{"id":409,"date":"2026-03-10T15:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/?p=409"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:44:53","slug":"xalatath-blade-of-the-black-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/?p=409","title":{"rendered":"Xal&#8217;atath, Blade of the Black Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I first encountered Xal\u2019atath in&nbsp;<em>World of Warcraft<\/em>, I immediately knew, I had to make a cosplay of her.<br>I absolutely love her design and color scheme \u2014 especially since blue and purple are my favourite colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing Xal\u2019atath to life was a small challenge, as this cosplay involved several techniques, I was still quite inexperienced with. Despite that, creating this costume was incredibly fun and rewarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took me approximately three months to bring Xal\u2019atath and the&nbsp;<em>Blade of the Black Empire<\/em>&nbsp;to life. The armor is mainly made from EVA foam and worbla. Using a Dremel helped me achieve clean edges before all armor pieces were primed with Flexbond and airbrushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luckily, a friend provided me with access to a 3D printer, which allowed me to print details such as the crescent moons on the cloak. For the first time, I also sewed and dyed a complete top including gloves out of thin nylon fabric. This made it possible for me to only apply makeup to my face instead of also painting my hands and legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another challenge was finding a solution for Xal\u2019atath\u2019s purple feet without using body paint. To make the \u201cXalatoes\u201d as accurate as possible, I ordered toe socks, dyed them purple, and added black artificial nails.<br>For the gemstones, I created my own silicone molds and then cast them using resin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I made the blade out of 20 mm EVA foam. I really wanted the blade to glow, so I installed a blue LED light inside. Since regular foam is not light-permeable, I used special LED foam for this part.<br>After assembling everything, I primed the entire piece and then painted it with an airbrush. To achieve the in-game look, I added thin black and white line details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am incredibly proud of the final result. When I look back at my very first cosplays, I can clearly see how much I have improved \u2014 but everyone has to start somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first encountered Xal\u2019atath in&nbsp;World of Warcraft, I immediately knew, I had to make a cosplay of her.I absolutely love her design and color scheme \u2014 especially since blue and purple are my favourite colours. Bringing Xal\u2019atath to life was a small challenge, as this cosplay involved several techniques, I was still quite inexperienced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cosplays","category-world-of-warcraft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueshinecos.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}