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MCM Champion of Cosplay selected

With the final MCM of the year out of the way, that means the Championships of Cosplay have their UK representative! Read on to see the winner of the 4th qualifying event, and the chosen UK finalist who was selected at Birmingham Expo this weekend gone. >>

Cos-tober comes to a close!

Cos-tober is now over and we wanted to say well done and a massive thank you to all who took part during the last month. We've loved seeing all your progress go up and we hope it inspired a few of you to get productive! Read on to find out the lucky winner... We'd also like to give an enormous thank you to Coscraft for providing a great prize to be won, allowing us to run this promo. So without further ado, randomly selected by the Cos-tober elves, the winner of £30 Coscraft vouchers is... >>

Recent Progress Journals

Costume complete

White Tigress

No proper photos exist yet and just decided to try it on for fun :) Minus the shoes and gloves.

Underskirt Dyeing

Nymeria

I bought some green and gold brocade last year to make my underskirt and had put it aside in preparation but while I was sorting and re-organising my fabric inventory over the weekend, I came across several meters of something I must have bought the previous year, with this cosplay in mind and completely forgot about. It's actually a much closer match in pattern to my source, so I'm going to swap it in and use the brocade for something else. It needed a bit of colour correcting, though, so it's been through the machine with a tub of Dylon's emerald green to deepen the shade a little. The left-hand side is the original and the right the dyed.

Painted Sleeves

Amy-Lou

Made a first pass with the stencil using Dylon fabric paint in purple. Once that was dry I did a second coat to even out the colour using a small brush. This paint can be heat set with an iron, then it's washable.

Pattern Stencil

Amy-Lou

Used baking paper to sketch out a design that would fit to the sleeves. Once I was happy with the proportions I flipped it over and traced on the other side to transfer the design onto stiff card for the stencil.

Weekly Costume Showcase

Violet Evergarden from Violet Evergarden

Emzone

Each week we highlight a fantastic costume that has been nominated by the community. Check out their profile and give them some love!

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Chatter

Costume advice
Started by CuriousJac (updated 26th January 2020) 0

Masquerade: One Piece Group
Started by NorthamptonGuy (updated 14th October 2019)
Hibanacon 2019 0

Desperate for a Daenerys costume urgently
Started by TinyRicki (updated 8th April 2019) 0

need a cosplay group
Started by shadow202 (updated 5th April 2019) 0

Events

Upcoming Events

Devon Comic Con and Gaming Festival 2020 - Exeter (13th June)

MCM Comic Con Birmingham 2020 - Birmingham (27th June)

MCM London Comic Con July 2020 - London (10th July)

RaiCon 2020 Spring - Glasgow (11th July)

Tokonatsu 2020 - Bedfordshire (30th July)

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MCM London Comic Con July 2020

London

10th July 2020

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