Some questions?

In the last time I got some questions about the materials I use. It's hard for me, to find the right meaning or the right words for a specific material, because I just don't know if it's the right one or not. So, I want to show you some pictures!

Paper mache and modeling clay:

You see, paper mache is this stuff, which needs a bit water to become a sticky compound. The modeling clay I use is from the brand Efaplast and is very lightweight and easy to work with. But it also dries very fast and is very breakable.

Expanding foam:

I guess, you don't have my brand in your country. I use expanding foam from Lugato, because it's just the cheapest I could find. I heard in the US it calls great stuff. And as you can see, it's in a pressurized can.

Crepe tape:

It's just the stuff you use, if you want to paint your room. The brand doesn't matter.

I odered my Wonderflex on www.cosplaysupplies.com and if you live in Germany, you can try it on www.mycostumes.de.

For my makeup I use Kryolan Supracolor. Also if it's not perfect, I'm very satiesfied with the finish results.

And since my Aion plate set I use a body suit for the blue skin color. It's much more comfortable and easier to wear than real make up.

Now I'm working on a new sword for a cosplay skit: (Flarestorm's Sword from Aion)

This time I used balsa wood and insulation foam for the base. I'll need this weapon for a fight cosplay skit, so it's just perfect because it's very lightweight. And I'm very free and my work again. Sure, I often wish to be able to use wood or materials like Sintra or just something new. But I don't have the money to import something special from the US or have the space for new tools. It's a bit depressing, but I hope this will change soon.

As you can see, I used expanding foam to cover the wooden staff and to model this dragon head on the sword. Now I still have to find a better material than paper mache to cover it. It need something that is lighter but firmer.

















And last weekend I finally wore my Aion cloth set costume:

It was very comfortable and so diffrent then a Warcraft costume. He he, and I felt so girlish. Yeah, I really like it and to hope to get a photoshoot soon, but the weather in Germany is just so bad!

And I got some very nice new Tier 8 picutres from Squirrel of Doom. Thank you for your awesome work!

By the way: I have an facebook account now:

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So, follow me!

Thank you for reading!

Some questions?

In the last time I got some questions about the materials I use. It's hard for me, to find the right meaning or the right words for a specific material, because I just don't know if it's the right one or not. So, I want to show you some pictures!

Paper mache and modeling clay:

You see, paper mache is this stuff, which needs a bit water to become a sticky compound. The modeling clay I use is from the brand Efaplast and is very lightweight and easy to work with. But it also dries very fast and is very breakable.

Expanding foam:

I guess, you don't have my brand in your country. I use expanding foam from Lugato, because it's just the cheapest I could find. I heard in the US it calls great stuff. And as you can see, it's in a pressurized can.

Crepe tape:

It's just the stuff you use, if you want to paint your room. The brand doesn't matter.

I odered my Wonderflex on www.cosplaysupplies.com and if you live in Germany, you can try it on www.mycostumes.de.

For my makeup I use Kryolan Supracolor. Also if it's not perfect, I'm very satiesfied with the finish results.

And since my Aion plate set I use a body suit for the blue skin color. It's much more comfortable and easier to wear than real make up.

Now I'm working on a new sword for a cosplay skit: (Flarestorm's Sword from Aion)

This time I used balsa wood and insulation foam for the base. I'll need this weapon for a fight cosplay skit, so it's just perfect because it's very lightweight. And I'm very free and my work again. Sure, I often wish to be able to use wood or materials like Sintra or just something new. But I don't have the money to import something special from the US or have the space for new tools. It's a bit depressing, but I hope this will change soon.

As you can see, I used expanding foam to cover the wooden staff and to model this dragon head on the sword. Now I still have to find a better material than paper mache to cover it. It need something that is lighter but firmer.

















And last weekend I finally wore my Aion cloth set costume:

It was very comfortable and so diffrent then a Warcraft costume. He he, and I felt so girlish. Yeah, I really like it and to hope to get a photoshoot soon, but the weather in Germany is just so bad!

And I got some very nice new Tier 8 picutres from Squirrel of Doom. Thank you for your awesome work!

By the way: I have an facebook account now:

Svetlana Quindt | Erstelle dein Profilbanner


So, follow me!

Thank you for reading!

I'm a princess!

In the last few weeks I worked on a further costume: My Elyos cloth set from Aion - Tower of Eternity.

After finishing all of these costumes, which I tried to make them as original and accurate as possible I just searched for some fun. So, I just sat at my sewing machine, looked a lot of different movies on TV or heared some crazy music, and enjoyed the progress of making a costume. I didn't care much about the reference or tried to make it perfect. My only goal was having fun and getting a nice dress at the end. So, here is the progress!

Like all of my costumes, this also started with sewing some quares of fabric together. I'm really bad at this job, and have no idea of fabrics, patterns or techniques, but I always try to do my best and never give up. And as everytime I didn't use any patterns, so I'm really proud of finding the right way for this costume.

Here you see my top in a complicated form. In the middle is the back part and left and right you'll find a bra cup.

This is one of my sleeves and I guess, you can see, how much fun I had by creating this costume, he he!

And this is my head piece. I couldn't find good references for the ingame models so I designed one by myself. But I guess, it fits really well!

And now... it's done!
I love how shiny and glittering it turned out to be at the end and I really had a lof of fun sewing this, dispite of me not being a big fan of sewing. But it was awesome to be really free, also if it's not really similar to the reference. I don't really care about this and I'm looking forward to the next con in two weeks, when I'm able to wear this and for the final photoshooting. And then, I hope to finish my staff I began to build but didn't manage to finish in time. 

I'm a princess!

In the last few weeks I worked on a further costume: My Elyos cloth set from Aion - Tower of Eternity.

After finishing all of these costumes, which I tried to make them as original and accurate as possible I just searched for some fun. So, I just sat at my sewing machine, looked a lot of different movies on TV or heared some crazy music, and enjoyed the progress of making a costume. I didn't care much about the reference or tried to make it perfect. My only goal was having fun and getting a nice dress at the end. So, here is the progress!

Like all of my costumes, this also started with sewing some quares of fabric together. I'm really bad at this job, and have no idea of fabrics, patterns or techniques, but I always try to do my best and never give up. And as everytime I didn't use any patterns, so I'm really proud of finding the right way for this costume.

Here you see my top in a complicated form. In the middle is the back part and left and right you'll find a bra cup.

This is one of my sleeves and I guess, you can see, how much fun I had by creating this costume, he he!

And this is my head piece. I couldn't find good references for the ingame models so I designed one by myself. But I guess, it fits really well!

And now... it's done!
I love how shiny and glittering it turned out to be at the end and I really had a lof of fun sewing this, dispite of me not being a big fan of sewing. But it was awesome to be really free, also if it's not really similar to the reference. I don't really care about this and I'm looking forward to the next con in two weeks, when I'm able to wear this and for the final photoshooting. And then, I hope to finish my staff I began to build but didn't manage to finish in time. 

Aion Costume Photoshoot

Unfortunately I had a long time to wait to see my Aion Asmodian costume done and so I was very excited to take a photoshoot with it. After some thinking about the right location for it we finally found an awesome looking castle ruin near Nuremberg. So, I prepared and repaired my cosplay and hoped for a good weather. And I have to say, it was amazing! The weather was perfect, the location was really awesome and our both photographers did a great job!

So... just take a look:

You will find the rest of the pictures on my cosplay.com gallery.

He he, and if you are interrested, here is our cosplay skit in this costume. I wish you a lot of fun!



Btw: We didn't need to act a lot!

And now... I will keep on working on my Druid Tier 8 set, my Elyos cloth set and my Bayonetta costume, he he! Oh... and there are some weapons still waiting! So... will not be bored!

Aion Costume Photoshoot

Unfortunately I had a long time to wait to see my Aion Asmodian costume done and so I was very excited to take a photoshoot with it. After some thinking about the right location for it we finally found an awesome looking castle ruin near Nuremberg. So, I prepared and repaired my cosplay and hoped for a good weather. And I have to say, it was amazing! The weather was perfect, the location was really awesome and our both photographers did a great job!

So... just take a look:

You will find the rest of the pictures on my cosplay.com gallery.

He he, and if you are interrested, here is our cosplay skit in this costume. I wish you a lot of fun!



Btw: We didn't need to act a lot!

And now... I will keep on working on my Druid Tier 8 set, my Elyos cloth set and my Bayonetta costume, he he! Oh... and there are some weapons still waiting! So... will not be bored!