Project:Eisen Cosplay

ProjectInfoBox Eisen Cosplay
Status:	Complete
Release Date:	May 2026
Initiator:	Henni
Materials Used:	3D_Printers Spray Painting Booth
Software Used:	OrcaSlicer
Approx. Cost:	~550 Euros, which is too much in retrospective

Idea

Shown here is the process of creation for a Cosplay for the Anime-Convention Dokomi 2026. The character is Eisen of the Anime/Manga Frieren Beyond Journeys End. I just kind of love the the Manga especially and wanted to cosplay a character from it to the Dokomi. Additionally I wanted a character, that has a beard (I really don't like shaving my beard just for a Cosplay). So only Eisen or Denken were viable options. And I just liked Eisen more.

Creation Steps / Process

While this is my second time cosplaying (first time was Denji from Chainsawman). This is actually the first cosplay I have ever made, that includes props. And it was pretty behind schedule, which is why some of the steps are very rushed (the whole thing took about three weeks).

The cosplay generally has three parts:

1. The Props (Axe, Helmet, Pauldrons)
2. The garment
3. The hair and beard

I'll go through their creation for each part in the following:

Garment

This was the simplest, basically everything was bought from Amazon. The only exception is the fabric for the apron, which I glued on with hot glue.

Modified apron. The fabric was simply hot glued onto the apron. If I had more time (and in introduction), then I'd have the [[Sewing Machine] instead.

Hair and Beard

I made both from the same type of wig. Essentially one for the hair and one for the beard. The beard was affixed by putting a thin metal rod through it and sewing it fixed. The final hair/beard cut was then made by a professional hairdresser. This worked surprisingly well and turned out great! Especially the beard was much better compared to many other cosplays, I've seen online.

Learnings

• It makes sense to start very very early with work on the cosplay. It's gonna save you a lot of headaches.
• Sanding down 3D prints is such a chore by hand. Next time I'm gonna use one of the sanding tools of the CoMakingSpace, e.g. the Oscillating Tool or something more involved from here Category:Sanding.
• Spray paints can work really well for painting cosplays. Things to watch out for:
  • If the surface isn't rough enough paint will chip very easily (e.g. from the PVC pipe).
  • Some paint is very susceptive to surface imperfections, when touched, e.g. the shiny silver paint. Here an additional coat of clear paint would be good.
• 3D printing in general is amazing for making parts of the cosplay, if files are easily available.
  • However, owning a 3D printer is kind of essential for these very long running prints (>10h).
  • For large prints Craftcloud is very convenient, but it's kinda costly.

Cosplay Gallery

• 
  Frieren meetup with cosplay on the bottom left.
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  Frieren meetup with cosplay on the bottom left.
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  Meetup with a Stark cosplayer at the Dokomi.
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  Eisen Cosplay with Pauldrons (they didn't stick to the coat for longer than 30 minutes and only made it to the convention to be immediately dropped of at an artist friend, lol), so none of the other pictures have the pauldrons in them.