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McPantserton posted:SO. CLOSE. You know what that means. Time for a crime spree! No prints. No crime. gently caress, do it in costume. Who's going to believe someone who claims that a space marine/Lich King robbed them? The sculpt looks fantastic as always
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CzarChasm posted:You know what that means. Time for a crime spree! No prints. No crime. gently caress, do it in costume. Who's going to believe someone who claims that a space marine/Lich King robbed them? Hahaha I have totally joked (yes... joked...) about this before. How else could I afford all this worbla? For real though guys, IT'S DONE. This motherfucker is DONE. I posted my first picture of this helmet to my facebook on March 28th. UGH. It's probably the most complicated single piece I have ever sculpted, which is saying something after my goddamn Edea helmet. And it fits my head sooooo well. I wouldn't recommend this to somebody who hadn't worked with worbla a lot before but I shaped the front eyepieces right onto my face so it conforms to my face perfectly. I like don't even know what to do with myself right now. (jk now let's make the rest of the costume  )
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I almost feel that saying your work is awesome is kind of unnecessary, because all your work is awesome. I'm terribad at sculpting anything. I'll agonize over every little detail for hours/days, and it'll still come out looking like a 5th grader made it in art class. Speaking of completed projects, my stilts are motherfucking DONE. I only posted about them back in February. After enduring through all but two pieces of sintra breaking in that fall(do never buy sintra. that stuff is utter poo poo against compression shocks), I was able to rig a bunch of nylon strapping to use in its place. I sewed until my eyes crossed, and the end product is strong enough to hold my weight but also strap tight enough to clamp the supports to the sides of my legs, making them immobile, which is great. I'll get some pictures of me walking in them tomorrow. For my next step, I have to design some folding forearm crutch/stilts that also incorporate some large mechanical hands. I have the idea of how I want the crutch/stilt part to go, but I need to get some idea for materials for the hands. Can anyone recommend me a material that is relatively light, bend/flex resistant, able to be sanded/cut easily, and most importantly, cheap? I know acrylic is definitely out due to price, but something similar in properties to that would probably work great.
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neogeo0823 posted:I almost feel that saying your work is awesome is kind of unnecessary, because all your work is awesome. I'm terribad at sculpting anything. I'll agonize over every little detail for hours/days, and it'll still come out looking like a 5th grader made it in art class. How large do you need the pieces to be? Because a lot of plastic supply stores have plenty of acrylic scrap that they sell for dirt cheap.
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At risk of sounding facetious, wood satisfies those conditions pretty well...
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neogeo0823 posted:I almost feel that saying your work is awesome is kind of unnecessary, because all your work is awesome. I'm terribad at sculpting anything. I'll agonize over every little detail for hours/days, and it'll still come out looking like a 5th grader made it in art class. I have this same problem, but I took a different tack. Play to your strengths; if sculpting is not what you're good at, see if you can replace it with a different skill. I can't sculpt at all, but I'm really good with styrene. When I played Warhammer 40K, I scratchbuilt a lot of vehicles because I couldn't afford to buy the kits. When I needed to make a skull belt buckle for my AC IV costume, I tried sculpting, every effort was terrible. Not only were the results not usable, each attempt took forever. To make this, I used styrene to design the back of the buckle. The skull is a casting of a halloween decoration. I combined the two, and voila. 
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thespaceinvader posted:At risk of sounding facetious, wood satisfies those conditions pretty well... I need the individual pieces that will make up the fingers to be too thin for most woods to work well. One bit of pressure to a side and it would snap. My plan is to build a skeleton of finger "bones" that will be a slightly slimmer version of what you see here, then secure PVC tubing over the bones to round out the finger segments, and cover the whole thing with a fabric glove that'll be the skin. everythingWasBees posted:How large do you need the pieces to be? Because a lot of plastic supply stores have plenty of acrylic scrap that they sell for dirt cheap. I'm actually not 100% sure. I'll probably go with 3mm sintra for the frame piece that the fingers will be mounted to, so that leaves each finger segment. I've gotta get some posterboard and experiment, but I'd imagine that the longest bone segments should be maybe 3-4 inches long or so.
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neogeo0823 posted:I need the individual pieces that will make up the fingers to be too thin for most woods to work well. One bit of pressure to a side and it would snap. My plan is to build a skeleton of finger "bones" that will be a slightly slimmer version of what you see here, then secure PVC tubing over the bones to round out the finger segments, and cover the whole thing with a fabric glove that'll be the skin. What about 3D printing? I found a few websites that did special orders for good prices.
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Funhilde posted:What about 3D printing? I found a few websites that did special orders for good prices. I was planning on asking the local makerspace about possibly whipping up some pieces for relatively cheap this week, yeah. The only problem there is that I have no 3D modeling software to give them, so I'd have to have them help me do that, which is more a bump than a hurdle, I guess.
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This sounds like a job for Lego Technic bricks. Right size, made of molded ABS so they're plenty strong, and they're reasonably cheap.
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Monaghan posted:rebellion's done in time for anime north. Hey, I saw you at the foam panel. This thing looks great in person. I almost said something but decided I'd stare from across the room and make this post later on instead. Hope you had a nice weekend.
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Anyone have experience with fabricating costumes that are basically giant forms? I'm trying to plan out a large Totoro. For now I'm imagining a bunch of hoops and then strips of foam as some kind of vertical ribbing. Everything gets covered in plush fabric/fur. Some advice would be great!
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I don't know if this is quite the place to ask, but does anyone in the thread do any commission work? I'm trying to get a Namor costume together in the next few months and don't really have the skills to make the bracers and belt, which I guess would be foam? I've just kinda started to get into the cosplay and any help would be appreciated  Image for reference. 
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That looks fairly simple, the gold bits can be done with craft foam on the cheap-n-easy or thermoplastics if you want something shinier and less likely to chip or wrinkle when you flex your wrists. Alternatively, go to the mall and search the women's fashion stores for big gaudy bangles that can be turned into the bracers. They should bend with little effort to accommodate man hands. The belt is open to a little more interpretation: gold fabric waistband on his undies, standalone belt, or plastic/foam? Having it attach would keep it from shifting around when you walk. The trident would be the more fun project with a broom handle or wood flagpole (dowel rods are typically 3 feet), wood or plastic (I'm poor and would use a carved insulation foam sheet covered in paper mache), paperclay, and loads of paint. Put a layer of black under the gold to make it pop out more.
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gamera009 posted:Anyone have experience with fabricating costumes that are basically giant forms? How big? I know some puppet makers in town...
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TheKingslayer posted:I don't know if this is quite the place to ask, but does anyone in the thread do any commission work? I'm trying to get a Namor costume together in the next few months and don't really have the skills to make the bracers and belt, which I guess would be foam? I've just kinda started to get into the cosplay and any help would be appreciated Why not leather?
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Funhilde posted:How big? I know some puppet makers in town... A shade bigger than me. I would love the hookup here! 
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gamera009 posted:A shade bigger than me. Let's chat.
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Welp, I managed to find someone local that makes spandex dance wear and they have textured scale fabric and said they can add the belt to the trunks. So that's pretty drat awesome. Now off to the mall to find some sweet bangles and puzzle out a possible trident.
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This year for Halloween (and future cons, if I get it looking good enough) I am trying to put together a Nazgul/Ringwraith costume. I've found a source for some very nice-looking metal-infused-resin gauntlets, and I bought a knockoff sword on eBay that I'm going to weather with acrylic paint. However, the clothing has me somewhat stumped. I've read varying accounts of the original costumes, but all of them indicate that there's a lot more fabric in there than you'd expect (up to ~50 yards) - lots of different layers in slightly different weaves/colors of fabric. Honestly, I don't even know where to start. My friend suggested beginning with a Jedi robe pattern and improvising from there, which seems like it might be a decent base. But in the pictures I've seen, it looks like there's some sort of tunic and pants underneath, then some kind of long jerkin, then a number of robe-like things, then a cloak on top, and finally a hood/headpiece that covers the shoulders (but also goes all the way down the front of the robe). I can't even really conceptualize all of the separate pieces - it just looks like a bundle of tatters, and I can't tell where one ends and another begins. I guess what I'm saying is, does anyone have experience with a Nazgul costume and can offer any advice about the basic construction of these layers? Also, 90% of the other Nazgul that I've seen out there just look like normal-sized people wearing a Grim Reaper outfit - so I really want to get the proportions right. I understand that the original movie costumes had some sort of hump/extension on the actors' shoulders/heads, so that the Nazgul's "face" and "shoulders" would be taller than the average person, and that it would obscure the human profile. Any ideas on how to construct such a thing? I was thinking possibly football shoulder-pads as a base, or potentially a backpack frame of some sort. The only problem with that is that I'd have Batman-style head-fused-with-neck-and-shoulders syndrome. In my ideal world, I'd be looking out through a mesh in the chest area, and there would be a totally empty hood above me (fabric draped over some sort of hollow head-shaped base), AND I'd be able to turn the "head" at least a bit. Is this too ambitious? New to the thread, so forgive me if there's relevant stuff that I've missed earlier on!
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Patattack posted:This year for Halloween (and future cons, if I get it looking good enough) I am trying to put together a Nazgul/Ringwraith costume. I've found a source for some very nice-looking metal-infused-resin gauntlets, and I bought a knockoff sword on eBay that I'm going to weather with acrylic paint. However, the clothing has me somewhat stumped. What if the fake head portion was attached to a helmet that you wore inside all this so you could swivel? The whole thing would need to be REALLY light so you don't hurt your neck of course but maybe like a styrofoam wig head bolted onto a helmet plus the shoulder height increasing? If it's all too tall your shoulders will look really weird though so I'd do some added height in the feet and some over the head. Some friends of mine did a nazgul costume not that long ago where I thought their robes were really nice and they posted some photos that might be helpful, kind of unsorted but here's a link anyway! https://www.facebook.com/cosplay4usall/photos/pb.263465680410798.-2207520000.1432865000./800103566747004/?type=3&theater
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McPantserton posted:What if the fake head portion was attached to a helmet that you wore inside all this so you could swivel? The whole thing would need to be REALLY light so you don't hurt your neck of course but maybe like a styrofoam wig head bolted onto a helmet plus the shoulder height increasing? If it's all too tall your shoulders will look really weird though so I'd do some added height in the feet and some over the head. Hmm...I think that could work! Like maybe I could...build some kind of high collar-like thing onto the shoulders, and have the fake head sitting on top of my head, poking through the collar. I was planning on wearing raiser shoes (+4" or so) as well. Thank you for the photo reference! It does help coalesce some of my vague impressions about where these layers begin and end.
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TheKingslayer posted:Welp, I managed to find someone local that makes spandex dance wear and they have textured scale fabric and said they can add the belt to the trunks. So that's pretty drat awesome. I don't know if this is something you've already considered/purchased, but if you haven't, a dance belt is probably very important so that you don't end up looking like Boner Robin.
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Everything about Boner Robin disturbs me. I have no desire to be Boner the Submariner.
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Faltion, think you can take a commission for something that isn't a gun piece if it's super simple, and don't have to do any thing but model and print it? It's...basically just a 23cm long cylinder with some grooves in it and cap pieces. I don't have the tools I need to make that part of the prop and make it look good. The previous one I made looks janky as hell.
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When are you going to make it to BlizzCon? I'm in full swing working on my costume for this year. Decided to go for it, this fan art I've drooled over for years. Pant/ies are completely done, base for the top is done, sleeves are done (minus trim). Starting work on the armor and props now.  
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Reformed Tomboy posted:When are you going to make it to BlizzCon? Ugh I don't know, maybe next year? I want to go so bad, once Arthas is done I'd bring him and my StarCraft marine too if I could and it would be so great. I used to make fun of people who did 100% Blizzard stuff but it's looking like I'll be doing a Diablo outfit this winter too. IT'S ME, I'M THE ONE I MADE FUN OF. What is that fanart from? It looks super familiar. I love that hourglass, a cosplayer I follow made one recently out of worbla and the cup parts of 2 plastic wineglasses and it looked so cool! The armor part is looking awesome so far, keep posting!
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McPantserton posted:Ugh I don't know, maybe next year? I want to go so bad, once Arthas is done I'd bring him and my StarCraft marine too if I could and it would be so great. I used to make fun of people who did 100% Blizzard stuff but it's looking like I'll be doing a Diablo outfit this winter too. IT'S ME, I'M THE ONE I MADE FUN OF. Hopefully next year you can get tickets. I'd love to meet you in person, you make awesome stuff. The fan art was posted on the WoW site something like 5 years ago, and I've been in love with it ever since. I just got some plastic wine glasses today, actually. Gotta figure out how to use my fancy new dremel now 
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taiyoko posted:I don't know if this is something you've already considered/purchased, but if you haven't, a dance belt is probably very important so that you don't end up looking like Boner Robin. Fun fact, as I recall Boner Robin there is a lady. The boner was intentionally awkwardly packing a codpiece.
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No I'm pretty sure that Boner Robin's a dude, and IIRC he and his mom (eeugh) run Cosplay Deviants.
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Yeah boner robin has done other cosplays, including Shinji Ikari - that's a man baby.
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Does anyone know a good source for red onesies? I'm trying to get a Doof Warrior costume together from Mad Max since Greg Van Borssum, the fight choreographer for the movie, is coming for Supanova Sydney! Time to scream "V8!" at him.
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I'm trying to figure out what would be creepier for a mask. Imagine a big, 4 legged, non-human thing. Definitely alien or other-worldly, with dark colors, wispy, flowy sorts of patches coming off of it that kind of hide its exact form in a breeze, with a face that's blank white, with muted features that lack detail, and big empty, black eyes. What would be more unnerving, seeing it have a face like this, or like combination of this and this, minus the details?
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The less human the better, given the premise.
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neogeo0823 posted:I'm trying to figure out what would be creepier for a mask. Imagine a big, 4 legged, non-human thing. Definitely alien or other-worldly, with dark colors, wispy, flowy sorts of patches coming off of it that kind of hide its exact form in a breeze, with a face that's blank white, with muted features that lack detail, and big empty, black eyes. What would be more unnerving, seeing it have a face like this, or like combination of this and this, minus the details? Perhaps take some inspiration from the Shy Guy, with a less cartoonish twist?
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neogeo0823 posted:... combination of this and this, minus the details? Something like the DC Comics Court of Owls mask? 
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MajorGravy posted:Does anyone know a good source for red onesies? I would search for long johns.
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Funhilde posted:I would search for long johns. More specifically, a "union suit", which is the traditional full-body red prospector-style long john.
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