Tutorial: How to Make a Dragon Wing Cape (or Bat Wings)
Learn how to make wing for a dragon cosplay. I specifically made this for Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon, but just change the color to use it for any dragon cosplay. It could also work really well as bat wings. This is a pretty simple tutorial that attaches the dragon wings to sleeves…
Tutorial: How to Make Dragon Wings for Halloween Costumes
This method of making dragon wings creates shining, see-through wings that look somewhat ephemeral. You can make them look ragged with holes in the wings, or keep them nice and neat. I’ll walk you through how to make the wings with wire so that they are also completely poseable when you’re wearing them for your…
Tutorial: Easy Scars for Halloween Costumes (With Makeup)
If you want to make cool scars for your Halloween costume, you can easily do that bysimply drawing them on with makeup. This method is ideal for scars that are very close to or on top of sensitive areas (like the eyes). It works great for simple anime or cartoon scars. It’s also an ideal…
Tutorial: Animal Mask for Halloween Costumes
There are many, many ways of creating a mask, but this is the method that’s the cheapest and easiest (in my opinion). This method will not work for a mask that’s supposed to closely resemble a human face, but it’s great for animal masks and monster masks. Related Tutorial: How to Make a Superhero Eye…
How to Create a Fake Beard or Goatee for a Halloween Costume
This article goes over the three most common methods that are used to create fake beards, goatees, and sideburns for costume. Each of these methods uses different types of skills and will give you varying levels of realism. Method 1 is the easiest (using makeup), while method 3 is the most difficult but also the…
Tutorial: Wizard Staff for Halloween
Sometimes you need to make a wizard staff to perfect your Halloween costume, but you can’t find a good enough stick to use. I have found that the easiest way to mimic the texture of a wooden staff by using aluminum foil and clay. Like any other costume staff, you’ll use a PVC pipe as…
Tutorial: Foam Swords for Halloween Costumes
Need a shield to go with your sword? check out my other tutorial (which includes two types of shields) A cool sword is a great way to level up your costume game this year. Luckily, making a convincing sword for your costume doesn’t require a blacksmith’s forge or a hefty budget; with some creativity and…
How to Color Your Hair for Halloween Costumes
There are so many characters from anime, movies, comics, and games that have unusual and unnatural hair colors. If you want to make any of these characters into a Halloween costume, you might also want to find a way to temporarily color your hair a different natural color without applying any kind of permanent dye…
Tutorial: Easy Claw Nails for Halloween Costumes
Nail claws are actually fairly easy to create. I make them using polymer clay so that they are lightweight and you can attach the claws directly to your fingernails for a beast-like effect. The type of claws you make will depend on the overall look you’re going for and the amount of work you want…