Yep, due to personal reasons, I won’t be able to attend San Diego’s Comic-Con anymore, though I might be there for a day but it’ll be too rushed. It was a bit painful to cancel the hotel reservation but I’m sure I’ll make another person happy. I’m kind of bummed because everything was already planned out but at the same time, it’ll give me the chance to save me a lot more money so I can buy the materials needed to continue Lady Deathstrike. Plus–there’s always Long Beach Comic-Con later this year! 
Here’s a little teaser of what I’ve been working on so far. At the moment, I can’t afford to buy more supplies to finish her right away, but while I’m trying to save up, I’ve been applying layers of gesso so I can smooth the wonderflex out. I love this brand of gesso because it’s thicker than other brands, and thick is important so you don’t have to apply a thousand more layers. Thanks Bob Ross!
I had a jumbo-size roll of Wonderflex five days ago and after using it for my Lady Deathstrike costume, most of it is all gone and her armor isn’t even close to being done! *Super cringe* Oy…I was a bit naive to think that one roll would just be enough but apparently she’s a bit armor heavy. I would post some progress pictures but I think I should wait until I finish more armor parts.
Even though I’m halfway there to being finished with Surge, Deathstrike seems to be my first priority now simply because if I only have enough time to complete one costume for San Diego Comic-Con, it’d be Deathstrike hands down. I became so much better at handling wonderflex after I started Deathstrike–and Surge was my first project, so the craftsmanship is just plain messy. If Surge won’t be complete by that time then she’ll definitely be ready for Long Beach Comic-Con instead (ahhhhh so many different comic-cons!).
Crunch time is coming, let’s get this done!
For those who are complete noobs to cosplay and Wonderflex like me, I’m sure you’re wondering why every surface, every object sticks to Wonderflex after it’s been heated, it’s because you didn’t have parchment paper. Meant for cookies, but perfect for Wonderflex.
There are definitely other kinds of non-sticky sheets, but assuming that everybody lives closer to a grocery store than an art supply store, parchment paper is your friend. I recently got these at Walmart and they’ve been saving me a ton of trouble. I use to heat Wonderflex over a sheet of craft foam, but the craft foam would always melt and bend in inconvenient ways. Parchment paper just wrinkles a little bit after it’s been heated, but that’s nothing.
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I’ve been working pretty hard on Lady Deathstrike. I have one “tail” and both of the spaulders finished (finished as an the structure is finished, it just needs paint) so far, which is great and all, but I’m not sure how I’m going to attach these armor pieces to my body once everything is finished. I do have a couple of ideas, but I’d love to see how other cosplayers do it. So if anybody knows of any online tutorials or even tips on how to attach armor to your body and actually make it stay please leave a comment below. I would appreciate it!
If there is someone who’s the worst at making decisions, it’d definitely be me. Yes, I said I was closing this site down but my heart (ha, cheesy) just can’t seem to close this website for good. I’m going to give this another shot, because I enjoy this and it’d be a shame to delete this website after all the hard work I put into it.
I apologize for the last minute changes, consider this to be a belated April Fool’s joke.
Uzi Kidding, or call me Tiff. I once was a casual (more like lazy) cosplayer and now I'm barely starting to learn how to make cool things myself even though I'm really broke!
