Wonder Woman: Cosplay Progress

This may be the most time I’ve ever given myself to complete a cosplay project. I have about three months to complete four costumes for Kokomo Con.

Technically, we are getting ready for two cons. I’m currently fixing pieces for our Vikings cosplay for GenCon. My son’s axe broke and I have to remake the head out of wood or foam.

I made the mistake of not saudering the openings of my chainmail, so now I get to go back and do that or more links will fall off.

Debating keeping the dreads. They kind of look like Lagertha’s hair.

As far as the Wonder Woman cosplay goes, we don’t have much done. We’ve bought some fabric and patterns that we can alter. It’s a slow process. I feel like the older I get the slower things get done. I used to be able to cut patterns in one evening or one day, and so far I’ve been cutting patterns for three days straight. It doesn’t help that I have Supernatural playing in the background to distract me, but in my defense, I devoured four seasons of that show during the Labyrinth cosplay and got done on time.

Seriously, you just move slower in your 30’s people. So give yourself more time as you get older.

This will be the first time my son doesn’t group cosplay with us. I’m so sad. But he didn’t want to be an Amazonian. lol

 

Ah … good times …

He has decided to be Ash from Pokemon. At least it’s an easy costume. I’ll only be sewing the shirt and tweaking some gloves. Everything else can be ordered. He already has a Pikachu, which, true to character, goes with him everywhere, so he’ll be really dirty by the con.

I am going as Queen Hippolyta. My sister will be Antiope, and my friend Donna will be Menalippe.

It has taken us weeks just to gather decent source material to reference from. We have the dolls for Antiope and Hippolyta. No doll for Menalippe, but she does have an action figure we are debating getting.

This is the first time we’ve cosplayed something before it came out on dvd. So we can’t play the pause the show game.

A thorough study of the costumes has revealed a lot of similarities and repeating patterns in each costume, which will make it easy to reuse patterns. That should speed things up. They look very different, but the designs are very similar. Stare closely and you’ll see it too.

Sorry no pictures, but I don’t think you guys are interested in a pile of fabric and patterns. Next week should have something to show.

Cosplay/Film Progress

Hey, guys, just wanted to give you an update on how things have been going.
I’ve been busy … too busy.

While I wait for a filming date on my current project, I auditioned for two more roles, one being a GOT parody. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I also got my dreads put in. I think they look awesome.

As far as cosplay, I’m going to Gen Con in August and Kokomo con in October, so I might have to put my Wonder Woman cosplay on the back burner to sew Rylee a new Bjorn shirt and fix my chainmail for my Lagertha cosplay.

And how is that Wonder Woman costume coming, you might ask. Slow. Very slow. I’ve never worked with EVA foam, so I cut out my shield. That’s it. I’m also attempting to use foam to fix my son’s axe that broke at Kokomo con.

In the meantime, sis and I have been hitting the gym hard to get our warrior bods. The gym doesn’t leave much time for anything else, including sewing.

While I should be working on my foam shield, I decided to teach my son how to make props and costumes. He cut the gloves for his Ash costume and I started teaching him how to make shields. This is going to be a Captain America shield.

This week, I’m going to try to get some real progress done on the Wonder Woman cosplay. Between acting, the gym, my son’s Karate and camp, holidays, and work, it’s hard to make time, but we always seem to get our costumes done last minute.