Lightning Cosplay

A friend recently shared this amazing photo of "Lightning Cosplay" modeling one of her recently made costumes, and advertising her new book Lightning Cosplay - "Horns and Headdresses".

Photographs property of Lightning Cosplay

I downloaded the digital version for a bit over seven dollars to take a look at how she was making the detailed horns and the antlered headdresses that you can see on the Lightning Cosplay website portfolio.

The digital book is well worth the few dollars and gave me a great introduction to using thermoplastics such as Kobracast and Worbla. While we have dabbled in some other modeling and casting materials,  I've never even heard of these materials which she writes are very common materials used by Cosplayers.

Photographs property of Lightning Cosplay

The book is well written with great step by step photos and of course photos of the beautiful headdresses she has created. After reading it, I definitely want to get some of these materials to experiment. Check out her website or Facebeook page. Even if your not interested in creating your own headdresses, the photos of her creations are certainly Pinterest worthy!

As of this blog date she is currently sold out of horns on the Lightning Cosplay Etsy site but states that she creates and sells them fairly regularly.