For those with an intermediate sewing skills and who can wear a European size 42 or 44, there's free .pdf downloads of the women's patterns at Lekala in Russia. The only hitch is it's only til the end of this month. These aren't cosplay costumes, but many of the designs have very unique looks that could lend themselves to costume or at least be educational in how a pattern piece for a certain effect should look. Have fun, I only found out about this last night myself. <
http://leko-mail.net/mod-e.php?t=0&a=0&n=0