Senn ♠️💜 Gale Cosplay Hours

Yugi cosplayer standing, looking up at camera. He is holding a card and has a duel disk on his forearm.

+—Your move—+

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An #Astarion turnaround for your viewing pleasure!

I’m still absolutely thrilled with the whole silhouette (pun intended) of this costume and the play of different textures throughout. Adding the boots and pauldrons really raised it up a notch IMO!

Photos by @sennedjem.bsky.social

One of the coolest pics I've taken in a while. @dishycrafts.bsky.social and @shienra.bsky.social as Eivor and Kassandra from Assassin's Creed

Good morning, Bsky!
I offer some Zuko for today - 🔥🔥🔥

#avatarthelastairbender #zuko #atla

I ADORE using upholstery fabric for my cosplays, the texturesssss

Just a Trickster and his snake 🐍

Ramses here was truly the chillest little gentleman and I loved having him chilling on my shoulders for an afternoon!

Costume by me!
Photo by @sennedjem.bsky.social

#Loki #cosplay

I keep itching to start work on Veilguard Cole, but I want to try and get Nev Tallow done-ish for spoopy season, plus still working on camp Gale, PLUS a whole other Gale that HAS to get done for Katsu in Feb sooooo…. 😅 Sorry Cole, I think you’re a 2026 cosplan.

A chest up photo of me cosplaying Gale from Baldur’s Gate 3, in a blue and silver version of his default robes. My arms are folded and I’m looking at the viewer with a small smile.

“Tell me - what can I do for you?”

Dug out another photo from this past spring, wanted to put some actual Gale face on here in the midst of all the camp WIPs 😅

Photo by @silhouettecosplay.bsky.social

#baldursgate3 #bg3 #galedekarios #cosplay

One of the coolest #Loki shoots I’ve ever been able to do!!

Say hello to Ramses, an absolute gentleman of a red tail boa! My friend @thecovinator.bsky.social does reptile rescue and has been hint-hinting at me to do a shoot with Ramses since I think 2020? And we finally made it happen!

If you want to ask WHY a cosplayer chose the material/method/route they did, I think most would be fine with answering a respectfully phrased question.
But unless alternatives are explicitly requested, please don't go onto other people's hard work and say it could have been done better/differently.

It made me feel HORRIBLE, like all the time and effort and problem solving l'd put into making that hat was rendered pointless, because one stranger decided they knew better than I did, and judged that I could have done a better job.

I still remember an experience from almost a decade ago, at a con, where someone l'd never met REPEATEDLY demanded why I had used worbla on my Cole hat instead of foam, and no matter my explanations/reasons, insisted that foam would have been the better option. As I was standing there in my cosplay.

The problem with unsolicited ‘you also could have done it this way' comments/suggestions on cosplay posts is that no matter how well intentioned, 95% of the time they end up dismissing all the work that's already been done. And that is a really disheartening feeling.

Ah that’s great to hear! Glad folks haven’t lost interest after a year haha (obviously I haven’t 🤣)

Current status:

- Tunic - finished aside from the hem, still working on that embroidery 🤪
- Trousers - one leg still needs the detail stitching between fabrics
- Belt - finished! (aside from some closure tweaks)
- Shoes - finished! (I’ll be sharing those soon)

Gale has become such a muse for me, and this has been such a passion project, just throwing my whole heart into bringing this outfit to life. I’m so excited to keep working on it.

I’ve done over 160 hours (and counting) of hand embroidery on the tunic, plus other stitching on the trousers, belt, and shoes. I taught myself how to emboss metal for the belt tiles and shoe details, and let me tell you, those shoes are almost unrecognisable from the loafers I started with.

A collage of six photos showing the details on a recreation of Gale’s camp outfit from Baldur’s Gate. 1. Elegant silver embroidery on purple velvet 2. Embroidered sleeve cuffs with leather binding 3. An embroidered collar with leather binding 4. Gold detail stitching on the seam between tan and pinkish-purple fabrics 5. Embossed metal tiles on a leather belt 6. Embossed metal embellishments on a grey suede shoe

A year ago today, I started camp Gale; and predictably, a year later, he is still not finished!

I knew going in that this would be a long endeavour, and I haven’t given myself a deadline for finishing him. And honestly, it’s been wonderful to just work at my own pace and enjoy the journey.

Yami Yugi siting against glass, he holds cards up obscuring part of his face.

It’s Shadow Realm Realness— get into it 👏🏻

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This is a very slow and nerve-wracking process because I have to be so careful about the placement of each piece. That said, got one shoe adorned!

The attitude you’re getting just baffles me, like it’s fine to be mistaken about a character/cosplay, all they have to do is go ‘oh okay, that’s cool too!’ and move on with their lives. AND YET 🙃

A replica of Gale’s ‘resurrection’ pouch from Baldur’s Gate 3, 3/4 view.

Two photos of Tim Downie opening a replica of Gale’s pouch from Baldur’s Gate 3.

‘In Case of Death….’

I made Gale’s resurrection pouch and got to have it gifted to Tim Downie!

The background story (thread and photos):

#baldursgate3 #bg3 #galedekarios

A grey suede loafer with hand stitched binding and embossed metal designs laid on the top

Working on these stupid shoes again 🤪

Nothing's attached, just laid out to get a visual before I stopped for the night

Yugi cosplayer holding card to the camera. He has a card held to his face as well.

King of Games 👑 #Yugi

(Real talk I’m SO proud of this one 😽)

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And video transcript because it didn’t like me putting the whole thing in alt text 🤪

Immense thanks to @ulricsworkshop.bsky.social for the leatherworking guidance; to @elegantfeather.bsky.social for modelling/printing the flute base, knob, and cord caps; and of course to @athelartistry.bsky.social for delivering the finished pouch to Tim (and capturing the moment).

A replica of Gale’s ‘resurrection’ pouch from Baldur’s Gate 3, with a Gale cosplayer’s hand reaching out to hold it.

This was such a labour of love, and a fun little prop diversion from the endless embroidery I've been doing. Even though this was created with the express intent of giving it to Tim Downie, it was hard to let it go! So I expect I'll be making another one for myself somewhere down the line.

An artistic photo of a replica of Gale’s ‘resurrection’ pouch from Baldur’s Gate 3, propped against a wall and surrounded by grass and clover. The pouch is open, and a small wooden flute and an unfolded blank letter are propped against it.

A small faux wood flute laid diagonally across an aged piece of paper, with Thorass letter markings in each corner.

…learned how to age paper (super easy, actually); discovered that painting faux wood texture is not my favourite (as opposed to faux metal, which I love); and got myself a very silly quill fountain pen for the purposes of inking the letter markings (fountain pens are SO SATISFYING to use).

A replica of Gale’s ‘resurrection’ pouch from Baldur’s Gate 3. The pouch is open to show the folded letter and the tiny flute inside.

A back view of a replica of Gale’s ‘resurrection’ pouch from Baldur’s Gate 3, showing the inscription carved into the leather.

Camp Gale was (mostly) set aside for a month while I focused on this little side project, and I am beyond thrilled with how it came out. I tooled, dyed, stitched and distressed the leather all by hand….

An angled overhead view of a replica of Gale’s ‘resurrection’ pouch from Baldur’s Gate 3 lying in the grass.

A replica of Gale’s ‘resurrection’ pouch from Baldur’s Gate 3. The pouch is open, and a small wooden flute and an unfolded blank letter are propped against it.

Since I had no idea if or when Tim Downie would be guesting at a con I could actually go to, I took a page from @athelartistry.bsky.social ‘s book, and asked if she could pass along a gift from me when she went to meet him in August. She graciously agreed, and I frantically went to work!