Megurine Luka Cosplay

Vocaloid was such a hit. I remember when everybody used to dress as one of these synthesised voice mascots. I myself was one of he ones who succumbed to the looks of these characters. Luka was my favourite and that is why I decided to make me a Megurine Luka cosplay.

Making my Megurine Luka cosplay

I wasn’t an expert sewing and I had barely done a few cosplays yet. I had just discovered you can use patterns to make cosplays and I found one that suited my purposes. The truth is, I didn’t even know how to read patterns! I ended up messing up with the sizes, the sewing and everything, but nevertheless I managed to finish the top and the dress.

Something else I had no idea about was the existance of something called bias tape, I figured out the borders of the top where supposed to be ribbon, so I literally bought meters of ribbon and ironed it in half in order to attach it to the border. What a disaster! All my ribbon crinkled and warped and looked nothing like the picture, but luckily, it wasn’t so obvious from afar and I got away with it.

However, the one thing that I did well was painting my fabric wih acrylic paints, it is true that fabric paint is much preferred but for little areas acrylic won’t crack so much.

I was most proud of my headphones. First, I cut the shape of my headphones on craft board, leaving a hole on the side and space for a battery, then I attached an LED to the middle, it is very easy to light up an LED as long as it touches the button battery correctly it will work. Finally, I covered the light with a mini CD and I used gold cardboard to cover it all. I didn’t know how to use foam at the time but this was a very succesfull prop.

Wearing my Megurine Luka

I wore this cosplay for my first cosplay competition. At the time I was really proud of my work. Don’t get me wrong, it was a ot of effort and the results were very good for my limited knowledge, but of course, I couldn’t compete with people who had been making costumes for years. That never stopped me from entering the competition the next year, and the next and the next until I finally won. The important thing is that I enjoyed wearing the cosplay and I got to improve year after year.