Building my Monster Musume Rachnera cosplay was a challenge, an adventure, a learning experience and everything in between. I was more than excited to present it at Anime Expo at the beginning of July and even more excited when I got to meet Okayado, the manga artist and creator of Monster Musume, who came at the […]
An introduction to shoemaking It’s now time to talk about one of the most complicated parts of my Power Girl costume: the boots. Since I started making cosplay costumes, I always considered that the hardest costume parts to get or make were the gloves, boots/shoes and wigs. As skilled as I am as a seamstress, […]
Store-bought clothes look so good First, there’s one thing I want to make clear. I sometimes hear people say things like: ‘Have you done this part of your costume by yourself?’ ‘No. I bought it.’ ‘Oh, I see. That’s why it looks so good. It’s store-bought. It’s not like if it was handmade.’ Please, stop […]
A word about zippers It was now time to prepare the zippers. There are many types of zippers that I would put in 3 categories: nylon coil, plastic molded and metal zippers. The nylon coil looks like a ‘spiral’ that is sewn on to the zipper tape. It’s a very resistant zipper. Invisible zippers are […]
Torturing my mind So that was it. I would make a Power Girl cosplay. But I would make it in a different way. I never make things like everybody else, right? I HAD to find a way. But how the hell would I make a version of that costume that had never been done before? […]
Introducing Power Girl Most of you already know that I discovered cosplay in 2009 with the release of my tribute pics to Mortal Kombat where I was dressing up as Frost. I had no idea at this time of what cosplay was. It’s people’s reaction to those pics that made me wonder why they were […]
Making of MKX Scorpion costume – PART 4 The man behind the mask I’ve been wanting to integrate new technologies into my costumes for a while and since 3D printing is everywhere these days, I was really looking forward to finding the appropriate project to use this technology. Back in 2009, when I made my […]
Making of MKX Scorpion costume – PART 3 Adding some metal: When jewelry meets costuming The final touches on the costume were all the silver pieces custom made by Vincent Zimmermann from Joaillerie Zimm’s in Québec City. The reference pics for Scorpion’s costume were so detailed, especially since Scorpion is the character on the game’s […]
Making of MKX Scorpion costume – PART 2 The easy part: The pants Previous versions of Scorpion showed him wearing very tight pants that would have been, in real life, made out of a stretch fabric. This version of the costume, though, shows loose pants that are way closer to the traditional ninjutsu uniform (shinobi […]
Mortal Kombat came into my life about 20 years ago. I was really into it as a teen, then had less and less time to play, but had always kept an eye on it. When I started cosplaying, it didn’t take long before I considered creating a Scorpion cosplay. I had even started sculpting the […]