CosPod: The Cosplay Podcast

We're doing a new type of tutorial this episode! How to make your own badge lanyard. Which is a great cosplay accessory if you're looking for something that better matches your costume. Or if you want a fun nerdy touch to your casual-wear for your next convention.

We tackle the serious topic of ConCrunch. What it is, how it can affect you, and why cosplayers should stop supporting the practice. The hosts of this podcast are not medical professionals. Any detailed information we share will come from various medical sources that we researched, and we will be linking the content in the show notes below. If you have questions about your health, please speak with your doctor.

With Amber's recent experimentation into foam, we broke down a full tutorial on how to make foam look like leather, with 2 different methods plus painting!

We review another cosplay book! This time it's 'The Cosplay Handbook' by Grace Herbert/Grace Willow Crafts, which gives a general overview of how to get into cosplay and what to expect when you're in costume.

Amber experiments with foam in trying to transform it to look like leather. What does she learn in the process?

We're back with another episode of CosPod! Amber updates her work on the armor pattern and we dive into a Twitter discussion about cosplay contests, are some people being priced out of competing? Is there a cost barrier to entering?

Amber is back and returns with some new patterns to try out! Everything has been printed, and now we await the results.

Val flies solo and talks about preparing for hosting a panel with an online convention. She covers the in's and out's of how to set up your panel, ideas for presenting, and what questions to ask the convention when hosting in an online format.

Amber and Val tackle the question "what does your cosplay say about you?" We explore this oddball subject and come to learn a lot about ourselves and others in the process!

Amber and Val are back with another round of cosplay talk. This time we wanted to bring you our tips of things we've learned with crafting over the years that we wish we knew when we started! Volume 1, because this will always be a topic with much to learn from.