/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Finally getting out of the machine design jungle back into makin' shit with this. Hopefully doing some first cuts today.

>>6899968
This looks... painful.

Currently drawing up plans to stick a mini cooler in my 3DMG. Will have to fake two of the blades on one outside half and there might be an extra seam, but it's an acceptable sacrifice.

started painting the designs for my koujaku cosplay
hopefully ill finish this tonight, 2 panels to go

started painting the designs for my koujaku cosplay, 2 more panels to go...
hoping to finish it up tonight

>>6900114
finished the sleeve already also

>>6900114
>>6900116

Goddamn!

>>6900114
>>6900116

Looking good mate

>>6900200
>>6900241
thaank you!!
just finish the panel in the back, one more and done
had to strech out the design to make it go all the way around so i might go back and add more leafs or something to the back since it looks so empty

>>6900248
Looks like there's another clump of leaves dead center back if you can fit it.

...But on the other hand, the cg immediately prior has it a little more dense with the white leaves... Ah continuity.

I am currently discovering that no form of white paint can cover up a fucking red sharpie. Goddamnit, I need a blue lantern emblem... BLUE not red.

>>6899981
Are you stashing food inside yours? Because that's the plan our group has with ours.

Our three backup blades are fake and I'm trying to figure out how to stash a hidden drawer behind them. The blades on our swords aren't removable, so our holsters are going to be a cell phone holster and stuff pocket instead.

>>6900248
What kind of paint is that?

>>6900571
acrylic paint
also im done~

>>6900327
yeah ill prolly go back and add some of the little white leaves

>>6900587
welp forgot to add my pic

>>6899981
Eh? It's a shop tool, not a costume!

>>6900589
finished the kimono
now to work on the sword..

>>6901835
That looks awesome, Norge! You've done a really great job.

>>6899968
that looks like an amazing build. What kind of plans were you working off of. Id be interested in building my own

>>6900382

No form of white paint will cover up any kind of sharpie, I learned that the hard way with a bunch of EVA armor I just made. Coat it with another color and then try white over it.

Added a comically oversized tie to the accessory pile today. The underside is an embarrassing mess though (simple math, how does it work?). At least I got the shape/size right as far as I can tell and no one should be able to see it anyway.

Not totally happy with how the cord on the safety pin looks. Might have to re-do it again, the yarn picks up cat hair pretty easily and the color got all muddy. I guess all that's left now is to actually make the shirt and pants.

>>6900382

I don't know what kind of material the sharpie is on, but have you tried removing the sharpie first?

>>6902319

Shit those shoes look gorgeous. Care to share what you used as base?

Details looking really good! I'm rejoicing seeing all this dmmd popping up on CGL

>>6903216

I posted a spergtacular explanation of how I put them together in the previous thread, but I closed it already. tl;dr I glued a bunch of (suede) leather to a cheap pair of Target shoes that had the right heel and toe shape, picture related.

They've got some issues if you look up close (suede is not very forgiving when it comes to misfiring with the glue, among other things), but it worked pretty well for a first attempt at anything of this nature.

>>6903224
Dug out the archives,
thanks for taking time to answer!
Looking forward to see your progress!

The easy parts are done. After I paint a few more coats onto the arm armor on the right, I'll start on the body armor. Gonna be fun cutting out all of the little designs.

>>6901855
Thank you!!

been working on some wings for my Castiel cosplay, wasnt sure on the whole fabric feather thing but I like how they are looking so far
2 weeks till seishuncon...

Making a steampunk outfit for Meta Con.
I finished the skirt last week and this week I'm working on the spats :)

this is the skirt before being shortened, putting in a dart, and adding lace.

Getting started on my Squidbillies cosplay. Watch out Dragon*Con, here comes Early!

Just got done making some frosted plastic panels for my Canti gauntlets, I plan on stringing up some EL wire under them along the perimeters to light it, but if anyone has a better idea I'd love to hear.

>>6906492
Concentrate on making everything look good before you go crazy with lights. Those gauntlets are pretty rough.

>>6902319
God damn those shoes are amazing!

>>6906720
what specifically is rough about them? (legitimate question, I really do appreciate constructive criticism) Also, here's the underside of them.

>>6906756
Surface looks a little wobbly, and it's not just the way the light's hitting it.

>>6901835
This turned out so beautiful!

Make-up test for Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite. It looks better than I expected it to, but it definitely needs some work. Constructive criticism is appreciated if you have the time! Next time I'm gonna use a thinner line for my eyeliner, find a more dramatic lip color maybe (?), use a little more blush, and I definitely want to do something different with my lower lids but I'm not sure what. Drawing a line all around my eye like a lot of Elizabeths do just makes my eyes look smaller, and faking it with lower lashes just doesn't look good because I have prominent eyelids. If anyone has an idea, I'd much appreciate it!
I kind of want to cut my hair like this now.

>>6906756
That person is trolling you dude they are a perfectionest from an engineering POV that costume looks structurelly sound.
>No proverbial "exposed zippers"

>>6906908
The liner feels to be a bit too thick, I'd make the line thinner, and fluff out your wig more on game day, can't think of anything else

>>6906875
Gotcha, thanks for the advice. I'll slap some bondo on there tomorrow.

>>6906944
Doesn't seem like trolling to me, they legitimately could use a bit of smoothing out..

>>6906944
Wasn't talking about how structurally sound it was, the shape is just a little off, not very crisp, dude has a top tier costume on his hands if it takes a few more days to get everything perfect.

>>6906908
You know infinite is a shit game and you should feel bad for cosplaying it right?

>>6906908
thank you~!

finished koujaku's all mate

>>6906963
I looked up some references and you're right, the wig should be a little more voluminous. Thanks!
>>6907126
If you're going to troll, please be more interesting.

Working on a custom sentai helmet for a customer, i frikkin' hate sanding sometimes..

>>6907204
Thats precious.

>>6907286

Rage Gold sands better than Bondo does, it doesn't get nearly as hot and lays much smoother to begin with.

I'm kinda liking this so far. Bear in mind it's my second attempt at a prop.

Since that pic was taken I've added another EL wire in for more blingbling. Also I'm gonna do a light coat of spray paint on the shrink wrap to help disguise how I built the bottom. Concrit would be lovely. I'm not a prop person but this was fun

>goes out to buy all remaining supplies for cosplay
>can't find half the shit
>finally get fabric and dye
>get home and realise didn't buy enough dye

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Ripping apart an Arda long clip. Holymotherfuckingshit never again. Why didn't I just buy the long wefts?

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>>6907555
Will the light be visible in semi-dim light? And where are you storing the battery for it?

Pic unrelated, it's the Djinn sword and shield. going to paint the spikes (and straighten out the bottom one) and add darker shading to the scales. I'm finished with the sword so far and I'll be moving onto the armor this weekend.

>>6907555
The scaling looks a bit off to me.
A little too thick for Ashe's bow.

>>6908505
In my room lighting it shows up just fine! Since I added another EL wire it's even brighter now. Obviously in sunlight there's no point. And convention lighting isn't the brightest to begin with so hopefully it works out! The two battery packs will be tucked into my glove. Bulky but there was no way I could tuck them into the handle like I wanted to.

>>6908530
Yeah I see that I made the distance between the two 'diamonds' a little too short and that really thickens up the look. :/ Ah well. Other than that is it okay? I worked off of this art

>>6909059

Hey, what's your plan for Ashe's cloak/hood? The entire cloak never really seems "attached" to her body anywhere, if you know what I mean.

>>6909084
I plan to attach the shoulder armor to the halter neckline of the dress. Then attach the cloak to the edge of the shoulder armor if that makes sense? It's the only way I can think of that would make sure everything stays in place and not in an obnoxious manner...

Any suggestions would be lovely!

>>6909104

Oh that's not a bad idea. I was planning on doing Ashe myself and that was throwing me off. Most 'traditional cloaks' are usually like...a hood on the cape with ties around the neckline and I think that'd look pretty ugly on Ashe.

>>6909109
Yeah I was wondering why the designers gave her a halter top dress...and a cloak...and shoulder armor. NOT sure how that would all work in real life.

I'll let you know when I get to that part if it works out so you can use that method too!

>>6909143

Magic and will power is how it works in real life :P

>>6909172
And loooots of fashion tape!

errr... So no fur yet on the legs. Im still terrified to sew them. But I did progress on my staff. that counts right? Almost completed..

>>6907555
The shrink wrap is really taking away from this...
I get why it is being used, but it really does just look like you wrapped the thing in packaging tape.

>>6910056
the legs look really amazing. I can't wait to see them complete. Reminds of my friend who wants to do Dark woods circus Miku and had no idea how to do the goat legs.

>>6910099
Ah, you think so? Thank you! These are the first pair of digi legs I have made, Im quite proud of them to be honest

Here is some progress of my Mantis sniper rifle for my Garrus cosplay.

>>6910056
Where is this from?

Leg shapes look great, btw.

>>6910061
Yeah I had some misgivings about it but at least I tried. You're right anon.
Ripped all the shrink wrap off and decided to just work with the pvc. I'm done with it for now but I may pick it up and do some more painting before the con

>>6910392
Its an OC of mine, she is a druid.

>>6910420 >>6907555

I think you have done a good job with it, I do like the lighting inside.

I present my 75% assed Vanellope costume. I have to anchor the collar a bit more so it stays straight, make the wand, and finish the headband, and it definitely needs a good ironing in some places, but I'm feeling pretty good for a costume I decided to do for a game show panel at a convention.

>>6902319

I finished one of the bracelet/cuff things today. It needs a lot of cleanup and I still have to make a second one, but the proportion seems about right and it has a nice weight to it. I wish I could have found some more intense studs (that like, stick out more), but the options seem to be somewhat limited in that department.

>>6911236

Looks like a lot of work went into it. Once you have it ironed up I'm sure it'll look stellar.

Also your room reminds me of when I lived with my parents and I was working on something. Eventually I learned that for big things I took over half the living room for a couple days.

Finished my Rincewind costume, fuck yeah.

I think I need some crepe wool though

>>6912133
I hope you got your half a brick

>>6912133
Sir Pratchett would be proud.

>>6912133
Your expression is perfect.

>>6912133
DAAAAYUM
Perfect.

>>6911236
Thank you! Yeah, I'm stuck with my parents for a few more months until my boyfriend's lease is up and we can move. I'd use the living room but we have way too many animals for that.

>>6911945

Thank you! Yeah, I'm stuck with my parents for a few more months until my boyfriend's lease is up and we can move. I'd use the living room but we have way too many animals for that.

>>6911845

Now I've got two of them and in the right color. Took the very last of my pale green spray paint, but I had just enough. The lining needs some trimming but other than that they're pretty much done.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the rest of this bag of oversized studs though.

I'm planning on taking some WIP shots of my fallout costume once I've gotten more done, but this is my lineup for this year + next year so far.

Working on Cook for Otakon. Right now I'm working on the dress under the coat she wears. It bunches a bit right now because I made it a bit too tight around the hips, I need to let it out a bit more and it'll be fine.

>cosplaying

>>6902319
this looks really cool but i have NO IDEA what character it will be for

>>6912636
This is for cosplay PROGRESS, not cosplay PLANS, you horrible jackass. Quit shitting up the thread with your lameass cosplay ideas, we have an image limit.

>>6907221
He's got a point, you always cosplay from shitty games.

>>6912735
I love your work. It looks so clean. Can't wait to see it done!

>>6910420
Looks marvelous now! C:

>>6913069
Thanks!

No pictures but I'm on my third mock-up of maou's bodice... it's driving me crazy. There is a 15" difference between the waist and the chest measurement and I keep having to add darts in sneaky hidden places to have it actually follow the contour of the best and not ripple everywhere.

The funny/cry worthy thing is that actually sewing the bodice together should only take me a few hours but this drafting process has been like two days.

About done with the structural part of my Flandre wings. Waiting for some cement stuff to dry on the base before I finish the ends tomorrow, drill holes for the crystals and spray paint it black.
Waiting for the LEDs in the mail. I plan on 3D printing the crystals once I have access to the invention lab at school in the fall.

The wings are a smidge uneven, but I don't think it's noticeable when I'm wearing them.

>>6911236
Super love this! excited to see it ironed out and finished.

>>6913022

It's for this chuu2 faggot. Just have to make the shirt and pants now.

>>6911087
Thanks so much Anon! Admittedly it looks better in photos than in real life ahaha. And it looks better in low light than in sunlight. This all works out for con shots hopefully.

>>6913073
Oooh does it? I'm glad I listened to other Anon about the shrink wrap and I'm glad I took it off. Thank you so much~

>prewashing fabric night
>tailcoat fabric is some wrinkleless miracle wool blend that didn't need ironed at all, awesome
>waistcoat fabric is a linen/cotton blend, sigh

>>6913210
why is noiz so fucking hot.

New boots for Princess White Rose. Goodwill is such a great place to find shoes for cosplay for super cheap.

>>6914445
I love you for cosplaying from Saga Frontier.

>>6914445
How did you colour those? Is it just something like paint?

>>6914476
Yup! It's just fabric paint.

working on a pair of wings for my Castiel cosplay
they are very last minute and im not happy with the shape but for being fabric feathers i really like how they look
need to add feathers in the back and part of the top still

I'm working on a N52 Supergirl cosplay, with the flair of Superman's costume in Man of Steel.

I realize some people aren't going to be fans of my choice, but most Supergirl costumes I've seen look so flat because of the flat colors. So I added the texture in to add some dimension to it. c:

>>6915068
>not showing your stomach and cleavage
That's a start to a proper genderbend.

>>6915118

That's actually part of the design

>>6915231
All the better~
Most people don't seem to bother looking for canon genderbends.

>>6915252

Supergirl isn't a Superman genderbend you ignorant swine

>>6915252
She's cousin to Superman. C:

>>6915256
>>6915268
Looks the part. That's all that matters.

reminds me of the time someone on tumblr was going on about making a she hulk costume for a con and I started following her progress because I like she hulk only to find in my disappointment that tumblr fag was just an avengers movie fan who never touched a comic none the less wiki and was trying to gender bend the hulk and calling it she hulk

these people

>>6905405
This makes me rather happy.

Been working on the blades for my .hack Bayonet for Matsu. This is coming forward better than expected.

Made some minor adjustments to Sumia's chestplate and started gessoing it tonight. It already looks so much nicer, I am pleased. This is just 1.5 coats of gesso, no sanding. I think after sanding it up and 3-4 more coats (and eventually a good paint job) it won't look nearly as messy as it did earlier. So happy that I no longer feel like I wasted $40 of Worbla.

>>6900498
I was thinking more along the lines of minibar... Kidding. Mostly. But I'll probably stash some water or a sandwich or something as well. I also figured you could probably run a camelbak water pack through one of them if you don't mind the extra tube. With a little insulation and a few ice cubes, it should stay frosty for quite some time.

That'd be pretty great, though, you get a group of SnK cosplayers together and everyone starts pulling food and drinks out of their 3DMG. Impromptu picnic hell yes.

>>6901835
>>6902319
All the DMMd progress in this thread makes me very happy.

Been working on Aoba myself.

>>6915896
>sewing padded jackets sucks dicks.jpg
>sucks dicks

>>6915805

>>6916077
I'm not the only one

>>6915896
Prepare yourself for hambeasts anon

>>6915896
I concur.

Though I've got anti-progress. I stenciled up and painted the belt for regular Noiz... using the same measurements as my 63!Noiz, which had a MUCH shorter belt. I'm going to go light something on fire. I could just make an extension piece and sew it on but I'll probably just remake it.

>>6903435
LEGEND OF DRAGOON YES. I love you for doing this. Progress looks amazing.

>>6913135
Photo of third Maou mock-up and first petticoat over corset. Fourth mockup should fix the rippling areas in the chest, awkward shoulder straps and adding length.This is probably the most annoying pattern I have ever made.

>>6915896
Jacket looks damn good so far, anon

>>6916287
I'm making Noiz myself for next year and i am already not looking forward to how tedius making the belt is going to be. Did you use stencils?

>>6916287
>>6915896
finished my arm and leg things and my chocker but dont have pics of it
anyway just jumping in to say cant wait to see both of your cosplay finished!
/dmmd high five

>>6915896

Don't mean to sound like a cunt, but did you do your topstitching on the blue in white in some spots? It's really visible and kind of wonky on the edging on the front-center pieces. The rest of it looks pretty nice, so the rumply, uneven edging in the front is kind of distracting?

>>6916307
Yep. The white in the second half of the picture is just freezer paper ironed to the fabric. I just went to town with a ruler and an exacto knife. It's tedious, yes, but it didn't take more than 3 hours total, including drying time between paint coats. As a tip, if you use the same navy fabric for the belt as you do for the rest of the costume, you don't have to reverse the stencil and paint those in, obviously (though you do need to heavily interface it if it's holding the weight of your bunny cubes). Also color cohesiveness +5!

I was super anal about matching my blues and greens to the point where I literally painted all of my green fabric and accessories, but it kind of bit me in the ass when the shoes were slightly off color and looked hilariously bad in photos. I've got a much better idea of what to do this time.

Working on a Terrible Terror puppet for SDCC. I was going to do the body with foam, but I switched to batting and am finding it a lot easier for this project.

>>6901835
Damn, that's really lovely.

>>6916336
It's all done in blue but it is a little uneven in places. My work isn't the best, I usually avoid top stitching like the plague because of it.

>>6916300
Thanks, it's far from great but it's decent enough work for me.

>>6916569
I'm so excited for this. I'd love to see a video about your puppet to see how it moves!

I was not aware /cgl/ had progress threads, gonna post a few accumulated pictures of the dominator I am working on.

Starting with the wooden cutout.

>>6916844
It was then coated with foam.

>>6916849
Then some more foam and details. Had to skip an image because 4chan didn't like it.

>>6916855
And now the painting begins.

Mild unimpressive progress. Fake tie.

>>6916858
SSTTOOOOPPP!!!

It looks like you haven't sealed your foam yet. It's just going to soak up that acrylic paint and look terrible unless you do. Give it a few coats of mod podge or gesso and then hit it with the paint. FYI, some spray paints can dissolve craft foam so it's important to always seal.

>>6916862

You might want to look at what a real tie knot looks like next time because the one you've faked looks kind of sad. A real necktie probably would have been less work even.

>>6916876
real ties are actually a bitch to make, but I agree that knot looks really flat.

>>6916886

They're not that bad, it's just a strip of fabric cut on the bias really.

>>6916876
>>6916886
I based it around a cosmode tutorial, the knot is fairly flat and I've kind of let it go for previous ties that I've made. But since you guys seemed to have noticed I'll have to see if I can fix it!

>>6916903

If you have some leftover material it should be pretty easy to make a fake tie knot (alternately, assuming you have enough for the knot itself, maybe try pinning some extra scrap fabric to the ends temporarily to make it easier to make the knot). A four-in-hand is pretty simple.

>>6916287
>>6915896
>>6916313
I love all of you. Planning a Clear cosplay and it's great to see the game has so much love.

Working on shoe pants/tights I fixed the cankles since this pic was taken. Now I just need to attack them to the skin colored tights part. This is for Seri Awashima from K project for AX

>>6917304
How did you go about doing this, if I might ask?
They look marvelous.

No progress because I've realized that I'm a fucking dumbass. I bought wig materials for Mami a year ago or something and I realized today how stupid a Lulu with the drills sewn in is probably going to look, and how hard it is to get my head into a wig that short.

Damnit why didn't I just buy a Leia?

>>6917609
I first got super low profile heels ( $10 at Payless hell yeah!)
Next I measure my thigh at its widest part (23 inches cuz in skinnyfat) and the length if my inseam plus to the end of my toes when they are pointed (40 inches because I'm a Glamazon.) I bought a leather looking spandex in down town LA and proceed to cut two 23x40 rectangles out and sewed tubes out of them
After that I wore them inside out so that the seam was at the inside of my leg and pinned it tighter to contour to my leg while trying to maintain the seam in the center of my leg. Only go from thigh to ankle. Then stich along the pins using a stich that will stretch.
Next put on your base heels and wear the sock over your heels and hand stitch the hole closed at your toe. Then cut a hole for the heel and voila!
These look best when they are taught on your legs so instead of making them like tights as I had planned, I'm going to sew a patch of flesh colored material from the top of the black material to my crotch and just keep it in place with garters

Pic related is when I used a similar method to make the illusion of tights on one leg and thigh high on the other.

Somehow I thought it'd be a good idea to make 2 kimono and a haori completely traditionally with the exception of using a machine on like 3 seams that I'll then hide in a kise and with hand stitching.

I'm not sure if this was a terrible idea yet or not, but I have until AX to find out. Right now I have a pretty sweet hanging sack.

>>6917735
I really like the drape of that material, what are you using?

Also, you are a brave brave soul to sew all of that by hand.

>>6917755
I bought legit vintage kimono bolts off of shinei. That one was marked as a mixed weave, so it's probably a silk/rayon mix or similar? My other fabrics are a silk ro bolt and a 100% silk bolt. Both are stiffer. I got a another bolt of 100% silk for the obi and it's a lot heaver than this stuff, but I think it probably would drape similarly. It's kind of unfortunate that the layer I'm working on now goes underneath everything else.
TL;DR: WOW KIMONO BOLTS ARE AWESOME I GOT THEM ON SHINEI. (I'm in love with all this fabric, bury me in it.)

It's actually been really fun so far! It's just very slow and I have a short attention span when it comes to marking it out and pinning it (and I just made a mistake in my calculations, oops). Plus I get to do it all three times over.

>>6917772
Well that explains the awesome drape, silk is fucking amazing. Hearing you describe it makes me wish I could roll around in it. Or just stroke it lovingly. I shall go check this land of beautiful silk out, thank you kind anon!

I honestly love hand sewing some things. I once hemmed ~16 ft of ruffle by hand because the material was white and I'm insane. I also finish bias tape by hand. So much less visible.

Dye tests for Wakasagihime (Touhou). I could't find a single printed fabric in the right green, so I figured I'd try dyeing a grey printed fabric so I could get her weird gradient. I'm really not happy with them, so I guess it's back to the drawing board.

It's really hard to find saturated dark greens right now, printed or not. I suppose it's the wrong season.

>>6917694

Thank you so much for posting this!
I think I'll try that for when I make my Supergirl boots~ C:

>>6917806
http://www.net-shinei.co.jp/com/index.php
Godspeed. It took me like 5 hours just to go through all their bolts, and I was only looking at/for specific colors. I kind of just want to live in their warehouse.

got half a shirt done.

then my machine broke.

progress is over.

>>6917813
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND YOU'RE BORROWING ONE OF MINE, GOD DAMMIT.

polite sage for capslocking at a friend.

Finished my Elizabeth in time for the gathering on Saturday. I should have used more dramatic eye make-up; I need to stop being such a sissy about that. Also need to remake the dress and bow; the dress doesn't fit quite right and the bow is ghetto as hell. The jacket turned out fine and is fully lined and machine-washable, though, so at least I'm good there.

Just finished painting the back of my Hagakure jacket for Anime Expo. Not sure how I'm tacking that wig yet.

>>6917856
I don't remember that outift, especially not a choker without the bird/cage

should have gone without red lipstick.

>>6915277
>>6915252

>>6917856
Cosplayed like a true gamer girl.

>>6917856
I think I remember seeing something like this in the concept book that comes with the Song bird edition. Or am I wrong?

>>6918142
See
>>6918223
It's her outfit from the soundtrack art. She doesn't have the same choker in that picture.
>>6918159
It's almost as if I played Infinite and liked the game or something. But that couldn't be, right? Girls never cosplay because they liked a game. We spend all our time either bleeding or plotting to get attention from men. Gosh, anon, you read me like a book.

>>6918629
>all that insecurity
Note that I never said you didn't play the game. I don't see how that's being implied by being a gamer girl.

>>6918683
>implying what you said didn't have negative connotations
6/10 for even making me reply in the first place. Go bait someone else for awhile.

Let the madness begin again.
Maschinen Krieger: AFS MK I
Just cut the first sheets of cardboard. I'm in a happy mood.

(sorry for my potato of a camera)

almost done with this jfc

not animu

>>6918754
Man, you're a dumb broad. Just because being a gamer girl != "didn't play the game lol" does not mean that there's nothing negative to that title.

I had no idea you were this retarded.

>>6919021
Now you're not even reading. Go home, anon, you're drunk.

>>6919065
fug u no one's telling me waht to od

Getting started on Chibiusa shit early so I don't have to deal with the last minute panic. Also fuck gloves

>>6915011
fuck off back to tumblr

I think getting my Effie fabric should count as progress because it has been a giant fucking ordeal spanning months. This made me reconsider doing a movie costume ever again,

>hunt online for months
>google, email and call around until bolt used for the movie costume is located
>only 7m left in existence
>pay too much money to have it shipped across the border
>realize as soon as I receive the tracking info that the address I supplied was my old address and not my new one
>USPS refuses to do anything because its going out of country
>stalk tracking
>day of delivery go all the way back to old house with notorious asshole tenants and manage to snag from patio before it could be lost/stolen/returned to sender
>stroke it all the way home

My preciousssssssss.

>>6919871
Jesus shit, you are truly dedicated

>>6919871
Legit question, how does one even find fabric/materials used in tv/movies? Do you have some connection with the crew? Or do you live in a certain area where films are made?

>>6919874
Dedicated or insane?... the shipping cost more than the fabric. I just love her too much.

I still can't believe the stupid mistake I made and that I actually received it, especially with how bad our postal service is here and how ghetto the area is. Any package left sitting on a doorstep is usually stolen and the new tenants don't speak english and would probably have just tossed it into a dumpster or kept it if they had gotten to it first.

>>6919871
You're an inspiration.

How much was the fabric+shipping?

>>6919881
The best place to start is by finding a contact for one of the costumers or costume designer, if you get a response they will generally tell you where the fabric was purchased and the name of the fabric. They didn't remember the exact store but I found out where their studio was and did some calling around the area until I located the store that had sold to them, and asked if they had any left.

I generally find the crew off of IMDB, and through an industry LinkedIn account can usually look up their contact info.

>>6919893
By industry LinkedIn do you mean a specific professional account that you happen to have access to? Or just your personal one?

>>6919902
I have a costume assistant account linked to local movie and theatre stuff, but contact info is open to any upgraded (paid) LinkedIn account as far as I know. It helps to have something costume related attached to your name though.

>>6919895
To be honest I looked all over my area first to see if there was anything very similar before going for the exact movie stuff, but there really was NOTHING because it's an outdated fabric and in a pretty odd colour.

The fabric itself was around $60 and the shipping was $75, it ended up being around $150 CAD

My local friend found and bought the authentic lilac brocade fabric, but it looks like that one is gone now too, I would have killed for that.

Plugging away at As(h)ura from Kurohime.
Just found out that I made the tunic fitted enough in the waist that I couldn't get it on, so I'm having to let that out, and then put some snaps in the back that'll be hidden by the wig to take it in again.

>>6920305
why don't you just have a hidden zipper?

Gettin' there! Soon stabbin and shooting shall begin.

>>6918223
The design is on the cover of the concept book. Can't miss it.

>>6920355
i realized that when i let it out and wound up with a perfect fit, just going to knock one in under the arm
only thing is that i haven't put a zipper in anything for about 9 years? so it'll be an interesting endeavour

>>6920467
Invisible zippers are super easy though! Just make sure you iron them well and have an invisible zipper foot. :>

>>6920305
K-Kurohime cosplay? Do want.

Samson is getting some teeth repainting that need to reattached and I still need to some finishing touches on the tentacle rigging but oh my god my Filia wig is pretty much done.

>>6921629
*repainted

Herp derp. I'm too excited that I got my wig to work to type.

I completely remade my breast plate for Voli today. I got frustrated with the paws so continued to not finish them. And I ordered a wig for Voli and one for Anemone.

AX is so close. I'm so scared. ;-;

>>6921637
Forgot the picture.

Oh! And I finished painting all the circles for his circle armor loin cloth thing? I think it was meant to be scalemail but the artist didn't know how to draw scalemail so the 3D model doesn't show it either. So I just made a bunch of circles out of craft foam and I'll assemble them into a skirt.

>>6921629
I'm so excited!~

>>6921637
NO GIVING IN! WE GOT DIS! AX can suck our nads!

So $8 chalkboards from craft stores and their chalk are utter shit. Contemplating just painting it on with white paint to save myself a chalk headache, but then I would only ever have the one chalk sign. Maybe if I go out and buy that chalkboard paint it might be better? Either way, this shit ain't flying right now.

Hunting down the Effie shoes was less of an adventure but still took months of searching until I found the most random single seller taobao auction of knock-offs of the designer shoes she wore.

Poked new holes into all the tiny straps on my Effie shoes to resize them smaller and so the buckle sat in the middle. Brushed and treated the faux-suede to see if I could get it to look shiny (the shoes in the movie are glossed leather)... no such luck.

Does anyone know how to add shine to suede or a treatment to make shoes shiny? was wondering about adding a gloss or if I should just leave it and stop being a sperg.

>>6921668
Apparently dustless chalk is just shit because I grabbed some sidewalk chalked and it worked perfectly.

Let it be known across the land, sidewalk chalk can suck my ten inch cock.

Kinda old progress, but never let it be said that Premium Bandai isn't the best bunch of bastards ever for posting multiple views of all the official super sentai jewelry they sell.

My first venture into making a two-part mold resulted in these guys- tiny animal skulls for my Ian Yorkland/KyoryuBlack cosplay. Why he has a matching set of jewelry/belt/belt chain with the same motif is beyond me.

>>6900114
beautiful. are you using any special kind of paint?

>>6921751
Posting solely to cheer on your KyoryuBlack cosplay!

>>6921629
I've been trying to finish this cosplay very, very off and on for a year now, between other cosplays and hella school. AND IT'S FINALLY DONE.

Excuse stupid pose, un-ironed costume, and rolling stockings. I'm so excited this is finally finished asldflkjaslgl CAN'T WAIT TO WEAR IT AT ANIME EXPO.

>>6922218
That's amazing! I'll grab a picture of you if I see you!

>>6920305
Dem knots. But it looks good bb! I agree with the zipper. Everything is better with a zipper in. And that way no gymnastics are needed to get in/out.

>>6921640
Aww yiss League cosplay. Can't wait to see this done.

>>6921751
These are adorable. I'll take 20 and wear them as a charm to ward against neckbeards.

>>6922218
Okay I speak for everyone here when I say HRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNGGGG

>>6922218
Your shoes are too big.

starting my Yuru Yuri uniform. I'm pretty amateur but I never realized what a bitch box pleats are. I think I'll probably restart and actually mark my fold lines instead of eyeballing because damn

I hope to have this thing done for SD Comic con.

>>6922332
you can't just eyeball box pleats for a uniform type costume, they need to be perfectly even. just use a ruler its worth the extra time.

Pin tucks galore...

>>6922392
Oh gosh! I'm excited now!!

I'll be watching this thread to see your progress!!

>>6922392
Fuck yes, I love seeing more and more Fallout stuff pop up here! I'll be watching dude, looks really good so far

>>6922392
Does that have any mobility? What materials are you using?

I just finished wonderflexing my Volibear breast plate.. :D I need to get to work on the head armor, but I'd like to have my wig before I start working on it. I also need the gauntlets still, but I need to finished the gloves first for that too. So I'm heading to Joann later tonight to pick up some thread, and some stuff for my Anemone ball gown.

Also, what would you guys recommend for sealing my wonderflex? I heard wood glue works but you have to let it sit for a really long time, otherwise it cracks. I also heard gesso is okay. Any other things? Should I try painting on the some resin? (I have two big cans that I don't have any other use for.)

Working on Senbonzakura Meiko for CTcon. Pretty much busted out most of the top. There's still some details I need to add. Also the collar is too high, need to adjust that.

>>6920773
YUP. come find me at AX, if you're going~
>>6922273
Ahaha my aunt wound up having to figure them out for me, but she's a textile artist so it wasn't super hard for her
thing is, the zipper I did end up getting is too short so i can't actually finish the tunic until i'm back in vancouver /sob
got other things to do tho

>>6905405
cool
>>6906492
Good thus far
>>6910056
I love the ears
>>6915805
awesome

Well its not really a "prop" per say..I'm trying to just look like the 10th Dr.

Thinking I'm going to have to cut my hair, agree?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-3-piece-Luxurious-Classic-High-Fashion-Pinstripe-Wool-Feel-Suit-Brown-2911-/190794870865?pt=US_CSA_MC_Suits&var=490131521581&hash=item2c6c42b051

I believe its worth the pay, either that or Ill just make it.

>>6919426
more chibusa stuff. I don't like that the pink line is thicker than the yellow one, and the gloves have a ton of holes in them

>>6923684
girl why is your waistline straight...that skirt isn't going to fall properly and your hiproll is going to be too high.

Painted some pearls and did some test swatches for Aquamarine. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to dye the shantung. Ahhhh, I'm so not looking forward to the thousands of ruffles I get to make tomorrow.

>>6923700
Thissss. The waistline is incredibly important. There are tutorials out there, don't be lazy.
Also your front bow looks a little weird; it's too horizontal and not enough vertical, if that makes sense.

>>6923700
I don't think the skirt is even close to being done. When you make the pleats, you start with a rectangle, stay stitch the correct 'V' shape and then cut the waistline. In the picture, the pins for ironing down the pleats aren't even out and the waistline isn't finished. It's obviously still in progress.

With that said, I hope this is what that person is going to do.

>>6923983
even if she does that to fix the waistline, it won't change how the bottom hangs, it won't have a flare it will hang down like a regular pleated skirt

>>6923684
You look like Maise Williams.

>>6923986
That's true. It's the nature of rectangle pleated skirts. I've been meaning to try Sparklepipsi's pleating method to get better flair, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

(Even in Sparklepipsi's tutorial the waistline looks straight until the 'V' was outlined, stay stitched and cut out. I wasn't saying that everything was perfect, but complaining about stuff that's not complete is retarded. Look at the thread we're in.)

>>6923679
I'm the tenth doctor from the suggestions thread and I'll say this: The suit i got was such a stroke of blind luck that two years later I still cant believe it. It was a 3-button Haspel suit with a loose waist and lighter brown pinstripes I got for $15. I, nor anyone else in the UNIVERSE will ever be that lucky again.

That suit in the link is a baggy zoot suit and would require so much tailoring that the price will get closer to that of the Baron Botique tenth doctor suit which already has an accurate pattern.
My best advice is to go to Spoonflower and search for the tenth doctor brown pinstripe by CuriousJoan or search "tennant" if you wand the blue fabric. get 4-5 yards of the $18 cotton. Research the "making my tennant suit" blog by Steve Ricks untill you have enough details to make a pattern or alter an already existing coat to make a pattern. I found two 4-button coats that I'm Frankensteining to make the accurate pattern. If you do all this then the entire suit would cost in the $100 range, and the next closest thing is the Baron Botique suit in the $300 rang with SCREAMING loud pinstripes.

Best of luck and I think you have the look down.

>>6923964

Ooooooh I'm looking forward to seeing this, a friend of mine and I want to do the male and female versions of Sapphire for Sakuracon next year.

>>6923684

>>6917856
I think I'm in love

>>6923996
I tried Sparklepipsi's fuku tut for the skirt and it doesn't flair very much for me. I do want to try pleating from a circle skirt to test out the flair but don't have time sadly.

>>6924038
I haven't tried Sparklepipsi's tutorial (link, anyone?), but I personally dislike the look of non-circle skirts for fukus. To get that extra poof and flare, minimum of one circle skirt is needed (again, imo). I've used 1½ circle skirt here (pardon the hiproll, it's just an old one standing in to give me an idea of proportion). I still need to hem the skirt and attach it to a new hiproll, but you get the idea. I mean, my fuku is faaaar from perfect, but I'm happy with the poof in my skirt at least. Doing a circle skirt is worth the effort, it doesn't take that much longer!

(Also, pardon the shitty instagram filter, I'm addicted)

>>6924123
Your skirt looks so foofy and amazing! May I ask what your pleat ratio was?

Here's the Sparklepipsi tutorial link: sparklepipsi.deviantart.com/art/Sailor-Fuku-Cosplay-Tutorial-331557052.

>>6924164
Thank you! Roughly 4cm, with about 1cm overlapping, if that makes any sense? Plus doubling the pleats in the back (makes your butt look better since it gives extra poooooooof), and deeper pleats in the front. The hem is 7 metres and I am noooooot looking forward to hemming all of that...

Thanks, I shall check it out!

>>6924123
That looks pretty nice. Did you cut the waistline at all so that you wouldn't get a huge length difference or did it not matter?

>>6924182
Cheers! No it's just a huuuuuuge circle that I pleated and hung on the dressform like that. I usually cut the hem even once everything else on the dress is finished, to make sure that the front doesn't go too far down (but I haven't yet). Plus I still haven't decided just how short I want the dress to be!

>>6924187
Is it difficult to hem the skirt when it's part of the dress? Or is it not sewn on at that point allowing you to take it off? (Sorry for all the questions, I just want to do a lot of research before I try to make a fuku again. My first one wasn't that great.)

>>6924205
I'm going to attach it with snaps, so that it'll removable. I have made several fukus with the dress attached (like they do it in the musical), and it's not all that hard to hem it, just a bit cumbersome. I tend to use GSTQ's idea of hanging the dress from a hanger while you hem it. I've made quite a few fukus by now, and am definitely getting better with each one I make, so I love discussing techniques. It looks so simply, yet is so hard to get right. So yes, I don't mind if you want to hit me up with more questions!

>>6924214
Oh snap!

Ba dum tss.

Where do you put the snaps? I am liking this method more and more.

>>6924216
Haha and I am liking you for using "oh snap!" so well!

I've put snaps on the sleeves, and will attach some to the collar as well (I've run out), and then attach the skirt to the hiproll, and snaps to the hiproll. It's the first time I'm attaching a skirt with snaps, but a friend does it and her fukus look great (and makes the bodice re-usable!).

Which senshi will you cosplay?

Also, on the subject of progress: I didn't use enough interfacing on my bows and had to take them apart to add more. Argh!

>>6924222
Well I am sort of on this kick of 're-do old/crappy cosplays.' I made an awful Venus when I was in high school, so that's the first on my list. I made a Mars about a year ago which is the one I mentioned earlier. The skirt didn't really flare and I don't think my bows were the right size at all.

For the construction of the bows I think I did ok on. I tried one sided iron on interfacing, but the bow still didn't stand up enough. I used double sided Steam-A-Seam sheets as a last resort and everything was so crisp. I am still working on what shape me pattern is, but I really like the sheets.

>>6924233
Very cute! You've done a great job with the collar!

These are the measurements for my bows, and I just use four rectangles with lots and lots of interfacing. I'll post a pic once I'm done.

>>6924258
Forgot the picture because I'm going too fast.

>>6924249
Ah thank you for the patterns!

(Also, as a note, I tried the bow pattern from the Sparklepipsi tutorial and it wasn't a good shape at all. It was like my attached picture. This is just a heads up if anyone thought of doing that tutorial work for word. I'd skip the bow part and try to find something better for sure.)

>>6924258
No problem! Another tip I learnt recently is to use wire to wrap the pleats before wrapping the ribbon, it helps keep the pleats in tact!

>>6924262
Ah cool! I feel motivated to start working now even though I don't have a con in mind. (Maybe it'll be better that way and I won't settle because of time constraints. lol)

Thanks again for all of this help!

>>6924272
Yay! I hope to see your progress. Yeah sometimes that's a good idea, and it means you can re-do things until you're really happy with it, since you're not worried about time.

>>6924123
You're skirt is lovely! I love it when people do this type of skirt. Please do a write up of some kind!

>>6924296
Thanks! I will try! I'm terrible at taking photos where you can see what I'm doing, but I always try to do little write ups afterwards.

More progress, I made a bow!

>>6923700
Oh it's just cause I haven't cut the V shape into it, nor is the skirt attached to the leotard yet (I just pinned it on to see how the pleats looked)

>>6923996
>>6923986
They're not just straight pleats, I'm used sparklepipsi's tutorial, the bottom is just pinned together until I cut the V into the top of the skirt.

>>6924123
Damn girl that skirt is amaaaaazing

>>6924317
>fat arms

>>6924006
Were we all so lucky my friend
So the suit won't work? I was not aware it was a zoot...I'm rather depressed now.

>>6924383

the bottoms of her skirts look wrong too. they're flat and straight. they should look like

>>6924123

>>6924298
Don't worry about taking photos. You've made the diagrams, progress write ups can be helpful. It doesn't have to be a full tutorial. I know that tutorials are obviously helpful but this is probably one of the most documented costumes (imo). I just love your skirt, if I were to make one, your's is how I'd want it.

>>6924402
They don't look that fat?

>>6917694
The progress you posted is lovely, but I think the pic you attached with the explanation is not something I'd want to emulate personally, only because the tights are a shade or two different from you belly (maybe that's just the lighting). Could it be done with sheer pantyhose or are those too thin? It's a good idea if only they could match the color perfectly.

>>6917856
I think you did too much makeup in some aspects, and perhaps not enough in other areas. The lips are a no, unless this version happened to have it(?)
Elizabeth does have a bit of stuff under her eyes that you're missing, but the shape of your eyes makes it look like there's a little much on the upper lids even though I realize if you put less it wouldn't show. The wig is totally flat, but I honestly have no idea how to make it fluff right other than cannibalizing a ton of wigs and getting crazy volume.

But then again if you're doing an artbook version this could all be totally accurate and I should go eat a bag of dicks in that case.

>>6924258
I actually kind of liked it? I added a tack on the back to keep the tail from moving around and it didn't end up like your picture. I didn't add enough interfacing though so it's kind of floppy

More progress on Ian Yorkland/KyoryuBlack. Two bits of jewelry/accessory finished, four to go... ugh. I don't need to have him done until the end of August though.

>>6922273
I don't think I have enough liquid plastic left to make you a necklace of twenty. Also, I highly doubt their neckbeard-repelling properties.

>>6925628
Ugh I know. The material was a total grab for desperation. The second picture's flesh material was from online while this first was from Joann's and that one worked a lot better.
Not sure if pantyhose would work since I assume they would run. But maybe experiment a bit.

Started working on Black Hanekawa from Bakemonogatari. Gotta fuck around with my darts a little bit but it's looking like I'll be able to finish sewing it entirely tomorrow after work and start painting my cats. Sorry for the blurry pictures, I don't know what the hell is up with my phone.

>>6926255

Looking pretty good so far, what con are you planning on attending?

>>6926277
Thank you~ And I'm making this for Anime Expo.

i have been working on my JoJo costumes for some time now and it looks like i am at the final stretch now! i think i will have my Ceaser costume done this weekend here are the trousers just need to get the rest done...

>>6926255

You look so cute I would hate to lose you to a falling-off-the-toilet accident. Invest in a body length mirror!

>>6925598
Aw thanks! You've got it! It might take a while tho, the con isn't for another month, and I'm working a lot so I'm sort of just doing progress when I can.

Just got done cutting my Alice wig. Still have some more styling to go. Just a makeup and wig test. (I don't have contacts yet.)

More progress. Mostly finished the skirt and some of the top details. I need to add the zipper to the skirt. Also need to pain the detail on the back and do the sleeves!

>>6926965
god you're hot

>>6926971
Nah. She's okay. The costume's hot.

I finally made progress on Fixing some items on my Luka dress, and now i need to figure out how to mount my wigs for Sakuya to my Obi
sorry its a horrible pic. Yes it lights up

>>6926971
Average maybe. How can you even call a girl hot without seeing her face?

Mantis sniper progress (rushing is causing some slight inaccuracies but I'll be modifying this between my next con and dragon*con)

One fully assembled Gun Ocher for Matsu! This bayonet is stupid and I want it to be mass produced for war time efforts. All that's left is adding details, reinforcing sections and joints, and coating it. Woop woop!!

>>6927600
50s Housewife sure looks a lot different without makeup.

>>6927606
50's doesn't wear much makeup to start with and that's not her. That's another cosplayer entirely. Also a yeti.

>>6926965
ugh Ive made Kaito and Miku before. its quite the costume to make. Love how its going so far

>>6927714
Thanks! Voxane is making Miku's right now, so I'm sure she feels you pain on that. I was lucky that the basic shapes are simple. The sleeves need to be painted and I'm not really looking forward to that. I cut out my first stencil though.

>>6927721
What are you using? I used screen printing paint/ink and then used acrylic paint over it. But then I discovered modge podge actually works decently well. It's a lot stiffer than the ink but its faster.

>>6927744
That looks really nice!
I was going to look around joanns and see what fabric paint they had around. The flowers for Meiko are really dark, I didn't have anything suitible on me to work on it, so I'll probably mix some paint to get the right color.

>>6927606
That is definitely no 50s housewife. Eugh.

>>6927750
That's why I went for they base layer of screen print ink, so I could mix whatever color of acrylic to be put on top of it and still have an opaque base

>>6927758
I'll keep that in mine when I look for paint tomorrow. I have modpodge sitting around. Thanks!

>>6927018
because i've already seen her face before and its cute as fuck, so stfu you piece of shit
>>6926993
obviously the costume adds to her appeal idiot

>>6927721
oh hey.

>>6926287

oh neat, maybe ill see you there then.

>>6927758
>>6927760
Jacquard Textile and Jacquard Lumiere paint are opaque as fuck and remain flexible. It's a bit more expensive than regular fabric paint, but definitely worth it and the range of colors is great. JoAnns carries it as well.

Pic related. All the green was white+Fluorescent green Jacquard textile painted over either white or dark navy fabric.

Working on Mera. Still need sleeves and shoes, but this is the second time ive had to make it tonight so that can wait. Not 100% happy with it but it's not 4 way stretch so it was the best i could do. The front seam is awkward,but the only pattern i could find had it.

>>6928050
Behold! The only gender bend I will ever like!
This looks great, is it you anon?

>>6928138
Do you have some scraps of the fabric with the sequins? Maybe you can hand stitch them over the front seam to blend it.

working on my Chibi Moon. Trying out the collar and hip roll right now. Can't decide if I like how the pleats are now or if I want them smaller..

>>6928600

They look too wide to me.

>>6928629
Yes I think they look very wide from the front ( thet look better from the side) so I will test to make them smaller

>>6928600

Man it is really something to see that just about every senshi outfit made now is good.

used to be rare but now there are so many tutorials and detailed pictures that if you don't make a good one you have to have been utterly not trying.

Back when I started cosplaying Alisa was the best Moon and maybe once every couple years you'd see a decent one.
I was still learning to sew well and after seeing so many fail at getting just the basics wrong I decided I was too unskilled to do a good one and would not add to the pile of meh.
Now that I am skilled and there are so many resources I am too old to look as good as I would have in it when I was 19-25. Sigh.

I don't envy the popularity bullshit newer cosplayers have to put up with but I do envy the resources you guys have.

>>6928600
So i repleated it and made the pleats smaller, and it look so much better now, so now onto sewing it to the hip roll

>>6928727
Thank you, and I agree, people have became so much better in making Sailor Suits look good

>>6928416
Aw, thanks! Yeah, it's me. In retrospect I think I looked too much like an off colored Vocaloid spoof, but it got recognized so I'm happy.

>>6928794
This is looking fantastic. I wasn't sure about the re-pleating because the fall of the skirt is great in the first picture, but you've kept the silhouette nicely. Can't wait to see it hemmed.

>>6928727
I feel you. I did SeraMyu Sailor Pluto when I was 12 (10 years ago) and I was a mess of AWFUL. And Shiny trim. But I kind of head-tilt because it was actually decent looking back in the day (comparatively).

>>6928794
Much better! Look forward to the finished costume!

Whoa, lots of progress. Mostly finished with Koizumi's jumper. I lost the zipper I bought for her, so I need to add that still. Otherwise pretty happy with how its coming along!

finish the choker for my Koujaku cosplay, never making one of those flowers again
all i need to do now is paint the obi and tattoos and im done~

>>6922332
Awesome! Which Yuri are you cosplaying?

First time casting resin and I sucked at it.

8 oz kit wasn't enough for my mold, I don't think I mixed it well enough, and it's all bleh looking.

>>6929496
I have... Never seen resin look like that.

>>6929496
wow man, what were you trying to make?

Resin can be tough to work with, so don't get discouraged and just try again. It's expensive, so i know it kind of sucks, but no one is perfect on the first go. I have friends who do cosplay comissions for a living that messed up with resin a few times on their first go.

>>6929506
I am quite adept at fucking up gloriously. Gonna go out and buy the 16 oz kit tomorrow and try again.

/wastes money

>>6929515
It's Vanellope's Wand. I thought the 8oz kit would be enough, but it wasn't. I put the craft foam in at the bottom and it just kept floating up to the top (apparently I should have done a little bit, let it harden a little, then put the foam on, let that harden a little, and keep layering? I dunno.)

I'm going to try one more time and if it doesn't work just going to half ass it with a wooden disk and some paint. Like you said, resin is fucking expensive.

>>6929496

lots of air bubbles in that shit, bro. try pouring it out in a much thinner stream from higher above the mold. helps stretch it out so you get less bubbles. and don't get discouraged, resin has a huge learning curve and everybody fucks it up at first

>>6929496
I've seen this sort of bubbling before with an unrelated person's project that involved casting resin with wood dowels embedded. The bubbles formed around the dowels, and they said it got real hot. It hasn't happened before with the other castings either, though they didn't have anything embedded in the mold.

>>6929526
Another solution for dealing with the air bubbles is to use a resin with a much slower cure time. Or a vaccuum chamber (which is the professional solution). Aside from pouring a thin stream, drop the mold gently a few times once you pour to help any bubbles rise to the surface.

As a side thing while waiting for my Supergirl fabric, I just threw together a quick Sgt Calhoun undersuit since that'll be done and I am just so bored.

>>6929524
Vacuum chamber, definitely needed!

I hope whatever you try works out well. I'm excited to see this made!

>>6929530
It really did get super hot, so that might be it. I made the mistake of walking away from it for a phone call, tomorrow I'm going to watch it like a hawk.

>>6929526
>>6929542
The dropping thing sounds like a good idea, it's what you do with cake batter for the same reason. Going to try again tomorrow when I buy another kit, wish me luck!

>>6929547
where do you get your fabric from?

>>6929524
Wait whoa okay I think your problem is actually the craft foam.
1. Resin gets super hot as it cures, that's what it does normally, and it's melting the foam, which is releasing its own weirdo chemicals.
2. Craft foam is full of teensy tiny little air pockets that are shifting and merging and escaping as the foam melts.

Try something non-porous and your results should improve significantly.
Also, if all else fails, just make it a legit lollipop. Sugar, water, and food coloring, yo.

>>6929598
I order my prints from Fabric on Demand

>>6929611
Oh, woah, yeah I figured she did a silicone mold
I skimmed

Yeah, everything this person said.

Finished the bottom layer save for a collar guard which I may or may not put on depending on how much time I have. I should've made a juban, it would've been less effort.

>>6929611
Would sealing the craft foam with something like modge podge stop the resin from eating at it? I mean I could definitely just PAINT the crowns onto the resin after casting it if that won't fix it.

It's an epoxy resin on a latex mold, everything is castin craft brand.

I considered the lollipops, I went to culinary school and sugar casting this thick would be fairly resistant, but I'd be afraid of it melting in the heat or if it got wet being very sticky/attracting bugs.

>>6929638
>but I'd be afraid of it melting in the heat or if it got wet being very sticky/attracting bugs.
Spray a sealant on it. Or even resin coat it.

>>6929638
Resin is super hot. I doubt a sealant would help much

>>6929638
I hope you don't just paint on the crown, because I really love how you are going about doing it.

But I don't think you should use craft foam at all.
Perhaps try another method of mold making to do this?

>>6929763
>Perhaps try another method of mold making
Just the fact that you consider craft foam a legitimate molding material makes me die a little inside..

>>6929770
>latex mold

Reading comprehension. She's just using craft foam for the piece floating in the middle.

One down, 40 more to go! Whipped up some of these pendants for Aquamarine tonight while waiting for my dyed fabric to dry.

>>6929770
I really don't, I'm just trying to be kind about saying to go about it using a real mold making method.

>>6929821
That turned out amazing! Its sort of funny because my company uses the same method for some of our flats that we sell, the clear with a backing to make it look like a color. I'm glad to see it work so well for you!

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>>6929638
Maybe consider something like vellum paper for the crown part? It comes in lots of colors and is very slightly translucent.

>>6928794
Was there a particular tutorial(s) you used for your suit?

>>6929830
I used the castin craft latex mold making shit. The little crowns were cut out of craft foam, though.

I could cut them out of cardboard or something, I guess? I figured if I just slathered enough paint/gloss/resin sealant on it, that maybe the resin wouldn't eat at it. First attempt was just straight foam.

>>6930616
Definitely not cardboard!

You might need a 2-part mold.
One that is the initial shape that gets filled, and then the top piece with the star bevel goes on top so that when you peel it off, it is there to be filled in.

More experienced snobs probably have a better idea.

>>6930437
I followed Cupcake Cosplays Sailor Moon guide for most parts (except for the leotard, I experimented there because I didn't buy a pattern)

Its really good and easy to follow

New thread?

>>6932130

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