Villa Costuming

07/01/2015

I'll be selling fabric, trim, books and other assorted sewing related stuff at Highlands War the weekend of July 9th thru July 12 at Ashurst Lake, near Mormon Lake, AZ. You won't believe what cool fabric I have. Come see me.

06/29/2015

I've been adding pictures to my other page, Facebook/Phoenix Cosplay. Check it out. I'll save this one for the more mundane stuff.

06/27/2015

Facebook keeps telling me I need to be more active online. They are probably right. So I started a new page that will just be the costumes and will leave this page for the theater, wedding and non-Cosplay stuff. The new page is Phoenix Cosplay. If you read my posts, like my new page. I'll post the Cosplay stuff I do there.

07/07/2014

I love this sort of thing.

I hadn't realized this gorgeous costume from The Prestige had had another life in the 70s. Beautiful! http://recycledmoviecostumes.tumblr.com/post/90976802576/the-1970s-saw-a-slew-of-excellent-bbc-costume

07/03/2014

Now I can do Captain America's star on his chest!

Good News Everyone! Cosplay Metallics Solved!developed a material/method to chrome the worldWorks for fabrics & is Sewable, Works on Thermal plastics, Works on Foams, works on everything I coul...

06/29/2014

I'm going to be having a booth up at Too Darned Hot the weekend of July 11th. I'll be bringing fabric, trims, notions, corset making supplies and SCA related books. Please stop by. I'll be selling under the name of The Twisted Sisters, since my sister and I have so much in the way of spinning and weaving supplies.

06/13/2014

Saving for later. I already own several of her books. Can't wait to get this one.

THE BOOK OF PROP MAKING IS AVAILABLE NOW!!!
ALSO PRE-ORDER YOUR PRINT VERSION!

http://kamuicosplay.storenvy.com/

I'm soooo excited! With a ton of new tutorials, exclusive prop making-offs and many descriptions, notes and pretty bad jokes inside, my new book is finally done! At this point, thanks to all of you for your super helpful feedbacks, suggestions and advices! You guys are just awesome!

So, what's inside?
- Basic Materials
- Preparation & Tools
- Scaling
- Creating Weapon Patterns
- Separating Weapons for Transportion
- Shaping Foam
- Covering Foam with Worbla
- Detail Work
As well as the following work examples:
- Heartseeker Ashe's Bow (League of Legends)
- Norn Zweihänder Sword (Guild Wars 2)
- Infinity Spear (Lineage II)
- Gorehowl Axe (World of Warcraft)
- Malthael's Scythes (Diablo III - RoS)
- Crusader's Flail (Diablo III - RoS)
- Gladiator's Greatstaff (World of Warcraft)

Hope sooo much you'll like it! I've got a lot of positive critique of my proof readers and really hope you'll like the book as much as they did! Also in addition you'll find new prints of my sexy Deadric armor and my Norn in the shop! Hopefully also from Diana soon, ha ha! :)

And note, if you order 4 items, you'll get the 4th for free! Have fun with shopping!

06/13/2014

Saving for later

Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in the art world: 
How did Dutch master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Here's how he conducted his experiment.

06/10/2014

Haven't seen it yet, but this should be good! I actually want to do the wings (which aren't displayed here).

In Disney's Maleficent the real villains seem to be men and their greed and ambition in the live-action movie, not the iconic (misunderstood) female Sleeping Beauty villain. Here's the fantastic suit of armour worn by Sharlto Copley as 'King Stefan', the father of 'Princess Aurora', in the fantasy m…