Dragon*Con is, among other things, that time of year when internet memes become costumes.  As a habitual last-minute costumer, I was thinking of something fun and easy when something hit my Facebook page.  Behold!  The Grumpy League of America!  And the best thing is, cheap store-bought costumes (plus signs) are actually better for the cartoony ( Read more... )

Looking for advise/help from someone with experience Hand Laying Facial Hair/Beards. Doing a Ming the Merciless this year and the Fu Manchu beard I ordered just isn't going to cut it ( Read more... )

Okay this has been a sort of long shot for me everywhere I've looked, but I thought I might post here just to check. Is there a costumer here that can sew with retail leather or knows someone who can?

Do you need a CUSTOM EMBROIDERED PATCH for your Dragon*Con costume?

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I really hate to do this, but does anyone have any time to take any last minute prop Commissions for this year's con? My friends and I need a few Angel Blades from Supernatural, and we've tried 4 different ways of making them, but none are working out as well as we'd like, and none of us have any skill with resin or wood on that level. We're ( Read more... )

I am looking to commission a very high quality and accurate Ming Costume for Dragon-con. The costume that I would like made is here:

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So, I hate to do this because I know it's so close to con, but does anyone know of someone who has experience working with fake leather/pleather/pvc? I'm trying to get an Angel Salvadore costume done by dragon*con, and while I have experience sewing, I've never worked with fake leather before and I don't even know where to start.  (suit only)


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Hopefully this is community appropriate.. I need a very simple metal symbol made for my Dragon*Con costume. I believe it would just involve bending a piece of metal into place, and it would be something like 3-4 inches long. I'm not looking for fancy metal, just something simple ( Read more... )

Last year, I seem to recall a few different folks offering makeup application services on an appointment basis. Will anyone be doing so this year?

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