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The Cosplay Realm

Measurements and pattern drafting, a build planner with materials and budget, tutorials, a WIP gallery and a con planner.

EveryoneUpdated August 18, 2026

The Cosplay Realm is about the making β€” the months before the photos. It holds your measurements, your build plans, and the reference you gathered along the way.

Early access

Cosplay is one of the fandom Realms and is still filling out. The tools below work; some tiles are marked coming soon.
The Cosplay Realm page with its tools: Fit Forge, build planner, tutorials and galleries.
The Realm's tools. Fit Forge holds your measurements; the build planner holds the work.

Fit Forge β€” measurements and patterns

Save a measurement profile once and reuse it. From it, Fit Forge can draft a pattern block to your own measurements β€” a bodice, body or trouser block β€” with seam allowance, at true scale, tiled across as many sheets of A4 or Letter as it takes to print.

Drafting happens in your browser. Your measurements are used to draw the pattern on your own machine and are only saved if you choose to save the profile.

Pattern drafting is an Adept feature

Scaling STL files for 3D printing stays free for everyone. Drafting sewing patterns needs Adept or Archmage.

Build Planner

A build is a costume in progress: the tasks left, the materials with what they cost, and a running budget. It is the tool that answers β€œcan I finish this before the con” and β€œhow much have I actually spent” β€” the two questions that decide whether a build gets finished.

Tutorials

A curated library of build tutorials β€” worbla, foam, wigs, EVA, sewing, painting β€” embedded from YouTube and Vimeo. Members can submit a video they found useful; submissions are reviewed before they appear.

WIP gallery and portfolio

Post progress shots as you go, and keep finished costumes in a portfolio. See galleries for who can see what, and for how to disclose AI involvement in an image.

Cosplay is a human-made space

AI-generated images are not welcome in cosplay galleries and showcases, and anything AI-assisted must say so when you upload it. The craft is the point of the Realm.

Con planner

Which costume on which day, what still needs doing before you travel, and what has to fit in the case. Ties into your calendar so the con itself sits alongside everything else you have on.

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