POWgirl

Long Beach Comic Con 2012 

POWgirl (Avengers dress)

Dress- Previously bought from Pendragon. I purchased this wonderful dress from their booth at WonderCon earlier this year. I've always loved the things they had to offer at SDCC but never bought anything. I do not regret it. They make very very good products. Their corsets are wonderful and steel boned, very comfortable. 

Wig- Bought previously from my Molotov Cocktease costume. 

Boots- bought previously for my Scarlet Witch costume

POW hair bows / necklace- total $15 from Spirit Halloween, also available from artists on Etsy.

How To: Zombie Makeup

Here is a very cheap and effective way of doing zombie makeup for Halloween this year!


Finished product:

New mod!

First MHD mod.

I had fun doing it. But it was basically, oh lets try this and see how it works out. So, Its not perfect. And I think if I plan the next one out more, I can have something pretty amazing. :]

How to make pasties

Eliza the mermaid!

This is probably the most decorated mermaid themed bra I've ever made. Not really my style, but I had fun making it :D Kudos to those that make these kinds of things all the time.

Tools needed:
Plastic shells
spray paint
pearls
hot glue E6000
tan bra
shells

* hot glue actually causes the spray paint lacquer to remove itself from the shells, use E6000 instead.

Final Result:

Potions Lesson

Harry Potter Party:
Potion Making

For my birthday I've decided that I'm having a Harry Potter themed party. I've make a very long list of things I'm making for said party. This was one of them.

What you need:
-jars/bottles
-food coloring
-soaps/oils/etc
-labels

potions are really fun and you can get crazy creative with them. If you are going to make a useable substance in them, make sure the liquid can easily come out of the bottle, the green bottle for example is too thin in the neck for the substance to come out of. You can find bottles and jars at local craft stores, Etsy, and I've found some good ones at thrift stores.

Horklump Juice:
I started out with the odd shaped bottle. I picked a potion that I liked and though how I could make it. If you need help picking a potion there are several sites that have potion lists, such as Harry Potter Wikia. You can get really creative on what to put in these bottles unless you want it to be something useable or eatable. The odd shape bottle I used a straw to fill it with green aloe vara, usually used for sun burns. The little bits of air that stick in it give a pretty cool effect. because the bottles neck is so small and aloe is so thick, it was pretty hard to get it in there, keep that in mind. After filling it I used brown paper to make a tag. The tag I drew out and tied to the bottle. You have the option of gluing the tag on as well, but because it was an odd shape it was more fitting to have a tie on tag. There are also pre made bottle labels you can order from various sites.

Love Potion:
The large pink bottle was the easiest to fill and is a useable item. Its filled with bath salts and body wash. The bath salts gave it a thicker, crystal like appearance and the micro beads in the body wash add a sense of substance. The color turned out amazing by the way.

Vampire's Blood:
Not a hard one, just water and red food coloring

Felix Felicis:
Small bottle, as its considered a bit rare and a little bit goes a long way. For this one I used gold nail polish. [The movie accurate bottles are harder to fine, but there are some sellers on Etsy who have them.]

Unnamed Bottle:
The cube bottle has yet to be named. at the bottom I placed bath salts, dripped blue food coloring on them, and let them absorb. After that I squirted the green aloe vara on top of it. The aloe became more liquid but didn't mix with the blue, rather it rests on top of it; give the potion a two toned appearance.

Construction of Scarlet Witch

Costume: Scarlet Witch
Convention: Long Beach Comic Con 2011
Estimated production cost: $150-$200
Actual production cost: $100

For LBCC, I dressed as Scarlet Witch from xmen. While I love to hand make all my costumes, sometimes its just easier to piece things together. Which can save time and also can be cheaper in some cases.

I first had to pick what version of Scarlet Witch I was doing. After refreshing my memory on her back story, alternate universes and what not, I went with a very traditional version of her.
Then I thought about what would be the easiest construction of this costume? and made a list of items I would need.

Wig

• Luckly for me my friend Panda had already done a Scarlet Witch costume and had previously gave me a few of her wigs. so the wig was out of the way and shaved off a good $30-$60 of the production cost.
• For wigs, I usually check cosplay sites and then if I can't find what I'm looking for I'll look at more expensive wig sites.

Cape

• Having a ton of extra fabric around the house, I did a very simple (and I admit, not very well constructed) cape out of a back drop fabric I had. By the time I reached the cape in the costume process I was a few days away from Con and had to think fast. I took the fabric and measured the length from my shoulders to the floor then cut the fabric accordingly. I hemmed all the edges and pinned it to my top. It didn't look bad, but it didn't look amazing either. *Shrug*

Head Piece

• The head piece was tricky. I wanted to find something that was already in the general head form. I went to a craft store and looked around. They had some plastic masks for masqurade parties that you could decorate yourself. I snagged a large one of those and drew out the head piece on the top of it. Then cut it with a electric saw. Note: Wear glasses or even a mask if you try this, piece of hot plastic hurt. After cutting it I took a file to the edges to smooth it out. Then took a faux vinyl fabric and covered the head piece with it. I lined the back with black felt so it wouldn't stick to or hurt my face. Under the felt I added an elastic string so it would be wearable.

Corset or suit

• I looked at my options. I could do a red swim suit or a corset and underwear. I went with the corset. I order it from The Fashion Corset Shop since making a corset is an extremely hard thing to do and I applaud anyone who can. Some of their corsets aren't made for large breasts, so I used some double sided tape to keep those babies in there. I admit, they were really popping out. My bad.
• The red underwear I bought at a lingerie store, I just brought the corset with me to make sure they matched.

Makeup

• I chose a very red lipstick and a some what dramatic eye. I used red eye shadow that I bought at Hot Topic years a go, they may or may not still carry it. And heavy black liquid eyeliner.

Gloves

• Bought at Party City for my Molotov Cocktease costume from SDCC. Shaving off another $10 off the production cost.
• Can be found online, usually sold by Leg Avenue

Nylons

• as a large hipped lady, I often have a hard time finding colored nylons in my size. But, I did some hunting and I found We Love Colors which offers great nylons in all sorts of colors and in plus sizes. They were very comfortable.

Boots

• for my boots I wanted something flat. walking around con all day in heels can be horrible. So I hunted down some cute red scrunch boots from Ami Club. If you want some ridiculous boots, boy they got them.

Final Result: