Help with Meru cosplay, please!
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:55 pm
I am not new to cosplaying, and I have experience sewing, however, I've really only done basics like shirts, pants, zippers, and pull-overs. I have some confidence in my ability to sew and I can even draw to the point of creating patterns. The outfit I would like to make this time around is a lot more complex than what I've done in the past, and I have some ideas, but I'm still a bit weary as to some of the creation.
The costume is Meru from Legend of Dragoon http://www.thelegendofdragoon.net/image ... /meru2.jpg
I wish there were more pictures out there (this isn't the best angle to work from >.<), but most are fanart and the only other options are screenshots.
I know that I'd like to use a silk-like fabric that I've found, at least for the lightest-blues. I know how I'd like to make the arm and leg bracers and it involves velcro. I also think I'd like to use a strapess bra as a base for the top. My thoughts about the giant bow in the back involve cardboard and sewing the fabric around/to it. These are just my ideas from looking at it as a rather newbie to sewing.
I'd like to have this done by Otakon this year, and I do have time to work on it to make it look as nice as possible. If anyone has better ideas or ideas on any other part of the costume I haven't mentioned, I'd greatly appreciate it! Thank you!
**Mainly I'd like to know how to go about the designs. Should I try and sew the three different colors (light blue, dark blue, gold) of fabric together somehow, or should I use something like fabric paint? What other options are there, and what would be easiest for a sewing newb?
The costume is Meru from Legend of Dragoon http://www.thelegendofdragoon.net/image ... /meru2.jpg
I wish there were more pictures out there (this isn't the best angle to work from >.<), but most are fanart and the only other options are screenshots.
I know that I'd like to use a silk-like fabric that I've found, at least for the lightest-blues. I know how I'd like to make the arm and leg bracers and it involves velcro. I also think I'd like to use a strapess bra as a base for the top. My thoughts about the giant bow in the back involve cardboard and sewing the fabric around/to it. These are just my ideas from looking at it as a rather newbie to sewing.
I'd like to have this done by Otakon this year, and I do have time to work on it to make it look as nice as possible. If anyone has better ideas or ideas on any other part of the costume I haven't mentioned, I'd greatly appreciate it! Thank you!
**Mainly I'd like to know how to go about the designs. Should I try and sew the three different colors (light blue, dark blue, gold) of fabric together somehow, or should I use something like fabric paint? What other options are there, and what would be easiest for a sewing newb?