Category: wear
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6 + 1 Reasons to Read: Yoon Ha Lee
So, thing is: my partner and I have spent countless hours discussing and (yup) worshipping Yoon Ha Lee‘s amazing The Machineries of Empire series this past winter. Here are just a few of the reasons I think probably everybody over the age of 16 (especially in the sci-fi ranks) should read the series. Now. Before…
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9 Reasons To Do Me Made May In 2019
#1 To sew. More. Always. Everything. It’s a similar feeling to the hunger for writing, larping, and – most of all, because it’s also related – cosplaying. I want it all. Right now. And I want it next month and the month after and the one after that. Luckily, I have a few novels to…
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11 Tips for Group Cosplay
So, you want to start a cosplay group? Let’s take a look at a few things you might want think about first… #1 Teamup, teamup, teamup! First time I’ve ever worn a sci-fi costume in public was in 2007. First time I’ve ever cosplayed as a part of a cosplay group (personal definition – more…
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Timetraveling Writer Wolf
Those coming to the blog for the first time in 2017 might be a tiny bit suprised to see all the old content here – after all, I’ve been larping irregularly at best through the last few years – and those coming back after the two-year break might be a bit puzzled when new posts…
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Making Your First Larp Outfit (5×5 #13)
You’ve already been larping for a while, you’ve had your fill of improvised larping outfits, you’re ready for something more… something bigger… handmade outfits! Made by you, of course. What are you waiting for? One / The bare necessities #1 Dare, time and patience While starting out in making your larp outfits yourself, a step…
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Let Your Outfit Collection Grow (5×5 #6)
Outfit collections for larping need love, lots and lots of love, and not a small amount of storage space. Once you’re slowly going to more events, and your first outfit doesn’t fit the characters you play any more, what are you going to do..? The approach to fantasy outdoor larping, or costume genre larping overall is as…
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Don’t Smoke Your Claws Off (Safe & Sane Cosplay Tips)
There are a few things which we keep coming back to, which we can’t – and don’t want to – get rid of. For me, high among them, rank cosplay and costuming. So, while I’m trying to squeeze vest-sewing time in the middle of intense Astra planning, enjoy this roundup of the sanest cosplay advice…
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How to Pack (Almost) Anything Like A Wolf
Summer’s almost gone, and with it the last chance for me to pack for anything other than a larp, every odd weekend or so. Still, a summer gone means a summer of lessons learned – in drying stuff as well as packing it, this year. It should probably be noted that packing and larp packing are, unfortunately,…
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Five by Five #2 – The Seams of Destiny a.k.a. Your First Larp Outfit
Recently there’s been a new influx of newbie players in the Croatian larp scene – or, to be honest, the influx has taken up again. There are things that new players think of that more experienced ones would never even imagine – more on the good than on the bad side, but still… One of…
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8 Smoaky Ways to Kick Ass Without Having to Kick Any Asses
I’m sure the title kinda explains itself – but if not, enjoy this magnificent picture of Felicity Smoak, one of my currently favourite female characters in all of geeky tv. The list was directly inspired by Arrow 2×14 Time of Death – in which Felicity had to learn some of the lessons on her own skin. Disclaimer: Anything…
Vesna Kurilic 