The Costume Making Guide: Creating Armor and Props for Cosplay

It’s a good book

Overall my daughter, who's getting started with the cosplay hobby, is happy with the book. I've read through it, and gotten halfway through a project inspired by one of the projects; a steampunk cyborg arm.The author has an excellent YouTube channel, which provides video on how to do similar things, so why buy the book? Because it's a lot easier to follow instructions in a book as you work through a project at a work bench rather than fiddling with video playback on a notebook or tablet computer, or try to work from memory. Additionally, her channel is excellent, so it feels good to support the artist.There is a lot of emphasis on using Worbla, which is very expensive, but that's not the reason I knocked off a star. I was hoping for more general guidelines and instructions on how to do a type of prop, rather than walkthroughs of doing specific props. It would have been nice for there to be side notes with additional guidelines and tips along the lines of 'If you want to make an X it's a good idea to do Y' and on how to adapt the projects in the book to other projects. There ARE guidelines like that, but I wanted more of that sort of thing, even if it meant putting one less project walk through in the book.For example, it would have been helpful for more guidelines and warnings on how to create templates from plastic wrap and duck tape without wasting time and getting stuff wrong on the first few attempts, like how my flabby arm would be compressed, and result in all the pieces being too small!

It’s perfect for someone trying to figure out how to make foam armor. And A nice list to tell you what you will need in the very beginning so you can be prepared while making armor.

Gifted to someone for Christmas and they loved it.

this book is great! the patterns and directions are clear yet concise. explanations answered questions that came to mind. pictures demonstrated the process excellently! although i bought this for someone else, as a crafter myself i felt it equipped the reader with everything needed to take on any project of this kind. it is rare to see a design book so clear and well thought out. i highly recommend this book to ANYONE who would like to try this kind of project.

Good book with some decent pictures and well written. However, these are all projects you can find for free on her youtube and can save the money. The other thing that I really don't like is that this is a book somewhat geared toward beginners or people new to the hobby. It explains that you can use things like EVA foam, craft foam and other simple items to make your cosplay outfits. This is VERY misleading. Watch Kamui's videos, website and other projects and you will know that she uses Worbla for almost everything. This book is about 85-90% worbla. And Worbla is NOT cheap, even though it can be re-usable and it is definitely not practical for beginners. Honestly, everything that is in this book is not worthwhile for beginners. You have to understand what these projects are going to ask of you and I would suggest that if you are a beginner, start googling projects and watching youtube videos to start before you go spending so much money on Worbla. Yes, it is re-usable, but it is expensive and kind of tough to get outside of internet stores. And if you want to use it for an entire cosplay, you are going to be using a LOT. Start with EVA and craft foam first. Skip Worbla for now. Unless you have that kind of liquidity of course.

I got this book from library. I've read half of it and thought my life would not be full without this book. I ordered it on Amazon and I am absolutely in love.Beautiful work shown.Step by step detailed explainations of full creation process with good quality photos. Detailed description of tools and materials used.I cant recommend it enough. Just WOW.I am a happy owner now.If you are thinking of buying it stop thinking and get it. You won't regret. I promise.

I bought this when I decided to get back into cosplay after a long hiatus. I'd worked with foam before to make armor, but this guide really helped me improve my skills! The step by step directions are useful and the book starts with a list of materials and tools. I have been recommending it to all my friends who mention that they'd like to try cosplay armorcrafting, since it's a great introduction!

Meia boca. Nada extraordinario. E a maioria dos itens pra construir as coisas nao tem no brasil. Inutil entao. Parece mais uma revista que compra no caixa do supermercado que um livro.

Lo compré ya que unos amigos fanáticos del cosplay quieren hacer su boda cosplay, y todos los presentes debemos ir disfrazados. Como yo no se mucho de la creación del cosplay y me ha llamado algo la atención, en especial las armas, decidí comprarlo para ayudarme a crear mi atuendo para la boda. Cuenado se lo mostré a mis amigos cosplayeros, quedaron encantados y ellos se compraron uno más. Realmente nos ha resultado útil.

Recommended for cosplay enthusiasts. Filled with useful information and details about creating props for your costumes. :D

Esta en ingles, pero si eso no es problema, buen libro.

Un libro excelente para empezar hacer cosplay, es muy ilustrativo, en general el producto, llego en buenas condiciones y en la fecha acordada.