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[linkluver6]

Hey Guys,

I want to do a Tannis cosplay from Borderlands. I noticed a lot of cosplayers paint their costumes and add black lines to match the cartoony art style.Axton cosplay.jpg

I don't know this Axton cosplayer, but his costume is DEAD ON.

I asked my friend and she said something like , " he probably starched it to keep shape" and "used acrylic paint"

Does any one have any advice about this procedure? I was looking through the threads for one, but I didn't find much.

Also that would mean painting the entire outfit correct? Then, everything would match. I imagine it would look strange to only paint parts of it.

(thankfully Tannis is a lot less intricate than Axton)

[Nostrum]

*Cracks knuckles and gets to work* :P

First, a handful of my favourites:
A, B, C.

Both A and B will happily give you information on how they made their costumes. I can't vouch for the Axton as I haven't been in touch with him.

My Lilith doesn't have all too much cell shading, but the majority of my costume has been weathered with acrylics. All the fabric parts were done with acrylic. My leather vest is done with leather dyes/inks with acrylic over the top of that, and the pleather chaps are again a mix of leather inks and acrylics.
The only thing so far that's budged is the pleater I used to edge the leather vest. It didn't take the paint too well.

As far as the way his costume sits, it is all about the choice of materials. Heavier, stiffer fabrics will always yield a better result than cheap fabrics. Leather will always look better than vinyl. Canvas to poplin. So on and so forth.

Yes. You have to paint everything. And the most important thing is to weather it all at once, so that you know you're using the same mix of colours, and to keep the look even across the whole costume.
The best thing to do is to under-weather it the first time. Stand back and evaluate exactly how much more work is needed, and then weather it again. Don't try to get a finished look all in one hit.

[linkluver6]

Nostrum your Lilith is great!

Thanks a bunch for linking me to the fb and devianart. I have both so I will make sure to contact them.

So I will make sure to weather everything at once in one day and see how it turns out. Then, if I need to finish the weathering I can do that. This will actually be my first time weathering so I think I will try it out on some of the left over fabric.

Got any advice on what acrylic paints are good?

[Meahow]

I've seen quite a few really good Borderlands cosplayers that used either a sharpie or just a marker to get the cell shaded look.

[linkluver6]

hey Meahow

you are right! Sharpies especially for shoes! Thanks again

[LadyCrankypants]

I had considered using sharpie on the costumes I'm working on, but I was worried about the ink bleeding. Instead I picked up a fabric paint pen at my local Michaels - I'll let you know how it works out. If not, I have black "3D" fabric paint that I'll either brush on or sqeeze on and flatten with a brush, depending on what works out best on my scrap pile - always test first!