Aegywnn Cosplay – World of Warcraft
Some time passed since my last post and so now I have a lot to tell.
2013 is already the 3rd year I’m working for Cryptozoic – the publisher of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. After Alexstrazsa and Vanessa VanCleef I’ve got a new commission from them: Aegwynn, Guardian of Tirisfal.
A challenging project
My Aegywnn Cosplay was… well… a pretty rushed project. I always enjoy the time preassure before a convention, the coming deadline for a costume and the sleepless nights before the final weekend. So despite I already knew for months that I had to finish this project, I started it only one month before the first event it was planned for. However at least I already bought all the fabric I needed during my last trip to Los Angeles in October 2012. Well… but since I’m just an awful tailor with no idea what I actual do I bought the completely wrong fabric. So… the deadline already in front of me I wasted at first some time in sewing something I threw away in the end. To get the final fabric that I used for my costume was anything but easy, but I was lucky enough to get the perfect material for Aegwynn, later.
The pattern for the base was a version I already used for my very first and even the last Druid costume (which are in total 5 costumes of pure laziness!). But there is nothing I hate more than my sewing machine in my workshop. I was already super exited to bring these few fabric pieces into something I could call a “dress”. So, anything else was just adding some colors and details.
Adding the details
And in addition the purple fabric I found later was just the best choice I’ve ever done for a costume! It was really just a lucky hit on eBay and I guess even in LA’s Fabric District I wouldn’t be able to find something better.
For me cosplay is always more than just the try to bring a fictional reference to life. I always try to get a look behind the character and imagine how he or she whould look in reality. So since Aegwynn is a powerful magician I’ve searched for fabrics with fitting ornaments and details.
Despite the fact that Aegywnn has a pretty simple design I’ve spend a ton of time with the sewing work. Especially the cloak was very time consuming. I still have no idea how this part of my reference looks, but I thought it would be just boring to let everything white and so I’ve tried to expand the details at the front to the back of my costume.
Creating the armor
The biggest and most difficult part of the costume was clearly the breastplate. It was not really that hard to build, since I’ve already had enough experience for this armor part, but it took a lot of patience and time to draw, cut, shape, fix and paint over 250 scales by hand! The whole piece took over 30 hours of work, but the final result became one of my most favorite armor parts I’ve ever done!
Well, and luckily I was able to finish the other armor parts pretty fast. The pauldrons were very simple and almost a bit boring. However, I tried my best to make them a bit more shiny with the right paint-job.
The last parts were these weird things on the back and the belt were pretty quickly assembled. After 3 weeks of work I was glad to have a new costume in my portfolio.
Only a few days later the final test followed at JapanWeekend in Madrid. This was convention which invited me as a guest and were pretty interested in my costume construction panels. So I was also pretty lucky to get the first photos of the finished costume very early:
Some final words
Well, and that was my third project for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. It was pretty much my working clothes for my part time job for this amazing game. Compared to my other costumes, my Aegywnn Cosplay is clearly one of the more comfortable ones. I also really enjoy to wear a more elegant, more feminine costume for once, ha ha. If you also want to read more of the progress of this costume, just visit me on Facebook.
Well, and so far so good! Thanks again for reading and see you next time!
This is the best cosplay I’ve seen of Aegwynn and I was wondering if you could email me a list of the supplies/fabrics and such you used? Or if you have a booklet explaining the entire process of you making this cosplay with step-by-step directions I would really like that. I promised my boyfriend we would make our own outfits this time around and I’ve got my heart set on Aegwynn. Any help you could possibly give would be amazing! Like where you bought everything you used and such would be great! Thanks again!
wow, that is amazing.
Can I ask what you used to make the brasteplate of? :)
Its made out of Worbla and EVA foam, in case you had’nt found the answer :)
Would it be possible to get the template shape of the scales that you used? I am trying to make a scaled breastplate as well but the scales I draw don’t seem to come out right.
Can I know what type of stitch did you use to sew the gold designs and lining? Thanks :)
What is the gold lining? Is it fabric sewn on or is it ironed on?
It’s fabric, sewed and ironed on.
you’re such an inspiration! i never would have had the courage to start cosplaying if it wasn’t for you and Lightning :) cant wait to see you and your protoss wizard at BlizzCon!
Amazing breastplate for Aegwynn btw :)
this is simply amazing! Though I just want to ask you: what material is the dress made out of? :)
Fabric, pretty heavy fabric, but no idea how it’s called, sorry!
I loved the photos! but you need more :D, it`s an adorable dress. Thanks for the WIP photos too this will help a lot for my Jaina costume (it`s my first time cosplaying WoW wish me luck)