Ibuki Maya

IBUKI MAYA

Evangelion's so awesome....

Anywho, the cosplay group I'm in, So Desu Ne Cosplay, wanted to do an Eva skit for Acen 2k2, and I volunteered to be Maya...for one, the costume looked cool enough, and two, no one's ever cosplayed her that I've seen, so I decided to go for it! My parents didn't think I could pull it off, but I think I sure showed them! On to the tables!

1. February-ish, 2002 I volunteer as Maya for our group's skit, and look for some pattern I could alter for her uniform...and I find one! I make a practice one out of red broadcloth, intending to alter it later (if it turns out) into Misato's jacket.

2. March...ish ^_^;; Finish the practice jacket (I call it the prototype, mwhaha) and I know what I'm doing now! So I buy some khaki colored cotton, and get to work.

3. April 2002 Fnished the basic khaki part of the uniform! After a few alterations around the waist so it fits right (I pinned that costume to myself SO many times -_-), everything looks good. Now gotta do those orange things on the shoulders. I draw a reference pic and make patterns of them from tissue paper, then using orange fabric from my Kaoru costume leftovers, cut those out, and Wonder-Under each piece to the shoulders. (2 pieces for each shoulder, front and back)

4. Later April 2002 I trace where the black lines are, and borrow my wonderful neighbor's sewing machine to applique-stitch those on....turned out quite wonderfully, actually! I was so proud ^__^

5. Early May 2002 A member in the group sends me NERV patches he bought at a con, and I iron one and sew on the other, and made the costume look even more official and accurate! Then I cut out the yellow triangle also from Kaoru fabric, and puffy-paint the black lines on. Buuuut, when I ironed that on to the sleeve, I melted the puffy paint -_- However! It didn't look bad, just instead of puffy, the paint was kinda flat and had little bubble marks...but it worked!!

6. A few weeks before the con Oh yea, Maya has white leggings....where the heck do I find white leggings?! I searched everywhere in town, dance stores, exercise stores, and I finally found like these ribbed stretch pants at Goodwill...size Large, oof. I put some elastic straps on the bottom to hold them in the boots (which I found AWESOME like exactly-Maya ones for $15) and that was that! They worked! Oh! and I used Crayola Model Magic for her zipper pull thing, painted with Testors model paint...I bought the belt at Wal-Mart, and painted the buckle silver ^_^

7. About a week before Acen 2002 Ah yes, Maya does indeed have short brown hair, quite a difference from my long, blonde hair...so the wig I ordered arrived today! And, I thought it looked like crap. But my mom said I looked cute in short hair. Iono ^_^;; We doctored it up a bit in the club room before the masq, and it looked ok...it definitely was Maya's hair, it just looks a bit different in real life, you know? ^_^;;

So thats it! The costume turned out just fine, and we had a good time at the Masq....I took off that wig as soon as it was over though, I felt so hideous! *LOL* But here, have some pics:

Maya (minus the wig) and Ritsuko

What happen?

Someone set up us the bomb!

How are you gentlemen.

All Your Eva Are Belong To Us!

Everyone of the Eva Group and me with my wig -_-;;

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1. February-ish, 2002	I volunteer as Maya for our group's skit, and look for some pattern I could alter for her uniform...and I find one! I make a practice one out of red broadcloth, intending to alter it later (if it turns out) into Misato's jacket.
2. March...ish ^_^;;	Finish the practice jacket (I call it the prototype, mwhaha) and I know what I'm doing now! So I buy some khaki colored cotton, and get to work.
3. April 2002	Fnished the basic khaki part of the uniform! After a few alterations around the waist so it fits right (I pinned that costume to myself SO many times -_-), everything looks good. Now gotta do those orange things on the shoulders. I draw a reference pic and make patterns of them from tissue paper, then using orange fabric from my Kaoru costume leftovers, cut those out, and Wonder-Under each piece to the shoulders. (2 pieces for each shoulder, front and back)
4. Later April 2002	I trace where the black lines are, and borrow my wonderful neighbor's sewing machine to applique-stitch those on....turned out quite wonderfully, actually! I was so proud ^__^
5. Early May 2002	A member in the group sends me NERV patches he bought at a con, and I iron one and sew on the other, and made the costume look even more official and accurate! Then I cut out the yellow triangle also from Kaoru fabric, and puffy-paint the black lines on. Buuuut, when I ironed that on to the sleeve, I melted the puffy paint -_- However! It didn't look bad, just instead of puffy, the paint was kinda flat and had little bubble marks...but it worked!!
6. A few weeks before the con	Oh yea, Maya has white leggings....where the heck do I find white leggings?! I searched everywhere in town, dance stores, exercise stores, and I finally found like these ribbed stretch pants at Goodwill...size Large, oof. I put some elastic straps on the bottom to hold them in the boots (which I found AWESOME like exactly-Maya ones for $15) and that was that! They worked! Oh! and I used Crayola Model Magic for her zipper pull thing, painted with Testors model paint...I bought the belt at Wal-Mart, and painted the buckle silver ^_^
7. About a week before Acen 2002	Ah yes, Maya does indeed have short brown hair, quite a difference from my long, blonde hair...so the wig I ordered arrived today! And, I thought it looked like crap. But my mom said I looked cute in short hair. Iono ^_^;; We doctored it up a bit in the club room before the masq, and it looked ok...it definitely was Maya's hair, it just looks a bit different in real life, you know? ^_^;;