Costumes, Tutorials and Skits by Tab
Hi there! I’m Tab Kimpton and here’s an archive website of my costume work. I mainly work as a comic artist nowadays so unfortunately I now only make one costume a year for myself, but I try to keep the site updated when I can!
I started cosplay back in October 2007 for a small recon in my local town. Since then I have made dozens of costumes, for myself, friends and commissioners. I do a lot of skit and performance work in my costumes, so you’ll find some funny stuff on this site as well as serious costumes. I love making obscenely complex costumes then taking them up on stage and being ridiculous in them.
I have several years experience giving panels and workshops at events, from sewing skills to laugh out loud Yaoi panels. I try to have a fresh set of panels for each calendar year to keep things exciting. If you’d like to have me do a talk at an event for you, please visit the events section to see my schedule and the sort of panels I give.
I run a dealers table at most Anime/comic events in the UK showcasing my LGBT comic work. If you’re interested in LGBT, Queer, Gender and Sexuality comics, feel free to have a look at my comic work at Discord Comics
If you’d like to see why I don’t have time to make as many costumes any more, check out my house renovations at the Fantabulous House
Cheers! -Tab
Amecon Shenanigans
I got up on stage and acted a tit. Here’s video evidence.
Big thank you to Karen for performing beautifully with me, Christian for helping me peg bits of blue costume on my washing line as it dried, Kii for letting me borrow her embroidery machine for the trim on the costume and Timber for manning my stall while I was off swanning about the convention.
Also a big thank you to the judges who decided I deserved a second place compared to all the other amazing costumes. Sima Yi was made over a period of 9 days with about 100 hours work, I didn’t even think I’d get it finished for the omake! Details on costume construction to follow when I get some pictures of it. Most of it is spray paint and acrylic ink, though it uses a lot of techniques that other people will probably appreciate for future costumes.
Ayacon Performace- A Traditional Japanese Dance
KONNICHIWA!
We’ve got some videos and Photos from Kii’s performance at Ayacon! A delight to watch as always, Kii brought down the house with her geisha moves and cheeky smile.
The Kimono is actual a real silk furisode from Japan because I’m a weirdo who likes collecting pretty fabrics. Songs are Murasaki no Yukari by Rin’ and Bad Things by Jace Everett.
A big thank you to Bento Dan and Batale for the Images and Video!
Kitacon a Burlesque Bouquet of Beauty and Booty
Finally got all the images and videos from Kitacon!
We did 3 performances this year, starting off with The history of the Soviet Union, Arranged to the melody of Tetris:
Watch the original video here!
Billy Strings then sang about some things in his head, accompanied by his troupe of puppets
Warning, Video may contain HOT ASS.
And Roxie Parts finished off the show with a burlesque performance the likes of which the con scene has never seen:
Warning, video also contains copious amounts of HOT ASS.
We have some pictures up of the event on the characters pages, so you can check out Roxie’s new costume!
Warning- Pictures contain Cogsworth’s new face!
Cogsworth 2.OOOYEAH
Roxie Parts
Billy Strings