Craft portfolio

Hi! I'm Nadia also known as KeresCrafts

Here you can find an overview of my craft projects

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Cosplays

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Props

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Armor

How long did this take?
130 hours of work, give or take, over the span of 6 months.What materials did I use?
Most of the armor is built with 2 or 10mm EVA foam with a few small detail exceptions like the air filters on the helmet which I 3D printed with PLA. The visor is a motorcycle visor that I cut to size. It's all glued with contact cement and re-enforced on the inside with hot glue.

Undersuit

Silicone undersuit
I used 1800g of dragon skin 10 fast with black pigment. I adapted an existing 3D mold model in Blender to fit my measurements.

Finished armor

Character concept

Drawn by my friend Ffaunax

Horns

For the horns I later on decided I did want all 4 horns so I changed the headband design to accomodate the extra horns.

Dress

Tail

Two sides of upholstery foam, I cut pockets on the inside of the two halves on the edge of each segment to improve the flexibility. Once glued together and with contact cement (spray bottle) I cut the outside as smooth as I could. Then the tail was covered with stretchy fabric.

Armor

For the hand armor I 3D printed the pieces flat and heated them up afterwards to bend them into shape. The shoulder armor is attached to a belt with Chicago screws.

Skin

To prevent having to paint my arms, chest and legs I wear a red bodysuit. For the hands I glued fake nails onto the gloves to create a better illusion of real fingers.

Staff

The staff is a simple PVC pipe. I 3D modelled the top from scratch and printed it in PLA. The orb inside is a Christmas ornament that I sanded the inside of and coated with a thin layer of white paint on the inside. You can place a light inside.

Final result

Photo by @cosplayfotokes

Hands

Head

The eyes are sculpted with air dry clay. The clear covering over it is a Christmas ornament. I decided later on to move the eyes further forward on the mask.

Wings

Tail

Upgrades

I added 3D printed props and greeblies to improve the cosplay.

Side by side

In this photo:
Right: weathered and upgraded vest.
Left: the vest as it came.

The final result

Cloak

My selkie cloak is based on the Leopard seal so the patterns match this animal. I cut the fur from the inside out with a knife to keep lose hairs to a minimum but ended up with a fine layer of fur on my table either way.

Head

I adapted an existing model of a leopard seal in Blender and 3D printed it in TPU so it would be somewhat flexible.

Finished!

Showing my cloak to the singer of Blackbriar (who is wearing her own cloak) together with my friend. Photo by @rvaandrager at Castlefest 2026

Design

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Left is the sketch I made for this costume. The skirt is meant to look like waves with seafoam. Below is an artwork made by my friend Imomo based on my cosplay. Drawn together with the pokemon Lapras.

Horns

Armor

Skirt

The skirt is three layers of half-circle skirt. I installed a zipper on one side and hemmed the edges. I have no photos of how I made the shirt but it's the top half of a princess dress pattern.

Final result

The finished cosplay! I 3D printed a pokeball as a prop to go with it.Photo by @Stance.creations

Sewing

While this cloak was a lot of work, it wasn't difficult. The tassles took up the bulk of the work each having to be sewn, turned inside out and ironed.

Final result

An overview of all the materials I used to build the prop. At its core there's a nerf gun, though its entirely stripped of its mechanics.

Photo @shot.bymarije

The metal wire passes through the pipe behind where the tail piece sits so it's very securely attached and cannot slide.

The needler rifle is entirely 3D printed out of PLA and was then sanded and airbrushed.

Preparation

Used as a guideline for my build:

I traced and numbered all the pieces so I could print them as a pattern to cut out of EVA foam:

Build

There is a fibreglass rod at it's core to keep it stiff.
I made this prop out of EVA foam so I would have a light and practically indestructible prop to bring to conventions. This way it won't strain my wrists like a fully 3D printed prop of this size would.

Final result