Author Archives: Mixiao

Weekly Fan Art Feature #2 – Vocaloid and Final Fantasy IX

By Mixiao | Published: November 14, 2011

This week’s fanart feature, is from an artist from New Zealand by the of name Kirsty. Her works consist of Vocaloid and video game fanart as well as others. She uses Traditional and Digital Photoshop CS3 to create her fanart. To see more of her works visit her deviantart. Vocaloid - SeeU Final Fantasy IX – [...]

Introducing the new weekly Fan Art Feature! #1

By Mixiao | Published: November 7, 2011

Hi everyone Mixiao here! I’m happy to announce that Miccostumes’ Blog page will be featuring a new segment…[Drum roll please]… Weekly fanart features! Banzai! There are many ways in which we show our love for our favourite Anime, Manga, Video games some include: cosplay, music videos, fanfics and of course fanart! Here on the blog [...]

How to make Emily the doll – Pandora Hearts Tutorial

By Mixiao | Published: November 3, 2011

No Break Xerxes cosplay is complete without his doll Emily! This tutorial will show you how to make a quick and cheap Emily doll which you can clip onto your clothes to complete the Break look. Check out my other cosplay accessories at http://mixiao.deviantart.com/ What you need: Foam Ball (my ball was 5-6cm diameter) – [...]

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How to make a Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Wayfinder

By Mixiao | Published: September 20, 2011

Check out my other works at my deviantart page What you need: Sculpey or any other brand of polymer clay Clay tools, a range would be good. If you don’t know what i’m taking about have a look here Stanley Knife or a knife you would not use for food again Oven Silver or grey [...]

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How to make Vocaloid Magnet headphones

By Mixiao | Published: August 19, 2011

What you need: Plain head band. Preferably white but any colour will do. Black lace or black and white ribbon. Foam sheet. Colour of your choice. Black cardboard Craft glue Hot glue Craft wire or thin wire Thin black ribbon Black fabric Interfacing Polyester stuffing Laminator and laminating sheets (if you don’t have a laminator you [...]

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Throwing away old manga? Here’s an idea

By Mixiao | Published: August 11, 2011

Do you have old manga books lying around which you’re planing to throw away? Here is an idea of what you can do to recycle your old manga. Within any typical shojo manga you will almost always find a character that dresses in the lolita style, this tutorial will show you how to make those [...]