This cosplay was originally debuted at Blizzcon 2016, and received several upgrades following that appearance. I received a 2nd place award from Phoenix Comicon 2017. The design is based largely on an artwork by Azazel1944 on Deviantart, plus my own design with help from my friend Ashley Dae Cosplay. Despite being an older and more obscure character, I wanted to bring Jandice Barov to life because of my connection to her. I had always loved the art by Azazel, and I ran Scholomance very often during classic World of Warcraft. Unfortunately, one of the things I learned with this costume is that I do really enjoy the recognition aspect of cosplay. Only one person at Blizzcon (who didn’t already know from following me) was able to correctly identify what character I was, and this was very disappointing to me. I’m unlikely to tackle such an obscure character again, but I have prolonged my time as Jandice by creating a casual “school girl” version to cosplay as well.
The armor is constructed with a base of 2mm craft foam and Worbla with 2mm foam glued on for details. All detailing was hand drawn and hand cut. The fabric details were attached using Heat N Bond after being cut from a larger piece of fabric. The upper arm armor is a Worbla base with the fabric super glued on, then 2mm foam detailing on top of the fabric. The same method was used for the entirety of the corset/breastplate. The lights in the headband and corset attach to the battery which is hidden on the backside of the collar, allowing all three lights to be controlled by one switch and one battery. The shoulder armor is attached via Velcro to the collar, and all other armor pieces attach via D-rings and ribbon lacing.
The staff is constructed with primarily PVC pipe, Worbla detailing, and a 3D printed ring for the top. The flame consists of clear Worbla painted with acrylic paints, and the lights are a 6ft section of USB light strips, diffused with taffeta, plugged into a rechargeable battery hidden within the flames. The ring gets its floating appearance through acrylic rods, and the entire top section rotates via an acrylic rod attached to a motor in the base.
