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I've been asked a lot on how I did my ahoge for my America from Hetalia: Axis Powers cosplay, and I said I would have a tutorial up on how to do it. Well, here is it. Prepare for tl;dr.

Yes, my explanations are long, and maybe confusing at times, but this is my first time making a tutorial, I'm really not sure how I'm supposed to go about shortening what I have so, please be patient.

In any case, may this tutorial help fellow cosplayers. Later, I may make character specific tutorials if people ask (such as Greece and Turkey's curls).

Questions anyone?



Hetalia: Axis Powers (c) Hidekaz Himaruya
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~YellowPancreas 6 days ago
Hello! I plan on using your tutorial to re-make my Blair wig (Soul Eater) curls.

I was curious how sturdy/durable your curl is when it is dry? Blair's curls are rather large and I tested it out on a thicker piece of wire and extensions that I had (figured I could practice) and was pretty decent in holding. However, the wire was too thick for the wig and I used a lot of force to get it through an old wig that was almost damaged by the thick wire.

So after seeing that makes me want to use a thinner wire but I don't know if it will start to droop?
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~TheonenamedA 6 days ago  Student General Artist
With the wire I use now my curls don't flop over (although they do bounce when you run around). I use a 14 gauge wire (but the one in this tutorial is 16-18 gauge or so and is too weak to support a large curl). You could go for thinner wires, but you'll have to test the strength of it first. Bend the wire a little bit, if you find that it's rather difficult trying to bend it into the shape you want then that's the kind of wire you'll want for larger, sturdier projects. But if you find that bending it is easy, then your curl will flop around a lot.
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Mood: Joy ~YellowPancreas 3 days ago
Thank you! I think I will test out some other wires. Also, I might also try to help reinforce the thicker wire with adding a layer of fabric on the inside of the lacecap of the wig, and maybe glue around the hole to prevent it from getting too big.
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~hetaliafangirl389 May 18, 2013
um that looks more for canada but that's just what i need XD
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~TheonenamedA May 18, 2013  Student General Artist
It's actually supposed to be a general ahoge tutorial. I used America for the first example but I made Canada to show how to do the tougher parts of an ahoge (like Canada's loop). Essentially, you can use what's in the tutorial and apply it in different ways.
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~hetaliafangirl389 May 18, 2013
ah thank you ^^
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~Moondancer24 May 16, 2013
Thanks for the tutorial! Me and a couple friends are working on making a hetalia cmv and I was put on wig-making duty. So far I have to make an America and a Canada(who?) and this is gonna help loads!
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~TheonenamedA May 17, 2013  Student General Artist
You're welcome!
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~Moondancer24 May 17, 2013
The only problem is I want to make the Canada curl thin like how it is in the anime, but im afraid that if I use too thin of a wire the ahoge will just flop over.
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~TheonenamedA May 18, 2013  Student General Artist
You could use a thicker wire but with less hair. It'll help if you got the wire in gold so that any part that isn't covered by the wefts at least matches with the wig better and silver would.
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