tutorial thread

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>>8980491

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>>8980495

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>>8980499

does anyone have good wig styling tutorials or that one on how to make a wig not shiny? I bought a wig recently and its way shinier than expected

>>8980502
if it's too shiny then you can wash it in a tub with some baby shampoo

>>8980502
Fabric softener is good for making them less shiny.

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Requesting a couple that I forgot to save and can't find: Posing with a gun tutorial and the tutorial that shows you how to make your boobs look bigger.

Here's this in return.

>>8980776
>wanna pee
fuck now i can't unseen that

>>8980502
>>8980545
Addition that you can (and should) leave the wig in that stuff for days, don't rinse it out.

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>>8982248
whoops posted my throwaway email!

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>>8982250

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>>8982251

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>>8982254

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>>8982255

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>>8982259

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>>8982261

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>>8982267

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>>8982274

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>>8982276

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>>8982285

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>>8982287

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>>8982289

>>8980491
This bow is very cute but I don't understand why the person who created this tutorial tells us to cut rectangles at an angle when in the end you'll have 4 rectangular pieces of fabric that you sew together and in the end wrap with another strip of fabric into a bow... Can someone please clarify?

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>>8982294

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>>8982298

>>8982289

This is kinda confusing because the gored skirt should need 6 panels, not 9. I can't figure out where the extra panels go, even if the skirt has hidden pleats that would need 10 panels, not 9.

Also, that last diagram is a terrible way to make a pleated skirt, irl the pleats will dissappear halfway down the dress because there's not enough in the folds to have them stay folded.

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>>8982300

>>8982296

I remember when this was posted to either egl or sew_loli and someone asked her that exact question. I don't think she ever answered it properly.

If it helps, cutting on the bias gives you more stretch in the fabric. So my best guess is if you're not all that great at cutting right angle exact squares it might be easier to yank a bias-cut square into vaguely equal-sided bows, while something cut on the grain is going to stubbornly ease itself back into not being a square, giving you possibly lopsided bows. I think.

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>>8982307
>>8982305
srry bro. ill remove that tut from my folder cause its obv inaccurate

>>8982259
I love this tradition.

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>>8982315

>>8982305
>This is kinda confusing because the gored skirt should need 6 panels, not 9

I think they have a 4 written there?

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>>8982318
>>8982317
best cgl traditon

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>>8982325

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>>8982326
>>8980776

>>8982296
Basically what >>8982313 said.
Here's an article I found that discusses it pretty clearly. http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2015/05/bias-tape-what-is-it-how-to-make-it-and-why-you-need-it.html

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>>8982327

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>>8982338

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>>8982342
ok im probably done for tonight!

>>8982287
Has anyone tried this for longer skirts? i was wondering if it would make a strange outline/drag around the hem

>>8982305
>>8982320
yes, that is a 4... >>8982315, put that tut right back in the folder. the pleated part isn't the greatest, yeah, but the first three are helpful for complete noobs and people who can't visualise shit (like me)

thank you to the person who bothered dumping. people like you (and the people who originally made these tutorials) enable idiots like me to do the cosplay

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>>8982552
>>8982320

Ah, 4 panels would make much more sense.

Sorry, I'm not complaining, and it's nice of anon to dump. Just confused by that one image. Maybe someone can write the 4 a little clearer.

The pleated skirt pattern isn't too far off either, but it'll probably end more like pic than the pleated skirt they drew because the bottom of the skirt doesn't have enough overlap to make pleats. Just a little note to pay attention to, because I've ended up here before and was not pleased that I overlooked this tiny detail.

>>8982567
I see that technique used for school girl skirts plenty and they hold it perfectly, is the length of the skirt that's going to mess it up or something ?

>>8982313
I actually created this tutorial. That's exactly right, the bias is more forgiving and also gives the bow more volume when scrunched in to the bow shape.

>>8982492
Horsehair can be used on any length skirt. The weight of the fabric will effect the look.

>>8980776
I don't have the posing with a gun tutorial but i could pretty much sum it up:
>KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNLESS IF YOU'RE POSING LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT SOMETHING BECAUSE IT LOOKS RETARDED AND UNSAFE OTHERWISE

>>8981756
wait, what? you leave it in? won't it be crusty as hell once dry?
i'm soaking a wig in fabric softener right now and am confused

>>8984566
From my experience with using fabric softener: it might be a bit crusty in spots, but just comb it out.
Go fingers>wide tooth comb/wide-bristle brush>smaller comb>those tiny combs with a pick on them

>>8982318
This is really not the best tutorial for resin though...

>>8982251
what technique did they use to give the horns that more claylike/finished coloring in the last picture?

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>>8982980


Yes, you need a wider skirt, and you also need to make sure you aren't folding those perfect triangles in the tutorial. The tutorial seems to imply that all of the fabric is revealed by the time the pleat gets to the hem, and therefore you only need a skirt that's as wide as you want. But the whole point of a pleated skirt is that there is fabric hidden behind in folds. So even at the hem there should still be some fabric that's folded behind, and the skirt needs to be much wider to allow the fabric to stay folded.

If she had chopped-off-triangles like these the tutorial would be okay then, so that at the hem the darker areas are still folded behind.

>>8981756
I have a wig that was my first (monstrous) experiment with dying, so now it's an impossible jungle of rats years later. Will this do it any good? I've used softener baths but never for that long.

I have zero expectation of getting it to its original quality but it'd be nice to be able to practice styles with it.

>>8985814
I can't personally say becaue I've never had a wig go to that stage of tangle, sorry. It wouldn't hurt, at the very least, as long as you don't care about the stuff maybe affecting your dye (depending on what you used for that it might leave the wig fibres). As I was typing I remembered this guy's video on detangling extreme messes. He does only leave it in for a few hours compared to days but he's also just looking for detangling versus matting the shine. Good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ZAFSjOzLg

>>8985814
try soaking it in a bottles worth of lotion + water
2:1 ratio of lotion to water

I found a load of pretty sweet basic patterns on a site. these could be modified for a lot of cosplay things. mostly male stuff, but there's an unisex hoodie and a feminine corset (that one seems to not be perfected but could def be helpful). best part is, most of these have like a million alterations already built in, and they seem to automatically scale for size and add in said alterations.
https://makemypattern.com/patterns

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>>8992329

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