Character: Lucrecia Crescent

Series: Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus

Location: Anime Fest 2007 Dallas, TX

Photographer: SkyPirate

Character Design: Tetsuya Nomura
Lucrecia Crescent and Final Fantasy are owned by Square Enix/Square Soft.

Note:
I changed her shirt to a softer material, restructured her bangs and pony tail wrap, and got rid of her older shoes. *shivers* Her older shoes were abit to small for me and they ended up making holes in my feet. DX



Cosplay.Com Gallery
[link]

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WIGTIPS:

Bangs:
1.)shape some craft foam to the general shape of the bang and pin it to the wig head, right up against the wig cap/wig base.
2.)separate a small section of hair, hair-pin it to the craft foam and spray it with hairspray (3 passes of hairspray with hairpins and 2 passes with out hairpins).
3.)repeat the process with the next layer and with the rest of the allotted bang hair until it eventually forms a bang.

Stubbing Tutorial Link: [link]

PonyTail:
-it's a false ponytail attached to the wig.
-the ponytail body consists of:
1.)styrofoam ball as a base for the ponytail body and connection point to the wig
2.)quilters batting for body
3.)lots of brown fabric paint to paint the assembled pseudo ponytail. (the default white color of the batting and styrofoam would stand out against the brown wefts)
4.)wefts hand sewn in to the ponytail body in concentric rings.

High Ponytail of DOOOM tips:
-stretch out the wig on to the base and pin into place
-place a chop stick onto the wig base as placement for where the pony tail is to be located.
-**hardest part** gently gather the desired amount of hair fibers around the fore mentioned chopstick. (gather the hair fibers with out having any of the wefts or wig under structure showing)
-take out the chopstick, and with the ponytail in place use a rubber based hair band to tie it back. I usually use several hair bands partially to create a long enough peg for the styrofoam ponytail to connect to. (must be natural rubber based hair bands, other wise the pony tail has a possiblity of coming down in the future)
-stubb the wig. use the stubbing tutorial in this link: [link]
-after using caulk to attach the pony tail body to the wig, i placed a few stitches through the styrofoam base, wig stub and out the other side.
-the hair wrap was later sewn into place.

Progress Picts:
-high ponytail with bangs sectioned out: [link]
-wig with out hair wrap: [link]

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hope that helps!

if you have any questions please let me know. ^_^