Linkle Cosplay (HW Artbook Version) Work Log

The moment I saw an OFFICIAL female Link artwork in the Hyrule Warriors Artbook I immediately knew that I would be making this cosplay! The Legend of Zelda is a huge part of my childhood and still is one of my most beloved video game series ♥ I am hoping to cosplay many more characters from this wonderful series in the future.

For the skirt I cut out a rectangle of a dark green fabric and made two pleats in the front. Once I liked how they looked, I pinned them down, then ironed and sewed them down, so that they stay in place. After that I finished of the top of the skirt with a decorative stitch.

Then I put the fabric on my dress form and pinned the sides so that it fits nicely on my body. If you don't have a dress form, you can also do this on yourself. Once I pinned the shape that I liked, I sewed down the sides. I also shortened the skirt a bit and finished the bottom with the same decorative stitch that I used for the top. The skirt is closed with a zipper in the back. Once I finished the basic skirt, I hammered down golden eyelets along the front pleats and put a leather string through the eyelets. Then I put a simple dark brown belt on the skirt and it was finished.

For the cape I cut out a big square of a green linen fabric that is a bit lighter that the fabric of the skirt. I folded it in half twice, so that I got a smaller square. After that I drew a small quarter circle for the neck on the folded parts and another larger quarter circle on the opposite side. Then I cut it all out. If you do it correctly, you will get a perfect circle once you unfold it. Then I cut out an opening for the front of the cape.

I put the cape on my dress form and shortened it to the length I liked. Then I put a collar and two buttons on the cape.

At this point I didn't really like the shape of the front of the cape, so I cut it some more ~

I sewed a simple vest to wear under the cape and finished the edges with the same decorative stitch that I used for the skirt. You can't really see the stitches from a distance, but they are a nice detail when you take a closer look at the costume.

Finally I attached the collar to the cape, finished the raw edges of the cape with the decorative stitch and sewed a small rectangle to close the cape in the front. I added a simple white shirt and tadaaaa ~ it was finished.

There's not much to say about the hat. I cut out a triangular shape and sewed it together. Then I attached two extension clips to the inside of the hat, so that it doesn't fall off.

I bought a simple blond wig from mycostumes.de and styled the bangs to look a little bit spikey. Then I added orange ribbons to the pigtails in the front.

I made the triforce pendant out of Worbla and painted it silver. The necklace is made of a dark brown velvet ribbon. I attached the pendant to the necklace with a jump ring.

The crossbow was one freaking piece of work! I cut the individual pieces out of styrofoam and craft foam and glued them together with wood glue. Then I covered the whole thing with a few layers of paper mache to make it more sturdy. After the paper mache was dry, I smoothed down the surface with (a lot of) sandpaper.

I spray painted the crossbow and added a few layers of weathering to make it look aged. The details are made of craft foam and then spray painted silver. The gemstones are made of Worbla's Transpa Art. I made a stone out of fimo clay, then I heated up my Transpa Art and stretched it over the stone and let it cool. Then I painted it with blue glass paint. I hot glued the details onto the crossbow, added a string and made an arrow out of a wooden stick and Worbla, which I also glued to the crossbow. Then I was done! It took me over a week to make that thing.

The leg armor is simply made of craft foam and covered with Worbla. I painted it in the same color as my thigh high boots and glued a brown elastic ribbon to the back. That way I can slide them on and off easily.

Photo credit: Baki Fotografie