HOME | DD
vintageaerith — Tutorial: Cosplay Jewel-Making
Published: 2009-03-23 23:31:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 162876; Favourites: 4786; Downloads: 2621
Redirect to original
Description
Painless, and hopefully profitable for the cosplay crowd out there. I have to cast a large quantity of half-dollar sized dome jewels for Nia, and the experience has been kinda fun, so I thought I'd share it with you all. ^^Thanks to HCC Cosplay for inspiring/instructing me to make them, though I found my own method, which is what this tutorial illustrates.
Aaaand thanks to ~spiked-stock , who pointed me in the direction of that site AND is keeping me sane while I make my Nia costume. x3 And is the best sewing teacher ever--I crashed her room for five hours the other night to make my skirt.
Hope this is helpful! Post if you have any questions!
Related content
Comments: 472
Awesome! This is making me consider using resin more and more. Thanks! Fav++;
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Glad it'll be of use! 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This is really helpful! I was looking for something like this!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I'm glad it'll be helpful!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I will!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
stupid resin...wont be found in stupid country i live in
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that! ;_;
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
yeh.. for one tappplastic wont ship alot of their stuff overseas, for the other shipping the stuff costs anohter 50 bucks.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Thank you so much! This is going to come in handy when I start working on my Zelda cosplay. <3 Very thorough and understandable.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Awesome! I'm happy it'll be helpful! I'll be excited to see finished pictures
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
God this is PERFECT. Thank you for the cosplay tutorial, and I most likely shall do it maybe when I cosplay Julius next year. It might be able to help be make a "jewel" since the character always like to carry one around to polish. >.>
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I'm so glad it'll be useful! Be sure to send me pics!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
D: Sorry for the late reply, we've both been busy as of lately to check the profile. And will do ^.^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I'm going to use this for my version 3 of Nia jewels X3
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
EEEE, yay!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Is it possible to use like... food colouring instead of resin dye? :3
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT WORKS! Would you give it a shot for me?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Ahaha, I will if I can! *must convince parents to let me get the resin stuff first*
x]
But if I do get to get the resin, I will most definitely tell you if it works. :3
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I'm so glad to hear that!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I love you.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Whoa thanks for posting! Does this just work for gems or can I use this for something else? :3
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you mean? You can use resin to cast any shape as long as you have a mold, yes.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
So amazing! Love this tutorial! thank you so much!!!!! x3 ♥
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
You're welcome, thank you so much~!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Might use this later on when I make a different cosplay outfit. Right now I'm working on a Heartless from Kingdom Hearts ^_^'
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Awesome! I hope it turns out well!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
do you have to have a certain coloring dye or can you use food coloring and would it be possible to make heart jewels?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I would think food coloring would work! And yes, actually, the EasyCast company does sheets with various mold shapes, and one that I bought has a heart in it! I have yet to use it. xD
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
alright Thank you so much for your response because I am going to make my first home made cosplay and i needed heart jewels and i didnt want to use fabric ones C:
thank again!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Thank you so much for this tutorial. Every other one I find it said I had to use fire and dangerous chemicals and I was hoping there was an easier way 0.o Then I found you. So thank you, this will come in handy when I get around to doing my Magic Knight Rayearth cosplays ^_^
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Of course! I can't wait to see your results~~
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
thank you!!
making jewels are easier then what others were telling me!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah! It's really not hard at all!
You're very welcome, I hope it turns out well for you~~
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
its for my 7 future cosplays
and devil may cry
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This is totally awesome. Thanks so much for posting this up!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
No problem at all! I hope it comes in handy!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Wow! Amazingly helpful!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Glad to hear it! I'd love to see results!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This will come in beyond handy with Mistral (if I can ever find enough white fabric to start it xD)
Thank you so much
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
No problem! I'm glad it will be helpful~
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
AWESOME... Thanks you forsharing it XD <3 it's an great help XD
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
oh god ;_; this tutorial is really cool! 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
<= Prev | | Next =>