Taliyah - League of Legends
Worn at:
Rift Walk Toronto 2016 & League of Legends North American Finals in Toronto
Yeticon 2018 - Collingwood
Why this costume?
Taliyah is a fun character and I wanted to challenge myself when it comes to foam and makeup.
Description:
Wig: The wig was a dark brown Jeannie provided by Arda Wigs. The wig comes with wefts already oriented towards the a ponytail so there was no need for heavy styling (removing and reattaching wefts). I bought a foam egg then cut in half, covered it in felt and then covered that in wefts from the clip on ponytail using hot glue. I stubbed the wig's ponytail after removing some fibres, then glued the egg to the stub and wig. I used a lot of Got2Be glued hairspray and some gel to form that pine cone coif. Additional wefts were also sewed near the hairline to add more heft to the bangs.
Crown: It is made of craft foam and worbla then painted in acrylic.
Armour: All armour or rock pieces were made with EVA foam. They were cut and beveled using box cutters. The paint job includes a grey base coat and many layers of stippled gold, black, white, and grey acrylic using sponges. The shoulder piece was heat formed to fit and slips on and off without a harness. The rocks attached to the costume are glued directly to the fabric using a combination of hot glue and e6000 (That's me being cautious). “Floating rocks” are attached to the glued rocks using fishing wire wedged between layers of foam (EVA and craftfoam.
Fabric: The jacket is made of red twill using a modified pattern. The blue shirt and belt are made of stretch navy cotton. The belt has a lot of fusible interfacing used to give it more structure. It clips in the back using a parachute clip. All gold trim is a gold pleather that was painted another richer shade of gold using Martha Stewart paint. The black legging are a pair from my closet and the boot covers are made of craftfoam and covered in brown pleather.
Fun Fact:
All photos by Thistle were taken at Johnston’s Canyon (Alberta) where we had to hike on a path next to rapids for 20mins. I had to bring the most of the costume in a hiking backpack, then I had to put in on next to all the tourists passing by.
Rift Walk Toronto 2016 & League of Legends North American Finals in Toronto
Yeticon 2018 - Collingwood
Why this costume?
Taliyah is a fun character and I wanted to challenge myself when it comes to foam and makeup.
Description:
Wig: The wig was a dark brown Jeannie provided by Arda Wigs. The wig comes with wefts already oriented towards the a ponytail so there was no need for heavy styling (removing and reattaching wefts). I bought a foam egg then cut in half, covered it in felt and then covered that in wefts from the clip on ponytail using hot glue. I stubbed the wig's ponytail after removing some fibres, then glued the egg to the stub and wig. I used a lot of Got2Be glued hairspray and some gel to form that pine cone coif. Additional wefts were also sewed near the hairline to add more heft to the bangs.
Crown: It is made of craft foam and worbla then painted in acrylic.
Armour: All armour or rock pieces were made with EVA foam. They were cut and beveled using box cutters. The paint job includes a grey base coat and many layers of stippled gold, black, white, and grey acrylic using sponges. The shoulder piece was heat formed to fit and slips on and off without a harness. The rocks attached to the costume are glued directly to the fabric using a combination of hot glue and e6000 (That's me being cautious). “Floating rocks” are attached to the glued rocks using fishing wire wedged between layers of foam (EVA and craftfoam.
Fabric: The jacket is made of red twill using a modified pattern. The blue shirt and belt are made of stretch navy cotton. The belt has a lot of fusible interfacing used to give it more structure. It clips in the back using a parachute clip. All gold trim is a gold pleather that was painted another richer shade of gold using Martha Stewart paint. The black legging are a pair from my closet and the boot covers are made of craftfoam and covered in brown pleather.
Fun Fact:
All photos by Thistle were taken at Johnston’s Canyon (Alberta) where we had to hike on a path next to rapids for 20mins. I had to bring the most of the costume in a hiking backpack, then I had to put in on next to all the tourists passing by.
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