COSPLAY LINKS

Costume Galleries







Costuming Tutorials

BioWeapons.com - Molded, "organic-type" armor
Studio Creations - Hi-impact armor, props. Focus on vacu-forming, latex.
Jedi Elf Queen's Elven Warriors - Useful advice on how to create armor with paper mache and a variety of other materials.
The Armour Archive - Armor history and huge armor pattern archive
Cosplay Crimes - (and how to avoid committing them)
Tips, Tricks and Useful Sites
The Really Short OMGJeremy Guide to Cosplay - The funniest thing I have ever read about cosplay. (Website contains some mature material.)
One Tough Costumer - Mostly deals with Renaissance and other Historical costuming, but it has lots of helpful tips, tricks and articles.
http://www.ops.dti.ne.jp/~darkk/ - It's all in Japanese, so I have no idea what this guy's name is, but he's been making armor for gazillions of years and has a method of armormaking which involves glueing vinyl over foam. His stuff is pretty amazing, to say the least.
Gadget Tool's Armor Page - A site in which a Japanese cosplayer explains the materials and principles behind the vinyl-over-foam armormaking method. Very educational.

Costuming Research

Lord of the Rings Costume Research Site - Detailed breakdowns for every costume in LOTR, plus advice on armoring, making false ears, etc.
Milieux: The Costume Site - Costume image, supply and tutorial resource.
The Costume Page - Massive costume research archive. Over 2000 links.

Convention Reports

A Fan's View - Contains up-to-the-minute convention photos, interviews and con reports.

Costumers

angelicstar.net
Muon - Erika Door's Cosplay *
Symphony in Orange Cosplay
Alisa's Cosplay
Cosplay Closet
Stitchin' Babes
Sarcasm-hime's Very Small Cosplay Page*
Fantasy Props*
Kropserkel*
limebarb.com * (they do amazing work, but I hear they've been having trouble filling orders lately. So caveat emptor.)

* A star by their name means they take commissions for costumes and/or props-- (or at least did the last time I checked.)

Miscellaneous

The Cosplay/Anime Costuming and Masquerade Links Page
Vector Graphic Logos - Contains printable graphics of the Hellsing sigil, Nerv logo and some graphics from LOTR and Star Wars.
Bakachan.com - Interesting photos and commentary from a Western cosplayer living in Japan. Contains an invaluable Naruto image /printable graphic reference library as well.

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