Construction Details:

I have two 'variations' of this outfit, the first is the casual version that there will be photos of first, but I intend on making the full armor/cape/rest ASAP! Probaly to debut at Holiday Matsuri 2018 if all goes well.


Belts - The waist belt was made out of vegetable tanned leather hide and made to fit, and painted with Angelus leather paints. The buckle is a resin gem (commissioned from Element of Supplies to avoid buying a whole bunch of resin for one small piece) and is backed with Model Magic and hand painted gold to look slightly aged and metallic.


Pants - purchased a pair of red jeggings off of eBay, simple and comfy!


Boots - purchased on eBay (took forever to find a pair that was both leather-based, the right length, flat soled, and had a full cuff!).


Top - I made the top out of yellow knit fabric and it's fully lined in a heavier weight white knit. The 'sleeves' were really awkward and weird, but I crafted them to make sure they looked like they do in the art. Sadly, you can only see it when I don't have on the full costume with the cape/mantle/pauldrons to appreciate the attention to detail.

Earrings - clip ons that were a lucky find!

Personal Thoughts:

Lina Inverse is my favorite anime character. It took years for me to finally just say what the heck, stop being a big baby and just cosplay her. Cosplay dreams. ;_; I decided to give her OVA/novel/manga outfit a go first, since it had simpler elements but still lots of cool detail!

Styling Notes

Thus far, this has been the most work! Combined the Hera with the Apollo and combed much of the wig out to soften the curls - the Apollo wig was taken apart and sewn to the Hera, and provided the 'big bangs' look I wanted . I decided I wanted a soft look that wasn't too sculpted for Lina.

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