Padme Amidala





My 5 things to change to improve a bought cosplay by 100%

1. Tailoring
2. Shoes (and other accessories)
3. Wig
4. Colour matching
5. Weathering

The base cosplay was this one, original price would have have been 90€.



Tailoring

If you can't sew, this one's no issue.

Take a quick look at your local tailors/seamstresses and inquire inquire about prices.

In Padme all I did was

• make the shirt fit me properly
• make the trousers fit me properly
• tighten the legs on the trousers for a better fit in the boots
• measure and take in the belt

Cost at a tailor would be about 20€.



Shoes (and other accessories)

It took me a few hours on Amazon to find the shoes.

Are they 100% hers?

No. Mainly the heel is too high.

Were they as close as possible?

Short of spending a lot more, definitely.

I ultimately decided on the Hotberry High Boots in beige, for roughly 40€.



Wig

Okay, so with wigs I'm super picky.

I'm sure you'd find a similar one on Amazon or your wig store of choice.

Mine is the Victor from Arda Wigs, which is a lace front Ponytail wig in the right shade (CL-074 Spanish brown), but it's also pretty pricey at 120€.



Colour matching

The belt, holster, pockets and bootcover were all the same colour as the cape.

My shoes were a better match for hers, even if they're not perfect.

I did however decide not to mix the extact shade of my boots to paint the pleather accessories, but to get the Angelus brand acrylic leather paint, shade beige off Amazon (10€) and do two layers on belt, pockets, holster, shoes and boot covers. The small unit of 30ml was enough for that.

It gave me an even colour that matched the original pretty well.



Weathering

Her outfit had the right colour already, so the off white base fabric the Cosplay shop Cosplayshop chose was a good match already.

I dirtied the belt and boot covers a bit, using leather paint.

I've also dabbed on a layer of silver matte leather paint to rgthe arm guards, as the original ones in the cosplay were very shiny.

Cost about 20€ to get the paints, Angelus again.