Cosplay.

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