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Debuted: December 2017
About:
I decided I wanted to do a proper Christmas themed cosplay this year, and Jingle Tracer was my first pick. I had been wanting to cosplay Tracer for a while and her Christmas skin was my favorite skins of hers, so it was a perfect and easy choice! Most of the patterns were drawn up just by looking at a reference photo and drawing what I saw or using the duct-tape method. This was primarily a sewing project, so it was mostly made using fabric, fabric paint and bias tape. The armor and prop pieces were made out of EVA foam, primed with wood glue and painted with acrylics. Lights were installed later since I didn't have time to install them before the first convention I wore this to. I'm super happy with how everything turned out. I'm also happy with how my first music video/parody video came out and glad I created it around this cosplay. What was made?
Dress. Leggings-altered. Shoes. Gauntlets. Hat-altered. Chest & back piece. Guns. Goggles. Gloves. What was bought? Nothing! Everything was made by me or heavily altered! Related Links!
Photographer: Arlena Fae
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Material & Cost BreakdownLight Green Fabric
Material: Lime Green Lycra/Spandex
Cost: $5 per yard Purchased: 1 yard Where: LA Fashion District Dark Green Fabric
Material: Dark Green Stretch Knit
Cost: About $12 per yard Purchased: 2/3 yard Where: Joann's Fabric EVA FOam
Material: 2mm, 4mm and 6mm EVA Foam
Cost: $10 per roll (6mm), $1.89 per sheet (4mm), $5 per pack of 10 (2mm) Purchased: 1 roll, 4 sheets, 1 pack Where: Harbor Frieght (6mm), Hobby Lobby/Micael's (4mm), Walmart (2mm) Green Leggings
Hat
Material: Green Elf Hat
Cost: $1 Purchased: 1 Where: Dollar Store White Fur
Material: White Faux Fur
Cost: $20 per yard Purchased: 1/4 yard Where: Joann's Fabric White Fabric
Material: White Faux Satin
Cost/Purchased: Free. This was left-over fabric I had. Where: Home ACRYLIC Paint
Material: Green, Gold, White, Red, Grey, Black Acrylic Paint
Cost: $0.89 per bottle Purchased: 6 bottles Where: Walmart & Michael's Spray Paint
Material: Gold & Glossy Spray Paint
Cost: $5 per can Purchased: 2 cans Where: Home Depot Fabric Paint
Materials: Dark Green, White & Gold Puff Paint
Cost: $1.49 per bottle Purchased: 3 bottles Where: Joann's Fabric Bias Tape
Materials: Gold Double-Folded Bias Tape, about 3/4" wide
Cost: about $3 per pack Purchased: 3 packs Where: Joann's Fabric Brown Fabric
Material: Brown Faux Leather, Stretch Fabric
Cost: $2 per yard, minimum of 3 yards Purchased: 3 yards Where: LA Fabric District Velcro
Material: Self-Adhesive Velcro, Nude-Colored
Cost: about $4 per pack Purchased: 2 packs Where: Joann's Fabric Plastic Sheet
Material: Transparent, Colored (Green) Dividers
Cost: $1 per pack Purchased: 1 pack Where: Dollar Store Bow
Material: Red, velvet, Christmas Bow
Cost: $1.99 Purchased: 1 Where: Joann's Fabric Bells
Material: Classic, Plastic Bells & Jingle, Metal Bells
Cost: $1 per set (2 in set) Purchased: 3 sets of jingle bells, 1 set of plastic bells Where: Dollar Store Elastic
Material: Black Elastic
Cost/Purchased: Free. I already owned this! Where: Home Glue
Material: Wood Glue, Hot Glue & Contact Cement
Cost: Wood Glue-free, Hot Glue-$5 per pack, Contact Cement $5 per bottle Purchased: Wood Glue-owned, Hot Glue-1 pack, Contact Cement-2 bottles Where: Wood Glue & Contact Cement-Home Depot, Hot Glue-Walmart Total Estimated Cost: $113
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Progress PhotosBuild TimeShopping: About half a day + an hour or two of searching online
Pattern Making: About 2 days Sewing: 1 week Foam Work: 1 1/2 to 2 weeks Painting: 1 or 2 days **Days are not a full 24 hours. They're more like "work" days. Meaning for each day, I worked on the cosplay for anywhere from 4-10 hours per day--it's all a rough estimate.
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Detail Shots
Fun Facts!
Why'd you cosplay this?
- I wanted to do a proper Christmas cosplay! When the skin was first release, there was no way I'd be able to make the cosplay in time, so I decided it would be my holiday cosplay for the following year. I love Tracer! She's not my number 1 Overwatch character but she is a fun character to cosplay and the skin is really cute.
- When I first debuted this cosplay, Overwatch ended up retweeting me! The tweet mentioned the parody/music video I made featuring this cosplay, so that got quite a few new views too! I had shared this on Instagram (which auto-shares to Twitter) just before falling asleep, so it was quite a surprise to wake up to thousands of new notifications on Twitter.
- I really needed to get this cosplay made and the music video up on YouTube in a decent amount of time before Christmas--other wise the music video would have to wait another year for release. I ended up staying up for a full 2 days (slightly more than 48 hours) to finish the cosplay, build a small set, record the video, take photos and edit/publish the video. I managed to get everything done in a little bit more than a week before Christmas. I don't recommend this!
- I made custom ornaments for my tree a few years back. They're of various video game characters, including some from Overwatch. When putting together the set I made sure to put all the Overwatch characters and Blizzard characters in the front of the tree. The three presents on the ground are made out to Emily (Tracer's girlfriend), Lena (Tracer's real name) and Winston.
- I already owned some basic Christmas decor items, but to complete this set I bought some garland (I think that's what it's called), new ornaments and 3 new stockings. I also grabbed some wrapping paper and wrapped 3 empty Amazon boxes. The "snow" was just stuffing (which may be obvious) and I threw some foam, snowflake stickers on top.
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