Sona Cosplay Help Please~ <3

By stocking_chan. 30/10/13, 05:20 pm

After much humming & harring, and going back and forth between ideas, I have (FINALLY) decided on my cosplay for next year:
Sona from League of Legends.

Here is the splash art:

I intend to handmake my costume so I can enter the cosplay competition.

But this is where my friends come into it.
I'm not the best at sewing, so any tips & advice as well as possible patterns for the dress are very appreciated.

I am planning on using Worbla to help make the ethwal (her instrument), but I am not sure where to get any from.
Also, I would love if anyone could help find pattern for the dress so I can go about getting the material for it.

This will be for Christchurch Armageddon 2014, so I'm looking at having this done my March -finger crossed-

By Rinelle. 31/10/13, 02:55 am

I don't know about worbla, but I've seen people getting wonderflex from trinity treasures - http://www.trinitytreasures.co.nz/Products

would be amazing if you could get the strings Sona plays on to light up too!

By stocking_chan. 01/11/13, 07:05 am

Rinelle wrote:: I don't know about worbla, but I've seen people getting wonderflex from trinity treasures - http://www.trinitytreasures.co.nz/Products

would be amazing if you could get the strings Sona plays on to light up too!

I will definitely have a look at that.
I hadn't considered lighting up the strings, but that sounds like a great idea Very Happy

I have found 2 possible dress patterns, since the dress itself just looks like this.
Was thinking of using pattern BC from this or something similar.

By iwuvanime. 01/11/13, 08:18 am

If you are after worbla there are two places online where you can get it at a reasonable price

http://www.coscraft.co.uk/3-thermoplastics <-- this is good if you are after the large sheet, their shipping is very cheap (unlike most other places that sell worbla). This is where I have gotten my worbla in the past and their shipping is quick :)

http://aetasvitae.bigcartel.com/category/worbla-s-finest-art <-- if you are after and extra large sheet (or more) these guys would be more cost effective. I havn't ordered from them myself but I know others on this forum have.

By stocking_chan. 01/11/13, 12:18 pm

iwuvanime wrote:: If you are after worbla there are two places online where you can get it at a reasonable price

http://www.coscraft.co.uk/3-thermoplastics <-- this is good if you are after the large sheet, their shipping is very cheap (unlike most other places that sell worbla). This is where I have gotten my worbla in the past and their shipping is quick :)

http://aetasvitae.bigcartel.com/category/worbla-s-finest-art <-- if you are after and extra large sheet (or more) these guys would be more cost effective. I havn't ordered from them myself but I know others on this forum have.

Thank you~
How much Worbla do you think I'd need for a project like this?
I don't want to order too much or not enough.

By Kicho. 01/11/13, 04:31 pm

For something so big, have you considered using expandable foam, perhaps with a paper mache or cardboard base? You can carve it after it's dried.

Here's a tutorial.

By **Duckeh**. 02/11/13, 02:55 am

For lighting up the strings you can buy EL wire? :)

As for patterning & etc, how much sewing experience do you have? If you're use to using patterns probably just going into spotlight or something and flipping through the pattern books is going to be a lot more straight forward as you can see what is best for you. I would personally make her dark blue dress as a start and build the sleeves/wrap thing after getting that patterned. Breaking costumes like this down to layers really helps!

Good luck! KICK BUTT!

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