WARRIOR MOON PROGRESS (Patreon)

I'm so happy with this cosplay so far!
Today I finished painting the gauntlets, and I added some sparkly rhinestones!
I also made her shoulder pauldron! It took me a long time, and it's not THE CLEANEST ARMOR EVER, but it's still soooo pretty (looks even better in person! NEXT UP, I'm gonna work on her weird neck piece. I made the pattern tonight, but I'll try cutting out the foam and worbla tomorrow. THEN after that, I'll work on her breastplate, and then it's on to all the fabric parts!


I'm really enjoying the process of making this cosplay. I think sometimes I sell myself short with my cosplays... sometimes I'll choose something easy over something more difficult out of fear? Working on this has been really rewarding to me mentally. It's hard to explain but I feel like I'm accomplishing something, and it's been a while since I've felt like that with a cosplay? I think from now on I'm going to try to schedule how I spit out cosplays differently from now on. So every month I'll obviously have my lingerie cosplay for you Epic Tier+ peeps (very little time to throw together since it's lingerie.) And then I think every month I'll do a more difficult build that takes 2-3 weeks (Warrior Moon is an example of this. Alexstrazsa from WoW, Widowmaker from Overwatch, Princess Daisy, are "future" examples that are on my to-do list. Past examples include Symmetra, transformed Kill La Kill cosplays, Ashe from League, etc.) Then, with my left over 1-2 weeks, I'll work on 1-2 (depending on how "easy" they are, and how much leftover time I have) "easier" QUICK AND DIRTY cosplays. ( Most superhero cosplays I have planned are examples of this, simple bodysuits like Shego, the Dragon Maid cosplays I have planned are all "quick and dirty." . Past examples include Merlin, Nikumi, Cammy, Shura, Yoko, Poison etc.) WOW THIS IS A REALLY LONG POINTLESS WALL OF TEXT, I'M SORRY GUYS. xD (these time estimates are just to give you guys an idea of what to expect, I usually work on 2 cosplays at once anyways kinda like how I'm working on Morrigan and Sailor Moon both right now...) If Patreon hypothetically continues to grow, I'll be able to decrease my hours at work, and the amount of cosplays I produce would grow past 2-3 a month, but for now I still am working 4-5 days a week. :P

TLDR; I like working on challenging shit, it keeps me motivated to work on EVERYTHING including less challenging shit. xD