tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67298407657597827312024-03-05T00:11:27.901-08:00Beebichu's Costume CreationsWelcome to my little corner of the blogsphere. I hope you like cosplay because that is all I will post here.Mother of Merlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642056308999374041noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729840765759782731.post-45411505049263029052015-04-01T18:31:00.001-07:002015-04-01T18:32:36.726-07:00WEBSITEI now have a new website! <a href="http://www.beebichu.ca/">www.beebichu.ca</a> ! Beebichu commands you go and check it out!<br />
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Mother of Merlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642056308999374041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729840765759782731.post-24632073735254273482015-03-14T19:08:00.001-07:002015-03-14T19:38:12.357-07:00Why all the fuss? PAX's rules on "Booth Babes"I used to post my opinions about issues and articles that regularly circulate around in the cosplay community. I just got tired of getting emotional and sharing the controversy so I stopped. But It's been a long time and I have a lot of new followers that might want to know where I stand on certain issues. There's an article by reaxxion.com going around about PAX's rules on "booth babes". Some of my friends have come out to comment on this article taking a stand against PAX. You can read about PAX's rules on their website.<br />
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My opinion? I support PAX but with reservations. The writer of the article is up in arms about the subject but the tone of his writing makes me think he's upset he can't view the "sexy cosplayers" not because he cares about women.<br />
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"Booth babe" is a derogatory term and I don't like it used to describe models or cosplayers who are hired because they are beautiful and attractive. PAX states that they are referring to both genders in their rules but when have you ever seen a man dressed provocatively at a booth to attract attention to it? So boo on PAX and boo on the reaxxion.com writer.<br />
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Basically PAX has deemed it necessary to give booth staff a dress code. I honestly don't have a problem with this as conventions are attended by hundreds of children not just adults. If conventions want to remain a family friendly environment they need to show their attendants that they care about sexually explicit content.<br />
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When your working a booth you are being employed by a company as a sales person. It's a professional job, you should dress like a professional.<br />
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That being said, PAX's statement on the matter is confusing. PAX's new rules also refer to booth exhibits and contents being offensive and reason for staff to change their attire. "If for any reason an exhibit and/or its contents are deemed objectionable to PAX management, the exhibitor will be asked to alter the attire of its staff." It makes no sense. If the exhibit and content offends then staff have to change their attire?<br />
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But if this means what I think it does then Hallelujah! PAX is trying to take a stand against booth exhibits that show overt sexuality (which is unfortunately mostly female) in their products, exhibit and staff attire. I think this is a good thing and it begs a conversation on a much broader topic of the use of women's bodies to sell products. In lieu of this rant I'd like to share a different article. One that I've shared before and wholeheartedly agree with: <a href="http://www.upworthy.com/being-a-sex-object-is-empowering-oh-wait-no-it-s-not-here-s-why-2?g=2&c=ufb1" target="_blank">The Sexy Lie: A TED Talk by Caroline Heldman</a><br />
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If you agree or disagree with me I welcome your thoughts and comments.Mother of Merlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642056308999374041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729840765759782731.post-54070024774443538072015-01-28T21:05:00.002-08:002015-01-28T21:17:15.605-08:00Diurnal<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Diurnal; of day or pertaining to daylight. The opposite of nocturnal. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Photography and makeup by Desiree Marie of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/intothenewartistry">Into The New Photography and Artistry</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Diurnal and Nocturnal are both opposed and complimentary. Like Yin and Yang, darkness and light, they are a dichotomy in design. </span></div>
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While thinking of Nocturnal's design the concept for Diurnal appeared in my mind. I made her translucent robes first out of organza and painted the designs on with acrylic and fabric paint.</div>
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Desiree took me to a beautiful waterfall in Vernon, BC called BX Falls. We shot there for almost 3 hours.</div>
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Photographs: Desirée Marié of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/intothenewartistry">Into The New</a> Photography and Artistry</div>
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Cosplayer: Beebichu Cosplay</div>
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Universe: The Elder Scrolls copyright Bethesda Softworks</div>
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Please enjoy my Nocturnal photos and read along as I explain how I made this costume. I chose to wear a billowy satin underdress for modesty's sake so no comments on how its not 100% accurate! No cosplay ever is anyways ;)</div>
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2 metres of silver heat transfer vinyl <a href="http://www.stahls.com/heat-transfer-vinyl-twill?icn=topnavhtvt&ici=heattransfervinyltwill">(this kind of stuff)</a></div>
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History: <a href="http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Nocturnal">Nocturnal</a> is a Daedric Prince who often takes the form of a beautiful woman robed in black and with ravens perched on their shoulders. She resides over the Evergloam; a plane of Oblivion. She is oft the patron daedra to thieves and assassins. Her other names include Empress of Murk, and Daughter of Twilight. There are 3 chosen individuals who protect her temple on Tamriel and act as her agents of vengeance should her temple be defiled and her treasures stolen (ironically they often are). These agents are called Nightingales. </div>
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McCall's M6612 for the dress and Simplicity 9887 for the hood and sleeves.</div>
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Choose dress D from the McCall's pattern. Following the direction of the pattern cut out your dress size. When it says to lay out the pattern on the fabric while folded in half, make this following modification to get Nocturnal's scooping low low neckline.</div>
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So the front and back pieces of the dress should look like this:</div>
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I used one of the hoods from the Simplicity 9887 pattern to help make the Nocturnal hood. I can't remember which one but it's important to note that I used draft paper to enlarge the hood considerably. I suggest making one out of scrap fabric to test your own first.<br />
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I used a material called heat transfer vinyl or iron on vinyl for all the silver details on Nocturnal's robes. It is really easy to use and comes in many colours and finishes. I used silver glitter flake from <a href="http://www.stahls.com/home">Stahls Canada</a> for this step.<br />
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I was very excited when Andrew asked me to do this shoot with him. He is such an amazing photographer. The above photo is his favourite. I chose to be a Bosmer Dovahkiin this time. The headdress mostly hides my pointy ears but they were visible in a few of the shots. </div>
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Character: Skyrim Dovahkiin in the Savior's Hide Armor </div>
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This one is my favourite ;)<br />
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PS You can see a few progress photos of how I made this costume here: <a href="http://beebichu.blogspot.ca/2013/06/how-to-make-skyrim-armor-saviors-hide.html">http://beebichu.blogspot.ca/2013/06/how-to-make-skyrim-armor-saviors-hide.html</a>Mother of Merlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642056308999374041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729840765759782731.post-40869916164016926402014-01-04T20:52:00.000-08:002014-01-09T19:56:05.885-08:00Skyrim Dovahkiin in the Saviors Hide Armor // Photos by Viktoria Haack and Desiree Marie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in November two photographers, Desiree, Viktoria, and I drove into the back country to find a nice Skyrim looking scene as the backdrop for these photos. Not hard since everything is covered in snow. I just completed this set of Worbla armor and since my next con isn't till April a photo shoot was in order! These photos were taken by: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">(Jan 4, 2014)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Photography by Viktoria Haack of <a href="https://www.viktoriahaackphotography.com/">https://www.viktoriahaackphotography.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Model and costume maker is me, Beebichu <a href="https://www.beebichu.blogspot.com/">https://www.beebichu.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Universe: The Elderscrolls V Skyrim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Character: A Breton Dovahkiin or Dragonborn as you will.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am wearing the Helmet of the Old Gods, Saviors Hide, Ancient Nord Gauntlets (with modifications) and Dragonscale Boots. Weapons of choice: Torch and Dragonbone Bow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The location of this shoot was interesting. Lots of snow, birch trees, frozen lakes, it was really lovely. Oh and the truckloads of drunk hunters yelling at us and offering to "help" was fun. Is there no where in the Canadian wilderness you can go to escape drunk hunters? They've been around in all the outdoor shoots I've done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Changes were deliberately made to the design of a few things due to the cold weather during this shoot. Please don't comment on how wrong some of the items are, believe me I know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">PS Click <a href="http://beebichu.blogspot.ca/2013/06/how-to-make-skyrim-armor-saviors-hide.html">here</a> to see how I made the Savior's Hide :)</span><br />
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I took these photos while on a road trip to Whistler via the Sea to Sky highway in BC. I would love to go back here and do a Skyrim themed shoot one day :D <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hi! I am back with another How-To for a Skyrim set of armor. This time it is the Saviors Hide. It only consists of a fur, chain mail, and plate metal curiass. There are no matching gauntlets, boots or headgear so I am selecting other bits of armor from other sets that I think will look good with this.</span><br />
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Edit: Sept 26th 2013. I have now built the breast and back plates. The video below is a little slideshow of my progress.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Cosplay! I am on a Nightingale cosplay kick right now, but hey, if you spend 4-5 months working on a costume you need to get your times worth of fun from it! There is still so much I could do with this costume we shall have fun for for years to come.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This weekend my photographer, <a href="http://www.andrewsnucins.com/">Andrew Snucins</a>, and I hiked into the woods and took photos of me modeling my costume. I spent the last week upgrading it with a new mask, more folds to the skirting, a scabbard for my sword, and touching it up from some damage that happen at the last shoot. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This costume is originally designed by <a href="http://www.bethsoft.com/">Bethesda Softworks</a> for their videogame Elderscrolls V: Skyrim. Called <a href="http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Nightingale_Armor">Nightingale Armor</a>, it is a set your character receives in the game for completing a group of Thieves Guild quests. The bow and sword you see in my pictures below are also made by me and I tried to make them look as close to the game versions as possible. For a detailed DIY of how I made my costume see my other post on this blog.</span></span></div>
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Hi, thank you for taking the time to read my post. This is how I made my Nightingale Armor and prop weapons. There are many ways to make this armor set, this is how I did it. I believe in sharing skills and abilities so I complied this set of photos with as much of a description as possible. I just learned how to sew and I don't know a lot of proper sewing lingo, so forgive me as I try to explain what I did as best I can.<br />
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Why I chose the Nightingale Armor from Skyrim: I love this armor set. I play Skyrim and when I got the armor as a quest reward I nearly peed my pants. "I'm Batman!" I yelled. I had not cosplayed in about a year so I decided late last summer to start planning and buying materials. <br />
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Costume: <br />
3 metres of black linen<br />
3 metres of stretchy pleather/faux leather<br />
1 metre of hard vinyl (I bought cheap white and blue materials because they were on sale. Do yourself a favor and just buy the black material that you need.)<br />
4 spools of black thread<br />
2 packs of hot glue<br />
2 tubs of black acrylic paint<br />
1 can of silver spray paint <br />
Model Magic<br />
6 buttons<br />
1 <a href="http://www.riversedgedancewear.com/lilemoneunbt.html">"liquid leather" body suit</a><br />
black gloves <br />
countless small snaps and hook and eye sets<br />
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Bow<br />
1 adult sized bamboo halloween costume bow<br />
duct tape<br />
cardboard<br />
paper mache<br />
craft foam <br />
1 pack of Model Magic<br />
1 can of verathane spray wood laquer <br />
1 can of silver spray paint<br />
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Sword<br />
1 halloween costume sword<br />
1 pack of Model Magic<br />
1 can of verathane spray wood laquer <br />
1 can of silver spray paint<br />
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Arrows<br />
wood doweling<br />
Model Magic<br />
black feathers<br />
hot glue<br />
black paint <br />
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sewing machine<br />
sewing pins, scissors and such <br />
hot glue gun<br />
paintbrushes<br />
wood saw <br />
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Mom suggested making a tube for the base of the bodice and then making each scale individually and sewing them on the tube
top. I cut out each scale in paper first giving it a half inch extra width for the seams. I cut out 2 pieces of each scale from the stretchy pleather and sewed them front to front down 3 sides. Then I turned them right side out and tailored the edges. Every scale was mirrored so that I would end up with a symmetrical pattern on the other side. </div>
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The collar is really just 2 half circle shapes that I joined at their straight edges with a hole in the middle for my head. I added 12 straps and an additional scale to the collar to connect it to the now scaled bodice. White chalk was handy in marking sewing spots on the dark pleather. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top after I sewed all the scales onto it. Here I was marking where the straps would be snapped into place. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I sewed the straps to the collar and then marked where to put little black snaps. I hid them under the point of each strap that attaches to the bodice. The straps were just two pieces of pleather sewn front to front like the scales and then turned right side out and tailored along the edges.<br />
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To cover up the stitch lines on the collar I cut out the Nightingale symbol out of the hard vinyl and hand stitched it on.<br />
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The mask, arm, shoulder, and leg pieces were also cut from the stiffer white vinyl. I used little d-rings to be able to tighten the straps and make them adjustable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Testing one of the leg pieces. They fit! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This mask ending up being too small. I have since made a new one more akin to the original design.</td></tr>
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The mask was super easy. I want to make more! I cut out a birdlike shape from the vinyl and slit it halfway down the middle. Then I overlapped the sides so the mask bent and fit my face. A little triangle was hand sewn to the top of the bridge to make it W shaped.<br />
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Once all the sewing was done I used hot glue to outline and create raised details all over the armor. I<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">**A note about the hot glue: It stuck to the vinyl and the pleather. But when I made a new mask out of a new black vinyl, the glue constantly peel<span style="font-size: large;">ed</span> off. Test this technique out before you buy 3 metres of expensive vinyl.</span> <br />
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I had to paint EVERYTHING black when the I was finished with the hot glue. Once I realized it all needed 3 coats on the front and back I regretted not buying black vinyl and pleather. But it was so cheap, I got it on a super discount!<br />
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After the black paint finally dried it was time to spray paint. In our garage I laid all the armor out and sprayed silver spray paint onto a piece of paper towel and immediately rubbed it onto the armor. This gave the armor a tarnished look. The darkest black was in the recesses and any protruding details had a polished look to them. I also went back over the silver with more black paint to tone it town a little.<br />
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After some touch ups the costume was complete. Naturally I wore it around the house for hours and played Skyrim while wearing it :D<br />
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The bow took me months! Is was so big I had to clear off my whole work table to be able to work on it which couldn't happen very often as I had numerous other projects going on.</div>
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I had no idea what to make the base of the bow out of so I waited for halloween and bought an adult toy bamboo bow. I cut out pieces of cardboard to shape it onto the Nightingale bow and used duct tape to adhere them on. </div>
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I used a small cardboard tube for the handle.</div>
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Then I made a batch of paper mache mix and applied newspaper strips all over. This was a very long process. It needed 3 overall coats but couldn't do the whole bow at once or it would stick to whatever was holding it up. Cracks started appearing about 4 days after it was placed somewhere to dry. These had to be patched with more paper mache and in waiting for the patched areas to dry more cracks would appear! Drove me crazy! I put Elmer's Glue in my paper mache mix and that seemed to have stopped the cracking.</div>
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My paper mache recipe: 1 cup of all purpose flour and just a little bit of water. You want the consistency be of a thick pancake mix. Less water the better. I put a lot of Elmer's Glue in the mix to make it stronger</div>
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Once the paper mache madness was over and the bow had been drying for about 2 weeks I drew all the detail lines on with marker. I then applied strips of Model Magic to the lines to raise them up. The little nightingale symbol was cut out of craft foam and adhered with Elmer's Glue.</div>
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Model Magic doesn't need any glue, its like playdough that self adheres to anything! Super handy. Its also very lightweight once dried.<br />
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After 2 days the Model Magic dried and I sprayed a coating of Verathane wood sealer onto it. Once this had also dried it had sealed and glossed the Model Magic so that it wouldn't be porous anymore and the spray paint would sit better on it. I'm not sure if I am explaining this correctly but without a sealer the Model Magic absorbs the spray paint and it still looks like foam. I wanted it to look like metal.</div>
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The spraypaint took a few days to dry. Once it was done I painted everything black except the Model Magic parts.</div>
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For some reason I decided to braid 3 lengths of stretchy rainbow bracelet cord for the bow string. I don't know why I didn't just get a black stretchy cord. I wanted to make things harder for myself I guess. After stringing the bow it was done.</div>
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Compared to the bow I'm glad the blade was so easy. I bought an adult sized halloween sword and hacked off it's hilt with a saw. Then I simply formed Model Magic around the pommel in the shape of the Nightingale symbol. I used hot glue for a few details on it. Verathane and silver spray paint were used on it as well. </div>
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I made a Daedric quiver using the crappy quiver I got with my bow when I bought it. The added details are made from craft foam, Model Magic and hot glue. The quiver was treated in the same way as the armor; black paint, and silver spray paint. Arrows were made from hot gluing black feathers to doweling and painting them black. I made one really big epic arrow for photos. The tip is made of fired porcelain. I tried making the arrow heads out of Model Magic but they all broke off. </div>
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For all the work I put into this costume I will enjoy cosplaying as a Nightingale for the next few years.</div>
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Wow if you read all the way to here THANK YOU for your time and I hope this blog was informative. Thanks you and keep on cosplaying!</div>
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