Cossssssplay!

So, to start off with my new boundaries, I think I’m gonna talk about...Cosplay. Cosplay is when you take a fictional character, whether it be from a movie, book, show, anime, webcomic, whatever, and you dress up as them. Cosplay is a loose term because some people might just dress up in clothes they own, and say that it’s something the character would wear. Then there’s the extreme cosplayers. Those people go out, get materials they need, (right color, right material) and they sew the costume themselves. Also, they get wigs, props, maybe even contacts, to look exactly as the character.

Whatever you’re gonna make, you need to have a basis: What does the character look like? For this cosplay post, I’m going to take something that a lot of people might know Wolverine. For those who don’t know who that is (you poor, poor souls), this is a picture:

Image courtesy of Empire Online

This man is widely known, and also cosplayed by a lot of people. For this example, I’m not going to take the comic book version (wearing yellow and such), but the Hugh Jackman one.

To start off, you need to get a wig, most likely. This cosplay is better for males who have this kind of hairstyle, and also the facial hair. If you do, just style it like his. If you don’t purchase a wig from a store, online or not. Though most wigs are expensive, some are not; be careful though, they might be low quality. Next, to be like Jackman yet save money, you could just wear jeans with rips in them, and a wife beater.

Next, the hardest part, the claws. There are many ways to do them, and although I don’t really know myself, you could probably just paper mache them, and spray paint them silver.

CAUTION: Do not use actual blades for this. You won’t be able to get anywhere, because real weapons are not allowed. If you do, make sure to dull the blade! If it’s sharp enough to cut, it’s a real weapon.

If you’re a girl and wanting to cosplay him, then do the fem! version. Basically, try to imagine the girl version, with long brown hair and probably wearing something over the wife beater. For a wig, just get a long brown wig. Duh. If you want to really be in the character, try to get contacts that are brown, seeing as he has brown eyes. A good site to get contacts would be at Honey Color. They specialize in realistic looking contacts.

Oh gosh I totally lost track, didn’t I? I guess I just gave you directions to cosplay the Wolverine. (・−・;）But uh, yeah, that’s cosplay...ahaha.....seeyounexttime! *runs away*