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Minecraft Yogscast Cosplay 1by ~Auzrill

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My sisters and I in our Yogscast costumes. From left to right it is Lewis (Xephos) done by the middle sis, Judy
A creeper done by the youngest, Sydney
And Simon (Honeydew) done by me.

We were so well received by all age groups. Walks that should have taken five minutes took an hour and a half because we kept getting stopped for pictures. People saw that it was Minecraft, or 8-bit, or the Yogscast, and some parents of young children took pictures of us because they thought we were Lego people.

It was amazing to do these costumes. So much fun, so much love, and we got to show our love and support of the Yogscast by bringing their Minecraft skins to life. We hope Simon and Lewis see some of these and appreciate our work and understand how devoted their fans are.

Construction notes-
We made these costumes out of cardboard boxes, acrylic paint, and hot glue. They were done on a 6' scale, so everything is exactly proportionate to the Minecraft characters in-game. Each painted square was 2.25". Cut everything out, painted it, and then pieced it together.

My sisters put their costumes together with tape. I made "tabs," (small rectangles of cardboard folded into a corner) and attached all the edges from the inside. The Xephos costume is slightly shorter because my sister shortened her torso to better fit (she's the shortest of the three of us). The creeper had no body due to time constraints, but should be completed next time we wear the costumes.

The Xephos costume had a headpiece inside the head box so that my sister could turn her head and the box would move with it. I simply Velcro-ed my head to the torso, but plan on making a headpiece in the future as well (I suggested it but chose not to make one, while my sister did). Movement was limited to baby steps, but it was just as well because we barely got anywhere in the first place since we kept getting stopped.

~SincerelySatan Oct 13, 2012

Hi, amazing costume! I'm making one of my own Honeydew costumes for this Halloween, I hope you don't mind me asking a few questions~
First of all, what are the dimensions of each part of the costume: the head, arms, torso and legs?
Secondly, did you paint directly on the cardboard or did you glue paper onto it and then paint on the paper?
Lastly, you said you made the costume 6' and the costume should be made shorter or taller depending on the person who's wearing it. I hope you don't mind me asking, but how tall are you? Because I'm 5'6" and I want to know what height the costume I should make it for me. Would 6' work for someone of my height?

~Auzrill Oct 14, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

The dimensions are easily calculated by multiplying 2.25 times the number of squares (or "pixels") in each body part. For example, I know the torso was ten inches wide. It's been a while so I don't remember the rest.

I am 5'7" How you scale the costume all depends on your body type and where you plan on having your sight lines. For example, if you are not thin enough to fit in something ten inches, you might want a different scale. But that would make your costume taller. Sometimes we looked down the neck, sometimes through the eyes or mouths in our costumes.

This costume involves a lot of math. The best way to answer your questions is to measure yourself, see where your eyes are and how big you are, and then compare it to different scales for the costumes.

We painted directly onto the cardboard.

These costumes were time consuming so if you want it for Halloween I'd suggest getting started really soon. Best of luck!

~SincerelySatan Oct 14, 2012

Awesome! I really appreciate the help, thanks a lot.

~Auzrill Oct 18, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

You're welcome. Let me know how it goes! (:

~minecraft-aholic Sep 14, 2012

I dont know if your still reading this but if you are could you possibly make some instructions that I could download or look of of this website. I am makeing a honeydew costume this year for halloween and I am having trouble finding instructions for a full costume because nobody would try to make a minecraft skin but peope would try a creeper. instructions would be appreciated, thanks

~Pretty-Little-Demon Jul 24, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

how'd ya be able to do the creeper body? they have no arms and four legs!

~Auzrill Jul 25, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Well they don't really have legs more than they have 4 feet. We would have made a longer body with handles inside for the cosplayer to hold on to, and then put the "feet" attached to the edges of the "torso." They would be able to move as the cosplayer walked, although the feet would get kicked a lot.

Our cosplayer decided to make an Israphel outfit for next year instead of finishing the creeper, so the above is only my most logical guess. (:

~Pretty-Little-Demon Jul 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

cool :]

~Mellonshow Jul 14, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

How did you keep the legs on?

~Auzrill Jul 14, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

The legs are basically tubes of cardboard. We step into them, and there's really no way for them to "fall off" because we are inside them. We let one of the edges from the leg rest on the top of our shoes so the box would move when we walked.

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