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Homura - Madoka Magica

I watched Madoka at the urging of a friend and was an INSTANT fan. I seriously watched the entire series in one foul swoop, staying up until like 5 in the morning just so I could finish it. As a general rule I love "butterfly effect" type movies, and I love Homura's character. I made this costume to compete in 2012's WCS Prelims, and got top 10 with my partner Envel.

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Jacket: The jacket is fully lined and zips up the front. I made the jacket out of a white stretch poplin, and made my own edging out of a black duck cotton. I satin stitched around all of the edges of the black for a crisp look. The black underskirt is made out of jersey knit.

Skirt: The skirt is in two pieces, the pleated overskirt and the ruffled underskirt. In retrospect I should have made it one piece because my underskirt kept shifting under the pleated skirt and you don't see it sometimes. The overskirt was made out of a hand dyed suiting fabric. I hand pleated it and starched the crap out of it. The underskirt is a white stretch poplin that I ruffled with a ruffler foot.

Stockings: The stockings are one continuous piece that includes a shoe cover (for that slegging look). They were sewn out of a thick black spandex. The diamonds on the side were added using a hand made stencil and then airbrushed on. I tried my best to match the paint to my bows.

Shield: The shield was made out of EVA foam. There are two layers of foam to create dimension. I used a heat tool to carve the grooves, and used paper clay to sculpt the raised details. The shield was sealed with silicone caulk and plasti-dip. The center piece of the shield features gears that were made out of shrinky dink plastic, and the silver dome piece was made out of wonderflex I formed over a plastic sphere. Two red resin cast gems were added. The shield was painted with gold and silver acrylics and then weathered with brown and black paints.

Other Details: The soul gem was sculpted by hand and cast in purple resin, the setting was sculpted by hand then molded with silicon. I then poured melted gold colored hot glue in the mold, hot glue game me a nice flexible setting. The gem was attached to he hand using spirit gum. The wig was a "Homura" style wig I purchased on e-bay, I trimmed the bangs and cut a inverted V in the back. The headband is a black satin headband that I glued black rhinestones to. The grenade was bought at a dollar store and painted green.

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[link] You can also check me out on Facebook for costume progress, updates and other cosplay nonsence. [link]

*tokidoki-loki Apr 15, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

This picture is just so Homura! :3 Really captures an awesome feel

~dust-bunny May 2, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

<3 thanks

*tokidoki-loki May 6, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

You're welcome!

*august-fehrmont Apr 4, 2012 Hobbyist Artist

Love this pic, and love the SHIELD

Too cool, great job!

~dust-bunny Apr 5, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Thank you!

~dead-pepper Apr 4, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Ooooh I love your shield! I'm still figuring out how to do mine and am very intimidated by the thought! I love how the red resin gems you used seem to glow in this picture! :3 And it was funny reading how you made your soul gem - that's almost exactly how I made mine: [link] The hot glue was such a pain to cast though, I think I made 4 copies before I got one nice enough. Anyway, nice Homura! And I love this picture.

~dust-bunny Apr 4, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

I didn't realize you made Homura too! I guess great minds think alike, I ended up melting my glue sticks on the stove and pouring it in the mold like resin, it was the only way to get a smooth cast. I have tons of progress pics of the shield, hopefully if I find time I can share them.

Thanks for the compliments

~dead-pepper Apr 4, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

what a great idea!! Did the hot glue end up ruining the pan (or whatever you melted them in)? I kept getting air bubbles when I was squeezing the glue directly into my mold. I'm so excited to try this now.

~dust-bunny Apr 5, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

I made myself a cup out of foil, so that got ruined but that was kind of the point. I'm sure if you used a stainless steel pot, or even a teflon one (like a small one you use for melting butter) I'm sure the glue would peel out, but I didn't have one on hand. The foil worked out just fine for me.

~dead-pepper Apr 7, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

what a great idea! I am definitely going to give the foil cup a try next time I cast with hot glue. Haha I went through three glue guns and a million sticks of glue for several art projects back in college. I wish I knew this back then.

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