How to Cosplay As Korra for a Convention
Prepare the shirt., Make the pants., Prepare the shoes., Make the wrap., Make the armband., Make the two smaller hair tubes., Make the large hair tube., Take about two fingers thick of hair in the front and put it in your mouth/a rubber band in...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Prepare the shirt.
Buy a blue tank top (or a white one and dye it blue, it doesn't matter).
Sew or glue some thin (about .8 inch thick) white ribbon around the arm holes and hemline.
Cut an upside-down triangle shape in the neck line, like an arrow pointing to your bellybutton, and line it with the ribbon.
Also line the neckline with the same ribbon. -
Step 2: Make the pants.
Any shade of medium to dark blue will work, but navy blue works best.
Buy sweatpants or leggings, in a size or two above your usual size.
The upsizing is important to give realistically to the final product.
Take a white scarf (a thin one) and use it as a belt for the top. , Tan colored UGG or UGG knockoff boots are good.
Tuck the very edges of your pants into the boots, letting the rest bag out around the rim. , Take a square of tan fabric (any fabric works, but velvet/faux velvet is nice) and taper the end ever so slightly.
Line every side but the top with white stuffing.
Leave four or five inches at the top barren, so you can tuck it into your pants.
Tuck it in on the sides and back. , Take some stretchy, light blue fabric and sew it in a cylinder shape that fits your upper arm. put a white rubber band that fits the size on each end.
Paint white fabric paint on Korra's armband pattern. , Take two thick straws and slit them lengthwise.
Paint them blue and add white around the edges. , Take the stretchy fabric for the armband, and make a two--three inch long cylinder.
Paint around the edges with white fabric paint. ,, Secure it with a brown or black hair elastic. ,,,,,,). , -
Step 3: Prepare the shoes.
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Step 4: Make the wrap.
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Step 5: Make the armband.
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Step 6: Make the two smaller hair tubes.
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Step 7: Make the large hair tube.
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Step 8: Take about two fingers thick of hair in the front and put it in your mouth/a rubber band in front of your face.
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Step 9: Gather the rest and brush it in a really high ponytail.
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Step 10: Brush and straighten the two sections in the front
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Step 11: and put your slitted hair beads over them.
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Step 12: Secure your stretchy fabric bead over your ponytail
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Step 13: Put on primer and foundation.
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Step 14: Use lip balm in a nude or pinkish-nude color.
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Step 15: Add a subtle blush.
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Step 16: Define your brows and cheekbones (it shows up better in pictures!
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Step 17: Finish with a clear gloss
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Step 18: clear mascara and setting powder.
Detailed Guide
Buy a blue tank top (or a white one and dye it blue, it doesn't matter).
Sew or glue some thin (about .8 inch thick) white ribbon around the arm holes and hemline.
Cut an upside-down triangle shape in the neck line, like an arrow pointing to your bellybutton, and line it with the ribbon.
Also line the neckline with the same ribbon.
Any shade of medium to dark blue will work, but navy blue works best.
Buy sweatpants or leggings, in a size or two above your usual size.
The upsizing is important to give realistically to the final product.
Take a white scarf (a thin one) and use it as a belt for the top. , Tan colored UGG or UGG knockoff boots are good.
Tuck the very edges of your pants into the boots, letting the rest bag out around the rim. , Take a square of tan fabric (any fabric works, but velvet/faux velvet is nice) and taper the end ever so slightly.
Line every side but the top with white stuffing.
Leave four or five inches at the top barren, so you can tuck it into your pants.
Tuck it in on the sides and back. , Take some stretchy, light blue fabric and sew it in a cylinder shape that fits your upper arm. put a white rubber band that fits the size on each end.
Paint white fabric paint on Korra's armband pattern. , Take two thick straws and slit them lengthwise.
Paint them blue and add white around the edges. , Take the stretchy fabric for the armband, and make a two--three inch long cylinder.
Paint around the edges with white fabric paint. ,, Secure it with a brown or black hair elastic. ,,,,,,). ,
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