I'm generally more into gaming than I am into anime, but Studio Ghibli
films have a special place in my heart because I grew up watching them.
Mononoke Hime is by far my most favourite Ghibli film. If you have not
seen it, I highly recommend it because it truly is a masterpiece. Plus, I
have a soft spot for great soundtracks and Joe Hisaishi really outdid
himself on this one. I'm so happy with this costume and shooting in the
woods was so much fun.
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cut out the holes for the eyes and mouth and covered the transitions
with a layer of paper mache. The details are made of craft foam and
modelling clay. I covered the modelling clay parts with a layer of paper
mache so that it stays attached.
Lastly, I painted the mask with acrylic paint. I made sure to work with
different shades of the same color so that it looks more realistic.
After I finished painting, I covered the whole mask with several layers
of mod podge to make it weatherproof.
I molded the shape of the ears with aluminum foil and covered them with a
few layers of paper mache. Like the mask, they were painted with
acrylic paint and then covered with mod podge.
For the dress I made a pattern using an old tank top (Yes, I'm using
christmas wrapping paper for the pattern. Don't judge me). I tranferred
both the front and the back piece onto my dark blue fabric and cut them
out on fold. Then I sewed it all together. Note that I only used seam
allowance on the sides of the dress and on the straps. I left the rest
of the edges raw so that the dress looks a little ragged. Otherwise I
thought it would look to neat for someone that grew up with wolves in
the woods. I made sure that the bottom of the dress looks especially
ragged.
For the white part of the dress I used my blue dress and cut out a
similar shape out of my white fabric, only shorter. I purposely cut it
out a little wider than needed so that I cut put it on my mannequin and
trim the edges, so that it would fit properly. Again, I left the edges
ragged. However, to make sure that the fabric doesn't fray too much, I
burned the edges of the fabric with a lighter.
The cape is made of the softest fake white fur ever. I was so happy when
I found this fabric in the fabric store. I cut out the shape of the
cape and attached it to the straps of the dress. Then I made the hood
using an old hoodie that I had laying around as reference. I attached
the mask and ears to the hood and attached the hood to the cape. Lastly,
I made a tail out of the rest of my fake fur fabric and attached it to
the bottom of the cape.
Making the tooth necklace was really simple. I molded the shape of the
teeth and the beads with fimo air drying clay, painted the beads black
with acrylic paint and covered both the teeth and the beads with mod
podge. Then I attached the necklace to the front edges of the cape. My later version of the necklace is made of Cosplayflex Clear and painted with blue glass paint.
I got the wig from the ebay shop Wig Fashion. The only thing I had to do was cut the bangs and the wig was good to go. The earrings are also made of fimo air drying clay. They are just two round disks, painted with white acrylic paint and covered with mod podge. The headpiece and arm cuffs are made of the same dark blue fabric as my dress. I found the white stones at my local craft store.
At first I didn't plan on making Ashitaka's necklace, but I had all the
materials laying around, so I decided to make it anyways. I molded
the shape out of fimo clay and let it dry. Then I filed the bottom part
of the stone to give it some texture. I painted it with acrylic paint
and finished it with a clear acrylic gloss. Lastly, I glued down the
string with hot glue.
For the dagger, I sketched the design on paper, transferred the pattern
to a piece of foam board and cut it out using a box cutter. I tapered
the edges and painted on the design with red acrylic paint. Then I added
some weathering and covered the blade with mod podge. Finally, I
covered the hilt with a piece of black fabric.
Photo credit: Baki Fotografie
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