Creation of my Alastor Cosplay (Part 1)
Hey y'all! So today, I'm going to jump into documenting the creation of my Alastor cosplay. The first piece I made (also my favorite) is the microphone walking-stick thingy. So, When I create my cosplays I try reuse anything I can because (1) I'm a broke bitch and (2) I try my best to be environmentally friendly.* That being said my microphone is mostly "trash". The actually mic part is... um, well an old, well washed and sanitized, Bad Dragon lube bottle. Hey, don't judge! it was the perfect size and shape! The walking-stick part is an old curtain rod and the red pop filter part is scraps of EVA foam sheet. The top part of the mic part is half of a gashapon capsule filled with poly-fil stuffing. For Banzaicon, I put a LED tea light inside it so it would glow. After Banzaicon I upgraded it with green flickering LEDs. The next piece I created was the monocle. Its just larger gauge floral wire and red UV resin. I used this technique for creating the the