Amaterasu Cosplay Notes: Pre-production

Devine Instrument Notes:

use either wood or styroafoam circles
for the fire, orange felt and a red fabric
the red fabric should be light material. something similar to silk maybe??
in order to keep the red fabric in place and stiff-ish, use hot glue on the inside and perhaps some wire
the Devine Retribution should have some sort of backpack strap attacked that can hide under the Obi... maybe part of the Obiage???
Devine Retribution will probably cover the knot in the back of the Obi.

Devout Beads will be more on a larger scale.
Devout Beads will be on a string with knots on the ends of each bead to keep them in place.
Devout Beads will probably be made out of clay and hand painted
While only 6 is needed for the Devout Bead necklace, it would be good to make extra beads just in case

Tsumugari will probably end up having a wooden base and use craftfoam or paint on the outside
Tsumugari will be last item made
Tsumugari will have to be hand held, no scabbard to hold the sword

Clothing Notes:

The clothing of the kimono will either be a light fabric or a softer fabric
There will either be 2 or 3 robes worn total (under robe, a red robe, and the top robe)

the red robe will be a little longer on the sleeves and will be made of a light fabric. it will have some sewn in strings to help keep it together (kind of like a hanfu). no pattern on the red robe.
the under robe will probably be ignored depending on budget and time.

The design on the sleeves and the main part of the kimono will be hand died. I'll be testing out some fabric dyes and how to hand dye fabrics before I decide on how the designs on the kimono will be dyed.
Obi knot will either be a bow or the flat knot (not sure the name of it) depending on how the Devine Retribution rests.
there will be a tail used for this costume. the tail will be attached to a sash underneath the obi.

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Issun Notes:

Issun will be a tiny clay figure
Issun will have a base at his feet to help keep him standing
The only part of issun not made of clay will be the attenae on his hat (wire) and his cape (fabric)
Issun will be attached to either a hair clip or velcrow

velcrow will only be if the kimono is made out of fabric that the velcrow can attack to

Issun will be have a white base from the clay and hand painted to match his full design
I'll be making a couple of Issun figures just in case he falls and breaks or if I loose him

Make-Up Notes:

while i probably wont be able to get the actual make up that is used for Geisha, I'll probably find a white foundation or face paint for the foundation/base

little to no wing with the black, large wings on both sides of the eyes with the red
if red eyeliner wont work, red facepaint

while i usually use hair spray for setting make up, i'll use baby powder if I don't use a lot of facepaint.
if while at a convention the make up starts to wear out, I'll redo what is messing up and set with hair spray

Wig Notes:

use a basic long white wig for the cosplay
the sides of the hair just around the ears will be pulled up into a bun in the back of the head
the bangs will be worn down
red hair dye will be used for the design on the bangs (see here for design)
if extra hair is needed to do the bun/bangs, it will be bought and sewn on appropriately
hair pieces:

the side flower hair pieces (see here for design) will be attacked like a regular hair clip
the back hair piece (see here for design) will be bought online. this will be attached to the back between the head and the bun.

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