#mal cosplay

[northwest-good-witch]

💜Rotten to the Core!💚

Mal look via new hair!

Horned mal and a few design details credit goes to @descendantofthesparrow

(They/them, if you use she/her IN PRIDE MONTH im turning u into a lizard)

[rotten-to-the-coree]

sooooo here’s some amazing photos of my mal cosplay from descendants 2 😭

between work and stuff it took about 2 months to complete and is far from perfect but it’s easily my FAVOURITE cosplay that i’ve ever done and i cannot wait to make more descendants fits in the future <33

(insta @ azzy.cxsplay)

[robynmizore]

So I’m feeling extremely accomplished right now! This was my first attempt at making Malleus’s Glorious Masquerade mask and I have to say it’s looking pretty good! Having unsteady hands (disability) makes things like these a little harder to make. It comes with a holding stick like shown in the game but if you’d like form fitting just dm me on Etsy and I can trade it out for a black elastic band instead. They’re $19.99 if anyone is interested! Looking forward to a Glorious Masquerade with all my fellow TWST fans!

[ladymarlin]

Also in Halloween spirit is a collection of TD cosplays I've done (+the grad/bday party I had)

I wanna redo a lot of them lowk most of them are from last year 😅

[clairaworlds]

SIFFREN CLOAK POST TIME BBY.

Tl;dr: In my opinion the backstiching on Siffrin's cloak is used to reinforce the seams, the cloak likely has a lining flatlined into the cloak, and if you'll allow me to offer a headcannon, hand sewn.

More in depth analysis and examples below

Ok to start, let's go over Isabeau's dialog about the cloak. I'll put it in full here, other characters comments are cut out.

So right here, right, that's super interesting stitching. It's backstitching, right, which is a very solid kind of stitching, and it's used in a lot of different places... But Vaugardian clothing in general is moving away from backstitching, because, well, we think it's boring. Like here, my clothing here has something called chainstitching, and also it's in a zigzag shape, because it looks cuter I guess. But backstitching is just more durable. Now that I look at it, your hat has the same stitching too... I wonder if they were a set? And, um, look at the way the cloak is weaved, too! It's wool, and it goes one thread up, one thread down, et cetera... But, again, Vaugardian clothing likes to be more interesting visually, so if you look at Mira's cloak--

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No, no, I'm not saying it's boring!!!!! I'm just saying it's like... It's clothing that's less like Vaugarde, or even Ka Bue's artistic clothing... It's less clothing that's to make you look pretty, or make you stand out, and more clothing that's here to keep you comfy and warm. Function over form, you know?

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So, um, what I'm SAYING is... Considering the Craft that came into it... The temperature regulation and how it grows with you... Whoever gave you this cloak wanted to make sure you're gonna be nice and comfy for a long time, Sif!

Note: I'm not a tailor, I've made a few garments and I embroder but that's about it. Take everything with a grain of salt.

Alright, first what is he even talking about? Here's a quick example of the two stitches Isabeau mentioned and a running stich which is probably the most basic stich

Please ignore my inability to sew in a straight line. Also my horrid chain stich. I did not do it justice there so here's a better example of how it looks

we can ignore Isabeau's incorrect opinions on what qualifies as an interesting stich bc he's probably talking more about the cultural differences between Siffrin's cloak and Vaugardian clothing. Which I'll admit IS intresting. But what stuck out to me is the fact that Isabeau can see the stitching at all. Most garments hide the majority of their stitching. You can see the seams sure, but the atual stichwork is typically on the inside.

As you can see here, now that IS a cloak, and the seem hides the stichwork, the next option is that isabeau is looking at either the hem or the collar, i dout it's the collar just bc that's really close to Sif's neck/face and also bc it might not have any visible stitching either. The hem line is a possibility but if Siffrin's cloak has a lineing it might not show any visible stitching either.

Atually let's talk about lineings real quick. I imagen Siffrin's cloak has one, for several reasons, I think it'd be cool, I think it'd work with the idea that the cloak is designed to survive a LONG time becuase it reinforces and protects the garment, and it works with some fun headcannons i have. Here's an example of a lined cloak, the outside is the shiny later, the inside has the hand-embroidered stars. I'm focusing on the seems in thease pictures but a lined cloak might hide ALL its stiches including the hems.

Although that's IF the cloak is bag lined, which is a process that leaves the lineing and the outside as mostly separate layers. You basically sew two garments then stich them together at the edges. But i have a feeling Siffrin's cloak is flat lined, not bag lined, so you basically attach the lineing to the outside and sew it together like it's one peice of fabric, the lineing dosnt move as much and honestly it comes out a little nicer. So that means the stichwork would still be visible on the inside of the cloak AND the hem, but I have a feeling Isa wasn't just holding Siffrin's cloak inside out to show off the stitching, and i don't think he was talking about the hem because it's not really a load bearing structure if that makes sense and it seems to me like Isa is talking about something that would benefit from being reinforced. So what's he talking about.

Well look at this

There we go! Visable stitching on the outside of a garment!!! So what's the difference here? A couple of things but the best summary I have is: the seem is reinforced by being stiched down. Here's an example on a different garment.

To test this, I grabbed some scrap fabric and tried it out i also did a quick hem with a backstich just to see how it'd look. I used contrasting thread to make it visable

I also think Siffrin's cloak is a full circle cloak constructed with two halves sewn together like the bottom example here

This is generally eaiser to construct than a four piece version and atually HAS seems unlike a single pice verdhion. Admittedly it may be a challenge depending on the width of the fabric, although if it was made when Sif was a kid and Crafted to grow with him that's much less of an issue

So! That's my two cents on the stitching on Siffrin's cloak. Honestly I would LOVE to make a Siffrin cloud but fabric is expensive and I can't really afford it, i also don't have the time. For now I should focous on finishing the star cloak I showed earlier, incase anyones curious here's the full inside of that cloak as of now

Here's some other headcannons related to fabric and sewing.

First sewing macheens and other textile production macheens exist. I know isat is a veaugly fantasy historical style setting but I'll die on the hill that there's some sort of quicker way to produce textiles, primarily because fabric, fiber and clothing has historically been massively important and I have a hard time imaging that craft isn't capable of making fabric quicker.

Related to that, I think part of the reason Crafted clothing (like Sif's stuff) is more rare is becuase it has to be hand made. Maybe not hand spun and woven and sewn but in my head the more steps you do by hand the more it's Crafted.

In that veign I think Siffrin's contry has a tendency twards hand-made stuff. There are reasons for this but it's mostly vibes. Honestly I think all of isat puts a higher emphasis on arts and crafts than the real world but I like the idea that Sif's contry espechally focuses on the hand made, it makes sense with the whole ritual thing, there are plenty of rituals and superstitions arround hand-made goods.

In contrast Vaugarde trends twards evolution of techniques and technology, where someone from Siffrin's contry may be a master at an ancient technique that's been passed down for generations, a Vaugardian crafter will have developed their own unique style and often prioritizes astetics above convince, not to the point of it being low quality (like fast fashion) but more like "I decided to use two diffrent fabrics to make stripes insted of just one solid color fabric even though it's more work becuase it looks cool" Ka Bue has a heavy focous on tradition but also artistic vision, i kinda imagen it as the ballance between the two ends of the spectrum, but in a totally different way.

Next i think Siffrin's contry likes incorporating subtle decorations, like the hat with the stars on the lineing, or useing visable stitching on seams both to reinforce it and bc it's prity--sewing in a straight line is HARD, doing a backstich with consistent stichlenghts is harder, doing both by hand is impressive, having the stitching appear on the outside of the cloak would be a deliberate choice becuase you CAN just reinforce a seem on the inside of a garment. Admittedly that might be what's going on if we assume Isabeau is looking at the internal construction insted of any vidable stichwork. So yeah, function over form but with some subtle detailing.

Is this just an excuse for me to pretend that the lineing of Siffrin's cloak is hand embroidered with stars? Yes! But you can pry this headcanon out of my cold, dead hands! I love hand embroidered stars on the inside of a cloak, i literally own a cloak that i made that's like that!! (I'll finish it one day I swair! I just made a mistake and attached the lineing b4 I did the embrodery, like an idiot, and it's really annoying to work on!!)

One last thing I think is interesting is the use of the word "cloak" cloaks typically go over the shoulders and CAN close in the frount, but are still open. I'd describe Sif's cloak more as a poncho, and Mira's cloak as a shawl, but there really arnt any perfict words for every garment, so cloak is a good enough word. It'd also make sense if "cloak" is just the word for "outer layer garment that goes over the shoulders like that" in the world of isat.

[mercymaker]

▬ happy halloween!!! 🎃🕸️🐾

we don't really celebrate halloween here, but it seems like dressing up a little and taking a pretty photo is becoming my halloween tradition and this year my 'costume' was none other than everyone's favorite problematic drow sorcerer, maleane!

[bellringermal]

More photos of my Lady Maria cosplay <3

Photos taken and edited by Anna Vakarian and Fundor333

[fighting-naturalist]

Thought Tumblr might appreciate this. This weekend, got to co-host a panel with my dear friend Greg @gregtu - "30 Years of Stargate" was his brainchild and I was honoured to join him. And it only seemed appropriate, given that we've both been cosplaying these characters for a while now, that we'd co-host as Daniel and Vala!

[thebluestbluewords]

we have sleeve!

WE HAVE COMPLETED THE TEN (10) ZIPPERS! WE HAVE POCKETS!

Next steps:

finish the bottom hem/binding

handstitch the collar facing in place

handstich the dragon-shoulder-sleeves in place

trim the dragon-shoulder-sleeves down to the appropriate size

profit??????

I can’t legally profit from this, the next step after the handsitching is to begin phase 2 (painting and studs)

[adhariia]

𝐋𝖊 𝐁𝖎𝖊𝖓 𝐐𝖚𝖎 𝐅𝖆𝖎𝖙 𝐌𝖆𝖑 🪷

[northwest-good-witch]

💜We got all the ways to be, W-I-C-K-E-D💚

Did anyone ask for more Mal cosplay? No?? Too bad!

I turned my Jacket into a vest!!! And did the jeans and boots myself!!

(They/them, if u use she/her im kicking u to the Isle of the Lost)

[sp00ky-p00ky]

Motor City Comic Con Day 2 - Saturday 💜

Me - Mitsuri Kanroji from Demon Slayer 🩷💚

@wisconsinwarlock - Captain Malcom Reynolds from Firefly 🤎

We had another great day! We saw lots of awesome cosplays, went to a panel to see Mark Sheppard and then Chris got a photo op with him 🥰

We ended the evening going to a place called Browndog Barlor (Bar & Ice Cream Parlor) 😋 and now we are at home watching Ant Man & The Wasp Quantumania 🥰

[muttself]

Oshawott cosplay!!! i felt so cute in this :3c totally okay to rb btw (￣∇￣)

[muppetjokernumberfivefan]

One way or another I will be at dashcon 2.

[clairaworlds]

Quickest Mal du Pays cosplay of all time, feat thease adorable cat gloves.

Cloaks a little long and also the wrong type of cloak, and the hats wrong too but it works