http://cosplaylocator.com/blog Burn Your "Real Clothes"! Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:44:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stay tuned to this post - I am having a special guest blogger, my friend and plushie expert Bean Chan!  She will help with the question about the Nazo Grunty plush as well as give great general plushie advice! http://cosplaylocator.com/blog/2008/11/plushies-galore/ Cosplay Locator has cosplay costumes for sale. Bookmark http://cosplaylocator.com and come back anytime you need any cosplay items. We're the only store on the internet that has thousands of premade items including costumes, wigs, props, jewelry, pocky and even more. Not only that, but you can always ask us your cosplay questions ... http://cosplaylocator.com/blog/2008/09/cosplay-locator-is-the-biggest-cosplay-store-around/ Hey guys, Ovan here, your new cosplay suggesterator. Along with Eliayth, we'll be providing you guys with the best of our knowledge of anime / manga to help you guys out. We just started getting into cosplay not too long ago, but we have been otakus for awhile. Obviously by ... http://cosplaylocator.com/blog/2008/09/hello-im-ovan/ Introducing Ovan & Eliayth your new Tag Team cosplay suggestorators! Lets all give them a hand! Now that you're done clapping put your hands to good use and get to asking them who you should cosplay as. These two know more about anime/manga than me so be prepared for some better suggestions folks! And ... http://cosplaylocator.com/blog/2008/09/meet-your-new-cosplay-suggestorators/ In today's post I'll be dishing out a cosplay advice twofer for Yori Nightmare and Kiki0831. Yori Nightmare asked what the best material would be for making Shippuden Sakura's costume and shoes. Here's the answer in two parts: 1) The Outfit: I would definatetly go for cotton with this one ... http://cosplaylocator.com/blog/2008/09/one-two-punch/ I attend 3-5 Cons a year, the two main ones being Anime Central and Anime Iowa.  I often go to smaller cons, too, like Anime Reactor or Anime Detour.  But I have to say, Anime Iowa is my favourite - not too big, and not too small.  Here's some snapshots ... http://cosplaylocator.com/blog/2008/08/anime-iowa-2008/ If you download anime like Bleach and Naruto from Dattebayo.com raise your hand. I've been following Naruto since it started and I must say, when I first started watching it I fell head over heels for Naruto, Sasuke and the gang. The storylines were powerfully driven by a mix of drama, ... http://cosplaylocator.com/blog/2008/08/naruto-shippuuden-drives-me-crazy/ Disgraceful_art left a comment asking where a good place would be to purchase Haku's hunter-nin mask. Well D_A, I can do you one better and tell you how to make your own! First, you'll need to make the basic mask. The easiest way to do this would probably be to ... http://cosplaylocator.com/blog/2008/08/help-for-disgraceful_art/ Now that you know how to shop for materials, it's time to sew. But how in the world do you go about doing that? This one's for you, Neko_Sarah! So I could totally write a post on hand and machine sewing basics, but I think there's plenty of resources ... http://cosplaylocator.com/blog/2008/07/cosplay-sewing-101/ Character goes a long way at the CosplayLocator.com Blog (no pun intended). mmm_organizedcrime's comment filled my guts with happiness today so I felt she deserved a dedicated post as a response. Firstly...LOL Red Panda?? ^_^ I think you should just go as a red panda. Everytime someone says, who the heck are ... http://cosplaylocator.com/blog/2008/07/cosplay-help-for-mmm_organizedcrime/