Make In A Day Cosplay: Bulma (DBZ) & Dragon Ball Radar

Make In A Day Cosplay: Bulma (DBZ) & Dragon Ball Radar

Because of my horrible time management skills, I was unable to complete my Mercy outfit for SwampCon 2017. I was hosting my own panel and didn't want to show up in nothing, so I put together a quick Bulma outfit. I am watching Dragon Ball Super at the moment and totally obsessing, so yeah a DBZ outfit had to occur. 

I chose to do Bulma's pink shirt/dress outfit.

Result:

Reference Photo:

So, here is how to make this very simple cosplay quickly.

 Outfit Supplies

Pink Dress - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GI5EO5C/

Iron On Prinables - Jolee's Boutique Easy Image Light & Dark Fabric Standard Transfer Sheets

Knee High White Socks - Dyed Purple

Fabric Quarter - Dyed Purple - For the Neck Scarf

Safety Pins - For the Neck Scarft

RIT Purple Fabric Dye

Tennis Shoes

Cream Tights

Belt

Red Fabric

Teal Wig - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HNK96UK/

Outfit Assembly

To construct the dress, I used iron on sheets to put the "Bulma" and "97" on the front and back on the pink dress. Honestly, the iron on sheets I used were pretty awful. They peeling often and forced me to re-iron them multiple times and between the days of Con. 

 I dyed the fabric quarter and my socks purple. The socks didn't take the dye as well, so they ended up being a bit lighter than I wanted. 

Pouch Construction

I made a quick pouch out of foam and wrapped it in some left over blue fabric. I used this pattern (http://meow-chi.deviantart.com/art/Small-Belt-Pouch-schematics-147040252) as inspiration for my layout and honestly winged it on construction. I used hot glue and spray adhesive to keep it together. I also added stick on velcro to keep the top down.  I made in in like 15 minutes before I left for the Con so construction wasn't amazing. However, it held up excellently and I'm pretty damn pleased with it.

Wig Manipulation

To get the wig into the pony tail, I attached it securely to my foam head using pins then I brushed it high into a pony tail. I couldn't get it super high and it took several attempts, but I eventually got it. For a wig with more hair, I would have been screwed (much like where I currently stand with my Mercy wig). It is important to note that to get the wig to fit correctly once the hair was pulled into the pony tail, I had to stretch the wig far down on my foam head. This keeps the wig from bunching up on ya.  

Next, I braided the pony tail and secured it with a band.

Lastly, I made a bow out of a strip of red lining that I had left over.

Dragon Ball Radar Construction

The Dragon Ball Radar is where I spent most of my time. I hadn't made anything like it before so I made this the evening before Con. Originally, I tried to make it a lot more advanced than it needed to be, but it turned out to be the cheapest part of my costume once I simplified it. 

Supplies:

paper-mache circle box

green paper folder

translucent green plastic divider

yellow-green sharpie

ruler

battery operated fairy lights

tape

white paint

box cutter

First, I took paper-mache box and cut it down to where the fairy lights could fit in it, but still pretty thin.

Next, i took the top and drew out a circle. I left a small rim along the edge of the top and cut the rest out.

Next, I cut out a circle out of the paper folder that was the same size of the top.

I drew out the same thing on the translucent green divider.

Then I created a grid on the divider with the sharpie.

I painted both the top and bottom of the box white. 

Next I glued the two circles together and placed them in the top of the box.

Finally, I taped the lights to the folder so that the dots of light would shine bright through the folder and divider circles. 

Easy peazy lemon squeezy!

Simple and cheap. Just how I like it.

If you have any questions, give me a shout. TTFN!