Rule 63 Jack frost

Hello everyone
Happy New Year (bit late.. but still)

To those who aren't familiar with Rule 63, it basically is the internet's rule for gender swapped characters. Basically meaning for every male character there is a female version the other way around.

I have recently become mildly obsessed with the film 'Rise of the Guardians', and the character of Jack Frost.
As Jack Frost is a male character, I'm using this rule of the internet as excuse to cosplay as him, well a female version of him anyway.

This is the first time i've attempted anything like this
But it shouldn't be too hard.

Here's what i've worked out I'll need
Hoodie (I'm gonna need to modify this)
Wig
Staff (gonna have to make this)
pants

I currently have none of these things
that's all for now

Happy Cosplaying
-Leopardmoon

Kaylee Dress. FINALLY FINISHED!

Yeah.... it's finally done....
Finished it as of about half an hour ago.
Now... I'm wondering what to do next.
I know i didn't update while I was sewing the ruffles and making the overskirt.
I should have, but i've been busy.
I'm so happy that this is finally finished though.

Happy Cosplaying
Love
Leopardmoon

Kaylee Update and Possible new costume

Okay so I haven't updated for a bit..

Two things mainly. Bodice is basically done aside from tailoring and sewing on the buttons.... I also need a ribbon belt which I forgot about the first time..

also... I now have all the fabric i need for the skirt. and I caved a bought a hoopskirt.
because I'm lazy and I don't have a lot of time on my hands

The next quick costume i'm going to attempt is Bennett Halverson from Dollhouse. it's relatively simple aside from the part where the character of Bennett has a dead arm. In a sling with a black glove. Might be tricky.
other than that, I can basically use my own clothes aside from the red hairclip

I'll post photos later
until then

Happy cosplaying
Leopardmoon

Kaylee update

Hi all

Another day another update

still need to sew that on... sew the buttons and tailor it
then it will be done.
But hey, at least the sleeves are sewed on, and BTW I sewed the sleeves on by hand.

Until my next update

Happy Cosplaying
Leopardmoon

Kaylee Update (Might modify this post with more pics)

Hi there

More updates
sleeves are done, but are currently unattached from the rest of the bodice until i figure out how to attach them.
I also now have the buttons and time to actually try and finish this.
My goal is to get the bodice done by the end of this week... though in theory... I could be done tonight.

So I might edit this post and throw up pics of the finished bodice.

Until I post again

Happy Cosplaying
Leopardmoon

Kaylee Update (Includes photos)

Hi All

I know I don't normally update during the week... but I have something to actually post today, as well as the promised photos.

But first to the updates
I've been a busy bee tonight and now my bodice for my dress is 70ish% done.
I'm happy enough with it to post photos... well a photo.

 Bodice... is 70% done...ish.. still need to add details... sleeves... the first layer of ruffles, and additional tailoring will be done later

 My Dr Who scarf... it's long enough to go around three people.

My weird loki inspired head band thing...

4 pipecleaners 

Also i'm reconsidering commissioning a loki cosplay costume and thinking about doing it myself... if anyone can forward me to any good tutorials, that will be a big help.

And Tomorrow is cosplay thursday... I'm going to do a partial Coraline cosplay wearing what elements of the costume I have. I'll post photos if I remember.

Happy Cosplaying

I'll post again as soon as I can

Leopardmoon

Kaylee and Coraline update, plus possible new costume and dr who scarf..

Hi everyone

It's been a couple months since my last update.
But I have things actually worth mentioning this time around.
I now have a sewing machine, which means I actually started sewing my Kaylee dress today. (FINALLY!)  The back panel is kinda confusing me at the moment, because this in general is breaking new ground for me. I'll post photos when I've got the bodice to at least a 50% finished stage, right now it's at the 17%ish stage.

I also now have a raincoat for my Coraline cosplay.
Which means all i really need now is possibly a blue wig and yellow gumboots.

Also for those who know me from other sites.. yeah... might have noticed a mild obsession with the character of Loki from  Avengers and Thor. If you haven't seen either already. GO AND WATCH THEM. they are awesome. back on topic,
yeah.
I'm currently considering a genderswapped loki cosplay costume as well.. either that or a dress inspired by loki's costume... possibly both.
I'll get back you all on that one, I still have Princess Luna from MLP to finish as well as my River Tam dress. but they are further down the list of things to get done.

Also I've knitted a seemingly freakishly long dr who scarf.
Pics will come when i next do a photo post. I got the pattern off here.
It was a fun activity and was something i've always wanted to make.

Happy Cosplaying
I promise photos ASAP
Leopardmoon

Armageddon (Photo Time!)

Hi there
Armageddon was this weekend just passed, and it was awesome!
For those who were at the Wellington Armageddon, you might have seen me as fluttershy on Saturday, and River Tam on sunday
there were soo many cool costumes there, and soo much awesome stuff there... i don't think even Dashie's 20% cooler remark will help much here.
I was in a group with two of my friends who dressed up as Rainbow Dash and Derpy for Saturday and Sherlock and Castiel on Sunday.

My Fluttershy wig got a little wonky more than once.

 The highlight of my weekend. That's me and my friends with Julie McNiven, who plays Anna on Supernatural!

Lots of photos were taken... but I only chose a few to go up on this blog
Fluttershy is now officially finished.
River Tam still needs a little work, but it was fine for the day.

Fluttershy Update and Over 2000 veiws

Okay so I caved to the demands of the bronies i talk to on facebook and took a pic to show off everything i have ready for my fluttershy costume.

I still need to do the wings and the ears, but then I'm basically done

And thanks so much everybody and everypony for getting so many views on my blog,
I didn't think it would be this popular!

Happy cosplaying
Leopardmoon

Fluttershy Update

Hi all
Long time no update i know
but I had to say yay over the fact that my fluttershy wig arrived today
I am a very happy pony

I still need to do her wings which is planned for this weekend

Pics coming after i finish the wings

Happy Cosplaying
Leopardmoon

Three Things: Happy New Year, WOW over 1000 views and Kaylee dress update

Hi all
First thing is first
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone and everypony who reads my blog had good holidays

Secondly
This Blog now has over 1000 views
to which i have to say
THANK YOU!




Third.
Kaylee Dress update
I have finally started working on this dress
Though i'm kinda angry at myself for starting it so late, as this project has kinda been in the works for well over a year. But that's getting off topic. ANYWAY

So far I have cut and pinned most of the bodice
Though i can't sew yet as i do not currently have access to a sewing machine.
But i can tell you the front panel was a NIGHTMARE! and not in the pony way...
anyway... photos
Front panel. This will not be cut again until the lace is sewn down.

Back Panel
Side panels, side by side




Anyway.. that's all i have done for now.
Happy Cosplaying,
Leopardmoon.

Princess Luna (update) Wing Patterns and Horn Prototyping part 1

Hi everypony
(This post is Pony related, so it seems fair that i use the language associated with the fandom i'm doing this costume for)

I've spent a large portion of today drawing pegasus pony wing patterns. Open and closed.
Ranging from patterns for wings for the younger characters, (e.g. Scootaloo), older ponies (e.g. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy), I even did seperate patterns for the princesses, Luna and Celestia. Because no doubt, somepony who wants to do a pony cosplay will find them useful.
Photos will be up as soon as i find my camera.

This post also covers unicorn horns.
I made a small one today out of Du-kit, a modelling clay i referenced in an earlier post.
Making it was relatively straight forward.
I took about a third of the clay, then divided that in two.
made two shapes that resembled spikes.
Then twisted the two together. and your basically done.
But it seems a little heavy and a little small, especially at the length it needs to be for Luna, so i might try another way or find a way to make it lighter. this method would be fine for any unicorn character besides the princesses.


also considering doing costumes for: Lyra/Heartstrings, Twilight Sparkle and Derpy Hooves/Ditzy Doo
But i want to get some of my other cosplay costumes out of the way first, and i also want to attempt some Dr Horrible goggles, because those are just awesome.

That's it for this update

New Costume: Princess Luna

hi...
I didn't expect to be updating today.
This is one of the costumes i would like to get done before the end of 2012 (No i do not believe the world is going to end in 2012, it's just after that point i'll be getting ready to go or be going to University, so not much time for cosplay.... :(
This one makes me a little nervous though... Not as nervous as the Kaylee ruffle dress, but this one could be a little tricky. Especially after this character's sudden change in appearance from her first appearance in the second half of the pilot of season 1 to her next appearance in early season 2.
I'm talking about Princess Luna from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

I'm gonna go with her season 1 appearance, just because i like it more, and it's easy to match colours to, because she's not in darkness like she is in season 2.

Needed

Light blue semi-long wig - Need to buy
Dress - could be tricky as i want something a little old fashioned for her in a specific colour - might have to make myself....
Ears, Wings and Horn - I can make these myself
Shoes- buy
Crown- I could make this... but it could be just easier to buy a little kid tiara and decorate that.

That's it for this post
Happy Cosplaying
Leopardmoon

Halloween Photos - Illyria and River Tam updates

Happy first of the month....
and happy halloween for yesterday

I had a fun time...
though nobody knew what character i was all day... which sucked.
Okay...
So I dressed up as River Tam during the school day.... All i got were surprised looks from my friends to see me in a dress for once, and one comment of 'Nice Boots'
:(
No photos because i forgot to take some before i got changed into my second costume for that day....

and for the Evening i was, Illyria
Now that I actually have photos for.
I actually looked pretty much like the character does in the episode.
My hair is still blue... i'm gonna wash most of it out after i'm finished writing this blog post



These are the my favourite photos of me as Illyria

Well I hope everyone who reads my blog had a fun halloween.
Unlikely to update again in November due to upcoming school exams.
but after that expect some updates as i'll be working on a Kaylee's shindig dress, Fluttershy and River Tam costumes over the summer holidays. (Which for me is like late November-January)

Happy Cosplaying
Leopardmoon

Updates for Illyria, River Tam and Fluttershy

Okay....

Photo time!!!!

Illyria
Finally got 'round to taking photos of my Illyria make up, decided in the end not to get the contacts.

Not much, but it will do

River Tam
Found a better dress at the bottom of my closet, a dress i didn't even know i had.
It's a little short, and it's not blue enough to be completely accurate, but it will do for tomorrow until I have time to sew a proper one.

Fluttershy
Not much as all i did was fix the cutie mark again.
The butterflies aren't that much work, just a little ribbon, thread and a strip of blue felt, safety pinned to the dress.

See, not that much

That's it for this update, I'll post halloween photos of me as River Tam, and me as Illyria, November 1st.

Happy Halloween for Tomorrow
and Happy Cosplaying everyone

Leopardmoon

Illyria update

Last of my Illyria make up arrived yesterday
now all i need is the contacts... if i'll be allowed them.

short update
Pics soon

Leopardmoon

Ponies and cosplay (update)

Okay didn't complete my fluttershy costume. it still needs the wig, wings, ears, tail and Angel Bunny. We have decided on an anthro style costumes
And one of the butterflies for the cutie mark came off.
Still had a fun time at the pony party, made cupcakes and watched pony, nothing majorly special.
No pics as i didn't have enough charge in the camera and she didn't have one.

So didn't end up going cosplay shopping.
I really need to get that done before i go back to school...

Gonna draw up a River overdress pattern tomorrow as i think i have a dress in a similar style and length to the River's overdress.


Sorry about that :(

Happy Cosplaying

Leopardmoon

Updates for Illyria, River Tam and Fluttershy

Okay

Illyria

Didn't end up going shopping today, that has been moved to tomorrow. So getting Illyria make up will have to wait until tomorrow. that's it for that costume.

River Tam

I have a dress that is the right length to be a mock underdress, so i can work with that for now.
So i can start on prototypes soon. But i need to do a little more research first as the dress isn't shown that well in the movie, which is annoying, but not so annoying as to put me off making this costume completely.
okay the dress has side seams apparently, well at least the bottom half does from what i can see from the 'jellyfish dress' shot on Miranda

Fluttershy

Me and my best friend are cosplaying tomorrow in a late celebration of it being 1 year since the first ep of MLP:FiM aired. we were both busy on the actual day so yeah.
So me and her are gonna have a pony party and dress up as Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.
I'll try and get a wig for tomorrow and i'm gonna make some temporary coloured card wings, my final ones will be felt or feathered, if i have the cash, unfortunately i'm rather lacking in yellow felt or feathers right now, so card ones will have to do.
I can finish the felt Angel bunny plushie and her cutie mark tonight though.

I'd better get onto that now then...
Post photos of my fluttershy costume tomorrow

and here's a list of random stuff i want from different fandoms just cos i'm random like that
Kaylee parasol and Jayne's hat (Firefly/Serenity)
Ravenclaw Scarf (Harry Potter) (yes I'm a Ravenclaw, don't judge me because of the fandom house i'm in)
Ranger pin (Babylon 5)
4th dr scarf (Dr who)

Happy Cosplaying Readers

Leopardmoon

Illyria and River Tam updates

Possibly going shopping for the make up and stuff with a friend tomorrow.
Will post a list of what i got afterwards.
Don't know exactly what i need other than the list below, will print off some refs tomorrow, that should help.
If anyone reading this has cosplayed as Illyria from Angel before, COMMENT with what you used for your make up, this would be a massive help

I found this vid a massive help

I know i need
Blue temporary hair dye spray (For the hair streaks)
Icy blue lipstick or something to get my lips to look that icy blue like in the show
Icy blue contacts
blue eyeshadow
a darker eyeshadow or something i don't know.....
as for the other stuff, i'm massively confused about what to call it.
and a lighter and a darker something for the veins.
I'm hopeless with make up....
But i think that's everything i'll need

Gonna edit this later with pics and stuff



You know the chances of finding what you want online go down dramatically when your blog comes up on page 2 of the google search... LOL
yeah this happened to me when i was looking for progress blogs and stuff like mine on making River Tam's blue dress she wears in the movie.
So I went back to the visual guide and the movie and tried to get a good look at the dress.
Okay
it seems that it's two dresses worn as one, an under dress, which looks like it could be bought for not much and look right if it was the right colour, and an over dress which looks like i'm gonna have to make, but that doesn't look too hard, just a matter of finding a pattern and getting the materials and just sewing it. Shouldn't take me long, might even get to wear it for school on Halloween, which would be awesome.

Anyway
This will be edited TOMORROW with lots of shiny photos.
I'll try and get some stuff to finish Coraline while i'm out as i only need the yellow gumboots and wig for that.

Happy Cosplaying Everypony and Everyone

Leopardmoon

Fluttershy costume stuff (two quick things) and River Tam

Somepony uploaded an easy wing and ears tutorial on youtube.
I might consider using this
the video is here

Also considering getting a couple of wigs from this site
The luna one and the pale pink one. But it racks up to over $100 including postage, (i know it adds up to $75 on the site, but i live outside the US, so it's not quite so cheap)
which is why i'm only considering it at this point. But it's still cheaper than other sites though.
The Luna one might be worth getting though as a Coraline wig, I could always just say she grew her hair out.
I'll have to ask.
Also Considering dressing up as Princess Luna for Halloween next year... If i don't hate the character by then, So a good Luna wig might be worth getting before that.

My quest to find a pattern for River Tam's blue dress she wears in the movie isn't going well.
Found a site which sells them for over $200 nz dollars for one not including postage.... I'm willing to spend money on a costume, just not that much, it's cheaper for me to make it myself.
The dress is here if anyone wants to see it, it's pretty close actually.
At least now i know that it's actually two dresses instead of the one which could be annoying.
If anyone finds a good set of instructions or pattern online that will be a big help!


Just a quick update

Happy Cosplaying! :)

Leopardmoon