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Funhilde posted:How much does that weigh? About as much as the power of Greyskull.  Maybe 10-15 pounds from the looks of it?
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This looks wonderful! I'm going to be making Saber's Excalibur from Fate/Zero for Anime Central this spring, but I'm using MDF instead of plywood. Is the blade going to be silver or is it a special color? I ask because Adam Savage recently put up a video on his YouTube channel regarding modifying fake swords, and he used aluminum tape for the blade. It ended up looking really nice.
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Sapphaholic posted:This looks wonderful! I'm going to be making Saber's Excalibur from Fate/Zero for Anime Central this spring, but I'm using MDF instead of plywood. I'm going for the Abyss Greatsword, so the flat of the blade will be black and blue, and the blade's edges and highlights on the pommel will be silver, but then I'm going to hit everything with an ink or paint wash to darken all the recessed areas. When it's done it's going to look awesome and corrupted, hopefully. I'm also going to add ugly splotches of black, blue and a little purple acrylic paint, dried in clumps, along sections of the blade when all else is finished, sort of like black and blue-ish rust or corrosion.  Here's the blade color applied - once this dries I've got to start taping off all the non-silver areas in prep for the chrome spraypaint. I've also got a silver Kraylon marker I'll use for small details that I don't want to spray, most likely the silverwork along the center of the flat of the blade. And yeah, about 15 pounds, maybe more? You can carry it with one hand, though I'd imagine you'd get tired pretty quick. McKilligan fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Feb 25, 2014 |
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Fatkraken posted:What colour are they set to be, and is the fabric synthetic or natural fibres? If they're on the darker side and you've used cotton or wool based fabrics, you can make up the trousers then dye the whole thing down to the same colour with a packet of cheap fabric dye if you have any colour mismatch Well good news for me is I found the exact same fabric and got the last 3 yards that they had. Better make sure on all my measurements before I cut anything because I won't be getting more.
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Hey guys and gals, there's some really awesome stuff coming through this thread. It makes me want to try my hand but I've never attempted my own costume, I'm afraid I don't have the time or that it will look like poo poo. Would anyone recommend commissioning a costume? I don't know if the community frowns on this sort of thing or how well commissioning goes. Let alone pricing and the difficulty of finding the tailor/artist.
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Bavius posted:Would anyone recommend commissioning a costume? I don't know if the community frowns on this sort of thing or how well commissioning goes. Let alone pricing and the difficulty of finding the tailor/artist. Commissioning is fine, you only really get frowned on if you enter costume-based competitions with it, which is uaually against the rules anyway. There are a ton of different options, you can buy premade costumes from various importers, have something made to measure, use a specialist cosplay commissioner or a general seamstress. Just do a TON of research, there are some fly by night companies and feckless individuals out there, make certain they have a spotless track record before you even contact anyone. Another option is to go for something that can be modified from existing clothing, it's surprisingly easy a lot of the time and scouring charity shops and jumble sales for that perfect item is actually kinda fun
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Bavius posted:Hey guys and gals, there's some really awesome stuff coming through this thread. It makes me want to try my hand but I've never attempted my own costume, I'm afraid I don't have the time or that it will look like poo poo. As someone who used to do commissions, keep in mind that it will be expensive for a good one. That Morrigan? I'd say 60 hours of solid work [and it's a relatively simple costume] and I know my proportions. For someone else, you ideally want to mail muslin mock-ups for fitting [or in person] and other communications which add to that. Most costumers work by the hour, so seeing a price tag of 800+ is not uncommon for high-quality work. You CAN have a standard seamstress make a costume, but there are techniques and materials they won't be familiar with and part of a good costumer's skill set is developing accurate patterns and researching reference materials. There is really no stigma in the community about not making your own poo poo anymore unless you're trying to get famous and even then, people make poo poo for each other all the goddamn time because Person A might be great at leatherworking and Person B might be amazing at embroidery. It's all a matter of deciding which way you want to go. If you don't have time to learn, save up and commission. What would you like made? Depending on the materials and price range, I could possibly recommend a few people.
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Bavius posted:Hey guys and gals, there's some really awesome stuff coming through this thread. It makes me want to try my hand but I've never attempted my own costume, I'm afraid I don't have the time or that it will look like poo poo. I do a bunch of costumes for cons/halloween for other people. I only really do the sewing part because I'm still unsure about armor or doing sculpting or molds for things. The biggest problem I run into is when I tell people what it will cost to do they don't want to pay it. Many of these projects take a long time and materials aren't always cheap. If you are prepared to spend some money to have someone sew for you than go ahead. You could also just have them do the basic part of the sewing and then do the painting/distressing/extra stuff yourself.
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Funhilde posted:The biggest problem I run into is when I tell people what it will cost to do they don't want to pay it. Many of these projects take a long time and materials aren't always cheap. Yep, exactly the same for armor, too. We priced out a full set of unpainted, unassembled plastic pulls of our space marine suits at $600 (which I think is suuuper reasonable) and people just don't want to kick out the cash. It's not a cheap hobby. If more people would actually pay what I'd have to charge for armor commissions to make it worthwhile I'd have quit my day job by now.
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McPantserton posted:Yep, exactly the same for armor, too. We priced out a full set of unpainted, unassembled plastic pulls of our space marine suits at $600 (which I think is suuuper reasonable) and people just don't want to kick out the cash. It's not a cheap hobby. If more people would actually pay what I'd have to charge for armor commissions to make it worthwhile I'd have quit my day job by now. Wow. $600 almost sounds low for that project since it is so massive.
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Funhilde posted:Wow. $600 almost sounds low for that project since it is so massive. I thought it was really reasonable for armor that size, myself. Once the actual sculpts are done, the plastic really isn't that expensive (relatively, anyway) and it's not too time-consuming to just vacuum form them all. We'd upcharge a ton for assembly and paint.
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McKilligan posted:I'm going for the Abyss Greatsword, so the flat of the blade will be black and blue, and the blade's edges and highlights on the pommel will be silver, but then I'm going to hit everything with an ink or paint wash to darken all the recessed areas. When it's done it's going to look awesome and corrupted, hopefully. I'm also going to add ugly splotches of black, blue and a little purple acrylic paint, dried in clumps, along sections of the blade when all else is finished, sort of like black and blue-ish rust or corrosion. Let's be friends. To those of you who said paper clay was difficult -- yeah, it was kinda messy. Here's my mask in progress:  It's now in the waiting-to-be-sanded phase, fully dried. More pictures later after I put some work into it. my cat is norris fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Feb 26, 2014 |
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my cat is norris posted:Let's be friends. Hello, friend! Check out this hot new bizness -  And with the first of many ink/acrylic washes applied - please ignore the hideous mom-cushion upon which it rests.  In the end, a LOT of the hilt is just going to be straight up black, with very few highlights. I want it to look like this. It will probably end up a bit brighter, as the in-game model has a few significant differences from the concept, but I think the finished product willl meet both designs in the middle.  Edit - applied some more washes, poo poo's looking pretty proper at the moment. I might take some liberties with the blade edges, possible even use the foil tape mentioned earlier, but I'm pretty happy at the moment. Still need to add the purple-black goop along the blade, but I think that might have to wait until I get back to Seoul.  
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I'm so very, very excited to see the rest of your work. I hope my costume can come together just as successfully. I may have to consult with you on my tracers! I have a couple of reps, but I don't think my friend put them together as well as he could have, so I'm going to look into rebuilding them using either different materials or different designs. He did an okay job -- they're just not ideal. Also that is one hell of a mom cushion.
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Fatkraken posted:Another option is to go for something that can be modified from existing clothing, it's surprisingly easy a lot of the time and scouring charity shops and jumble sales for that perfect item is actually kinda fun What I'm thinking of doing may be possible with some alterations, I'll post a photo bellow. Bag of Hamsters posted:What would you like made? Depending on the materials and price range, I could possibly recommend a few people. I'm hoping to get a version of 2 Ton 21 from Venture Brothers.  I think I could find a decent base for some of the costume, but things like the goggles, wings and utility belts seem like I'd have to make them or have them made to turn out decent. Funhilde posted:I do a bunch of costumes for cons/halloween for other people. I only really do the sewing part because I'm still unsure about armor or doing sculpting or molds for things. The biggest problem I run into is when I tell people what it will cost to do they don't want to pay it. Many of these projects take a long time and materials aren't always cheap. If you are prepared to spend some money to have someone sew for you than go ahead. You could also just have them do the basic part of the sewing and then do the painting/distressing/extra stuff yourself. This is interesting to me because I've got an airbrush and plenty of tools for making armor look worn. If I could get the plastic parts made I'm sure I could paint them myself. McPantserton posted:Yep, exactly the same for armor, too. We priced out a full set of unpainted, unassembled plastic pulls of our space marine suits at $600 (which I think is suuuper reasonable) and people just don't want to kick out the cash. It's not a cheap hobby. If more people would actually pay what I'd have to charge for armor commissions to make it worthwhile I'd have quit my day job by now. That sounds super reasonable, how warm do those suits get? My primary venue is Phoenix in August. I saw this on my facebook feed and I'm really tempted to pick up a set of scout armor: scout armor article
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[quote="Bavius" post=""426340506"] That sounds super reasonable, how warm do those suits get? My primary venue is Phoenix in August. I saw this on my facebook feed and I'm really tempted to pick up a set of scout armor: scout armor article [/quote] Our marines are quite warm since they're head-to-toe plastic, there's just not that much airflow. We have fans in them, but it only helps so much. That scout armor won't be quite as bad since there's open fabric at the midsection and arms but in Phoenix I would try and wear them indoors as much as possible. I've worn armor about that heavy with a corset (Sororitas armor, in fact! Yay Warhammer) and in air consitioning it's not too great a hardship.
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McPantserton posted:Our marines are quite warm since they're head-to-toe plastic, there's just not that much airflow. We have fans in them, but it only helps so much. That scout armor won't be quite as bad since there's open fabric at the midsection and arms but in Phoenix I would try and wear them indoors as much as possible. I've worn armor about that heavy with a corset (Sororitas armor, in fact! Yay Warhammer) and in air consitioning it's not too great a hardship. That sounds like quite the build, where can I find more info?
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Bavius posted:That sounds like quite the build, where can I find more info? We suck a bit at doing really detailed build logs but we have more or less comprehensive photo albums at our facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/FoamCorps
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I'm trying to brainstorm characters from comics/movies/video games/etc. whose costumes are also business dress or formalwear. The one I did this year was the Riddler, a suit-wearing version. So far I've thought of Zatanna and dress uniforms from the various Star Trek properties. Any thoughts?
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LA Noire! Not very iconic but it gives you a chance to dress like a cool 40's dude.
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McPantserton posted:Bioshock, Hunger Games, the Turks from Final Fantasy 7, Phoenix Wright all pop to my mind. I mentioned maybe doing an Elizabeth to my husband and he said, "I could do a Booker!" and I asked if that would be weird because spoilers. Probably not as weird as doing the Luteces together, though.
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Here's my current progress for the Diablo II Necromancer: Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fit a full breastplate and backplate together at the sides? I was thinking about a lot of Velcro but I also have string and d-rings, but I don't think I'd be able to get both sides snug enough with just string. Most Worbla breastplate tutorials are with smaller breastplates that don't have a backplate like mine.
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For my (sadly wildly unfinished) plate armor I attached nylon webbing to the breast plate, with buckles on one side so I could snap it together, and then attached velcro to the webbing and the back plate. Snap into the breast plate and then have a friend place the back plate so it lines up with the velcro. That would only work if the pieces aren't terribly heavy, though, I imagine.
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Blackfish posted:Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fit a full breastplate and backplate together at the sides? I was thinking about a lot of Velcro but I also have string and d-rings, but I don't think I'd be able to get both sides snug enough with just string. Most Worbla breastplate tutorials are with smaller breastplates that don't have a backplate like mine. I like magnets. You can get 1-1.5in diameter rare earth magnets, and put 2-3 per side. I did this for a thing a couple years ago, mounted one set of magnets to the chest-piece on the side, added a fabric sleeve of sorts for the other three running the length of the joint, slid the fabric under the front piece until the magnets caught. Held perfectly. If that's still not secure enough, you can but a tie point at the top and the bottom of each joint to tie it in place after the magnets hold it in place for you.
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Blackfish posted:Here's my current progress for the Diablo II Necromancer: For all my worbla breastplates I've done the open seam in the back with buckles on the outside.
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Hello cosplay thread, I've been wanting to start getting into making my own costume and props and such, and have decided to start here: The Air Raider from the EDF games. Since this is going to be my first project though, I have almost no idea where to start on the thing other than the clothes. Would molded plastic make sense for the armor plates and helmet? I'm not worried about props other than the backpack at this point.
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Enter Char posted:
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So while everyone is working on awesome armor I made some cheesy swords and probably the tackiest satin dress ever. I will be so happy if I never have to do any hand sewing again for the rest of the year. Unlikely. 
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I finally went shopping this weekend and picked up enough materials to finally get started on my build - I'm still just using the EVA foam / heat gun / Hot glue combination to make what I want, lacking the space or resources to do anything more complicated. I'll finished overlaying the 'design' pieces on top of the black base, which should hide most of the seams, and the final coat of Polyurethane resign ought to disguise most of the other imperfections. Anyway, I'm doing Abyss Artorias, so imperfections and flaws can just be explained away as battle damage, and further excuse laziness!    The only thing that's annoying is that Artorias has completely inhuman bayonetta-esque heroic proportions, so it's drat near impossible to replicated the same silhouette as the character design. Dude's got a tiny-rear end head, so when a normal human wears a helmet, it looks borderline cartoonish since the head seems so much bigger. At any rate, I'm still well pleased with how the helmet is turning out, the shape is almost exactly how I want it, if not the scale.
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LadyRavenWaves posted:So while everyone is working on awesome armor I made some cheesy swords and probably the tackiest satin dress ever. I will be so happy if I never have to do any hand sewing again for the rest of the year. Unlikely. As I'm only passingly familiar with Panty & Stocking, is it supposed to be awful tacky satin, or is it actually decent in person and just will never photograph worth poo poo (except maybe with a pro) because it's satin?
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