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

[cattheterrible.livejournal.com]

Wish I'd noticed this earlier, lol. I've made a whole stack of these button sets based on the color scans from Gray Ark. I charge twenty bucks a set for the buttons and the beads across the front. I ink the design onto fabric. My friend Gani snapped some photos of my buttons on cosplay-buddies' uniforms: here (http://ganimyde.deviantart.com/art/Lenalee-Asleep-123828540), here (http://ganimyde.deviantart.com/art/Wings-123838674) and here (http://ganimyde.deviantart.com/art/Smooth-Moves-123838654). Check it out. *shrug* If you like it and still need them, shoot me a message.