This document provides instructions for making tail props for an Ahri cosplay costume. It discusses the materials needed like fur, timber, pool noodles, and stuffing. It has diagrams showing how to construct the tail base and attach the tails in a fan shape using wooden poles inserted into pool noodles. Straps and belts are attached to the timber base to allow the tails to be worn as a backpack or strapped to the stomach for support. The finished tails are lightweight but take up space, so navigating crowds at conventions can be difficult. Overall, the instructions provide a simple and inexpensive way to create tail props for an Ahri cosplay.

1. By: Louise Anne Santos BBTE-IT III-2N

2. Chapter 1:
Cosplaying

3. - Getting ready for a cosplay
competition?
- Preparing for your costume but
having a hard time crafting your
props?
- Here’s a quick and easy
guide on how to make a
tail props ^_^

4. First, What is Cosplay?
• Originated from Japan; The
practice of dressing up as a
character from a movie, book, or
video game, especially one from
the Japanese genres of manga and
anime.

5. So let’s say the you chose Ahri, a
nine-tailed-fox online game
character to cosplay on upcoming
cosplay competition.

7. Ahri is a nine-tailed-fox character from a
game League of Legends.
With her strong ability power, many
gamers love choosing her as a champion
in the said game.
And because of her cute features, there
are also a lot of cosplayers choosing her to
cosplay.

8. Ahri
Cosplayer
Samples

9. The Costume
The
Tail

10. Let’s say that
your costume
were done and
ready,
But still you
have no tail
props 

11. Chapter 2:
How to make
the Ahri tail
part 1.

12. The materials used to make the tails
as follow:
* Fur (of your choice)
* Timber (base and holds tails together)
* Timber pole (hold tails and attaches to timber)
* Pool noodles (used as the base to keep the tails
straight)
* Zip ties
* Polly fill (some type of light weight stuffing will do)
* Belt/clip in bag straps (straps around waist for more
support)
* Suspenders (these will be used for carrying your tails as a
backpack)

13. Tails
When making the tails you’d
want them to be of a decent size
compared to your own body.
This includes the width and
height.

15. 1) Make a pattern. I used a similar shape
as shown in the diagram (fig.A). Basically
just cut out two pieces for each tail and
sew them together leaving the bottom
open. Since you want these tails to fan
out at different heights, you’ll want to
consider the size of each individual tail,
my set up is shown in below in fig.
B.(Note: tails of the same colour are of the
same height and size.)

17. 2) To hold the tails up, i used pool noodles as they are fairly
light, cheap, and are able to retain the tail's form.Using purely
just stuffing will really weigh you down. I have heard others use
PVC pipes, small blown balloons etc, but of course you can try
other materials if you please.
1 pool noodle can be made into 1-2 tails depending on your
height and size of your tails. They can be easily shortened with a
knife. But it is important that the timber pole can fit INSIDE of
the pool noodle. It should have a tight, secure, fit.
When placing the fur over the pool noodles there may still be
some empty spaces that need to filled, in which the poly fill
comes in. You don’t want to stuff too much to add weight, nor
do you want to make them appear bulky, but just stuffing
enough so they don't look completely empty.

19. 3) The wood has been shaped as shown in the
fig.C (purple) since the tails are laid out in a fan
shape. It gives enough allowance for the tails to
fan out and enough support for your back. The
poles
should be cut (as shown in fig.D) and hammered
down into the timber (fig.E). It's important to
take into consideration the width of the pool
noodles. During this stage it is crucial to
measure everything out before cutting or
hammering anything.

21. Chapter 3:
How to make
the Ahri tail
part 2.

22. Attaching Tails
The tails aka pool noodles should now be
inserted into the wooden poles, then
secured with zip ties so that the fur stays
securely on the the noodles.

24. 1) The tails may look too spaced
out and can potentially drag on
weight on the sides. To keep
them together and less flimsy i
just hand sewn them in the
following places (fig.f).

25. Attaching straps and belts
This part is pretty dodgy as i only
thought about it the day before the
con, i’m sure you can replace other
methods for this, using the following is
just probably good for opening up
ideas.

27. Originally i wanted to use some either nude or see-
through material for the straps, but i could only use what
i had around the house since the con was the next day
<_<. I used some old suspenders as the ‘back-pack’ straps
and drilled them into the timber. I also used another
clip-on-belt into the timber so the tails could also be
strapped onto my stomach to lessen the weight off my
back and give more support. The clip-on part
was intentionally put on the side so it wouldn't stick out
from underneath of the costume.

30. By now you should be pretty done with everything. The
front of the tails are uneven, i put some Styrofoam just to
even it out and make it more comfortable, you can try
other things just to even this out. The front and back just
needs to be hot glued with fur and you’re done :D!
These tails are honestly not heavy and fairly light weight, i
had no pains carrying these on my back for the whole day.
But Getting around busy cons is a problem since these are
quite large.
Just beware of wind, since you are like a human kite @@.
Hopefully this has helped you guys in some way and given
you some ideas, if you have any questions please feel free
to ask :D!