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Here are my cosplans for 2017!  Ruby Moon (G-Anime 2017), Akari Acura (Costume Con 2017), Kougyoku (Anime North 2017), WCS costume (Otakuthon 2017), Nausicaa (Possibly Otakuthon 2017), Saber Lily (Possibly Anime North 2017), Princess Zelda (Possibly Coticon 2017).

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2016 has passed so let’s take a look at my year in review!  I managed to make myself seven costumes (Yuuko - Kari) and bought three (Love Live).  Hopefully 2017 will be just as fruitful (with more Love Live because I am Idol trash)!

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How to make felt wings

You can make angel wings in a lot of ways and this is how I made a pair out of felt for my latest cosplay. This technique is fairly simple but takes a lot of time.

I started by drawing the shape of one wing on a piece of paper (One wing was for me around 33x26 cm). It is a good idea to also draw out how you want the feathers to be on the paper wing so you can get a hint on how big they should be.

For the feathers I used white hobby felt that I cut out in to six different sizes. This step is by far the most time consuming (it take a lot of time!) and I highly recommend making a pattern of the feathers in cardboard to make the process easier. I made around 600 feathers in total to cover back and front on both wings.

To make the feathers more stiff it is a good idea to coat them with mod podge. Just one coat makes a lot of difference and help the wings keep its shape. (I did not do this step with the smallest feathers since they did not need to be stiff).

To see how I wanted the formation of the feathers I placed them out on the paper wing and took a photo so I could check it later on.

For the base of the wings I cut out the shape of the wing in craft foam. Since I wanted the small feathers on the upper part of the wings to be a bit higher up I glued on some extra craft foam there.  

To hold the base up I used some black worbla that I twisted the lower part of to give them some angle so they didn’t lay flat. To make sure no color show between the feathers everything was painted white and a stripe of felt was glued over the worbla.

Next I started to glue the first row of feathers to each other. Since I did not want to glue them direcly on the foam wing yet I used needles to help mark the placement of the feathers on the next couple of layers.

When I was done gluing the bigger feathers together I took the foam base away and used some transparent paper to draw out the shape of all the feathers except the first row.

I then placed the paper over the foam base and made dots where the inner corners where the feathers on the lower row met. I then draw a line above it and cut along it. This was made because I realised that the felt feathers where a bit see through and the shape of the foam base could be seen. Higher up it were more feathers and harder to see it.

The base was glued to the feathers and was then flipped over and feathers where glued to that side as well.

For my cosplay I needed red stones on the wings. I used two glass prism, black worbla and some red and gold paint to make them. However this made the wings heavier then they needed to be so if you are making something like this, try to use a lighter material for this part.

And they are done! Time consuming but really light (even with the stones) and easy to make.

~Bubblefish

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Our first official cover under the name +Chip!…Our wonderful Rin performing her solo! (=｀ω´=)

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Valkyrie Profile 2 Alicia and Silmeria’s story.. Full set

Alicia by @mae-gwyn Silmeria by @banditspurs

Photography by Narcissus Photography

Both wigs are from @ardawigscanada

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It’s joke!

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Valkyrie Profile 2 Alicia and Silmeria’s story..

Alicia by @mae-gwyn Silmeria by @banditspurs

Photography by Narcissus Photography

Both wigs are from @ardawigscanada

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I feel so freaking cute as my waifu!  Kotori is such a precious little birb omg!

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So pretty!!!  I am very tempted to cosplay this! :D

An elegant weapon for a more civilized age Because everything needs a Regency AU - Prints on Society6

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I feel so elf-like when I wear this cosplay!  I love LOTR and Arwen has been on my cosplay list for a long time!  I ope to be able to make more of her costumes in the future!  Thanks to @soulfool-photography for this wonderful shot!

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Throwback Thursday to when I cosplayed Pocahontas!  Photo taken by @banditspurs

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I finished my Digimon Tri Kari cosplay a couple weeks ago!  I will most likely wear her to Animara Con in Sherbrooke, hopefully with @banditspurs as my Angewomon!

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Here is a little teaser of the crazy wings I made for the Canadian World Cosplay Summit Finals!

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I love this photo of my Captain Milk cosplay, taken by Skycell Photography!  You can really see the drill curl in this one!

Wig is an Eowyn in sandy brown from @ardawigscanada

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So true!

love live school idol festival

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I was Arwen Undomiel at Montreal Comic Con last weekend!  I swear, I am an elf trapped in a human body!  xD

Photo taken by Tattered Tarten

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@banditspurs and I are competing in the Canadian World Cosplay Summit Preliminaries this year at Otakuthon!!  I’m super excited about our project, it’s going to be epic!