https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/babydoll-sucker-punch • Posted by Mimi Reaves
***the list above is just for the most obvious materials. Scroll down to read entire cost & time breakdown So I've completely remade my Babydoll cosplay! This was completed earlier this year. I've remade the top, skirt, and gun charms; bought new (more accurate) shoes, stockings, wig, and sword; added decals to the gun; and I made my own gun holster and belt out of leather. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten many good photos in this cosplay!!! The ones from my last photoshoot turned out well, but I'm not completely satisfied yet. The time that I used to make this project differs so much from my original cosplay, because at this point I already knew how to make the top and skirt; and was familiar with the mistakes I'd made with the original cosplay. So those pieces took less time - but I also made my own pattern for the top, instead of using a shirt pattern like in the first one. The leather work was also intense. I bought it as a raw pelt, dyed it, sealed it, shaped it, glued it, stitched it, and riveted it together. It took A LOT of time, and I would highly recommend using an industrial or leather-specific sewing machine to work with leather, because my mom's old Pfaff almost died. Time Breakdown: pattern making for the top - 20 hours building process of top and skirt (including hand-stitching buttons and snaps)- 15 hours gun holster and belt - 30 hours wig styling/reconstruction (had to add wefts because I have a big head)- 5 hours Sculpey gun charms - 10 hours re-painting gun and adding decals - 3 hours cutting, burning, and coffee-staining the hand bandage - 2 hours Cost Breakdown: fabric - $50 stockings - $10 shoes - $150 sword - $100 gun - $3 Sculpey (for the amount I used) - $2 paints - already in stock wig - $25 decals for gun - $10 leather - $60 -dye - $10 -thread - $20 -rivets - $10 -shoe glue - $10 -belt buckle - $10
***the list above is just for the most obvious materials. Scroll down to read entire cost & time breakdown So I've completely remade my Babydoll cosplay! This was completed earlier this year. I've remade the top, skirt, and gun charms; bought new (more accurate) shoes, stockings, wig, and sword; added decals to the gun; and I made my own gun holster and belt out of leather. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten many good photos in this cosplay!!! The ones from my last photoshoot turned out well, but I'm not completely satisfied yet. The time that I used to make this project differs so much from my original cosplay, because at this point I already knew how to make the top and skirt; and was familiar with the mistakes I'd made with the original cosplay. So those pieces took less time - but I also made my own pattern for the top, instead of using a shirt pattern like in the first one. The leather work was also intense. I bought it as a raw pelt, dyed it, sealed it, shaped it, glued it, stitched it, and riveted it together. It took A LOT of time, and I would highly recommend using an industrial or leather-specific sewing machine to work with leather, because my mom's old Pfaff almost died. Time Breakdown: pattern making for the top - 20 hours building process of top and skirt (including hand-stitching buttons and snaps)- 15 hours gun holster and belt - 30 hours wig styling/reconstruction (had to add wefts because I have a big head)- 5 hours Sculpey gun charms - 10 hours re-painting gun and adding decals - 3 hours cutting, burning, and coffee-staining the hand bandage - 2 hours Cost Breakdown: fabric - $50 stockings - $10 shoes - $150 sword - $100 gun - $3 Sculpey (for the amount I used) - $2 paints - already in stock wig - $25 decals for gun - $10 leather - $60 -dye - $10 -thread - $20 -rivets - $10 -shoe glue - $10 -belt buckle - $10