Workshop 3

Hoku Props

Sure, using real bones would be pretty metal, but they're heavy and invite too many questions. Hoku Props helps you paint your own faux bones to add primal elements to your costumes without adding a weakness to enterprising necromancers.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 15) Requires a separate purchase.

Programming 1

Beverly Downen

Adding bevels to your EVA foam projects is a quick and easy way to clean up seams, add detail and complexity, and beveled cuts can also add dimension! Join Beverly of Downen Creative Studios as she shows you how to create your own bevels using high quality EVA foam, metal rulers and a variety of specialized cutting tools! Students keep bevels they cut!

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 30) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 1

December Cosplay

Leather can add a lot to your costume, but it's not the most intuitive material to work with. December introduces you to working with leather in this two-part workshop.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 15) Requires a separate purchase. You must attend both sessions and may pick up your leather work on Sunday.

• Part 2: Saturday 04:00 PM

Workshop 2

Jenny Barclay

Sailor Moon’s tiara is a fashionable, and powerful, weapon, but if you’re not among the sailor senshi then you’ll need to make your own. In this two-part workshop, Jenny Barclay guides you through creating a mold and then casting your own tiara.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 12) Requires a separate purchase. You must attend both sessions and may pick up your tiara on Sunday.

• Part 2: Sunday 12:00 PM

Programming 1

UbersCosplay

Chainmail is cool, but it's also heavy and may not be the best tool for the job even when you're making a costume with chainmail elements. Ubers Cosplay guides you through creating the chainmail appearance with EVA foam.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 30) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 1

Wingedlight Cosplay

Kumihimo is a Japanese braiding technique used to create intricately colored chords, which are found in many historical and traditional Japanese armor, kimono, and items. Wingedlight Cosplay guides you through the process of braiding silks to create these beautiful chords.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 15) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 2

Jenny Barclay

Jenny helps you craft a creepy glove! Webbed fingers, pointy claws, and other monstrous features at your literal finger tips.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 12) Requires a separate purchase. You must attend both sessions and will be able to pick up your gloves on Sunday.

• Part 2: Saturday 10:00 AM

Programming 1

UbersCosplay

Take a break and enjoy the zen of building a Gundam model kit. Bring your own or buy one of the ones we have available, then pull up a seat and join UbersCosplay for a chill build session.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 30) Requires a model which may be purchased separately.

Workshop 2

Jenny Barclay

Jenny helps you craft a creepy glove! Webbed fingers, pointy claws, and other monstrous features at your literal finger tips.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 12) Requires a separate purchase. You must attend both sessions and will be able to pick up your gloves on Sunday.

• Part 1: Friday 03:00 PM

Workshop 3

UbersCosplay

A Heat Hawk axe in Mobile Suit Gundam is a giant handax with a plasma blade running along one side of it, and we're going to make them with light diffusion foam! Ubers Cosplay walks you through assembling a kit to create your own light-up giant robot ax.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 12) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 1

Pros and Cons Cosplay (Pro)

Do you have the perfect fabric but want to add some razzle-dazzle? Are you interested in learning even more ways to add a personal touch to your garments? Embossing is for you! Attendees at this interactive panel will learn to use various embossing techniques to amplify fabrics! Attendees will leave with self-made velvet pillows and sample embossing squares.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 15) Requires a separate purchase.

Programming 1

December Cosplay

Interested in hand embroidery and want to give it a shot? December demonstrates the basics and invites you to follow along from your seat.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 20) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 1

Beverly Downen

Welcome to the foamsmithing forge with Beverly of Downen Creative Studios! Students will assemble a 15” con-safe EVA Foam dagger that is ready to seal, paint and customize. This workshop will be guided by the “Small Dagger” project chapter of her book Cosplayer’s Ultimate Guide to EVA Foam.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 15) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 2

Utopian Pigeon Cosplay

Utopian Pigeon helps you add resin casting to your skillset with light-up gems and different effect materials including mica powders, alcohol inks, pigment inks dirty pours, petri, and more.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 12) Requires a separate purchase. Casting takes time, so please keep in mind that you will need to return later during the convention to pick up your cast.

Workshop 3

Pros and Cons Cosplay (Con)

Cosplay wigs can sometimes be intimidating to work with, but never fear! This workshop is your place to practice, and learn how to tame the beast! We’ll go over the tools you need to style your wigs, basic styling techniques such as curling, and spiking, and practice cutting so you can vanquish your wig styling fears. Attendees are encouraged to bring a wig they don’t mind cutting up, as we will workshop multiple styles on one wig.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 12) Requires a separate purchase.

Programming 1

Jenny Barclay

Flowers add natural and at times supernatural allure to costumes and props, but the real things are limited in form, durability, and lifespan. Channel textile druidcraft as Jenny Barclay guides a class through the creation of fabric flowers.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 50) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 1

December Cosplay

Leather can add a lot to your costume, but it's not the most intuitive material to work with. December introduces you to working with leather in this two-part workshop.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 15) Requires a separate purchase. You must attend both sessions and may pick up your leather work on Sunday.

• Part 1: Friday 01:00 PM

Workshop 2

Hoku Props

Metal is heavy, metal gets hot, and metal tends to be on the no-no list for con weapon policies. Thankfully, Hoku Props is here to show you how to pull off the metal look without setting off the metal detector.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 12) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 3

Ginoza Costuming

Ginoza costuming helps you take your foam-crafting skills to the next level. Learn how to properly pattern, cut, shape, glue, and finish foam to help you move forward with your own cosplay prop and armor goals.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 12) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 3

Beverly Downen

Learn how easy it can be to add textures to EVA foam! Beverly of Downen Creative Studios shows you how to use simple techniques and tools to create a variety of complex texture effects including leather, hammered metal, embossed details and much more using rotary tools, utility knives and foil!

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 15) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 2

Jenny Barclay

Sailor Moon’s tiara is a fashionable, and powerful, weapon, but if you’re not among the sailor senshi then you’ll need to make your own. In this two-part workshop, Jenny Barclay guides you through creating a mold and then casting your own tiara.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 9) Requires a separate purchase. * Discounted rate to join just part two.

• Part 1: Friday 01:00 PM

Workshop 1

Wingedlight Cosplay

Wingedlight Cosplay introduces you to the world of threading beads around beautiful stones and minerals.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 15) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 2

Jenny Barclay

It's like knitting, but with metal, right? Well, not quite, Jenny Barclay can help you get the hang of linking your own metals and bring you one step closer to increasing your armor class.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 14) Requires a separate purchase.

Workshop 1

Hoku Props

Sure, using real bones would be pretty metal, but they're heavy and invite too many questions. Hoku Props helps you paint your own faux bones to add primal elements to your costumes without adding a weakness to enterprising necromancers.

Premium workshop: (Capacity: 15) Requires a separate purchase.