Glory530

Hello! After completing the Mistborn trilogy recently, I really wanted to make a Vin costume for myself since I absolutely loved her character, and I am Vin-sized (at least vertically ). Now that I've completed the most complicated part (her mistcloak), I wanted to share some WIP notes and photos! More updates will come as I complete more pieces, but I just have the belt and accessories to go now. First off, since I tend to obsess over accuracy, here are the sources I used for the mistcloak design: Text from the novels This quoted email from Brandon: https://www.17thshard.com/forums/post/282302 A search of "mistcloak" in the Arcanum section of 17th Shard Some of the official Vin art, but mostly this picture by Ben McSweeney - https://coppermind.net/wiki/File:Vin.png I also partially followed the tutorial in this blog post, which is (in my opinion) the best fan-made mistcloak I found in my searching of the interwebs. I already had a pattern from a previous costume I made that was almost the same as the one they used - Emmy Mom--One Day at a Time: Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Mistcloak (emmymom2.com) The blog poster mentioned fleece, and I thought that would be a little too thick and warm and wouldn't match the feel of the fabric mentioned in The Final Empire, so I looked for something a little lighter and smoother that also wouldn't fray (so a knit) and wouldn't curl at the edges. I found a really nice polyester knit in charcoal gray at Joann's. It looks, feels, and drapes right, and it moves sooooo nicely! I made one embellishment. Ben McSweeney draws swirls in the mantle and hood of Vin's mistcloak in most of his art, and I've been wanting to try out the free motion embroidery mode on my sewing machine. So as an homage to Ben's work, I added what I have decided to name "McSweeney McSwirlies" to my cloak. As for the clothes, I just got them from Kohl's (the just about perfect shirt in my size off the sale rack was a VERY luck find!), and the wig is from Epic Cosplay Wigs. The dagger shown is version 1.0 off the resin printer (modeled in CAD by my husband as I was doing costume research). Our clear resin got a little yellowed from sitting in the tank, so we're going to reprint both of them.

Thank you all for the warm welcome! Wow, even with having only read three novels, it's impossible for me to narrow it down to one! So here are my top 3: Vin - She has so much amazing growth and character development in the first book alone! Plus, I always love well-written strong female characters. Kelsier - He's a super fun character to read and is often times doing or saying something that makes me laugh. Sazed - He seems like someone who would be such a great friend - so caring, attentive, and kind. When he's feeling down, I want to be able to jump into the book and give him a hug.

Hi everyone! I'm a relatively new fan. About a year ago, a coworker of my husband's introduced him to Sanderson by lending him Way of Kings. Now he's finished about 99% of the Cosmere and got me started with Mistborn. I recently finished the Mistborn original trilogy and LOVED it! These were seriously some of the best books I've read in my life, and I've been a total bookworm since I was old enough to read. I've followed up with Secret History, and I plan to get started on the Wax and Wayne books after a short break to read some other books. Needless to say, I'm excited to be here and share my newfound passion with other fans. I also enjoy costuming as a hobby. I'm a member of the 501st Legion Star Wars costuming club (so I had the terrible habit of obsessing way too much over accuracy with every costume I make!), and I have other various sci-fi & fantasy costumes I've made or purchased. My next project is going to be a Vin costume! I've already purchased some of the materials, and I've been doing a ton of research and review of official art. Once I get started with the actual build, I'll start a thread with photos and progress updates. I'm super excited for this one!