Last weekend I traveled to my 2nd ever Anime convention. This time it was Youmacon in Detroit, Michigan. For this convention I decided I wanted to cosplay a character by the name of Celsius. She is the summon spirit of ice in the game Tales of Symphonia. The outfit itself is relatively easy but her skin is gray, so I had to paint myself from head to toe which was a bit complicated.
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| This a picture of Celsius from the game |
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| This was the start of the cuffs. I made them with old padded bras covered in gold fabric. Yeah...I'm pretty resourceful. |
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Here was my body paint test the top right section is Kryolan aqua color. The other two are different shades of pax body paint.
I have a lot so say about the body paint. It was a very interesting process. The paint I used is called pax and it is made by combining equal parts of prosaid adhesive and acrylic paint. When it dries its like a weird 2nd skin and does some weird wrinkly stuff, but over all its very good for all day wear and it won't rub off on your clothes or anything you touch. After going through this process I have some tips for anyone trying to apply this type of body paint.
Pax Tips
- paint your hands last
- make sure you have someone help you
- do one body part at a time and make sure to powder it as soon as it dries, if not you will stick to yourself
- only use pax on your face if you don't plan on making many facial expressions
- allow at least 2 hours to paint head to toe
- removing this stuff sucks, I'm not sure there's any avoiding that.
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| The tape grid I made for coloring the ribbon. |
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| Finished ribbon. |
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| The finished product. |
I'm so proud of how my Celsius cosplay turned out! I can't wait to wear it again at Acen. Be sure to keep an eye out for me if you attend.
