While organizing my pictures the other day, I came across some photos I took of my first Red Queen wig. Unfortunately, I don’t have any of the construction of the first one, but these show how I added a second wig to the existing first one to add more volume and hide the wig netting at the back.
I cut the wefts out of the wig until I had varying sizes of wefts.
I then took each weft and began sewing them to the wig using a whip stitch, starting at the bottom of the wig and working up. I attached wefts to the entire perimeter of the wig, and then focused on adding volume at the back to hide the wig cap netting,
The wig I bought for the update was pre-curled so I didn’t need to bother steaming the wig to achieve the look I wanted.
This is the wig when I’d attached all of the wefts.
I then attached the wefts to the existing wig using 3M Super 77 spray glue. .
After the glue had dried for 24 hours I spray painted it using Kryolan Fusion spray paint in Red Pepper and I was good to go!
After that, I attached the crown that came with my dress, and the wig was ready to wear! It lasted extremely well – I think I got about 15 wears out of this wig before I decided it was time to upgrade to Wig 2.0
It Takes A Village To Cosplay!
Earla Alara
Leave a Reply