Cosplay Question

[nice-babana.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know where I might be able to buy the red version of the uniform buttons (in bulk, preferably)? A friend and I are doing Lavi and Lenalee's third uniforms for Otakon, and the buttons are really giving us trouble.

I'm aware Cosmint sells them in sets of eight, but their prices are pretty steep and buying them through a Japanese-speaking third party will set me back well over $100 for the amount of buttons we need.

I also wouldn't be opposed to just buying a bunch of the standard silver and painting them myself, but the only place I've found them for sale in sets of more than two is, alas, Cosmint. (And yes, I've checked Ebay.)

Can anyone help? :3

Comments

[kacfrog711.livejournal.com]

This is probably a stupid question, but.... do you need red versions of the exorcist buttons? o_O All the third (gray) ark pictures I've seen just have plain round red buttons.... Even the Kanda uniform on their site (http://www.cosmint.co.jp/shopping/item/ac065-068.html) doesn't use those buttons.

For my group, we made the smaller red buttons out of casting resin, since we needed to make the "E" buttons, anyway. If you want to go that route, you can cast the buttons round, then draw the pattern on a piece of tinfoil and place it behind the buttons. Looks good, and is cheaper than buying them!

If resin's too much of a hassle, I'm sure you can find normal red buttons easily enough. something like this (http://cgi.ebay.com/Barnd-New-Grace-Glitter-Plastic-Button-Red-Craft-B222_W0QQitemZ280358142750QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4146a5c31e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50) from ebay, for example? Although they might not be big enough. Check the sizes before buying!

Whatever you decide, good luck!