Cosplay Tutorial Books - Learn to make costumes with my step-by-step guides (2025)

Getting started with Cosplay –A Beginner’s Guide

Want to get into cosplay, but no idea where start? Then this is the book for you! I’ll show you how to pick a character, get basic materials and tools, search for tutorials and work with a limited budget and a tight schedule.

I’ll help you to organize your crafting corner, share your work online and stay motivated during a long project. Cosplay is for everyone, so let’s have some fun together! I also show a ton of work examples and useful tips. Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English

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Make your very first costume

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48 Pages, 140 pictures

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Best place to start!

The Book of Cosplay Motivation –How to achieve your Goals

Creating costumes and bringing characters to life requires a lot of work and a healthy dose of motivation! In this book I want to share my secrets on how to finish huge projects, how to deal with tight schedules and how to turn stress and insecurities into self-confidence and joy. Cosplay, like any other art, is about having fun and expressing yourself. You just have to stay on track and get things done! I hope this guide will help you to find motivation for all your projects and achieve the goals you’ve set for yourself! Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English

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Learn how to motivate yourself!

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48 Pages, 105 pictures

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Helpful not only for cosplay!

In this volume you’ll learn all you need to know to get started with Foam Armor.

It covers everything fromtools and materials, to choosing the right foam, creating tight and loose patterns, cutting, glueing, heat-shaping and sanding foam, becoming a dremel master, creating textures, priming, painting and finally attaching foam armor pieces to your body. I also show a lot of work examples like my Erazer Girl, my Monk and my Monster Hunter Zinogre. Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English, German

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Armor with EVA Foam

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48 Pages, 170 pictures

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No experience required

In this volume you’ll learn all you need to know to get started with Foam Prop Making.

It covers everything you need to know about drawing and scaling blueprints, cutting, glueing and sanding EVA foam, making your props detachable, creating textures, working with foam clay, priming, painting and many more useful examples and step-by-step guides. I also show a lot of work examples like the Master Sword and Hylian Shield from Zelda, Aloy’s Spear (Horizon Zero Dawn), Taki’s Daggers (Soul Calibur) and the Nergigante claws (Monster Hunter). Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English

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Make Props out of EVA foam

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48 Pages, 220 pictures

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No experience required

My very first book. In this volume you’ll find everything you need to know about building cool looking armor with thermoplastic materials like Worbla and Wonderflex.

It covers everything about material explanations, required tools, preparation, creating patterns, shaping armor parts, detail work, attaching your armor and transportation. I also show a ton of work examples and step by step guides. Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English, German

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Armor with Thermoplastics

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48 Pages, 110 pictures

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No experience required

The Book ofCosplayPainting – With Brushes and Acrylics

In this volume you’ll find everything you need to know about painting your finished armor with traditional brush techniques and acrylics.

It covers everything from choosing the right references, to three-dimensional painting, priming, paints & tools, basic paint, painting metals & organics, gradients, shadows and lights, details, weathering, sealing and repairing cracks. I also show a ton of work examples and step by step guides.Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English, German

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Painting with Brushes & Acrylics

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48 Pages, 100 pictures

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No experience required

The Book of Prop Making –With Foam and Worbla

In this volume you’ll find everything you need to know about building cool props out of EVA foam and Worbla.

It covers everything about material explanations, preparation & tools, scaling, creating weapon patterns, separating weapons for transportation, shaping foam, covering foam with Worbla and detail work. I also show a lot of work examples like Heartseeker Ashe’s bow from League of Legends, a Zweihänder sword from Guild Wars 2 or Malthael’s Scythes from Diablo 3. Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English, German

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Prop Making with Foam & Worbla

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48 Pages, 130 pictures

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No experience required

The Book of CosplayLights – Getting Started with LEDs

In this part of my books collection you’ll find everything you need to know about building LED circuitsto light up your costumes and props.

It covers everything from introducingLEDs, understanding electricity, calculatingresistors, explaining and choosingcircuit types, estimating battery lifespan, tools and materials, how to solder, casting LED gemstones and lighting up acrylic and plexiglass. I also show a lot of work examples like my Protoss Wizard, Dani Moonr and my Druid T9. Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English, German

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Introduction to LEDs

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48 Pages, 170 pictures

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No experience required

This book teaches you all you need to know about adding animated LEDs, sounds, triggers or motion sensors into your costumes and props!

This super beginner friendly book will show you all materials you’ll need, teach you how to set up a reusable circuit and guide you trough an universal code that will help you add light effects, sounds, triggers and movement sensors! It is time to become the ultimate Cosplay Christmas tree! And the best: No programming knowledge is required! Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English

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Animated LEDs & Sound

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48 Pages, 99 pictures

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Easy copy & paste code!

The Book of Cosplay Sewing – Starting at Zero

In this volume you’ll learn how to get started with cosplay sewing.

It covers everything fromsewing by hand or with a machine, choosing the right fabric, sewing stretch fabrics, creating new or working with existing patterns, sewing a mock-up, adjusting patterns, adding a zipper, lining, sewing gloves, leggings, boot covers and a dress and attaching armor to fabric!I also show a lot of work examples like my Cleric, Xena andand my Monk. Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English, German

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Sewing your first costume

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52 Pages, 220 pictures

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No experience required

The Book of CosplayPhotography – In Front and Behind the Camera

In this volume you’ll learn how to get started with photography.

It covers everything from important photography terms, handling a camera, location scouting, image composing and photo editing but also gives tips about proper posing, good facial expressions and make-up!I also show a lot of work examples like my Nergigante, Diablo andFallout photo shoots. Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English

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Get started with photography

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48 Pages, 190 pictures

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For cosplayer and photographers

In this volume you’ll learn how to get started with 3D Printing.

It covers everything from choosing a machine, getting or making 3D models, giving your and intro into the most useful 3D modeling programs, best settings for printing, troubleshooting, making a 3D scan or yourself, finishing your prints and even working with Pepakura!I also show a lot of work examples like my Aloy, my Monk as well as Fallout 4 and Horiuon Zero Dawn props. Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English

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Get started with 3D Printing

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48 Pages, 230 pictures

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Modeling, Printing & Finishing

This book goes a bit deeper into armor making and shows you more advanced techniques, especially for some of the hardest parts: helmets and pauldrons.

You’ll learn how to createcomplicated and fittingpatterns,discover new ways to work with Worbla anddifferent kind of foams and attach your builds properly. You will also learn how to create realistic antlers, horns and carve other interesting shapes out of EVA foam. Buildeverything you can imagine! Available asprinted softcoveroreBook.

Languages available: English

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Building Shoulders and Helmets

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48 Pages, 160 pictures

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Super easy to follow!

Time to level up your colors! In my secondpainting bookI’ll introduce you to the wonderful world of airbrushes, spray paints and weathering!

I’ll teach you how to get started with airbrush and spray paints to create even more realistic effects! You’ll learn how to fake metal and create many otherawesome 3D textures. Weather and age your armor andprops with washes, chipped paint effects or even real rust! There is also a big chapter on how to age and weather fabric and even how to build your own little paint booth! Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English

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Airbrush & Weathering

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48 Pages, 150 pictures

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Advanced Painting Techniques

It’s time to create some crazy guns and rifles! This time I’ll show you how to drawyour own blueprints and turn them into crazy fantasy blastersand massive space guns. Coversin-depth EVA foam techniques as well asWorbla! Learneverything about materials, preparation & tools, scaling, creating blueprints, shaping, glueing and carving EVA foam, workingwith Worbla and of course all detail work! I teach with manywork examples like Miss Fortune’sguns from League of Legends, Miss Moxxi’s Rubifrom Borderlands2 or Symmetra’s Photon Projectorfrom Overwatch. Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English

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Guns, Rifles and Blasters

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48 Pages, 170 pictures

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Easy to follow!

Advanced CosplayLights – Animated LEDs

You already know how to solder static LEDs but want to take it one step further? Try animated LEDs!

In this volume you’ll learn everything about working with animated RGB LED strips and how to create mesmerizing light effects for your props and cosplays. Choosing the right materials, soldering micro-controller circuits, ‘programming’ your very first LED strip and building it into your costume – every step from start to finish! And the best is: This book is still for beginners! No programming knowledge required! Available as printed softcover or eBook.

Languages available: English

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Animated Lights

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48 Pages, 170 pictures

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Some confidence required

The Costume Making Guide

You want to get into Cosplay but don’t know even where to start?Allow me to guide you! In thisbeginner’s guide to Cosplay you’ll get the perfect introduction into this wonderful creativeworld. Learn what Cosplay is all about and make your first big steps into armor and prop creation. No previous knowledge required! Available as paperbackthroughmy shop, amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.

Languages available: English

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Beginner's Guide to Cosplay

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128 Pages, 337 pictures

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Great place to start