I made the costume Kristen Bell wears in the movie Fanboys. So, this tutorial is about how I made that one. It is not screen accurate to the Slave Leia costume in Return of the Jedi, but it's something you can DIY, and it's easy to custom-fit and make adjustments for different top sizes.
It took me well over a year to get to the second part of making the Slave Leia costume, but I finally finished it and published the video to YouTube. If you've seen the movie Fanboys, I made the costume Kristen Bell wears in the movie.
I've made over a hundred Slave Leia costumes over the years that have ended up on TV, in a movie, lots of magazines and two documentaries. And now that I no longer make them for sale, I'm sharing my patterns and tutorials on how to make the iconic costume for yourself.
I did a previous post on wearing elf ears using slip-on ear cuffs, but I got a lot of requests for applying realistic elf ears with latex. I happen to use a latex-free product for my own elf ears and costume prosthetic pieces, which requires less layers to build up. Keep reading for details on the process I use to apply them and blend them into my real ears. If you’d like the simple pointed ear cuff tutorial, just click here. How to Apply Elf Ears You’ll need three things for this: ears, spirit gum and 3-D Gel by Mehron.…
A couple Halloweens ago I did a full DIY tutorial on making a magic staff using a big stick, and I used glow sticks for the green glow. This year I’m upgrading my Maleficent staff with LED lights! I’ll be wearing this cosplay at Enchantment Con in May, and I wanted to add a few new features. I get bored of wearing the same exact costume and always have to switch things up a bit! Maleficient Staff Gets a Glow Up with LED Lights The lights I added were $9 for a pack of 12 LED lights, and they come…