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You know this is a fantasy depiction because there is no  way in real life a tissue pattern would be that flat.    At the beginning of any project there's always that uncomfortable moment of potential energy clashing up against an inability to cash in on that inertia. Details have to be designed, patterns have to be bought--as does fabric once it's been hemmed and hawed over enough.   All on a budget.   This has come up before. I've toyed with the thought of setting up a patronage system of sort. Lots of folks do that to get the funding they need. However one: I personally don't think I'm producing on a level that justifies any of that and two: not sure I want to make cosplay a second job. Been bit by the burn out bug once, thanks, that was enough.   Anyway, enough of my grousing. As I wait for stuff to come in, we can at least talk patterns.   Base patterns for the coat are Butterick 3830 and McCall's M6819.   Many burgers yeehaw vs disco sword ...

  All right! New project time. The problem with cosplay is that, more often than not, there are not a dearth of ideas to do.  I'm no exception. Link, blue mage, Flammie, Knight Gundam,  Anbo-jyutsu martial artist , etc. ...  I have an interesting idea for a white mage,  but I don't think the world is ready for that.     All of varying levels of difficulty and, uh, expense (one of those is a full fursuit, for crissakes). But it feels like there's maybe one a bit more obvious that should be done first. And maybe a bit more do-able than some of the others listed.   At some point you may have said to yourself "ahh, they made a red mage costume. They must main that in XIV." And that would make a lot of sense. You would also be wrong.   No, I main Summoner. Rest assured, I can feel your disappointment from here. But I don't care. I think they're cool.    They're also definitely not something you see all that often. Not that this should n...