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McPantserton posted:Well let's make up for it with real cosplay, here's my best friend as Kerrigan and me and my other bestie lumbering along behind her. How tall are you and your friends in those marine suits?
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Oct 20, 2014 17:17
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Trast posted:How tall are you and your friends in those marine suits? I'm about 5'8" normally and the suits add about 3.5-4.5" in the feet (depending on what shoes you're wearing in them) and something like 3-6" in the hood depending on how tight the inner straps are, so bumps me up about 9" on average? So 6'5" or so, and my dude friend would be more like 6'8" ish since he's a little taller than me.
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Oct 20, 2014 17:47
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McPantserton posted:I'm about 5'8" normally and the suits add about 3.5-4.5" in the feet (depending on what shoes you're wearing in them) and something like 3-6" in the hood depending on how tight the inner straps are, so bumps me up about 9" on average? So 6'5" or so, and my dude friend would be more like 6'8" ish since he's a little taller than me. drat, that is a lot to lug around. And being I am 6'4'' a suit like that might add a full foot to me if the scale kept. That would be a pretty cool sight to see stomping around.
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Oct 20, 2014 20:25
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Trast posted:drat, that is a lot to lug around. And being I am 6'4'' a suit like that might add a full foot to me if the scale kept. That would be a pretty cool sight to see stomping around. Fortunately they are very, very light! The heaviest parts are the wood platforms for the feet and the PVC frame where the backpack straps mount. I'd be surprised if a full suit weighed more than 20 lbs. I think we'd have to do some tweaks in assembly for somebody as tall as you with this setup but it would definitely be doable and absurdly impressive to behold once it was done!
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Oct 20, 2014 20:36
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Comic con this week in London, looking forward to it as it's our first convention. Just going to shoot pictures and soak up the experience. It's the Excel one and we got the top tier tickets as per goon advice. Anything for a first timer? Enough to chew on for a day we hope! Bring it on.
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Oct 21, 2014 14:58
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McPantserton posted:Fortunately they are very, very light! The heaviest parts are the wood platforms for the feet and the PVC frame where the backpack straps mount. I'd be surprised if a full suit weighed more than 20 lbs. I think we'd have to do some tweaks in assembly for somebody as tall as you with this setup but it would definitely be doable and absurdly impressive to behold once it was done! That armor being about twenty pounds is really impressive. Also now I need to add "dress as giant space marine and lumber around in public" to my bucket list.
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Oct 21, 2014 21:15
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simosimo posted:Comic con this week in London, looking forward to it as it's our first convention. Just going to shoot pictures and soak up the experience. It's the Excel one and we got the top tier tickets as per goon advice. Anything for a first timer? Enough to chew on for a day we hope! Bring it on. Went a couple of years ago and did pretty much the same thing. It was pretty good fun and saw some decent costumes but seeing that many mspa trolls and furries in person for the first time was a bit of an eye opener. A fair amount of the time we just spent sat on the steps outside and people watched.
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Oct 21, 2014 23:37
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Oct 22, 2014 01:27
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McPantserton posted:Fortunately they are very, very light! The heaviest parts are the wood platforms for the feet and the PVC frame where the backpack straps mount. I'd be surprised if a full suit weighed more than 20 lbs. I think we'd have to do some tweaks in assembly for somebody as tall as you with this setup but it would definitely be doable and absurdly impressive to behold once it was done! Have you ever tripped in that suit? I imagine it would not be very fun to face plant in one of those.
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Oct 22, 2014 02:09
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Overminty posted:Went a couple of years ago and did pretty much the same thing. It was pretty good fun and saw some decent costumes but seeing that many mspa trolls and furries in person for the first time was a bit of an eye opener. A fair amount of the time we just spent sat on the steps outside and people watched. I've never been anywhere near 'internet' stuff so I consider myself lucky, so it will be an experience to see this stuff in person. Hope we don't blitz through the stuff in a couple of hours and be like, welp cya!
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Oct 22, 2014 08:36
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ffxiv wolf pup minion cosplay at fanfest 
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Oct 22, 2014 09:38
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Goddamn, that looks so much like my dog.
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Oct 22, 2014 15:15
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Crossposting from the DIY cosplay there, but here we go - I finally got in contact with the dude I'd been waiting on, and he got some CRAZY good shots. Here's a little taste -  And Here's the gallery
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Oct 22, 2014 15:41
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Cosplay is totally sweet dude! But man, goddamn I hate these dutch angle shots. Like in this one you're almost horizontal:
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Oct 22, 2014 16:33
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Geektox posted:Cosplay is totally sweet dude! But man, goddamn I hate these dutch angle shots. Like in this one you're almost horizontal: He's just acting out the player turning clipping off.
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Oct 22, 2014 17:17
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Geektox posted:Cosplay is totally sweet dude! But man, goddamn I hate these dutch angle shots. Like in this one you're almost horizontal: Jeez, that is the dutchest angle I've ever seen. Maybe his tripod was in the process of falling over while he was taking the picture? That can't have been intentional. e: The costume is definitely rad though. Was it hard to see out of Artorias's weird hood-met?
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Oct 22, 2014 17:23
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simosimo posted:I've never been anywhere near 'internet' stuff so I consider myself lucky, so it will be an experience to see this stuff in person. Hope we don't blitz through the stuff in a couple of hours and be like, welp cya! You'd have trouble getting around all of MCM in just a few hours, it's kinda ridicu-huge. If you're in for both days, the Sunday is the easier day to get around the place, Saturday can get a bit elbow-to-elbow. Be prepared for a reasonably large queue anyway, and if you plan to buy stuff, bring cash since the cash machine queues get horrendous! I've got a table in the Comic Village part near the back, so I don't see all the cosplayers that hang out at the front til I'm leaving at closing time, but they hang around out there for a while afterwards. Outside is probably the best place to get pictures, if it isn't chucking it down!
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Oct 22, 2014 18:48
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Oct 22, 2014 19:09
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Aleph Null posted:How rude is it to not buy tickets and stay in con lobby just to take pictures of costumes? I go to cons and just cosplay around in the lobby without registering at least once or twice a year!
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Oct 22, 2014 19:11
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Which cons do you go to? It'd be awesome to get to see the SoB outfit!
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Oct 22, 2014 20:26
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Xun posted:Which cons do you go to? It'd be awesome to get to see the SoB outfit! This year it'll be GenCon, Anime Central, GeekKon, Anime Milwaukee, Daisho Con (aka McPantserton Drunk in a Pool), and possibly C2E2. Definitely wearing the 40k at Daisho Con, Anime Central, C2E2 if I go, and maybe Anime Milwaukee, depends on what else my group wants to do.  Here's a cosplayer I love, Miss Sinister as Kratos from God of War: 
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Oct 22, 2014 20:42
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That's pretty well done, even the face paint is close (and a lot of people gently caress that up somehow).
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Oct 22, 2014 20:50
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Cicadas! posted:Jeez, that is the dutchest angle I've ever seen. Maybe his tripod was in the process of falling over while he was taking the picture? That can't have been intentional. drat near impossible, actually. You've got a teeeeny-tiny field of vision and you gotta tilt your head back to see anything in front of you, what with the low helmet and all. It was a huge pain trying to get the hood and cloak just right for the photos, especially wearing gloves. I didn't have a handler buddy to help me out that day, sadly. EDIT - Whelp, was just e-mailed some even BETTER photos. They just don't stop. 
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Seriously, amateur cosplay photographers--canted angles don't immediately make your photos amazing. Let your subject tell the story. Someone spent hours upon hours of work on that costume. If I have to tilt my head to figure out what's going on, all I think is "someone wanted this to look super fuckin' cool."
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Oct 24, 2014 01:35
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Just wanted to say thanks for all the awesome photos and outfits in this thread (I just caught up and there's too many to list). The amount of work and care cosplayers put into costumes and props still amazes me every time I see a new gallery. Owl Inspector has a new favorite as of 02:21 on Oct 24, 2014 |
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Oct 24, 2014 02:18
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McKilligan posted:Had a ton of photos taken, I'm justing hoping that the photographers rememeber to e-mail me the copies. In the meantime, here's what I managed to find from Saturday - Very Good!
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McPantserton posted:I'm about 5'8" normally and the suits add about 3.5-4.5" in the feet (depending on what shoes you're wearing in them) and something like 3-6" in the hood depending on how tight the inner straps are, so bumps me up about 9" on average? So 6'5" or so, and my dude friend would be more like 6'8" ish since he's a little taller than me. Are those fingers in the marine armor remotely articulated, just like in canon? I can't totally tell from the picture but it looks like it. Really amazing work!
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This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!
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McPantserton posted:This year it'll be GenCon, Anime Central, GeekKon, Anime Milwaukee, Daisho Con (aka McPantserton Drunk in a Pool), and possibly C2E2. Definitely wearing the 40k at Daisho Con, Anime Central, C2E2 if I go, and maybe Anime Milwaukee, depends on what else my group wants to do. Related: 
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Is the guy on the left a male version of Nariko from Heavenly Sword?
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Oct 24, 2014 13:16
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ScotchDK posted:Is the guy on the left a male version of Nariko from Heavenly Sword? Most likely even if the circlet/headband is a bit oversized.
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Oct 24, 2014 13:30
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Killer robot posted:Related: I'm a bit disappointed those were edited in. It would have been perfect to straws or toothpicks with them.
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Oct 24, 2014 16:00
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DeusExMachinima posted:Are those fingers in the marine armor remotely articulated, just like in canon? I can't totally tell from the picture but it looks like it. Really amazing work! They are, but not very well, hahaha. They're more difficult to flex than I'd like. Definitely something I'd spend more time on next time around, I did the final articulating on my set of hands in the car on the way to GenCon. 
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MCM London was good fun! Click pics for bigs. The Aliens (there were two, and some marines wandering around) were great and had a constant crowd, rightly so they were fantastic, with retracting mouth-bit.               
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drat you British cosplayers work fast.
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McKilligan posted:drat near impossible, actually. You've got a teeeeny-tiny field of vision and you gotta tilt your head back to see anything in front of you, what with the low helmet and all. It was a huge pain trying to get the hood and cloak just right for the photos, especially wearing gloves. I didn't have a handler buddy to help me out that day, sadly. Just to get a feel for construction, what did you use to create the armor? I remember it being EVA foam, but I don't recall how you got the paint to take. I'm looking at the same thing right now - using yoga mats to create a chest piece, but from what I've seen, priming the surface is a good idea if you're painting it.
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gamera009 posted:Just to get a feel for construction, what did you use to create the armor? I remember it being EVA foam, but I don't recall how you got the paint to take. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3473045&userid=116728 There's a bit on a Raiden-ish costume and then he starts covering the construction of this one. Seems like he paints resin on to the foam to set it, sands, and then starts on the painting. 7c Nickel has a new favorite as of 00:17 on Oct 27, 2014 |
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If you aren't into sanding you can coat EVA foam in glue too, I've done just PVA glue (Elmer's) or I've heard good things about a glue called FlexBond which are both more self-leveling than resin. Or a lot of people also use the aerosol cans of Plastidip, it's meant to rubberize grips and it does a good job protecting the surface.
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7c Nickel posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3473045&userid=116728 Close! You have to prime the foam with wood glue BEFORE you apply resin. Polyurethane resin does not bind very well to EVA foam on it's own, but with a layer of wood glue it's fine. The resin is goes from the consistency of 'runny like water' to flu-snot over the course of like 30 seconds, so there are going to be alot of drips after it hardens, so you'll have to sand it smooth. Make sure you do that outside and wear a mask, I don't know if the dust is toxic or not but inhaling it won't do you any favors. As far as painting goes, I just used pretty basic automotive spraypaint, primed it with a black semi-gloss, then a silver/chrome. The EVA foam that I used wasn't quite the same as you find in Yoga mats - it's the same material, but the sheets that I found were much thinner, about....3/16 of an inch mostly, I think? Anyway - here's a rough build log I compiled a while ago, let me know if you have any more questions.
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