Benni, Author at KamuiCosplay

We built a light-up bow from Empires & Puzzles!

by Benni | Dec 24, 2022

I always love to work with mobile game developers as many of their games often have amazingly designed heroes. I also always wanted to build a functional bow! So when Empires&Puzzles reached out to us to create something from their game, I took the chance and decided to make Athena’s bow! It not only has a really cool design, it also has LEDs – the perfect match to test my skills!

New Video: Top 10 Cosplay Shops!

by Benni | Nov 29, 2022

Finding good shops and materials for cosplay and crafting can be tricky! To help, here are Svetlana’s top 10 places to shop cosplay materials! It’s all about foam, paints, wigs, fabrics and all kind of different crafting supplies – and even full costumes! Hope this is helpful!

Shoulder Pattern Collection 2 – Out now!

by Benni | May 16, 2022

Our first Shoulder Armor Pattern Collection was a huge hit so we decided to make two more with even more interesting pauldron designs! The first one is now here: The Shoulder Pattern Collection 2 has 5 very interesting and unique designs that will level up your...

We built a speaking Majora’s Mask from The Legend of Zelda!

by Benni | May 16, 2022

Dremel Germany asked us to create a cool cosplay prop with their rotary tools, so we picked one of our personal favorites: The Majora’s Mask from The Legennd of Zelda! A realistic looking mask was not enough for us though, so we also made it glow in the dark and speak! Watch the video below!

New helmet pattern collection!

by Benni | Nov 16, 2021

Helmets are fun to wear and to goof around in! So I made a new pattern collection for you! This one includes these 5 different designs: Kettle Helmet Morion Helmet Crusader Helmet Nordic Helmet Spartan Helmet All of them can be easily scaled to fit any head size and...

3D Modeling for Cosplay? Try Fusion 360!

by Benni | Aug 22, 2018

As 3D printing becomes more accessible, it was never easier to try it out! The software is free and super fun as well!

The proud Norn Warrior!

by Benni | Dec 21, 2014

One of my bigger projects in 2014 was a Norn Warrior from Guild Wars 2. As somebody who easily falls in love with stunning designs, the Norn was a character race I wanted to bring to life right after I discovered this amazing armor set. It not only had this very...

Here comes the sexy Dovahkiin!

by Benni | Nov 15, 2014

When it’s time to find a new project, one question pops out every single time: Can I transport it? After countless hours in Skyrim (killing mammoths collecting their snouts), The Elder Srolls Series was a long inspiration for a new costume and like many others I...

The Crusader – Time to go wild!

by Benni | Jun 24, 2014

When it comes to the choice of a new costume it goes always down to the dimensions of my suitcase. It doesn’t really matter how much I love a character, a TV show, a game or a comic – if my suitcase doesn’t like it, then the final costume won’t...

Wonder Woman – The Clock is ticking!

by Benni | Jun 23, 2014

For a pretty long time Wonder Woman was a character I really wanted to realize but sadly I never found a design I fell in love with. Maybe it was a the lack of armor, but most of them were just too sexy for my taste. Then a friend of mine, the lovely Yaya Han visited...

Cosplay Tutorial Books

by Benni | Mar 28, 2014

Want to make armor yourself? Now you can! For the last few years I was getting so many messages every day, asking for tips and for advice about cosplay making that even if I tried to, I could not answer them all....

Deathknight – An Adventure with Intel and Newegg

by Benni | Mar 13, 2014

I’m a pretty lucky girl. Only a few days after I’ve got my commission request for the Wizard from Intel and Newegg.com both of these companies were that impressed with my previous work that I even got a further project. The request was to create something...

The Wizard – An Adventure with Intel and Newegg

by Benni | Dec 3, 2013

In the summer of 2013 something exciting happened: The companies Intel and Newegg.com asked me for a commission! And it was not only any commission, it was a Wizard from Diablo III for their booth at Blizzcon. It was excited and the chance I always waited for and...

Into the Light – The Protoss Wizard

by Benni | Sep 10, 2013

Big Update!!!! I know it’s a little late, but my Protoss Wizard won the 2013 Blizzcon Costume Contest Grand Prize! I am so super happy! Winning the Blizzcon contest was always a big dream of mine and I always though I could not do it because I normally...

Time to kick some asses!

by Benni | Aug 29, 2013

As a huge fan of armor costumes and World of Warcraft it was time again for a spiky, protective and a way too time consuming project: The Warrior Tier 5 or Blademisstress Lyss. Since the image didn’t show the full body, I decided to create a mix out of the WoW...

Holy light, give me strenght!

by Benni | Aug 1, 2013

As a pretty obsessed Druid player (I already created 6 Druid Tier sets from World of Warcraft!), there was always no option for me to create a cosplay of a different class. However I admit that I always had the wonderful artwork of Wei Wang in mind. Well, and then the...

Aegywnn – Guardian of Tirisfal

by Benni | Jul 21, 2013

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 – and after Alexstrazsa and Vanessa VanCleef I’ve got a new...

Blue and Gold

by Benni | Jan 22, 2013

It’s winter. It’It’s winter. Is cold, it’s wet and the weather is just disgusting in Germany. No photoshoots, no conventions, nothing. BUT: Enough time for a new project! You maybe remember my old project from spring 2011: The Protoss Wizard....

Make your first cosplay steps!

by Benni | Oct 16, 2012

Where shall I start? What are the first steps? What do I need to take care of? These are the questions which pain many cosplay newcomers and those who want to get into this hobby. But in the first phase also many experienced people like me are sometimes pretty...

The way of the Paladin

by Benni | Sep 22, 2012

And I’m working and working! Last week, after some fixing experiments, I was finally able to finish the base of my boot armor. I still need to find a way to close the gap between the feet armor and the leg armor, but so far I’m satiesfied with the result....

Updates, Updates, Updates!

by Benni | Sep 18, 2012

Puh, despite of the convention season is almost over I still had a lot to do in my last week: I started with my new project, Bloodelf Paladin Tier 2 and already working pretty busy on her armor: (There is more progress, but that’s the final look. As always...

The Sand of Time

by Benni | Sep 10, 2012

After work is before work! Oh, the last weeks, no the last months were pretty hard! Just one day after I came back from Gamescom and tried to find some free space for my new Barbarian costume it was time for the next project: Soridormi. Well, this costume was planned...

Say cheese!

by Benni | Aug 22, 2012

Yeah, I know, I know… I just posted an blog entry some time ago, but I just had to show you this! The very next day after Gamescom I got the change for the first photoshoot with my Barbarian. After many private shootings with my husband or his brother I wanted...

I can’t carry anymore…

by Benni | Aug 21, 2012

Puh, what a week! My costume was done, but now it was time for the weapons. My original plan was to build the big axe and also the pretty detailed sword in the reference of Wei Wangs artwork. And since I wanted to create two weapons in only one week I had to hurry a...

The Power of Velcro Tape

by Benni | Aug 11, 2012

Oooh, I’m tired! I’m really, REALLY tired! The progress on my Barbarian cosplay from Diablo 3 continued very well, but it was also a lot of work, very exhausting and time consuming. My internship is over now, holidays started and so it was time to hurry...

Armor, armor and even more armor!

by Benni | Jul 3, 2012

Sooo, it’s been a while since I showed you some of my current project, but… I was busy. Sadly not just because of my costumes, but much more because of a traineeship which costs a lot of the freetime I had before. Well, but the traineeship will end at in...

New Project: Female Barbarian from Diablo III

by Benni | Mar 14, 2012

Oh my, I never can decide which cosplay I shall finish at first, ha ha! I planned to start with my Soridormi costume some weeks ago, started with the pauldrons and prepared the patterns for the dress until I noticed one important point: When this costume will be done...

Workshops! Workshops! Workshops!

by Benni | Feb 26, 2012

Vanessa is done and it’s time to relax a bit again. I already started with a new project, but now there is no need to stress. My daggers for Vanessa still needs some love, but it should be no problem to give them a paint job till the next convention, the...

May I introduce: Vanessa VanCleef!

by Benni | Feb 20, 2012

Wow, the last two weeks were more than just exhausting! They tried to killed me! Cosplayers surely know this situation: A project has to be done till a fixed date, you’re costume is already almost done and only just some tiny little details are missing. The only...

Adventures with Vanessa VanCleef

by Benni | Feb 8, 2012

Vanessa, Vanessa VanCleef in progress and everything works fine so far! Last time I announced my next project and now some weeks later the costume is already done. It’s pretty nice but after some years of cosplay I’m able to say that I already know my...

Project Sexy Murloc: Vanessa VanCleef

by Benni | Jan 23, 2012

New year, new costume! Since it’s winter I was a bit lazy in the last time, but now my holidays started and the next project have to be done next month! At the moment I’m working at Vanessa VanCleef, which was announced as the new challenge at all World of...

There will be never a break!

by Benni | Nov 8, 2011

Puh, some weeks past, I’m just relaxing a bit and enjoy my new freetime and collect new energy for new projects. Almost everything for this year is done and it’s just awesome to be able to go without any stress and bad feeling to bed. No deadlines, no...

Awesome Blizzcon was AWESOME!

by Benni | Oct 26, 2011

The last time you heard from me was just a few hours before I finished Benni’s costume, filled my suitcases and entered the airplane on the way to LA, Blizzcon and a week full of pure awesomeness! Benni, my husband, Selina, my cosplay partner, a further friend,...

HOLY SHIT! Blizzcon is waiting for me!

by Benni | Oct 16, 2011

Woah, three pretty stressful weeks are behind me. Last time I told you, that I’m just working on my husband’s costume and today I can tell you that it is pretty much done. It’s about 10 pm at the moment and tomorrow morning I will finally fly to Los...

Redundancy!

by Benni | Oct 2, 2011

Puh, Blizzcon is pretty close now and slooowly I need to hurry. At the moment I’m working on my husband’s Nightelf Druid Tier 9 version. The progress is pretty much the same it was for my own costume before so I don’t show you a lot of stuff. And I...

Druid Tier 9 Photoshoot

by Benni | Sep 26, 2011

Woah! Finally a new photoshoot is done again and it turned our amazing! This time my photographer was Benni’s brother, Jakob and he did an really awesome job for this first full time photoshoot! Sadly I had to edit a lot, because I had problems with my new make...

How to give your Gems some Glow

by Benni | Sep 12, 2011

I just uploaded a new video tutorial on my channel, guys. After a little survey on facebook, I noticed that many of you want to see, how I create my glowing gems. Especially you also wanted to see, how my husband paints my stuff, but this will follow soon don’t...

Dragons and Druids

by Benni | Sep 8, 2011

I’m just sitting in the lobby of a hotel of Atlanta and try to get rid of the time I have left until my flight back to Germany. So, what’s better than writing a new blog entry? You wonder, what the hell did I just do in Atlanta? Well, I visited Dragon*Con...

Wizard Photoshoot and the next Project

by Benni | Aug 15, 2011

Sometimes it really seems like the weather hates me. After an awesome sunny weekend but without any photographers, we got a cloudy and dark one with too many photographs. Well, I really really wanted to show you my costume with another photoshoot, so my cosplay...

It’s Magic!

by Benni | Aug 2, 2011

The last week had begun and I was pretty stressed. I had until friday to finish my costume, to create a commission and to write an cosplay tutorial for a german magazine. So, I had to hurry a bit. The main costume was already done, but as always the missing details...

Three Magical Weeks

by Benni | Jul 24, 2011

Uh, so much stuff happend in the last week and as always I was super, super busy. And I still am. The exams of my study started and I had to learn a lot. I decided to create a new costume for the next conventions. I created my own wedding dress for my wedding (which...

Create your own gem stones!

by Benni | Jun 12, 2011

Some time has passed since my last post again and many things have happened. I had two further jobs as Alexstrasza at MCMExpo in London and the Triple Play V in Leipzig, kept on working on my old projects and started with new ones and just had a great time again. And...

A Dragon Queen is born!

by Benni | May 15, 2011

Uuuuuuh, a long time past since my last entry and I’m glad to say you, that my Alexstrasza costume is finally done! Today I had a really nice photoshooting my boyfriend and his brother, already had a job with this costume at Dark Moon Fair Koln and I’m...

Alexstrasza – A Dragon Queen will be born

by Benni | Mar 31, 2011

My last post was long ago and I guess it’s really time to show you something new! Like always I’m really busy with making costumes. But I haven’t made so much progress with my Demon Hunter and my Druid Tier 9, because I had to cancel all my current...

Bring your Character to life!

by Benni | Jan 28, 2011

Sometimes it can be difficult to get good photos of one’s costume. Conventions are always full of people, thus often there is no space for taking pictures without having someone in the background. Or you just have no time, because you have friends who want to...

The Thermoplastic Theorie

by Benni | Dec 7, 2010

Today I want to show you something new. Last time I experimented a bit and became acquainted with some nice, new thermoplastic materials: Fossshape, Kobracast and Polystyrol. You also saw my Wonderflex and Friendly Plastic projects, and I guess it’s a good time...

Expanding foam love!

by Benni | Dec 1, 2010

As always I’m still busy, but I’m not able to keep on working on only one project. I love to carve expanding foam, to form armor with wonderflex or to sew a new robe and I wish, I would have a clone, he he! So, one day I create an armor piece for my Demon...

Busy, busy!

by Benni | Nov 18, 2010

Maybe I should learn to take a break someday. At the moment I’m really, really exhausted. My studies and my work require a lot of time and I can’t wait for the two weeks of Christmas holidays. I have a lot to do, but despite this I put almost every free...

Updates and a new project!

by Benni | Nov 10, 2010

Hello guys! You’ll notice I changed and updated a lot here. Over this post you’ll find some pages I added and I wished a long time. And I hope you also like the new features on the right side and my new design. You should especially take a look to the...

German Cosplay Championship and more

by Benni | Oct 19, 2010

Woah, the last weeks were really exhausting! Two months ago I got notice that we really made it to the finals of the German Cosplay Championship. But the only costumes we could use were our Asmodian plate set from Aion (our Druid Tier 8 costumes just weren’t...

About my love to expanding foam

by Benni | Oct 3, 2010

In the last time there were a lot of people who asked me how I create my expanding form figures and and it is just amazing that these people came from all over the world! It’s great to hear that you guys like my technique so much and want to try it by yourself....

Future projects

by Benni | Sep 26, 2010

This cosplay year is almost over and now I’m thinking about my next projects. But at first I have to finish some things: In the last days I began with my second sword for my Aion plate set. This one have to be finisehd soon, because it’s for my performance...

Some questions?

by Benni | Sep 15, 2010

In the last time I got some questions about the materials I use. It’s hard for me, to find the right meaning or the right words for a specific material, because I just don’t know if it’s the right one or not. So, I want to show you some pictures!...

Bring some light in your life!

by Benni | Sep 3, 2010

Today I want to show you a further tutorial: How to add lights to your costume! (And I have to warn you: This time it was really hard for me to translate this tutorial from german!) I guess, I’m not the only one who believe that lights in costumes and props are...

I’m a princess!

by Benni | Aug 25, 2010

In the last few weeks I worked on a further costume: My Elyos cloth set from Aion – Tower of Eternity. After finishing all of these costumes, which I tried to make them as original and accurate as possible I just searched for some fun. So, I just sat at my...

Druid Tier 8: First Photoshoot

by Benni | Aug 10, 2010

After finishing my Druid Tier 8 costume I was so looking forward to a nice private photo-shooting with my boyfriend. The weather was not the best, but I wanted to use the last week in Germany (I will make a trip for almost 4 weeks to California) for taking some...

Druid Tier 8 finally done!

by Benni | Aug 3, 2010

It was a very long hard way and last weekend I finally finished my Druid Tier 8 costume. So here are some progress pictures: I coverd my pauldron with a last finishing paper machè layer, added some lines into this with my dremel and installed a light effect. It was a...

Druid Tier 8 in progress

by Benni | Jun 19, 2010

In the last months I was very depressed and it’s still didn’t become better. I love cosplay so much, that preferable I want to build something new every day. But unfortunately I have so much to do because of my studies and my part time job, that I almost...

Aion Costume Photoshoot

by Benni | Apr 26, 2010

Unfortunately I had a long time to wait to see my Aion Asmodian costume done and so I was very excited to take a photoshoot with it. After some thinking about the right location for it we finally found an awesome looking castle ruin near Nuremberg. So, I prepared and...

FINISHED!!!

by Benni | Apr 14, 2010

My god… the last 4 weeks were a living hell for me! I had SO much to do, because deadline was April 9th! But… what should I say? I finally managed it. At 2:30 at night on April 10th… And here we’re going on: It was a hard way to build the final...

One month left!

by Benni | Mar 7, 2010

I was very busy in the last few weeks and I’m very glad, that I managed to finish a lot of armor parts: My upper bracers: My left pauldron: My ankle and knee armor: Now I’m working on my wing and my hips armor: Unfortutely they became really heavy because...

Actual projects and a lot of expanding foam!

by Benni | Jan 31, 2010

I’m still working on my three costumes: Aion, World of Warcraft and Bayonetta. The Armor of Aion is almost done and there are only a few armor parts missing. I’m very bad in sewing, so I dodge the parts which require seewing skills. So, here are some...

The wonderful world of Wonderflex

by Benni | Dec 29, 2009

This year I wanted to start with something complete new. I’m always searching for new materials, techniques and challenges. So the new MMO from NCsoft, Aion – Tower of Eternity, had some very good exsamples. There were a lof of commercials I saw on TV or...

New projects

by Benni | Dec 29, 2009

Now we make a jump to the present, guys! I told you everthing about my last cosplay and hope I helped or inspired you a bit. But now it’s time for my new projects: Nightelf Druid Tier 8 from World of Warcraft with a still unnamed staff (Arena Season 8) Asmodian...

Intensity making of

by Benni | Dec 27, 2009

This summer I got an awesome email from Blizzard Entertainment: Hallo Svetlana! Congratulation! Your costume was choosen as winner of the costume contest “Win a Trip to Blizzcon”! The first prize is a flight to the USA to Blizzcon. Yeah.. I was a bit...

Finally done!

by Benni | Dec 14, 2009

So, after some months of work my costume was finally finished and I was able to show it on a convention in Germany: The Animagic. I spend three great days there and it was funny that so many people also wanted to make a World of Warcraft cosplay. At least that’s...

Journey’s End making of

by Benni | Dec 10, 2009

Next part of my Druid Tier 6 cosplay: Journey’s End and Intensity Journey’s End was a hard, long project and I worked some months on it. I did not use the right technique for the building, because I just daven’t had enough expirience with such props....

Druid Tier 6 pauldron and headpiece making of

by Benni | Dec 9, 2009

Next part of my Druid Tier 6 story from World of Warcraft: Most of my work with fabrics was done, so I started with my weapons and my props. The sample had 2 very complicated pauldrons and one helmet. At first I tried to model both forms with expanding foam. I used...

Druid Tier 6 robe making of

by Benni | Dec 8, 2009

It was a long hard way and a half year of work after I was able zu finish this project. So here is my story: In summer 2008 I was still stunned of World of Warcraft Tier sets of the Druid. After I finished Druid Tier 1 and Tier 3 I searched of a new challenge, a new...

Druid Tier 8 pauldron making of

by Benni | Dec 7, 2009

Soooooo, here are some progress pics of one of my actual projects: Druid Tier 8 from World of Warcraft. Here you see a preview of the sample for my pauldrons from the World of Warcraft modelviewer. The first steps were really easy: I took half of a styrofaom ball,...

Hello guyz!

by Benni | Dec 7, 2009

This is my first blog entry, so I wanted to introduce myself at first: My name is Svetlana, I’m 23 year old and live in Germany (so, excuse my grammer faults). I discovered the cosplay szene in 2003, but only in 2006 I found a real desire in it. So my Druid Tier...

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