From Isis to Diana: Wiccans and their Connection to Ancient Deities

Wiccans, who practice the modern pagan religion of Wicca, believe in a variety of divine figures. These figures are often viewed as aspects or facets of a single deity, known as the God and Goddess. The God is associated with masculinity, strength, and the sun, while the Goddess is associated with femininity, fertility, and the moon. Wiccans believe that the God and Goddess are present in all living things and can be seen in the cycles of nature. In addition to the God and Goddess, Wiccans may also believe in and work with other deities from various cultures and mythologies. These deities can include gods and goddesses from ancient pantheons such as the Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Norse, and Celtic traditions.

These deities can include gods and goddesses from ancient pantheons such as the Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Norse, and Celtic traditions. Wiccans may choose to honor and invoke these deities in their rituals and spells, drawing upon their specific qualities and powers. The belief in multiple deities allows Wiccans to embrace different aspects of divinity and connect with the divine in various forms.

Witch Mercy Cosplay Tutorial: Staff and Accessories

The final entry in my Witch Mercy cosplay tutorial. I will cover how I made the staff, the book, and the belt with the pouch. Here are links for the wings, dress, and jacket.

The staff is my first ever EVA foam project so I know it looks a bit rough but I learned so much. I was really tempted to buy a 3D printed staff but they are so expensive. I’m so happy I chose to make my own and I hope you do too!

The book

I started by cutting the main part out of EVA foam floor mats.

Then, I used hot glue to put it together.

After it was glued together, I rounded the edges with this rotary tool , which was super cheap and awesome , definitely recommend. I also used the rotary tool to slice details to look like pages. I then sealed it with a heat gun and three layers of plasti dip. Then I put a base coat pf brown spray paint and added some lighter brown acrylic paint on top.

After the paint job, I made patterns for the detail on top of the book.

Then I traced them onto 2mm craft foam, sealed them with a heat gun and plasti dip, and hot glued them on.

I used black acrylic paint to write “vitae”. The silver ring I made out of the EVA foam mats and used the rotary tool to round it out. The belt is made out of the shower curtain I used for the dress. I’ll talk about that more during the pouch part.

The pouch

The only sewing I did for this entire cosplay is right here. First I made a simple pattern out of newspaper and transferred it to the shower curtain fabric. Then I pinned and sewed them together.

Attached two belt loops on the back.

Then cut out a yellow sun design from the XXL shirt from earlier and painted the edges orange. I used silver fabric paint for the ring around and inside of the sun

Tada! All done! The belt was just a really long strip of the shower curtain that I attached in the front with a safety pin because I’m lazy. I plan to add velcro in the future but for now this will do. To insure that I had only one seam on the belt, I made the strip extra wide and folded it over. I sewed it closed, turned it inside out, and I had myself a belt.

The staff

I started with a half inch PVC pipe left over from the wings. I drew the design directly onto the PVC pipe, then covered it with 2mm craft foam and repeated the drawing. After I had my patterns, I cut them out. For all the pieces that were going to be brown and part of the broom handle I added details with the rotary tool, just as I did with the book pages. This made it look a little more like wood and less like craft foam. Next I sealed all the pieces with a heat gun and plasti dip. After all this, they were ready to be painted.

I did the golden broom because it looked so pretty and was a much easier paint job. Once the pieces dried, I glued them to the PVC pipe. The reason I drew the design on the PVC pipe was to make gluing it all together easier. Now, I knew exactly where all the pieces had to fit.

I cut the magic swirly things out of EVA foam mats. The look pretty rough because I used the rotary tool to smooth the surface of the mats. The mats come with two different sides, only one side is smooth, the other side has a weird texture that could be useful for a nice carbon fiber look, but Witch Mercy needs a smooth surface, so I tried sanding it down.

After I finished this cosplay, I learned a lot about how to make foam smoother. I’d like to remake this staff sometime knowing now how to smooth out foam better. But this is why I love cosplaying. You’re always learning new ways to improve your cosplay. Also I found that TNT Cosplay Supply sells EVA foam that is smooth on both sides and multiple different thicknesses. I recommend checking them out!

Here’s the brush part of the broom. I cut these out of the floor mats and used my rotary tool to add the details. Then I glued them to the PVC pipe.

I was going to quit once I painted the middle part brown. Instead, I covered that whole section with 2mm craft foam and added the wood details with the rotary tool. I decided to add some more details to the actual brush part of the broom as well. Aaaaaaaannnnnd I love lights. I found this string and threw them on top. Had I actually planned for the lights I probably could have made them look a bit better, maybe next time.

I also used a lighter brown acrylic paint and brushed it on top of the brown to add a bit of texture.

Here, you can see that I cut a bunch of random brush pieces and glued them on. I love how they made it look less like a box and more like a broom.

Here is the final result, I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! I absolutly love cosplaying Witch Mercy and I’d like to remake some of my pieces sometime. Thank you so much for reading! If you did enjoy this tutorial I would really appreciate if you subscribed to my blog!

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