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RazorBunny posted:Does anybody know of a place that sells elf ear tips that aren't made of latex? Click here for silicone ears. Silicone looks way better than latex, and actually behaves almost like actual skin. The price is a bit higher than latex, but you're paying for quality.
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RazorBunny posted:I actually just ran across that site a few minutes ago! That's pretty cool. I will definitely keep them in mind. Casting with silicone is just like casting with any other pourable 2 part medium: stir slow, pour high 
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Yeah, Google will turn up a million and a half articles on casting with various mediums, it's amazing how much information is available these days.
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7thBatallion posted:So I'm doing a Fallout themed costume. It's from Rivet City, an old Flight Deck cranial and Mk 1 life preserver. I've got patches from the USS Oriskany on it, and I'm trying to figure out how, without relying on weapons, I can tie this to the fallout universe. Any ideas? Belt pouch with a deck of Tragic cards hanging out, leather aviator cap, rolled-up Scout Handbook sticking out of your back pocket, Vault 101 canteen on your hip and a couple of Stimpaks in your pocket.
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Dollar Tree sells 3-packs of LED tea lights that are powered by a single CR2032 battery. They're easy as hell to disassemble and replacing the amber LED with a blue one is trivial. edit: The best way to get a shitload of cheap LEDs with matching voltages (they're all 3.3v white LEDs with colored acrylic casings) is to buy a string of multicolored LED christmas light strings. Home Depot and Lowes usually have strings of 50 for $4-6. Silhouette fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Oct 1, 2013 |
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Lord Frisk posted:Hi everyone. I'm currently making a Comedian costume from the Watchmen (minutemen) and have a question about recoloring leather. I've got some sheepskin gauntlets that turned out awesome as far as color. I spray painted them with multiple light coats. However, the glove itself remains tacky. Not like "not dry" sticky, but they have a tendency to stick to themselves. Dust them with talcum powder, bang them out, repeat until the gloves no longer stick.
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Krylon Fusion gold spray paint. Fusion is made to bond with plastic so that it won't wear off.
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Kazy posted:I live in a small apartment building so I'm not sure I have the place to spraypaint This is Philly, do it in the street like I do.
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jimcunningham posted:I know this is lame, but I really need ideas for what Im going to do. I really really want to get into cosplaying mostly for the experience making the costume. Never sewn or anything, but my mom could teach me. She also does leatherwork. I work with metal and hydraulics and we have a lot of waste, so I think I might be able to make something awesome.  How was this not the first thing that popped into your head?
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SusiePhone posted:This seems like the sort of thread where I can bitch about how much I hate embroidering on velvet. Yes. Just don't do the bad Raistlin costume thing where you literally paint your skin metallic gold.
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Black shoe polish, sandpaper and a few sharp tools are your best friends when it comes to distressing/aging leather armor.
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Dremel with a cutoff wheel. Wind your wire around a dowel with an OD the size of your desired ring's ID and cut along the entire length.
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Funhilde posted:keep it white and be "ghost magneto"  (this is Magneto's current look)
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Tricerapowerbottom posted:ABS it is, then. Happily, there's a plastics supplier with stores in the Seattle area here that can make cut-to-order sheets. Do what I did and use foamcore. It's super light, yet durable and ridiculously easy to work with. I'll get some photos of my PH helmet up as soon as I can for reference. And for the great knife, use 1" rigid insulation foam board. You can get an 8'x2' sheet at any Home Depot or Lowes for like $12. I embedded a couple of nickels in the curve so that it'd make a scraping noise when I dragged it along the ground.
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Take a cue from WETA and make PVC chainmail. http://www.instructables.com/id/PVC-Chainmail/
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Reformed Tomboy posted:There is also these if you don't want to mess with sawing pvc to make rings:  I had no idea those existed.
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I'm trying to focus on Doom, but I can't help but focus on Christopher Walken as the 11th Doctor in the background.
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Evil Ted is great, the only thing I don't like is that he recommends using a standard box cutter for making cuts in EVA foam, instead of a hot knife, which is way easier to use and finishes the edges of the foam with heat while you cut it. http://www.amazon.com/Walnut-Hollow-29639-Professional-HotKnife/dp/B003GXF4EK
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You can also substitute acrylic craft paint for the leather dye, and it'd be much, much cheaper, and it's available in a wider variety of colors than just browns and black.
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Find someone with a vacuum former and a male anatomical dummy, then just form the armor with clear plastic.
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Hot glue or contact cement would be your best bets. Just make sure you rough up the acrylic with some sandpaper beforehand.
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Mecha Neko posted:General glue question: is there an advantage between wood glue/mod podge/white glue? Or do they basically all produce the same result when used as a sealant? They're all PVA (Polyvinyl Acetate) glues, but with a few differences. White glue is basic PVA with water added to make it thin and runny, Tacky glue is pure PVA, Wood glue has additional resins added to the PVA base for strength, and Mod Podge is literally just PVA mixed with satin or gloss acrylic varnish.
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It would most likely melt and peel, possibly burn.
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blastron posted:How the gently caress do I make any of this? I can cut out a chunk of green fabric, but how do I get that ridged-yet-flexible pseudo-embroidery along the edges and around the gem? For that matter, how do I securely attach that gem to the fabric, and what clear-ish material can I make it out of so that it's not going to massively suck to have it pounding against my crotch as I walk around the con all day? Also, what's the best way to actually attach it to my waist? 1. I'd sculpt the trim/edging/filigree out of clay, then make a plaster mold of it and cast it in latex or silicone and attach it with... 2. Contact cement, my droog. 3. Belt loop. Allow for an extra 1 3/4" of fabric at the top, fold it over so that makes a 1 1/4" tube with a 1/2" seam allowance at the top of the loincloth and run your belt through it.
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If I can dig it out of storage, i'll show off the shirt that I weathered for Leatherface last year. I used 2 spray bottles with super watered-down RIT dye (bright yellow and dark brown). I mainly focused the yellow on areas where sweat stains would accumulate, and the brown on the waist and cuffs, with random spritzes, streams and mistings of both all over the fabric. I let it air dry, and it came out perfect.
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McKilligan posted:
Man why would you even bother with Mother and Child when you can go straight to GIANT DAD? That being said; that is some phenomenal work.
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Commissar Canuck posted:Does anyone have any recommendations on how to weather a polyester flag? I'm planning on doing an NCR Ranger outfit next year and want to have a well worn NCR flag to go along with it Take a medium grit sanding block to the edges, spray watered down RIT dye (bright yellow and dark brown) onto the surface, toss into a tumble dryer with no heat for a half hour. deoju posted:Could someone recommend me a good metallic gold spray paint and primer? If the Krylon Supermaxx gold is as good as their silver, then I wholeheartedly recommend it.
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Choom Gangster posted:
Cheap: Papier-mache' over an armature. Expensive: Carve it from structural foam, then coat in fiberglass.
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Yeah, i'm gonna echo everyone else and say that it needs weathering. Use a spray bottle with some watered down dark brown Rit dye to dirty up the jacket, and get some fuller's earth or light brown/tan dry pigment and rub that poo poo all over everything, then shake off the excess. edit: do a paint wipe on the leather parts with dark red-brown and black acrylic craft paint, too edit 2: I forgot to mention that the prosthetics, right hand of doom and pistol look great, and you should totally take some photos in really harsh, directed light so that you can get that proper Mike Mignola pitch-black shadowed artwork look 
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