After attending Anime Expos, watching cosplayers cosplay, and experiencing the wondrous world of sewing, I thought it was about high-time I got down to work. Making my own cosplay for Anime Expo 2020. I knew this would most likely take me about a year to complete, but I was and am ready for the challenge. I started out by picking a character I would like to replicate. After many weeks of searching, one of the skins from Akali (League of Legends) popped out to me. It was the Silverfang Akali.
I think she looks really cool, and the fact that I have a 3D model at my disposal thanks to Riot, makes my research a lot easier.
I started out by mapping out all the items and components that I would need to make in order to make the costume. I also used a lot of tutorials from Kamui Cosplay and Cosplay Shop.
Next up was to go and buy the fabrics. My mom helped a lot with the picking of the fabrics because she went to a sewing specialized high school and knew her way around clothes. We ended up buying 4 fabrics.
From the left- A soft T-shirt material for the undershirt. A hard material for the vest. A semi hard material for the pants. And A softer material for the gloves, fake sleeves, and any other extra things.
Then I used a tight shirt I had to make the template for the sewing pattern.
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| The template. My mom said that the far left one was not good so I only used the other two. |
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| The shirt will have a high neck, so I didn't bother cutting out the neck hole. |
