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Modesty's Costume Projects for 2022

 Most cosplayers and some costumers make a wishlist of costumes to make. I'm no exception. There are a lot of costumes I want to make and a few that I wanted to make in the past that are falling out of favor as it were. So my 2022 Costume List is as follows:  What to make next... Original Characters Goro the Kitsune Sakura the Kitsune Red Fox Polish Vampire Hunter Unicorn/Unicorn Centaur Circus Centaur Lotara the Drow Elf Cosplay Characters Linkle (Hyrule Warriors) Dalish Inquistor (Dragon Age) Uravity (My Hero Academia) Rengoku (Demon Slayer)  Rescue (Avengers End Game) Obviously, I can't do all of these in a year. Some of these will be replaced as my interests shift and change. But I'll mention something about the state of each of these.  Goro - In Progress I'm nearly done with this one I think. I need to suss out some details and make the darn tails but it's a good spot to actually be completed in 2022.  Sakura Fox - Concept I came up with this concept while writ

Costume Project Post-Mortem: Armorer

 For Halloween 2021, my costume was the Armorer from Disney Star Wars The Mandalorian. I did not intend for it to be a very intensive pattern-making project. Many things are made from patterns by someone else. I was going for close accuracy but not detailed accuracy. It was close to perfect except for the portion that I did not have a pattern for, the apron. The belt had some struggles.  Some of the major take-aways: Hot glue weakens against my hot body. LOL.  Velcro isn't always the strongest or best way to close things up.  Don't cut shaggy fur with scissors, use a craft knife 3D printing is awesome The Original Plan My intention was not to make a 1 to 1 accurate remake of the show's costume. That was more work than I wanted to do. I did know that I was going to 3D Print a lot of this costume! So I purchased some STL files for the helmet, the chest piece, and the hammer. There were some free STL files for the belt doo-dads and the Grogu head. I also found pre-made pattern