Soul Calibur Weapons 05/15/2012
After having quite a few people ask us how we made our Soul Calibur weapons, we finally put together a tutorial explaining how we built our props with affordable materials. It took two videos to explain it all, but please watch them. Here is part one which covers Cassandra's shield, sword, and more. Part two explains Tira's gauntlets and hoop! We've also added a couple progress shots we took during the creation process for these cosplays. The photos can be found here! Add Comment Come Join Us! 05/15/2012
We will be hosting a formal ball the night before this year's Tokyo in Tulsa. This will be an event like none other, where both the Queens of Wonderland, The Bounty Hunter Queen of Hearts and the White Queen of the Steampunk Kingdom, have come together for a night of merriment to be shared with all. They have invited several members of their respective courts to assist with teaching dances during the ball itself. We will be teaching various court dances with the assistance of beloved characters such as the Mad Hatter, March Hare, Cheshire Cat, and Alice, too! The ball itself will be held in the DoubleTree Hotel's largest ballroom in Downtown Tulsa. The event shall commence at 8pm until approximately midnight. For more information concerning the dress code, please visit Tokyo in Tulsa's forum or email us at Khemia_Creations@yahoo.com! Busy, Busy, Busy! 03/04/2012
Written by Mika Con season is rapidly approaching!! We have been busily preparing for this year's conventions! Our first convention of the year is A-kon 23 in about 3 months. This year we are really challenging ourselves with techniques and materials we have never worked with before. We are really excited about this year! Here is what we have so far! We are getting close to finishing Panty and Stocking!! For these we used Satin fabric.  Demi's Stocking is looking wonderful! She appliqued her blue stripes onto her dress to avoid seam lines. Next she will start on her bodice. Below is my Panty progress. The wings on the shirt are craft foam. Next I will start altering the heels I bought. We still have some details to add to these two, but we are pretty excited about our progress so far!  We used craft foam, wire, and gorilla glue to create these cute cartooney wings!!  ____________________________________________________________________________________________ I was able to make some progress on my Sylvanas cosplay as well! I have been working with Wonderflex for the first time and I am loving it! I have been usuing a few helpful tutorials from Kamui Cosplay. If you haven't heard of her, go check her out! She is amazing! Here is my progress so far:  First I made a pattern out of newspaper. Then, using my patterns, I cut out 2 pieces of Wonderflex and 1 slightly smaller piece of craft foam. Next I put the piece of craft foam in between the wonderflex and heated it to the correct shape. Once the Wonderflex was dry I glued purple suede fabric onto the Wonderflex using contact cement.  The next step was to trace this pattern onto the armor pieces.  Then I used a soldering gun to melt the pattern into the fabric.  Finally, I used a copic marker to give it the proper shading and add a bit more detail.   All of the armor pieces (except for the shoulders) have been started. The top part was a little difficult and took a few tries. I ended up making a duct tape and newspaper pattern using a strapless bra. I used 2mm and 3mm craft foam to create the top. My next step will be to add the silver trim and detail pieces to these!  A few days ago I was able to trace the pattern for the weird shield thing on her bow.  It is all covered in foam now! I will begin carving and working on it sometime this week! We had a great time at the midnight launch for Soul Calibur V in late January. Another big Thanks to OKgamers and the Tulsa Hills Gamestop for having us out! We got the chance to play the game a few days later and fell in love with it. Both of us find Patroklos and Pyrrha unfortunately irritating, but thankfully most of the other characters are pretty cool. We absolutely love Tira's new look. We miss Cass, but all in all it is really fun game!   We will be attending the midnight release of Soul Calibur V at Gamestop in Tulsa (the one right off of Highway 75 and 71st) as Cassandra Alexandra and Jester Tira. If you are in the area and a fan of the series come in, say hello, and pick up your copy of the game! We will be in costume from 9-11pm. Many Thanks to Saif from OKgamers for inviting us along!  In other news, we have started working on our first cosplays of the new year! We are currently working on our Panty and Stocking costumes!  Mika will be angel Panty, Demi will be angel Stocking, and our friend Shaun will be guest casting as Briefers Rock! We are really excited to have him join us. This will be his first cosplay! We've completely fallen in love with these characters and are very eager to put the finishing touches on these costumes... However, we still have a little ways to go before we are finished. So, until then, here are a few progress shots!  Luckily it's so close to Valentine's Day we were able to find some cheap decorations to destroy in order to make the hearts for our costumes!  We peeled off the sequins, cut the hearts in half and filled them with expanding spray foam so that they wouldn't be hollow (that part isn't pictured yet).  Last shot of the night! This is the beginning of one of Panty's bracelets. We used the same method for the arm bands as well. We cut craft foam into the correct shape, and glued stretch pleather fabric (purchased from mjtrends.com) to the back of it. It's cut like that so that it will lay correctly and not bunch up. We're pretty happy with the way it turned out!  We have also started on our World of Warcraft group! Mika will be Lady Sylvanas Windrunner, Demi will be a female Undercity Dreadguard, and Shaun will be guesting again as a male Undercity Dreadguard. We have a lot to learn for these costumes and tons of new techniques to try! We hope to debut both groups at Anime Matsuri in April. That gives us about 2 months, wish us luck! We will post progress pics as soon as we have them. For more info about our planned cosplay list for 2012, check out our cosplay page. Thanks for reading!  |
