Tutorials, Tips and Articles
TUTORIALS. TIPS AND ARTICLES
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WIGS
- A basic guide to wig wear and care
- Where to I buy my base wigs
- Hard core versus soft core wig spikes
- Seven wig wear tips
- How and Why to hang a wig upside down for styling
Spikes
Volume
- Generating wig volume via braiding
- Adding volume to a wig with wefts
- How to make sew in wefts out of excess wig fibres
- A method for sewing in wig wefts
- Latch-hooking jumbo braid into a wig for volume
- Attaching sew on wefts to a wig without sewing
Dyeing
- Gradient dyeing a wig with iDye Poly
- How to dye a wig with iDye Poly
- Fast, easy and washoutable method for colouring wig roots
- Dyeing a wig with Turmeric
Partings and hairlines
- Moving a wig skin top (1)
- Moving a wig skin top (2)
- Using lace closures to extend wig partings
- How to create a fake glue hairline with Pattex
Transport
- How to pack a Nomes Cosplay spiky boi wig by Cosplay Minney
- How to make a cardboard wig box (includes a drawer for easy access)
Cores
- How to make drill curls
- Stabilizing wobbly wig cores
- How to add wig hair to a wig spike core
- Tips for applying hair to a wig core
Characters
- Styling a Sora from Kingdom Hearts wig (WiPs)
- Styling a Prompto from Final Fantasy XV wig (WiPs)
- Styling a Jaune from RWBY wig
- Styling a Lulu from League of Legends wig
- Styling a Mercy from Overwatch wig
- Styling a 4th Doctor from Doctor Who wig
- Styling an Aqua from Kingdom Hearts wig
- Styling a James Sunderland from Silent Hill 2 wig
- The stages of styling a Super Saiyan Goku wig
- How to style a Joseph Joestar wig
- How to style a Jolyne Cujoh wig
- Len Kagamine wig styling timelapse
- How to style a Leon Kennedy wig
- How to style a Jolyne Kujoh wig
- How to style a Joseph Joestar wig
COSTUME TIPS
- Open chest binding
- Making and attaching small cosplay wings
- Personalising a costume OR What is cosplay accuracy?:
- Embellishing a bought or old costume
- An easy way to add seam allowances to sewing patterns
- Free pattern to make a hollow foam dome
- Planning a costume? Make a mood board
Character specific costume tips
- Choosing materials for a costume (Attack on Titan as an example)
- Part 1: The making of Greed from Fullmetal Alchemist (Vest)
- Part 2: The making of Greed from Fullmetal Alchemist (Trousers)
- Part 3: The making of Greed from Fullmetal Alchemist (Undershirt)
- Part 4: The making of Greed from Fullmetal Alchemist (prosthetics)
- The making of a ride on Chocobo (Final Fantasy) prop
- How to make Saiyan armour
- Making of Zack Fair and Cosplay Strife (FFVII: Crisis Core)
COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS
- Self esteem vs other esteem
- Cosplay: A great connector
- Every journey starts with a first step
- Make up and privilege
- The power of leaving someone a comment
- Can you make or style a cosplay wig on a budget?
- A history of modern wigs
- The cost of cosplay wigs
- The power of placebo
- Eco-cosplay: even a small change helps
- Cosplay and disability
- The power of perspective
- You are not in direct competition with other cosplayers
- Sharing knowledge and showing gratitude
- You don’t need to apologise for not posting to social media
- Choosing content for social media
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HOW TO GAIN LIKES AND BE COS-FAMOOSE!!!
(A.k.a. A few musings on how to grow a facebook page organically without spending money, irritating people or shooting yourself in the foot)