Still sewing like there's no future! XD

Manto

when i made my first OP costume i posted it here, on an old topic that i can't find… anyways, now i can have a post exclusively for my stuff XD!!! yes, i'm still cosplaying, but i have to plan my stuff more in advance, cos i'm doing my graduate thesis on design (i'm writting, illustrating and designing a childrens' book)... next year i'm going to be SO free! XD but with a job (there goes my freedom. buh) XD

i'm going to AOD too! so, if anyone sees me there, plz stop and say hallo!

some pics of the lastest costumes (completed or in progress) i have made:

arabasta luffy: made in two days O… i had so much fun wearing it XD the sleeves came longer that expected... damn pattern!

shibaraku usopp: this one was hard to do. i started on december last year, but i had to stop cos i had to go to my internship. when i came back home on march, i started working like crazy on it. The trees (120 of them) and the "river" where all machine-embroidered by me, it took 3 weeks to complete the orange yukata (that includes a full week sitting behind the machine sewing like crazy). i managed to finish the clothing the last days of march, then, because of my uni and thesis work, i had to partially work on the rest… i finished it last week, my mom did the obi embrodery, cos i had no idea what to do...

and... guess what i'm working now...

that's all for now

Devilfruitgrower

very nice, I like the Log Pose alot. I gotta ask, how long did It take you to make Shibaraku Usopp?

Manto

@Devilfruitgrower:

very nice, I like the Log Pose alot. I gotta ask, how long did It take you to make Shibaraku Usopp?

mmmm… let's see... the orange yukata, i can say, it took about 3 full weeks (between patterns, cutting, preparing, gluing and sewing the fabric applications, and sewing the inner linning). the armor took me about a week, cos the sealing process was kind of slow. the glove, bandana with metal plating took me only a day. the prop katana took a while too, but when i was waiting for the glue to dry i was making other things... the obi was embroidered by my mom, she used a different technique for it... she made it on 2 days, i think...

Devilfruitgrower

Which Cons do you go to? Wouldn't mind meeting you.

Manto

sadly, i'm from chile… but i'm going to AOD on san francisco this august...

i have more pics here (cos i don't want to go on modem-killing mode XD)

http://images.cosplay.com/gallery.php?member=17777&cat=500

Seta Ginny

Wow, VERY nice job on all of those!!! The Usopp is just utter awesomeness, I love Alabasta Luffy…and that logpose is great!

Tell me, what did you use for the strap? That's such a tricky thing...

Can't wait to see more!

Manto

@Seta:

Wow, VERY nice job on all of those!!! The Usopp is just utter awesomeness, I love Alabasta Luffy…and that logpose is great!

Tell me, what did you use for the strap? That's such a tricky thing...

Can't wait to see more!

thanks! ^////^

the strap is a thick kind of craft foam (i brought it a long time ago, when i designed a pair of sport shoes)… but i think if you glue several layers of craft foam, you can get the same effect... it closes with two leather straps that have velcro (there's one inside clousure and an outer one)

here are some views

http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=730201

the leather straps are sewn thru the foam… i'm going to take another pic of the other side when i come back from the uni

EDIT: here are some views of the logpost closures

and bonus pic O

made with… paper (really!)

Demon Days

The Arabasta Luffy kicks ass. That costume is exactly like the real one…

Manto

@Demon:

The Arabasta Luffy kicks ass. That costume is exactly like the real one…

O really? thanks so much… i DO still complain about the robe, the shoulders are longer, thus the sleeves came out longer than the settei... but my circles - i love my circles XDDD

KamenRiderNeko

oh man those are some freakin amazing costumes!! very beautiful yukata on Usopp's costume, I love how much attention to detail you put into that. And that Alabasta Luffy is great, love the poses, lol!

God I wish I had the patience to sew like that

hyakamaru

love the usopp costume.. very very intricately made.. well done

Manto

^///^ thanks guys!! it's a pain to wear, cos it's a tad heavy, but with the magic help of velcro XD stays in place O…

here's a pic of the yukata without myself in XD (it's my pride and joy... my other costumes have fleece fabric applications, which are much easier to do, but they don't have that visual effect like normal fabric applique)

and i found some pics of my ghetto chopper costume (and the "official" costume too)… i have a tutorial (and some patterns) to build a chopper hat, so anyone wants them, just ask

my tshirt died T^T i still have the "risky" letters somewhere… i'll have to sew them over the tshirt...

the official one XD i was called "reindeer" all the day… my friends played with my hat and it survived all the abuse! XD i could'n add the hat decoration (they look like feathers) cos i didn't design a system to hold them on place without ruining my hat...

KamenRiderNeko

hahaha those are great pictures!

Manto

:blink: i resurrected my cosplay thread again XD

PVC pipes are pure love

KamenRiderNeko

nice work on that ^^ can't wait to see the rest of the costume

Devilfruitgrower

Ahh, I know what you mean, PVC pipe if a very good thing. Very easy to cut etc. I used a really long piece to and I qoute "Scare the Fuck out of her"

Manto

@Devilfruitgrower:

Ahh, I know what you mean, PVC pipe if a very good thing. Very easy to cut etc. I used a really long piece to and I qoute "Scare the Fuck out of her"

XD then you used a 2mt tube?? the cool thing about PVC is that you can extend it with connectors and stuff… almost all my props have a pvc part on them...

Devilfruitgrower

More like Five meter. I was on he main floor back deck. She was in the study. I took the really long piece and tapped it on the window of the study where she was on the comp.

Seta Ginny

LOL! It looks to me like you did your perfect climatact almost the same way I did mine! (Although our size reference shots had to be different. Damn Oda for drawing it more than one way =P!) PVC pipes are love XD! Did you use the Disney paint from Home Depot for it too? Also what did you use for the balls?

Very nice job!

Manto

@Seta:

LOL! It looks to me like you did your perfect climatact almost the same way I did mine! (Although our size reference shots had to be different. Damn Oda for drawing it more than one way =P!) PVC pipes are love XD! Did you use the Disney paint from Home Depot for it too? Also what did you use for the balls?

Very nice job!

XDDD thank you! it's true about the references… i didn't want to split the styrofoam balls cos i don't like how they look that way, so i started looking on manga images (where the climatact is the same size as nami) and then on the anime (i saw one image where the tact is smaller than nami!!)... i found on all cases that the dials where split, but the size was irregular on everything!!... so i turned to a gashapon figure that i brought on san francisco (i had so much fun there XDD random thought), where nami is holding the climatact and it's like a head taller than she is... so i made proportional to it... i wanted it to look menacing XD (it stands for about 2mts tall)

oh! and i didn't use paint for it (i hate painting PVC), the pipes came with that aqua color... i just painted the styrofoam balls with acrylic and then i sealed them with polyurethane varnish...

Seta Ginny

Yeah, when I made mine, the only two reference shots available were the color spread in 377, and that one shot where you first see it up to her shoulder. I wasn't wild about spliting the styrofoam balls either (because it was a pain in the ass, and ARGH. Trying to get them to stay!) but that was the only thing I could find that matched the size in 377 (which I ended up deciding to go with over the one other shot.) If only I had known Oda and the anime would mess with it so much later! I think I know the Gashopon figure you were talking about (it's on our One Piece shelf!) XD! The tall size is nice!

But yes…what exactly ARE those balls? And wow on the finding PVC in aqua!

Yoska

Those are really cool! Now, if you want make them to look even more authentic, fasten them on the rear of your car (a rope would do) and drag them behind the car for at least a mile or so. And, behold!, Luffy's outfit will look like it had gone through a desert.

Manto

@Yoska:

Those are really cool! Now, if you want make them to look even more authentic, fasten them on the rear of your car (a rope would do) and drag them behind the car for at least a mile or so. And, behold!, Luffy's outfit will look like it had gone through a desert.

XD EXCELLENT!!! XDDD i can also roll down the hill (cos i live on top of a hill)…

ginny: cutting the styrofoam balls was also a pain for me cos i almost cut one of my fingers O_o... is a hate-hate relationship with my exacto knife, i followed the middle line that the ball had and i started cutting and the knife slipped!! it didn't happen anything to my hand sigh... anyway, the trick i used for glueing the "dials" (cos i guess they're dials) is fun foam O... on the flat part of each half-ball, with a hotglue gun, i added a circle of fun foam... and pvc glue glues fun foam awesomely well (and it dries so fast!)

Seta Ginny

Ooooh, you did use styrofoam! Sorry, I misunderstood! Yeah, I think I used a big ass kitchen knife to cut mine…They are not fun to split x_x The fun foam sounds like a great idea though!

Very nice job, looking forward to seeing the rest!

Manto

nah, don't worry (about the balls)… i messed up badly on nami's costume, so i'll have to start all over again T^T... anyway, i made this yesterday...

it's a gift for one of my friends, cos she's going to cosplay as sanji (she really exited about it!)… i also made one for myself XDD

next saturday i'm going to join a small skypea group as usopp, so i'll get some pics!!

Seta Ginny

Aaww that's really cute! It looks just like it!

Is it a print on there, or did you paint it? Either way, very accurate.

Manto

thanks! ^////^ well, the panda logo is a inkjet tshirt transfer (the "doskoi panda" are transfered over the apron's fabric and the panda was transfered first onto white cotton fabric and then sewn over the apron)… sadly, the panda almost died when i applied it over the apron, it looks awful T_T anyway, i tried my best there, so thanks a bunch for saying that looks accurate

KamenRiderNeko

ooh that apron looks awesome~! it really does look just like the actual one. that color is just perfect

Manto

thanks pirateneko ^///^

i REALLY felt like posting this pic here… is such a lovely pic... i'm usopp there (with a new nose XDD is longer than the prosthetic one)...

Buuhan1

Haha, thats a great pic! Your Usopp is brilliant, very in character.

@Luffy: Wow thats amazing! And you're right, it looks heavy.

@Log Post: …O_O woah...

@Samurai Usopp: That is the most beauitful costume I've ever seen! I hate to hear how long that took you.

@Gangsta Chopper: Enough to put Snoop Dogg to shame. XD

@Clima Tact: I don't think I've ever seen such a great Clima Tact (Seto, I don't recall ever seeing yours so don't take this the wrong way o_o). Its so accurate, and you're right the size of it works very well for you. I'd had to get hit over the head by that....

@Apron: Are you sure you don't have some magical machine which can rip stuff out of anime and bring it into the real world? Cause I don't see any other explination for the perfectness of this.

Manto

buuhan: really?… awww! thanks so much for your kind comments... XD i was having so much fun this last weekend that was easy to get "on character" (i guess being usopp and luffy is easy if you're doing silly things everywhere)

i have more pics!!

http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=844659
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=844657
(thank you bag for covering my ass XDD)
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=844660

and in another cosplay land (tengai makyo) i just want to resurrect my manjimaru costume (it suffered some damages when i sent it to the cleaners)… cos i just love how it turned out... it's an old costume...

http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=208065
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=208065

the katana has a metallic blade, but i'll have to make it all over again, since i can't use metallic props anymore…

Buuhan1

How come? Cons aren't allowing it anymore?

Manto

there's a law (here on Chile… cos i'm chilean and that XD) about weapons in public spaces... all kind of weapons, included blades and knives, are absolutely banned in public spaces, including when you carry them around...

thanks kamisama that exacto knives aren't banned...

so i'll have to make the katana again from scratch T^T i won't dismantle the original one cos i love it so much (tengai makyo fangirl here!!! O)

Buuhan1

Oh, so it was an actual sword? Well then I understand.

Manto

buuhan: yes, it's a sword… it's not dangerous (it's one of those cheap gift-store katanas) but it's still a sword... so it's on storage know... only thinking of making the sword again makes me lazy...

anyway, i finished my nami costume O (stupid wig that cover my eyes XDD)

http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=846787
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=846788

Manto

and rezzing it again T^T (me bad… XD)

http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=859481

kabuto's head is crooked… i couldn't fix that (and my face is so... blah on the pic XD)

this weekend i'm going to anime expo chile with a OP group... so i'm going to have lodas of pics next week! O

Manto

and it comes THAT time of the year that i start necroposting on my own thread… LOL sorry about that...

i have been working a lot on my uni thesis stuff, that even if had cosplayed a lot last year, i forgot to update this thread... ANYWAY, here comes the stuff!!

nami from ch.416 (cover)
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=872691
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=873036

not much to say about this one. my first nami costume, i picked one that could fit me and it could stay in place (if you know what i mean XDDD)… i used it on october 2006 with a group of lovely friends...

nami from believe OP/a caballo vamo' pa'l mar colorspread
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=911716
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=911065

i was cosplay staff at some event so i made another nami costume. i got a new wig, so enough reason to do another. and adding the fact that my friends were once again going to cosplay OP characters

usopp davy back fight arc
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=985117
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=985116

my friend paula (the luffy on the other pics) told me that she was making a sanji costume from this arc and maka (sanji in the first group) added that she wanted to be afro luffy… i couldn't miss that chance!! XD for this event we didn't had afro luffy, but we had SHIPRECKED luffy, wilson (sanji's ball) and some crazy crutches by robin XDDDD

sogeking
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=968021
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=971467
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=969487
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=968025

well, this was a costume that i was planning since… from the beggining of last year!! it's not so uncomfortable, but the heat kills me since the bandages are a full bodysuit... the mask can be used over the face or over my head, thanks to my goggles (but i can't walk far or go upstairs - it's just like you're watching thru a daaaaark tube)... it's fun as hell being sogeking, giving autographs and posing a lot...

enel
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=978022
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=980270

enel comes from a joke… SO, to fulfill my crazy friends twisted fantasies of having enel walking on the street and buying food, i made it... of course that i made an "enel's adventures" based on the covers of the lastest manga releases... i recently brought a white wig, so it's complete...

nico robin thriller bark arc
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=985154
http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=985150

got a black wig that begged to be a robin wig… so i gathered a bunch of black fabric i had lying around and i made it... notice the lack of cleavage cos 1-i lack clevage material and 2- if i made the curve longer, the sleeves could fall off my shoulders...

bonus track: http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=986540

saw our franky? i was going to make his wig, but i had no time, so our franky was with a placement 'do… i finished this about 2 days ago...

Toshiya

Manto I love love all your cosplay even the new Robin one Im barely getting into Cosplay haha.

mr_bushido

As a fellow cosplayer, I have to say that your work is AMAZING! The Log Pose, as well as all of your props, are highly detailed & incredibly accurate. Kudos!

pirate kissies

**btw, my roommate is from Chile… a town called La Serena.

Manto

thanks guys!!

mr. bushido: really? XD the world is so small afterall…

lorenzo

SUPERB!! I'm speechless, The costumes were impressively done, and it really gave a great One Piece Spirit.
I love the Robin outfit. The Usopp outfit was the best I've seen.
This thread makes me wanna watch the series all over again.