We recently were invited to a Game of Thrones/Star Wars fancy dress party for my brother's 30th birthday. My brother had decided to go as...

For the last piece of clothing for the costume I am now going to tell you how we fashioned the cloak. Luckily I still had enough of the...

Looking for the material for the doublet was not so easy. I surmised that the original outfit was made from a kind of rough weave linen,...

The Apron After completing the sword I looked at the costume again. It didn't matter how many times I examined it, I could not deny that...

The Sword Taking a break from the costume I looked at the various different swords being sold at that time. It was impossible to purchase...

Making Jon Snow's Leather Jerkin The next part of my project was not so easy. I was asked to produce as authentic looking a costume as...

However, lets forget all that pain and go right back to the very beginning. We did of course have considerations... which begun with how...

I mentioned in my last blog that we dressed up in Star Trek cosplay outfits back in 2012. I've put a picture of the uniforms we made so...

Last year, I went with my wife and mother-in-law to Destination Star Trek in London, a convention for Trekkies all around Europe. We had...