This is my “random noblewoman” Cosplay mistcloak from Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. I really wanted to cosplay a character from a fantasy book and this was really the obvious choice for something easily recognizable.
For full artistic freedom, she lives sometime between era 1 and era 2, just so I could go with the kind of fashion I fancied.
I made this Mistcloak last year for the London MCM Comic-Con, and was planning to get some nicer pictures taken this year at the Bucharest EECC Comic-Con. Since that’s not happening anytime soon, decided Wyrd & Wonder might be as good a time as any to post it.
I really wanted a recognizable bookish cosplay, so I think mistcloak was a pretty obvious choice. And the subway convo on the way back to the con about whether Mistborn is a good intro to reading books by Sanderson was proof that it did work.
Underneath I’m wearing my older D’n’D/WoW/generic rogue/assassin gear. And learning the valuable lesson that black on black on black doesn’t photograph well.
I really wanted to have a cloak that floats and has a lot of movement. So I’ve got about 400-500 strips of organza. It did work out, there was a fair bit of curling and swaying in a light breeze, and madness in strong wind.
Another thing I wanted to get right was for the cloak to fall off in a fight if necessary. After a lot trying to figure out quick-release clasps, I decided to ditch them altogether. I just used a thick net-like fabric that had enough body to stay on, despite not being held there by anything.
Of course I made a couple of allomancy vials and a coin purse. I broke one of the vials first thing in the morning, it slid out when I was sitting down.
Here’s a sketch of how we came up with the pattern, a friend helped me out and we rotated the parts from a simple basic pattern, to get the neckline right. Then we drew the outer edge based on how long we wanted it to be, but we didn’t go for a circle as I didn’t want to add too much volume. There was initially meant to be a smaller capelet on top, I ended up not using it, but it was about the same shape as the big capelet.
Adding in a few more movement pictures, please excuse my tired-end-of-con face
That’s about it for my Cosplay mistcloak from Mistborn, let me know if you’ve got any other bookish cosplay ideas for me, I really loved going for this theme.
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Wow, this is so cool. I wish I had a talent for sewing and designing cosplay😁
Thanks! The designing is a lot of fun, the sewing … can get frustrating
THIS IS SO AWESOME. I am all caps AMAZE. Love the cosplay!
Thanks so much!
Oh my goodness, I LOVE this! Awesome awesome awesome cosplay and the mist cloak looks just perfect! You are a ridiculously talented person!! <3 😀 <3
Thank you 🥰🥰
I love your cosplay! The detail on it is amazing. Plus book cosplays are always so much fun ❤ I haven’t read the mistborn series yet but your cosplay makes me want to.
Thank you so much! It was a lot of fun trying to figure out how to make it match the book. I really need to see more book cosplays, I love the idea of interpreting things my way.
How do the ribbons lay when it’s not windy? Do they curl up a bunch or do they lay down pretty well? I want to make a mistcloak for my husband and ribbon sounds better and lighter than using all fabric.
They lay down mostly, some curling and swooshing at the ends. Escalators, stairs and chairs had to be handled with caution, but I expect that would apply for other fabrics too
Mistborn is one of my favorite series and your cloak is absolutely amazing!
This is unbelievable. I always just assumed that mistcloaks were one of those things best left to the imagination, never cosplayed, because they never look right at all. Yours is perfect. How long (in months?) did it take you?