Tag: Cosplay

Curiosities of Cosplay: Lutavia

Experience is an invaluable teacher; with enough persistence and determination, it can make anyone proficient whatever creative skill they wish. But what of the lessons that cannot be quantified? Years of sewing and crafting are evident in the increasing complexity and detail in Lutavia's work, but the time spent connecting with, and providing invaluable resources for, beginner and veteran crafters alike that strive to create their own dream cosplays has proved to be just as fulfilling.

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Reflections in Fabric: The Creation of the Sophist Robes, Part 2

Pre-production lays the groundwork for a smooth cosplay build, but the need for creative problem-solving is nowhere near finished once construction begins. In part two of "Reflections in Fabric," featured cosplayers discuss how each problem solved and each step completed slowly but surely brought their sophist robes to life—life which, to the Ancients of old, might be described as nothing short of true creation magic.

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Reflections in Fabric: The Creation of the Sophist Robes, Part 1

Not long after the release of Endwalker in December 2021, my Twitter feed was filled with the flowing black and white robes of those Ancients encountered in Elpis, known in-game as the sophist robes. Seasoned and new cosplayers alike shared their knowledge and resources, unified in recreating the robes donned by beloved NPCs and Warriors of Light alike. In Part 1 of "Reflections," I spoke with ten cosplayers about their pre-production considerations, fabric choices, and inspirations for creating the sophist robes.

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Curiosities of Cosplay: Snips

The Ishgardian Temple Knights second-in-command Lucia Junius seemed a perfect project for CosSnips, a cosplayer with well over a decade of large builds under her belt, but it wasn't until a close friend declared her intention to cosplay Aymeric de Borel that Snips finally decided to take the plunge. The hardest part for Snips now might just be settling on which XIV character to cosplay next, but the success of her stunning Lucia and Panthean armor is a pretty strong start.

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Curiosities of Cosplay: Foodzorz

From the battle wear on Ardbert's axe to the smallest minutia on his armor, every stitch in every layer accounted for and even the wig carefully and painstakingly styled, Foodz ensured no detail of XIV's tragic hero, much like his tale and the tale of his companions' adventures and sacrifices on the First, went forgotten.

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Curiosities of Cosplay: Finalfantasymama

The unapologetic explosion of ribbons and frills and frockery in Rebecca's cosplays reflect her own unapologetic love of cosplay as a whole: to embrace what you love, no matter your age, and to pursue that passion fearlessly, both for the joy of the challenges along the way and for the pride of finally holding in your own hands what you have created.

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Curiosities of Cosplay: Divisionten

For Sara Winters, every new project is a new opportunity to explore and learn a new creative outlet, whether that be hand weaving by loom, building robotics, developing Cricut patterns, embroidery, or crafting armor. With her detailed Twitter threads breaking down each step of her cosplay builds and her long history of hosting informative panels for a variety of creative topics, I knew Divisionten's insights into her journey as a disabled cosplayer and creator would be sharply informative and wittily eloquent.

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