Cosplay: Tim the Enchanter, P7 (done!)

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This is a long time coming, and Free Comic Book Day has come and gone, and I forgot to get the post up with the accessories I made for Tim’s final look. (Sorry!) Here’s what we ended up with:

  • a plastic bone (found at a costume shop)
  • a skeletal hand (found online)
  • a metal sand dollar (found at Joann’s, painted white)
  • a scroll case (sewn with leather-look ultrasuede)
  • a “leather” pouch (sewn with the same stuff as the scroll case)

I used a combination of black cotton cord, hemp cord, and jute twine as the stringing materials. The sand dollar was the only real mystery thing. I couldn’t get a decent enough view of what the round white thing was around his neck. In the end, I decided, what the hell — it’s a sand dollar, why not?

scroll-case pouch

The scroll case is a simple tube with one end “capped.” I finished the raw open edge, and used a zigzag stitch to attach the black cord so it could be worn. The scroll is simply an 8.5×11″ sheet of paper rolled up along the long edge and slipped inside. The paper is all that holds the tube’s shape. If you want one that’s more rigid, you could use interfacing.

The pouch was even simpler, I didn’t finish the top edge and the holes for the drawstring are just slits in the material. It took me longer to put the drawstrings in than it did to sew it. Remember to put something in the bag so it has some weight to it. I put lemon cough drops in that one.

accessories
There’s also a random stick in there with all that stuff he’s wearing, so I tied one to the jute on the bone’s cording.
There are some who call him... Tim?
His beard isn’t typically that long. It came from the costume shop, too.

Tim’s an enchanter, but I didn’t have the hollow staff full of “petrol” like Cleese did in the film. (Gasoline and comic books seemed like a bad idea…) I really wanted to convey the idea of fire, so I went on a fruitless hunt for orange cellophane. What I ended up with was a red-striped clear bag (from Michael’s) that I altered with Sharpies®. It worked pretty well, and I’m happy with the results. I’ll do another post on how I got the flame-y look, in case you need fire for something you’re working on.

I’m very happy with how the end result all came together. Our local library had a costume contest on FCBD, and he won first place with his, so that was pretty gratifying.

Did you miss any of the previous Tim posts?
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6