Right so it was a while ago that I first got into Homestuck and I wanted to cosplay it straight away but I didn't know where to start.Looking through the tutorials out there, many were either too complicated or way too expensive.
If all goes to plan this blog will provide simple but effective cosplay ideas, tutorials, hints, tips and general help for all Homestuck cosplayers out there.
Feel free to ask and submit anything!
Anonymous asked: I'm just wondering, would it be okay to cosplay a troll and not use contacts? I am wanting to cosplay Gamzee or a young GHB but I can't afford any colored contacts.
Of course!
I’d like to put a point across that contacts are never essential for any cosplay, sure they add an extra touch to it but they are in no way needed. You will not be looked down on for not wearing contacts!
-Tasha
Anonymous asked: HELP! For meenah's 2x3trident, how would you make it?I just dont want it to look like crap...
We’ve posted a tutorial here before for a Feferi 2x3dent which you could use here
The aging process that they use isn’t necessary but it all depends on how you want it to look in the end!
hi! i hope this is more helpful than confusing. I made you a diagram!
FRONT: Parted more to one side, large bang and small bang, plus 2 sideburn-esque bangs.
SIDELEFT: 3 dominate spikes, everything else is just fluffed w/ hairspray. (Not all directly beneath eachother, however, spread em out in more of a… zig zag).
My girlfriend also did a little ahoge though not sure you can really tell in pictures.
SIDERIGHT: 2 dominate spikes, major fluffing action going on hereAWAYWAYS: the back isn’t really anything special ! We modeled it after Sasuke Uchiha’s duckbutt hair mostly. It flows a little away from the part, however. More outwards.
Couple notes:
- use bobby pins to separate where you want the spikes
- use your own head as MUCH as you can, since you have a unique face from a wig head !!!
- you’ll need to trim the bangs and spikes should they get too long, always trim the bangs while wearing the wig, or have someone help. Remember to cut long first because you can always cut shorter. Wig hair doesn’t grow back.
- I use Got2B Freeze Hairspray and Got2B Glued Styling wax. Mostly the hairspray. The wax was used for the sideburnbangs/the tips of the spikes.
- The wig this is based off is Magnum in Ash Blond from Arda.
Hope it helped!! UwU
Anonymous asked: i just wanted to say that this blog has been so helpful! you post a lot of tutorials so i don't have to search for things like other blogs, so thank you so much for that :)
You’re welcome, just glad that we can be of help!
ironicbronie asked: I need a good wig for a Dirk Strider Cosplay but I cant style one and I cant seem to find anything right enough. Do you have any help to offer? I would be so greatful if you did!
This is meant to be a Final Fantasy wig but in my opinion, I think it would work pretty well as a Dirk wig too, it even has the spikes already styled in so you don’t have to do anything for it.
-Tasha
(Submitting my question because I have a link)
Would this wig be okay to use for a Nepeta cosplay as well as for Aranea?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/summer-begins-New-Short-Cosplay-Party-Black-Wig-/160633665550?pt=US_CSA_MWA_Wigs_Extensions&hash=item256683380e
(I’ve found one on auction that I think I might try to get because it’s fairly inexpensive)
Obviously it doesn’t flip out but in unlike Nepeta’s hair, but I could probably do that with low heat appliances or stay-in curlers. For Aranea I was thinking to curl it a bit, to give it a messier look, and to make the front bits a little evener with the back.
What do you think? :3 And are there any other possibilities for me? Thanks!!
If you flipped out the ends then it would definitely make a good Nepeta wig but I’m questioning how well it would work for Aranea. It could work, if as you say, you make it messier but I would be concerned about the fringe being too long.
This wig is a little shorter but would be more applicable to both characters, you could easily style it for both of them but I’m sure you could make the other one work too!
Good luck with whatever one you pick!
-Tasha
Anonymous asked: Hello! I'm going to be cosplaying as 50's Roxy for Sockhopstuck. I'm planning on making a poodle skirt with her symbol on it. Any advice for the skirt color?
Pink to match her text colour!
Or if you wouldn’t mind something a little less 50s-kosher, go with a clear vinyl overskirt (with boning, to keep a conical structure) with swirly taffeta underneath. Voila, martini skirt.
-J
sassy-gay-hawkeye asked: I have no idea how to make Meenah's long braids! Any tips or tutorials?
Two ways of going about this:
1: Obtain a long wig and chop most of it off, leaving enough to make two braids.
2: Obtain a short wig, style it to look like most of her hair. Obtain braid-in or weave-in extensions (dreads, if you’re interested), braid those. To attach, either braid into the wig itself (for braid-ins) or look up how to add wefts to a wig (for weave-ins).
-J
Well, I suppose it’s about time I post this here.
My sword for my Mindfang cosplay that I mostly completed. I think I will remake it soon, probably with some thicker plexiglass and more than one LED.
The costume also needs quite a few modifications so I think I’ll wait on posting that for a while
The handle is made of a few yard sprinkler parts from Home Depo, and the detail stuff is Model Magic.
So you can rightfully assume that it isn’t all that strong. For one thing, the plexiglass is NOT strong at all. I used a thinner sheet and I should have made it thicker.
I used a simple LED circuit with a small battery that fit perfectly in the bottom base of the sprinkler riser. If I do it again, I will either use a brighter LED or multiple small ones.
As of right now, I’m okay with it. The light reaches through most of the sword, and to be honest the picture doesn’t do it justice at all.
Also…
PLEASE IGNORE THE CRAPPY BATHROOM PIC. I mostly wanted to show the completed horns that I made and the ratio of the sword to my body. It was the room with the best lighting. Meh.
Associated Instructables link for light-up swords.
A bit of commentary (and some more commentary) on the process from strangeling on the MSPA Forums.
Feferi Trident Tutorial!!! :] :] :]
Hai! So uhh I’m just gonna jump right into it then A trident tutorial!!! for Feferi Peixes
Preview of your goal:
I’ve been thinking of posting this for a while now I hope you find it helpful at least a little! Sorry it’s a little patchy I wasn’t to aware that I would make a tutorial when I made the trident so I just added in a lot of new photos and gifs XD
Now click the link and go farther into the world of Trident making!
VRISKA GOD TIER HOOD TUTORIAL
WEEOOWEEOOWEEOO
ABOUT TIME I FINALLY DID THIS TUTORIAL
LETS DO IT
Recommend stuffing the tail of the hood to give it some shape, a la adebimpe’s Seer hood tutorial. Pack the polyfill densely into the tip to fill out the shape, and more loosely near the middle of the hood.
-J
i didn’t use a pattern! it is honestly such a simple design that you don’t really need one if you have a good idea of your own measurements and basic sewing skills. here’s what i did. i said i wouldn’t get carried away into a tutorial and then………… i did. OOPS.
here is the hi-res, because i have a feeling tumblr’s pretty much going to eat that image.
i hope that helps!! let me know if you have any other questions (that goes to anyone seeing this and making a seer robe)!
hi-res here. this file is huge.
continuing on from the seer robe guide i posted a couple of days ago, here is a hood tutorial for the many of you that asked! this is written as though you are making a hood for the seer class, but it is easily modifiable for other classes like maid, thief,…
THE ORIGINAL BEN NYE HOMESTUCK TROLL MAKEUP TUTORIAL
It’s the same tutorial you’ve seen in my Youtube video description and on the MSPA forums, but somehow I never got around to putting it on Tumblr!
Let’s fix that, shall we? Yay for recycled content! And I even went and updated the text a little bit to make more sense now. This was written about a year ago, after all, and Hamsteak cosplay has EXPLODED since then.
Click “Read More” for the full tutorial.
Howdy y’all!! Here’s my tutorial for simple dog ears~~ ;u;
What you’ll need:
- Choice fabrics (this works better with thicker fabrics such as fleece, furs, plush & velboa but thin should work just as well, just aim for some that is soft!)
- Hot glue gun
- Scissors
- Pipe cleaners (yes…
