/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Ugh, kill me. That lettering was horrific to find let alone make something out of it. I'm sure it's still not 100% accurate. I was thinking of doing some very small gold touches to the outsides of the lettering, almost like a small shadow. Thoughts on this? I think im going to save weathering this for when im completely done. Pants are all good to go, just have the detail stitching on the sides. Should be ordering the leather this week for the sandals/wrists/headband. I hope to god this turns out like i want it to. So far i'm feeling pretty proud of it.

Progress on Nausicaa's rifle! Pretty much finished one side and now bondoing the other side (waiting for it to cure at the moment). Bondo is some mean fucking stuff though, the fumes make me dizzy even with a mask and fan blowing the fumes out the shop door.

My process is the same as Punished Props', basically screwed 2 PVC pipes together and using bondo to fill in the valley between them. Using spot putty and filler primer spray with 400 grit sandpaper to finish it off. Will probably wet sand it before painting.

Also scored 5 yards of 60 wide light grey flannel at a discount fabric store for $9.50! Its the perfect texture and weight for her dress (in fact there is a description of her dress in the manga saying it is made out of felt), and came out the perfect shade of blue after combining teal and evening blue rit dye.

>>7660238
Looking good Wander anon! Its hard to figure out the symbols from a game from 2005 with low res textures, but I think you did fine.

>>7660442
Another pic of the whole thing before using the filler primer, it goes just up to my shoulder. This thing is just huge.

>>7660238
You seriously make me want to dig out and fix up my Wander cosplay from 2010, parts of it are pretty shitty (like the pants and shirt) but I think I did pretty damn good on the tabard (pic related) and shoes.

Currently working on my Red cosplay. It's nothing super fancy at all, but i'm getting little figures to go into the pokeballs. Venusaur is proving to be a HUGE PAIN IN MY ASS. But blastoise was ezpz. Still looking for a Chaziard, Espeon and Snorlax that are small enough, and not overpriced.

And i'm gonna pick up some rare earth magnets tomorrow and see if they'll pull through belt fabric. If they do, i'll use them to hold my pokeballs into place. I hate using string, wire and velcro, so I hope it works.

Put it in the last one as it died so reposting here, actually pretty proud of this. Got a blank resin kit, painted and wired it and put it all together! First actual prop work so I feel like I did a pretty good job.

Frantically trying to finish this Washuu wig for Metrocon. I lost so much time trying to dye a white wig that didn't work out, that I'm pissed at myself for not getting this color sooner.

>>7660526
It still looks super amazing! I'm always in awe of your skills.

It's starting to take some shape.

Eustace's "Ooga-Booga" mask from Courage the Cowardly Dog, also needs to be done by Metrocon

>>7660526
Gosh, your work is always so flawless.

Finished Beni's yukata (apart from some quality time with an iron). I need a lot of practice wearing this thing -- it's a lot harder to make it look nice than I originally thought. Plus I'm probably going to need to pad my waist to get the obi to sit properly around my hips. Only things left are necklace, underclothes, and tabi.

>>7660769
...would help if I attached the photo

>>7660580
Bless you for cosplaying Eustace, anon.

>>7660580
Holy fuck I love you.

Got myself a wig stand built, motivated me to get off my ass and re-do my Audrey Burne/Mineva Zabi wig. It was total shit before but slowly getting to something that looks like her insane anime hair.

>>7660889
How did you build the wig stand? I'd like to make one myself.

>>7660889
>Insane anime hair.

Isn't it basically Princess Diana's haircut?

I think I'm finally just about happy with this thing. Still taken about a year to put everything together and more money than I care to admit. This costume is not screen accurate by any stretch, if it was I'd really have batman money just laying around.

I oh so desperately need a cooling system as south florida is stupidly humid and hot, but I'll pick up a cooling vest soon.

>>7661833
And another pic without flash and in nighttime.

>>7661833
WOW.
This is super awesome. Good job!

>>7661833
Your smile makes me happy in this. Looks great! Nice dong shine too.

>>7661839
yup, the legs are latex but the chest and cod are urethane thats just a bit shinier, sadly the dull looking latex only draws more attention to it. It was also bulding up a little bit cause I haven't finished the strap that secures it to the back end of the belt. If you want to see something hillarious you should see me sit or croutch right now cause my dong flap just pops up with a nice how'do ya do!

>>7661535
I got a square base (I think it was part of a floor lamp? I dunno, my dad picked it up for me). I don't know what to call it but its a female threaded metal piece with a flat base that you can screw into the square wood base. I then used a threaded adaptor that fit in the threaded metal piece in the base on a PVC pipe to screw it in. I can take a picture of the base of that helps? I am going to get a stronger pipe and/or metal rod to feed through it so it doesn't bend so much.

>>7661564
Kinda, yeah, but still its got some weirdness happening with the volume yet is still smooth.

>>7661535
I got a square base (I think it was part of a floor lamp? I dunno, my dad picked it up for me). I don't know what to call it but its a female threaded metal piece with a flat base that you can screw into the square wood base. I then used a threaded adaptor that fit in the threaded metal piece in the base on a PVC pipe to screw it in. I can take a picture of the base of that helps? I am going to get a stronger pipe and/or metal rod to feed through it so it doesn't bend so much.

>>7661564
Kinda, yeah, but still its got some weirdness happening with the volume yet is still smooth.

>>7661844
That's how Batman gets the ladies.

>>7661535
>>7662091

Okay found the name of that piece and made up a quick photo of the assembly. The key really is to have a nice heavy base, and the reason all the pieces are threaded is to make sure everything stays together firmly while you work.

Finally got started putting together the head of my Gundam.. It looks really messy right now but hopefully once that final layer of craft foam comes on it'll look the way I want it to. I also did some test fitting for the torso/waist parts which I'll upload later

slushin'. Raven's Wing from D3.

>>7662110
Cool, thank you so much for making that! I'd like to have a wig stand that won't cost an arm and a leg so this looks perfect.

It's a dragon skull head peace

>>7660161
I finally got arond to gluing some of the pieces for my gauntlets unto my gloves. painted some of the other pieces and I'm almost near done with them.
I hope this cosplay turns out well

Working on Beethoven from Eiyuu Senki. I think I might shorten the vest a bit. Gotta get back to work on the jacket. I have it mostly sewn, but the collar and bias was giving me trouble so I have to start all over on that.

>>7662187
torso, shoulders, and skirt armor on. Still working on a way to get the arms to line up with the shoulders since my shoulders are nowhere near as broad. Backpack still needs a few touch ups, but other than that the entire midsection is just about complete.

Debated on whether or not to post this as the work I did on this had a huge head start. that being, I purchased the design and printed it on the fabric and had it shipped out to me and then sewed it up. So all the heavy lifting of designing the pattern, laying it out, etc, was all done before it ever got to me. I just pieced it together.
Then I made the eyes, glued rubber soles to the feet and made a crappy little web-backpack to carry my stuff around in. I also made a face shell, but wearing it causes a lot of discomfort, and a strong feeling of claustrophobia, so until I can get one that doesn't make me feel sick, I'll be going without.


And before anyone else says it:
>lol spider-manlet
>DYEL! LEL!!

>>7664108
The web backpack is such a cute idea!

>>7664108
How much did your suit cost? I've seen prices vary a LOT and was just wondering.

Looks great!

>>7664108
Wow the web backpack is a neat and smart idea. Also it's looking good!

>>7664250
Thanks!

>>7664424
The pattern/print thing was $35 and the fabric + dyeing + shipping was $145. Everything else was pretty cheap. I printed the eye frames myself, the lenses are kitchen splatter screens, and the shoe soles were from $6 shoes at walmart.

>>7662203
Hey man looks cool, if its no trouble could you go more into detail about your slush casting and what that white material is?

>>7664004
Your attention to detailing is great. You have some awesome panel line work on your suit. I am noticing two things that just look a tad off though.
1) hips are too small compaired, just by a hair, this can pretty much be ignored however if you take care of 2
2) The shoulder armor is too big, if this is is fixed and scaled down a tad I think the hips would look much more in line with the rest of the suit.
3) the sabers are super long. They should, Ideally never be taller than the head of the gundam, and unless you are doing a SD, they will be too long.

I cannot stress this enough though, you are doing an amazing job and it looks FANTASTIC. I know its a shitty amount of rework and if it were me I'd barrel through the rest of the suit and do revisions later. I sure as shit wouldn't blame you if you did the same. I just wanted to point those out to you before you got too far gone in it.

>>7663639
This is looking good! I hope to see more of this.

>>7664004
this looks amazing, have you posted this to /m/ at all?

Still working on dem spikes. I've got a couple more to add, and then I can sew the rest of the ponytail wefts to the back. Three days left? Bring it on.

>>7663639
I would wear this as a casual outfit. So cute.

>>7660779
>>7660885
Glad someone to see some good reception so far!

>>7660580
More progress on the eyes and nose. Hopefully will be gessod by the end of the day.
Bonus Mabel Pines Disco Sweater!

>>7665185
This is so beautiful. I'm so excited to see it in person. What days are you wearing her?

>>7665185
This is... amazing.

>>7664108
Your'e a very tiny Spiderman. Cute, but so tiny!

>>7660520
look way to big.

>>7660580
what kind of foam is that?
been thinking of making a prop that big but not sure what type of materials i should use for it.

>>7665185
How did you stick the hair to the foam base? I'm needing to do something similar for a wig. Looks awesome though, keep it up!

>>7665185
How did you achieve this? It looks fantastic.

My first go at a mecha cosplay. Going to have a go at Escaflowne as space marines and gundams seems to have been so much already.

Built myself some lightweight stilts to get an extra 30cm from loft stilts and a little wood.

Started templating out the shell around the feet. In a few days when I'm happy I'll turn it into EVA foam and go from there.

>>7665255
Insulation Foam board, a giant sheet [8x4ft] is 14$ at Lowe's.
Just look for tutorials on how to put everything together but it's really as simple as
> Cut basic shape
> Attach with caulking glue
> File and Sand
> Gesso
> Paint

We used it to make these tools for another cosplay, obviously it has its ascetic limits. Due to where you sandwich the board together. We are still experimenting with the medium to see all it can do!

>>7665352
any way too make the final product look smoother? i would assume that sanding it will still make it look a bit bumpy because of the foam texture.

>>7665372
Add a few layers of gesso, sanding between them.

>>7665372
It takes practice but it responds to sanding well. As >>7665375 said lots of sanding and gesso will even things out.

>>7665375
>>7665387
ah cool, good to know and thanks.

>>7665338
FUCK YEAH ESACFLOWNE. I love you anon, I love you.

>>7665352
>>7665372
>>7665375
That axe is pretty bad. It isn't shaped well and the foam texture is really obvious. With a piece that easy, he definitely should have used bondo over it to smooth it out. Bondo is cheap, sands well, and makes props more durable. The paint job isn't good either, you can see the silver coming up onto the wood.
Not bad if you're a beginner but it definitely needs some work.

>>7665231
All day Friday! Hopefully I get to roam around a bit. From what I've heard, our schedules are pretty crammed with judging. Boo.

>>7665312
It's just hairspray and a blowdryer!

>>7665318
Thanks! I make a foam base and attach that to the wig and just form the fibers over it.

>>7664912
Thank you!

>>7665205
Haha I was sort of joking to my friends that this is my piano loli dress

>>7664645
Build pepakura tabs out, brush silicone caulking thinned with mineral spirits inside, pour in several small mixes of smoothcast 65D and swish around to cover surfaces evenly. Tear off pepakura and silicone. It's like a one-time-use mold.

Made some vest closures today for the rest of the demon hunter costume, from scraps, they're about 1 1/4" wide. Probably going to hold these on with velcro. Also, they are angry owls.

>>7665688
The entire thing was made as a quick prop for our Don't Starve cosplays. We didn't have a high enough grit sand paper [I think the highest we had on hand was 80?] And didn't have time to go grab anything higher.
But yeah, they totally need work if we ever return to those cosplays.

>>7660442
Thanks! I even have the HD version of the game and it's been a total bitch to figure out even with that.
>>7660458
oh wow! your tabard looks fantastic. did you do applique with yours? I was pretty hesitant about doing that with mine since it was my first go at applique. Wanted to keep it somewhat simple.
>>7660580
>>7665220
Sorry for being late to the party on this but i love you for doing this. I just watched some of the series on netflix the other week and it's wonderful to see you doing this. Hope you post some finished photos please!

Almost done with my TV head cosplay. Was thinking about wearing fairy kei with it, but really, I don't know. Thoughts?

>>7662558
Update, looks like it needs a few more layers it's still pretty pointy.

>>7665892
I love tv heads, hnngg.
I like the heart, it's a cute touch.

>>7665892
That's just there to hide her face dumdum.

Working on those... calf armor (?) thingies for my Fran cosplay.

My boyfriend considers Saber his waifu so I'm gonna cosplay her!

>>7660442
Anon, I'm also cosplaying Nausicaa! I am very new to sewing though so mine will probably look pretty busted haha.

What con are you wearing this to, if you don't mind my asking?

>>7664004
Holy crap I saw this on the RPF and it is just looking great!. For the biceps the way I see it you have two options. 1 is to have them hollow and just hang from the shoulders, I did this with my GaoGaiGar. They can get damaged from knocking around in this setup though in my experience. Theadvantage is you can shrug out of them to move around a bit more freely and shrug back into them for photos. Option two, which I used for my Alt-Eisen and Gundam is to attach the biceps to your arm with Velcro but have the top part padded with foam to make it stick out more, this limits your mobility a bit more though the part is more secure.

>>7666462
Nausicaa cosplayers unite, its such an underloved Ghibli character! I wouldn't worry, Nausicaa's dress is surprisingly simple, its an A-line dress with a mandarin collar and I'm using princess seams in mine to have the bust area fit better. I'll be wearing her to Dragon*con and AWA, death in flannel costume during humid Georgia con.

Here's my current progress on the props, cut and sanded the stock and handle and heat formed sintra for the helm (a disaster, way harder than I thought to put a compound curve in this stuff)

>>7666452
>boyfriend
>his waifu
I don't think he knows what a waifu is.

working on a homulilly cosplay.
sorry for shaky pic

More progress on the Medicine Seller's kimono-thing. Appliqued the eyes to the sleeves yesterday, and now preparing stencils to airbrush the water and cherry blossom designs onto the shoulders. Excuse the frumpiness of the fit, I just tucked everything into the obi and I'm not wearing the appropriate binding/padding/padded hem not installed.
It's hot as hell with the flatlining added to everything, even without the inner lining or the juban. I'm considering using my (dyed) real hair + extensions instead of a wig to avoid cooking to death at Otakon...

>>7665685
Thanks anon!

I hope I do myself proud and impress you when it's done.

>>7667513
That looks beautiful anon!

Not much has changed since my last post (in the previous thread), but I started priming my puppy today. Tons and tons of rough spots that I might try and fix up with putty (coating with resin unfortunately didn't work out), but I think overall Takkun is coming out okay for a small Thursday/Sunday cosplay prop. Sorry for tiny picture.

>>7660889
Oh man. Mineva is precious, and it looks adorable. Where are you wearing this too?

>>7667876
Thank you! There is not enough UC love out there, gotta represent! I'll be wearing her to Dragon*con and AWA, I'm also Nausicaa anon from these posts >>7666528 >>7660454 >>7660442

>>7667784
I only just now realized what you were making. This is adorable, anon!

>>7665939
Another update :D

Welp AX is over. Time to get to work on Ash Crimson. Finished my mock up for the jacket, super excited!!

>>7664889
Thanks for this! I didn't really notice all those things until you pointed them out, although the waist section looking small might just be the angle and/or lighting. It looks about right to me in the pic. The length of the sabers do bother me now that you mention it haha. I'll remake them if they still look too long once the head is complete. Same with the shoulders. I'm planning to remove some of the padding on my shoulders to make my head pop out more because when I put on the helmet my eyes were where the mouth vents should be x_x
>>7665025
Nope
>>7666486
Thanks! Your Alt looks amazing! I can't wait to see it in action. I was thinking of connecting the bicep and forearm with an elbow joint... Then having the whole thing strap to my arm instead of connect to the shoulders because I'm afraid anymore weight to the shoulders would make them droop. I really like your second method, I think I'll go with that.

>>7665338
Escaflowne? Anon, you are spectacular!!

>>7669473
Looking at that pic your right, it may have been the angle. Keep up the beautiful work.

>>7669036
Holy cow this looks great!

>>7666528
I'm learning about princess seams with this costume, the patterns tell you NOTHING about how to make them. The internet has varying instructions, so we'll see how this muslin comes out.

I will also be at Dragoncon! If you see a novice-looking Nausicaa with a Howl in a similar state, thats me and my bf haha.

I don't think I'll be using flannel, though. Last year I almost fainted in my VLR Luna cosplay which was mostly cotton but layered and with a heavy wig. Hoping to avoid that this year.

Your prop progress looks amazing!

>>7668272
Thank you! I think he's much cuter with his face. Currently using gesso to make the edges on the face look cleaner, then another round of primer and then finally I get to have fun painting~

>>7667513
Ended up doing it without the airbrush due to technical difficulties and fear of excess paint drips. Don't like it. God damn it. Can't tell if needs more flowers, or if I've just fucked up.

Just got my leather in for the sandals for Wander! Found 16.2 sq feet of navy blue pig leather on clearance for $33. I feel like that's a steal. Its too dark here but honestly alot of that is lighting. Also found a pair of shoes at goodwill. Blue stickers were half off. Sandals had blue sticker. Got them for $3 instead of $6.

>>7660580

>muh childhood
>mfw seeing this

I hate the way the painted design looks and can't think of how to fix it. It's not transparent enough and the crepe texture of the fabric makes it impossible to get really crisp lines. God damn it.

>>7665939
it's looking great! Can ask what you used as the coat?

>>7671016
I honestly thought it was a Minecraft pig until you posted this. It looks great! I'm dumb!

>>7672071

Honestly, dying a white fabric might have been the easier route (using resist for the white designs, etc). But it's too late for that now.

Escaflowne slowly coming along.

Started cutting out foam. Nothing much glue yet. Alot of stuff to cut up still.

>>7660442
>the fumes make me dizzy even with a mask and fan blowing the fumes out the shop door
Not that I've ever experienced light-headedness when working with bondo, but you might want to invest in a respirator dude Provided you don't already have one. In which case, use it! . Shit is mad helpful when working with all this stuff

>>7664004
Pretty sick stuff, man. Speaking as an unofficial representative from /m/, I approve.

>>7664108
You make a pretty convincing Peter Parker, and what's awesome is that I wouldn't say you look particularly similar to either of his movie adaptations.

>>7665338
This is gonna be massive! Best of luck, guy.

>>7665892
Kinda neat. I just hope you didn't almost kill yourself while gutting that thing. Old CRTs are actually super fucking dangerous. What's the next step? Any implementations of electronics (lights, audio, visuals) on the way?

>>7667784
Heeeey. That's super cool. If I ever run into you I might ask you where you went wrong on the resin. I find bondo/spot putty to be my go-to sculpting material, but it's always good to diversify.

>now time for my shit...

Alright you guys. First day of sculpting. I already have to reduce the radius on that circle, but I've got some good time to get going on this thing.

Any guesses as to what it's from? Not that I think you'll have a hard time guessing

>>7665253
I just have really tiny girl hands. It's proportionate though. I'll have some better photos once I finish the wrist /arm understuff.

>>7670824
Hmmm princess seams are pretty straightforward, but I have the luck of staying with my mom for the summer and she gives me tips about sewing. Good luck anon, and remember press the shit out of all seams to avoid puckering!

And yeah I'm a little worried about heat but I also did a year as Raiden in completely unbreatheable matte vinyl bodysuit and leather trench coat. The trick is to stay indoors as much as possible and/or wear the costumes at the evening when it gets cool. Also lots of water. See you at Dragon*con! My bf will be Asbel so don't hesistate to say hi if you see us!

>>7672045
Fuck yeah I love getting deals on leather, that's really good for oddly colored pigskin. When I did my sandals they were cloth wrappings and I put snaps in the back so I never had to worry about wrapping them just right and could easily take them on a off and preserve the lacing.

I'm revisiting an old prop, Zelda's harp from Skyward Sword and having mixed results trying to fix it up (it was really lumpy before). Its just a slow sllllllllooooooowwww process of applying spot putty and spray filler and sanding. Anyone have tips for sanding really tight spots or another way to get the relief areas looking smooth? Uploaded fuckhuge photo so you can see the obvious lumps and whatnot.

>>7672071
It still looks good though, if you go on ebay or wherever and look at silk kimono (komon especially) the designs are usually kinda fuzzy around the edges depending on the style used to apply the design.

>>7661535
I'm using an old lamp post. perfect wig stand. I was moving and my old lamp broke, brought a new one. It's one of those ones you buy at walmart, suggest you probably make one, but it's a good idea. works great as a wig stand.

>>7672516
While it would have been optimal, it was definitely not easier, I tried. Batik wax made a mess because the fabric is so textured, gutta didn't give a crisp line, Elmer's glue wouldn't wash out completely enough, and discharge paste produced neon yellow instead of white. The first time I made this costume the whole thing was done in an attempt at yuzen and it was a big fucking mess.
Sob. Someday I will go and study with John Marshall and produce satisfactorily dyed wafuku.

>>7672654
I've heard nail files work well in tight places. Also wrapping sand paper around pencils, popsical sticks, small items, etc may be an option

>>7672794
Yeah... I've tried using a nail file but its still not really working the best. I wonder if there is a dremel bit that would work well, I also thought about grinding the recesses out more and cutting styrene to shape and glueing those in.... hmmm... I suppose I'm just trying to figure out which technique would be less time consuming, but they both are.

>>7672825
I would be careful with a dremel. They do have sanding wheels, but too much power or a slip up could cost you.
If there's a hobby shop nearby, they usually carry some kind of sanding sticks for tight corners. The sand paper wrapped around a pencil isn't a bad substitute either.

>>7672729

Ah, well, hmm... I've actually had some success with fabric markers lately (if you're careful, it looks dyed/printed, but you have a lot more control). It's such a big area that it's probably not exactly worth-while or efficient unless you could match them to a dye and only do sections in marker or something like that. It's definitely a lot easier when it's anything but white for the details. Anyway, good luck and sorry for the unhelpful suggestion.

>>7672641
I thought it was a pretty good deal too considering how pricey some of the shit gets. I'm just using some velcro so i wont have to worry about any sort of lacing and it'll stay the same way all the time.

almost done, just a bit more puffpainting and I have to paint over mistakes.
then I would have to fit the faceshell

>>7672922
You need to do something about that panty line

>>7672930
hah yes, I had just finished the overal puff paint and was too excited, I put it on but my boxers rode up, it was pretty bad. I will use a cup and compression shorts when its finished

>>7672654
You're looking for needle files if you want to get into tight spaces.

Motherfucking done! 7+ hours later. So freaking comfy too.

>>7672572
Where I went wrong with the resin was taking the tin out and realizing it had literally rusted through at several points because it was so old. Unfortunately I don't have the money to dedicate much more to the prop right now so I'm working with what I have around. The resin was a major bummer. But as of now the gesso coats I did seem to be doing well and I don't mind too much that it doesn't have a nice sheen to it. But thanks!

This is my first time making a prop, so it's not great. I know cardboard isn't the greatest material to use, but it's actually turning out better than I expected. This is supposed to be the lance of longinus.

>>7673475
I actually have more progress done, I just haven't taken any photos since it's not a significant enough amount.

>>7673402
Definitely.
Keep up the good work.

Just started on my Cygnar Stormblade armor. This is the progress today of the back section of the helmet. Next will be the faceguard.

>>7660494
Did you make the poke balls?

>>7672091
mod podge and several layers of tissue paper instead of newspaper to smoothen out the corners. then a used just a thick water based paint to make sure everything was even ( I don't remember the brand. sorry)

>>7665185
Holy fuck korin your wigs are always awe inspiring.

>>7660161
Been working on a shoe-string-budget Krieg costume, Been working out too so I can at least look in reasonably good shape, sadly no babies to eat for decent carb intake. For now this is my progress with the buzz-axe. Admittedly even with experience working/making a decent number of arms and armor in the past I was a little intimidated at the beginning since I haven't made anything in a long time.
>CGL do your thing and be brutally honest

picture 1/3

>>7681078
Picture 2/3

>>7681082
Picture 3/3

It begins

>>7681530
Hngg! Mk-II?

Spent all of saturday making mock ups for future costumes down the line. Made the top for my genderbend Metallica (left) and my norman jacket from ORAS (right)

>>7681863
Well damn someone guessed that alot quicker than I expected.

Made Cordelia's spear from FE for a friend as a fun little surprise. It's portable AND extendable! Not that she'll need a 9 foot tall prop...

lantern not installed.

>>7684385
How do you transport that thing?

>>7684385
I feel like I know who this is. And that you're supposed to not have that on your balcony

>>7684411
Dude... its a time machine and spacecraft. Pretty sure they will just fly it.

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Sorry Anon had too.

Well, I am learning to build armor for the first time. I worked on my Fran calf armor some more. I actually had to redo them. All of these colors...

>>7684518
That's looking really nice :) How long have you been working on these pieces?

>>7684544
It took me... I think it took me about two days just to get this far. I still have to secure the one on the left and then add the "knee guards" at the top. Those are giving my issues though... Hmm...

>>7684518
I'm just about to start learning how to make armor from scratch too. I'm making a Specter Knight cosplay from Shovel Knight.

>>7684518
They look very nice.
Quick tip though: When working with foam, be sure to switch out your blades often. Foam will dull them really fast, and you'll end up with rough, and flaking edges. You can kind of see that on the lower art of your armor already, in the corner areas. Easy to fix though, just make sure you always have a very sharp blade on hand.

>>7684809
That's fucking awesome~

>>7682237
Ts... Tsumugu?

>>7684823
Oh my god, that gif.

Yeah, I fell in love with his design right away.

I've worked with armor before, but I've never used foam for it so I'm pretty clueless on how to make nice greaves like he has. Or even the helmet, which is a simple shape.

>>7684825
Yep~

>>7684836
God speed. I'd check out featherweight's tutorials on helmets for a start or a base. It's helped me out a few times. Also "WHAT YOU GONNA DO, WHEN THIS SHOVEL TOTIN' HERO IS COMIN' FOR YOU!"

>>7684813
Thanks! I actually was using like scissors to cut away the rough bits... This armor stuff is hard but it's kind fun to see everything coming together!

>>7684809

Woah... That looks really cool... What sort of idea do you have in mind for the mini skulls on the shoulder?

>>7681530
ordered some visor material for the eyes but the vendor sent me the wrong color :( Hoping to get the proper color in time to have this ready for AFO.

>>7685120
Jeez man! You make it look so easy. Your method seems so much more efficient and simpler compared to how I've been making mine! I don't think I could have chosen a more tedious way to go about building my helmet lmao.

posting from >>7672552 since I'm new to this board and didn't know better.
4 days to get finished, omniblade and visor made and ready to go

>>7685641
blade flips out too

>>7685120
looks awesome! going to make the vulcan pod too?

>>7685641
>>7685644
Damn son. And this is for your first con? Is it your first cosplay too?

>>7685648
yup, complete cosplay and con virgin here.
Its not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm happy with it thus far, the laser cutting and etching really does help, but some of the measurements were off because i forgot to account for the materials thickness when bending.

>>7685653
omniblade just slots into some wedges I glued to the forearm armour.

>>7685654
Can you post the vectors?

working on my full frontal from gundam unicorn for afest in texas since the director is going to be here, here is my first mask i made earlier this week and i just made this second one, second one of course is so much better and will be covered in worbla.

>>7685657
sure, where should I upload them to though?

>>7684809
I'm making King Knight! I've made small pieces of armour before, but this is my first time making a chestplate.

>>7685661
https://mega.co.nz/

>>7685669
https://mega.co.nz/#!GcknDAZZ!Ahs9ZtJ_cCKkAn8CDcRHpzAdHuF3mr6ENDArPq3hFxw

>>7685675
Thank you!

>>7685342
Downside to my method is always somewhat low durability. 1mm plastic inst going to withstand someone dropping it for instance.
>>7685646
Not at this stage since I am intending to just use this for days when I dont want to wear a full suit. A friend wants me to make the full Super Gundam and the idea is tempting though...

>>7685680
np, have fun bending that bastard into the right shape :)

>>7685704
I used to work with plexiglass, so thats the easy part :3

Experimenting with a modified push-light for terminal core's eye thing, I think it looks good so far but so far nothing is attached. I'm thinking of using Velcro in order to stick the light in (in case of a needed battery change) but is there any better method?

And my biggest issue is finding a way to get that orange film (it was a plastic walmart folder) to attach the the light without looking sloppy. I tried heat forming it and can't get it to melt/shape at all. I have more to cut to try different stuff, I just don't know what to do. Any suggestions are more than welcome.

Decided to see if I could crossplay Riven. Finished her shoulder piece, and her other armour pieces are just about done. Then it's time to actually sew everything together and make the sword. Was afraid I couldn't pull her off, but I'm a lot more confident now.

>>7685641

Visor looks awesome, how did you make it?

>>7684809
>>7685666

Shovel Knight cosplays unite! I've been reading up on armor building tutorials with various different materials. I'm planning to do Shovel Knight himself in my case.

>>7688069
all this Shoveling makes me very happy~

>>7665771
So we finished the bow! Hotglued the red fabric backing on in the hotel room, but the judges don't have to know that! *eyes Korin nervously*

I'm personally not super happy with the smoothness of parts produced here. Next time I'll CNC a cavity in wax and pour up quarters, or 3d-print, something with better resolution and less glue-on-my-fingertips than pepakura.

>>7688165
Anon, I literally swooned when I saw your bow at the costume contest. Fantastic job!

first time working with worbla, glad with the result, this mask is no where near perfect but for my first proper prop I am proud

>>7685025
I'm probably going to carve them myself out of foam :)

>>7685666
>>7688069
Hell yeah! Maybe we'll meet in costume one day!

>>7688043
Aaaaaaah your wig looks amazing

You can definitely pull her off!!

>>7684998
Wow, that's a nice Ruffio.

>>7688043
>dat crossplay
The wig looks super!

Going for Naked Snake from MGS3

After a trip to the military surplus store... All I need are gloves, some hair, and a good bandana.

>>7684998
Oh man, that is totally awesome. (specter knight guy again)

>>7688982
More like Tsumugu Kinagase from Kill la Kill... easy mistake though, similar color schemes

>>7689881
Lol, I thought he was being sarcastic.

I hope he was...

>>7690106
I wasn't entirely sure if they were trolling or not, didn't want to be an asshole if they legit thought it was Rufio

>>7685120
Cleaning parts up. Still need to clean up the spartan crest and the rest of the bucket.

>>7688043
Didn't even realize you're a dude. I just kind of skimmed over and went "oh nice riven" and just kept scrolling. Looks good man.

>>7688043
very jealous of your makeup skills

>>7685659
Oh my god, Mineva-anon from >>7660889 here, please show finished results when you get done. Fuck yeah UC.

>>7689857
Thank you :>

>>7689881
>>7690106
>>7690109
Sometimes its sarcasm, sometimes it's assholes, most of the time it's people who legitimately can't tell the difference which is very sad.

Lmao super dumb progress but I threw together lazy comfy Sneakers Nonon for Otakon. I just need... the sneakers. Also don't know how I feel about the make up though and my room is messy af.

Started Ryuko 2.0

Lots of work still to do. its not hemmed and i still need darts, its just pinned right now, But its a start.

Also the eye is just a placeholder, im stupid and got black ink on it (plus it doesnt fit properly with my collar)

Pretty much done with this. Babbu's first light-up prop.

>>7692696
oh shit that's fantastic. What are the mats? it looks great! I can't remember if it had 'fur' though? or was it smooth all over

Fire Nation Suki from Avatar progress, nothing impressive, but thought I'd share anyways.

>>7692687
gurl, dem pleats look huge. Everything looks clean and well sewn, but I'd rethink the proportions.

>>7692521
can i marry you that shit is so cute

>>7692705
Sorry, the 'mats'? I don't quite follow. As far as I can tell nothing resembling fur in the anime, just smooth and robot-y. Not as smooth as I would have liked, I got lazy after many hours of spot-filling and sanding.

>>7692720
sorry I mean, what's it made out of, the materials

>>7692687
Seconding this guy >>7692715
You might want to rethink your pleat size. Maybe 2 inches? Your collar also looks kind of small, too. Otherwise it looks really neat and well done.

>>7692740
oh, 'doy, sorry. Expanding foam covered in paper mache and then a coat of basically spackling paste to make the surface smoother because the paper mache I used was hardcore and would barely sand.

Has a base of PVC pipes including the eye which is attached way in there, face and collar are EVA foam. The light is a modified push-light and the orange filter for it is a cheap folder from walmart (yay back to school season!) The eye is the sloppiest part by a long shot. It's attached with velcro but it's all so snug in there that I think a battery change will be impossible. Please last me a day at Otakon, batteries.

Oh, and feet have ball pivot thingies on them for rolling. It's too heavy for them, so very little rolling happens. Should have gone with actual wheels. I think that's everything.

Okay cgl, almost done with my aisha wig. Just gotta glue on hairs for the hairline.. It's my first cosplay/first wig styling job so be merciful.
(help/pointers appreciated)

>>7692804
Oooh I think that actually looks really great! I like how effortless it looks but still having her ridiculous spikeyness and volume.
if anything, I would say the left side looks a little deflated compared to the right, but that's about it

>>7692804
I don't know the character, but this looks really good
Just be careful with the hairline, messy looking fake lacefronts are a pet peeve of mine. You have a good start here.

>>7692810
yeah the left side was brutally mutilated in my attempts to find a way to attach the ears.. i'll work on revamping it though, thanks! :O
>>7692816
and im a tad bit worried on that end as well.. im planning on going the fabric glue route and then snipping for a more natural look. Any other techniques to consider?

>>7692804
Looks great!

I'm working on a sub dye spiderman print suit too. I managed to save a fair bit of money with ingenuity.

I contacted a small printing company in Yorkshire England that printed my suit for around 45£

I had to lose the mask due to it being so shittily put together by me. But I'm cool with it.

My only worry is I'm
Not really the right body type. I'm
Probably a little too tall and broad and I know I'm carrying too
Much weight. The weight is
Dropping with hard work but I'm always gonna be a large shouldered spiderman.
Think it'll be ok?

Also, my hot spider-ass

>>7660161
finished and wore my homulilly costume yesterday (con pic)
I'll do some touch ups till next week when I'll wear it again like changing the shoulder lace and making the skirt a little shorter (in pic I'm holding it so I can walk)

>>7693081
What fabric did you use for that? I've been looking for a textured spandex with no luck.

>>7693229
It's 4 way stretch spandex I ha sublimation dye printed. The brick pattern ad muscle shading is just a very clever printed fabric.

>>7692804
Aisha is mah waifu. Fully approve. Looks great, got a back photo of the braid though?

A weird choice of waifu I know...

>>7690407
Your pieces look so smooth! What materials do you use? Or your process?

>>7692521
Do you mind uploading the vectors of those bones? They look wonderful!

making chinmail for my solaire of astora cosplay

>>7694100
Did you make or buy your rings? What gauge and diameter? What's your entertainment while making it?

>>7694109
i spin them around a 10 milimiter thick pipe and they are 2 milimiter thick.

i mostly watch youtube and some streams

just a test of my rei wig ... shitty over filtered picture because i was too lazy for makeup lmao

the interface hairclips i made myself

>>7694571

also the approach i'm taking with the plugsuit

pls kill me this thing is so difficult and its my first time sewing with stretch

>>7694114
Very nice, how are you cutting and opening and closing?

I just finished a shut and working on my second one. So much time.

>>7694575
At first I thought the gloves were painted on handprints. I thought it was an interesting design point.

>>7694585

ohhh man i should make more interesting points like that from now

but i had a kinda cool idea for the green portions that sit under her chest, for those i'm gonna use circuit boards

and i wanna incorporate some other pieces of tech on the wrist cuffs, shoulders and backpack

Yukako Yamagishi progress. First time making a seifuku...the collar's a little small but otherwise I'm happy with it.

>>7693203
I like what you did with the skirt!

Stand in wig. Mine's still in the mail. My boyfriend and I just finished Kyokai no Kanata so for next month's local con I decided to cosplay Mirai. I'm still working on getting an even red on these glasses...

>>7694575
Is that just a mockup or the actual material for the suit....?

>>7694583
first i cut them then i twist them together these are the only tools im useing

>>7694100
Wow Nice to see someone actually making their chain mail too, really hate seeing potentially good Solaires just wearing grey or mesh shirts instead of the mail. I started mine a while ago, but have since stopped, recently bought some aluminum wire instead of the steel wire I was using, and gonna test that out as well to see if it's sturdy enough and if the weight difference is actually that significant. Keep up the great work there man, would love to see finished pictures!

>>7694709
excited for this~

>>7681530
>>7685120
>>7690407

Mostly complete now. Still needs a bit of padding and a chin strap which I will add tonight. The visor is a new design I came up with that combines two different colors of 1 way mirrored visor film which give me visibility out of the entire eye plate rather than just the eyes themselves like my past helmets.

It feels good to have a gundam helm again after selling my old one over a year ago.

>>7693541
This is all sintra with superglue and model puddy used to fill gaps and smooth it out. I do alot of sanding and priming to make my stuff look as clean as possible.

I've been wanting to get this damn belt done for Wander from SoTC for a while now. I knew i wanted to do something for the dangling things on his belts and looked around to see what others had done as well as game footage. What i had read via game related stuff was that they were bones. A coworker of mine has some woods directly behind her house and had found a deer carcass. It had been rotting since january and she told me i could come take any bones i found. I walked away with 16 bones. My father in law helped me with the cleaning process since i had never done that before. I put them in a hydrogen peroxide bath for 3 days, pulled them out, and cleaned off any remaining tissue. It helped loosen and get rid of alot of the bad stuff and took down the odor by alot. I cleaned out the larger bucket i had them soaking in and put a new hydrogen peroxide mixture in. I'll be pulling the bones out tomorrow and letting em dry in the sun. I dont want the bones to look perfectly white since i'll be making my outfit dirty anyways.

Got my base dress done for Suzi Q. The dress is a bit large on me, I might need to take it in a bit. Also obvs not ironed. Now to work on the apron.

finish my headgear for Camus, try spandex over foam instead of paint and like how it looks
need to do the back now and rest of the armor

>>7697817
I've heard people doing this before with gold in particular.

Can I please ask how you do it exactly? Do you spray the surface with a glue then pull it over or what? If so what kind of glue?

>>7663639
Looks good! What did you do for the keys?

>>7697959
I was following a tutorial that said to use contact cement but didnt work for some reason so I just end up using hot glue instead
just doing it around the edges of the details and pressing down the fabric, the on the edges. dont do it on the parts that are just flat or you will end up with bubbles everywhere.
im really bad at explaining so hope that made sense.

>>7684087
holy shit. she's really cute...

also awesome looking spear

>>7698064
I decided to satin stitch everything. It was...mega tedious but I was really happy with the results!

>>7694571
How did you make those? A friend and I are having trouble with how to make them.

>>7660494
just be sure what ever you get stays well enough even if you get bumped or other people brush along your side. I've lost several kinds of pokeballs because of this and have yet to find a good enough method to hold them in place in a crowd

>>7698066
contact glue is to be used on the foam and the spandex then you wait 10 minuts and start to put them together, maybe thats why it didn't work most people just don't know how to use it!

>>7697817
IMHO too many wrinkles and bubbles with that method, but if you like...

>>7697817
looks a bit rough.. and the downside of spandex is you can't just sand/buff out imperfections and recoat. It's a nice idea in theory, but I think in practice it works much better with simple, flat pieces.

Finished a harness for my chainmail sleeves and decided to try it on with a few armor pieces. For a first real try at armor and chainmail I'm pretty dang proud so far.

Making 'Marian' Hawke, if anyone's curious.

>>7698225

i used this stuff called "delight", it's a super super lightweight paper clay. it kind of sucks price-wise, because it's like 10$ a pack (in fuckin canada at least) but it only takes half a pack to make one set of clips, and mine even came out a little too big

so yeah just take a chunk of that shit and scuplt out your forms as best as you can, i made the indentations where the black lines are by pressing the edge of a ruler into the clay. and this brand of paperclay receives moisture almost as well as ball clay, so you can dab your fingers in some water and smooth out your forms to reduce time on sanding. also make sure the sculpts are curved slightly so they sit on your head nicely. you can also press an indent on the bottom of them where the barrettes will sit so theyre not really visible

and yeah. sanding. so even if you smooth your pieces out with moisture they're gonna look lumpy and stupid once you're done so don't fight that too hard, you'll just be wasting time. once the sculpts are done give them at least 48 hours to dry and evaporate exterior moisture completely. then sand the fuck out of them with high grit sandpaper to make them smooth and lovely. then prime, sand again with even finer sandpaper, prime again and then paint. paint the black lines first and then mask messy edges with your white or red paint.

to attach the clips to your wig just strip a pair of barrette clips and hotglue the metal pieces to the clips.

annnnnnnd that's about it ! i recommend delight as your material just because it really is the lightest clay i've ever used and won't drag your wig down AT ALL

sorry for long, slightly unrelated to thread post, but i hope this helps anybody wanting to make these! pic related it's what the clips looked like before sanding. sanding is very important

>>7699560

holy shit that looks incredible

>>7697817
It looks rough however it does shine alot more than more golds I've seen. Guess it's a trade off.

>>7699600
>>7699600
Hi there! I use delight as well, and I wanted to say that while this is a good idea, your form is a bit messy. It's much easier to dry the rough clay, sand down and then use a wet q-tip to smooth it out afterwards, since paperclay is water soluble it will take moisture again after dry. It is also important to know that it is water soluble so it needs to be primed and sealed or it will melt when wet, even with paint on it.

I'm not saying yours are bad or anything, just that it will be easier for the other anon if she knows how to more easily do some things.

>>7699627

going back and reading my entire post, i think the only difference between our processes here is that i smooth with water before theyre dry, and sand them down more for smoothness in general i think ?? and i did prime these. priming IS a part of my process.

am i missing the point ?? sorry man i feel like i'm missing the point.

picture attached is post sanding

the completed clips are here >>7694571

i still kind of think i missed something

>>7699669
i think it's just saying that it's easier to sand & smooth with water post-dry. Much faster/easier to use water in the smoothing process post-dry so I agree with that.

>>7699820

OOOOOHHHH okay !! i'll try that next time

Working on Suzi's bizarre apron

2 days left before NärCon and I'm soon done.

>>7695033
Soo... What's the progress then? That you have glasses and a cardigan?

>>7699205
ohh ok, ill try it that way next time thanks~

>>7699217
>>7699451
>>7699611
ill probably see how it looks once i start on the rest of the armor and see if i keep goijng this way or try something else for it, have till dragoncon to finish so got a while to try different stuff out

>>7699560
your chainmail looks better than mine ;_;

>>7703580
It's about the ratios; wire ⌀: ring ⌀ . There's a balance between flexibility and solidity that should be reached. Some people stick to thinner wire for weight, but you can also just switch to different metals.

This was for an aborted LoZ costume.. aluminum wire for electric fences. Pretty rough cuts, used tin snips.

>>7703782
There's also different types of chain mail patterning to consider. You can do 6 or 8 in 1, as opposed to the standard 4 in 1 pattern most people use if you need the density.

>>7687914
If you can't get it to form, then what about cutting into the side of the cylinder a bit? That would create a bit of a step for the orange film to sit inside so that it doesn't fall out.

The downside is that it won't have the form-fitted look, but it would at least be functional.

>>7703782
6 in 1 looks good. I wouldn't go for 8 in 1, or 8 in 2 (kings weave), or 12 in 2 (emperors) as they are just too thick, or too heavy. 4 in 1 and 6 in 1 have good coverage and flexibility.

For the love of god use Aluminum wire for cosplaying too, steel is heavy as shit.

Making a Splatoon water gun using entirely 3D printed parts. Not sure if cheating.

>>7703805
>steel is heavy as shit
That is where I originally messed up with an old cosplay I had to abort, but I'm gonna bring a bitch back when I get the aluminum wire in.

>>7704637
3D printing is not cheating, why do people still think this? Its a method of fabrication just like anything else. Fucking Blind Squirrel makes amazing props and uses lots of 3D printing. Thinking that its "cheating" is purely a made-up pride thing that no one actually cares about.

>>7704700
I think a lot of people don't take into account the time it takes to make the models printable and the work to smooth and finish pieces. Admittedly I will be bitchy and call it cheating when you can download printable files and the quality of 3D printing doesn't take any finishing to get your omg perfect armor for everything, but we're not at that point yet.

>>7704700
>>7704758
I guess you're right. Still have no idea how I'll smooth it down but I guess I'll cross that bridge when it's fully printed and see if it looks good enough then.

>>7704835
Alright here's what you do. Use filling sandable primer (find in the Auto sections of Walmart/Auto Zone), I personally like Duplicolor brand but the Rustoleum one is cheaper and good too. Sand it down with 200-500 grit sandpaper, fill in dents or holes with Spot Putty.

Those three items will set you back like $15 and last you a long way.

>>7704758
I agree that 3D printing to totally viable for parts that are tiny and intricate and would take a lot of man hours and suffering to get right by hand. A good example is the Cardcaptor Sakura star wand's head, getting a perfect geometric star that will fit in a perfectly circular ring (that is thinner at the top and thicker at the bottom) would be REALLY hard to get with normal fabrication methods. I think 3D printing for things like that isn't a cheat but a time-saver and method of its own.

>>7704909
Sounds good. Should I do that after I've assembled the gun, or apply it to the individual pieces? And it goes primer > sanding > fill in dents/holes, right?

>>7704909

You can apparently gas most 3D printer plastics smooth with like mineral spirits or acetone or something, makes shit mirror smooth. The fumes melt the very outside layer. You probably lose some detail but shit looked great when I saw it demonstrated. Might wanna look into that?

>>7699600
I used precut rings for the sake of my own sanity, since the weave itself proved tedious enough for babies first chainmail. I'm an idiot though and used steel. Even though it's only a 3/4th length sleeve it weighs a ton, but luckily I BS'd a harnes out of pleather and it's surprisingly comfortable with little wieght drag.

tl;dr Fight the good fight anon, it's worth it.

>>7705052
was ment for
>>7703580
Replying on Mobile was a bad idea

More Suzi. The apron came out a bit shorter then it probably should be, but I like the proportions. Also the dots could be better placed. The shoes are stand ins.

Screencapped my progress post because I'm lazy. Progress with Nonon's Symphony Regalia Da Capo is going way slower than it should, argh. Gonna take a break from all this hat cannon business to sew the tailcoat soon.

>>7704637
Jake, you should smooth your models more. Up the polycount, arc linearization tolerance, however scad describes it. Less sanding later.
It will show up in your prints.. IMO you should look at the Z step increment of your printer and make all edges on your model shorter than that.

This halo helmet commission is still looking super chaotic.

>>7705586
Oh, and I think I posted a few progress pictures of this gun here pre-print. Thorn from Destiny. I did the 3d model, impact props did the finishing, molding, etc.

>>7705586
>>7705595
Oh don't worry, it isn't low-poly like in the Pic. OpenScad uses math values to render objects rather than traditional 3D modelling so everything is super smooth when printed, it only renders in low-poly for performance.

>>7705595
How much did you pay for those?

Would love to get my project printed.

>>7662187
First thought was G1 megatron. but thats pretty legit bruh

Didn't get anything in the last thread I posted this in, so I'll go ahead and throw this in here.

Just looking for some critique or opinions or whatever at the moment.

1/2

>>7707103
2/2

>>7660526
Hey, what sort of foam do you use as a base?

>>7705586
More stuff. Coalescing.

>>7706023
I just did the models, but 3d printing cost varies a lot. You can have shapeways do it (expensive) or if you have a friend with a printer you can just pay the materials' cost- ABS plastic filament gets down to around 10$/lb. I don't have great estimates on infill rates or actual density in front of me, but something like the Thorn pistol would probably still be at least be 50$ of plastic.

>>7707103
>>7707106
What is this? Can't judge its accuracy without references.

>>7707355
It's something I've made myself.

Not sure if I should be embarrassed because of that, but the original design wouldn't work-no matter how much better I think it actually looks.

>>7707355
H-H-H-Holy shit.

>>7707355
Theres another problem with using your friends printer. They usually have very small print volumes, which means you need to make it out of a number of prints and reassemble them.

If you wanted a one piece helmet you'd have to outsource it. A home printer has probably a 6x6x6 inch max print volume (maybe 8x8x8, but no greater then 1 foot). So you'd have to cut it into various pieces then print and assemble them.

My brother and I bought a reprap for my father for fathers day and I've been messing around with it and playing around with the idea of printing some things for costumes. It could be useful for some things, but foam or pepakura is probably still more economical then completely 3d printing armor.

Although some guy did Dark Knight Cecil from FF4 completely 3d printed if I recall.

Some progress on Targaryen armor... it's days like these that it feels like it will never get done

>>7707452
That's Godlike. Great detail. What was the process like?

>>7707452
Looks cool, you going for Raegar? I always wanted to do a young Robert Baratheon.

Whats the material? Looks metal, but I'm guessing its something like Worbla?

>>7707460
Yup, my boyfriend and I are doing Battle of the Trident Rhaegar and Baratheon. Unfortunately all that exists of Baratheon right now are cut out finger pieces....

We are using Aluminium sheeting. It's painted with spray paint and coated. Hopefully it holds.

>>7707458
Thank you! It's a lot of hammering and finding appropriate surfaces to bang things on! [We've been collecting up wood blocks of various shapes and sizes]

>>7707103
>>7707106
>>>/3/
Unless this is SPECIFICALLY for cosplay like >>7707355 this belongs in /3/

>>7707534
It is.

The first thing you do if you want to make your own thing is draw up a design.
Then in my case since I'm either going to be using 3D printing or Pepakura I need a 3D model.

/3/ wouldn't help much because they're mostly for models and skins, not really for something you're going to need to be wary about detail or polygons-if that makes any sense.

>>7707597
Posted this way back when asking for opinions of the design.

Of course, since this is mostly a lolita board, especially at that time, /cgl/ was not much help.

>>7707511
>We are using Aluminium sheeting. It's painted with spray paint and coated. Hopefully it holds.

I hope it holds together it looks pretty good. I don't know how much it would cost, but anodizing it mitebcool. I know there are places around here that anodize aluminum but I'm not sure how much it would cost. Definitely would ensure that the colour would hold pretty much forever.

>>7707511
>We are using Aluminium sheeting
That's way sick. Even if it takes days upon days, using a sturdy material like that is going to make the finished product that much better.
Way to go guys.
Best of luck to you!

>>7707511
Do you know what gauge of aluminum you're using?

It might be a good idea to layer some thicker gauge metal on the inside to reinforce it.

>>7707708
Not them but the way the aluminum is fluted at parts it should be completely fine. Any kind of ridge or curve adds to the structural strength of the armor. You're not going to go around bending aluminum willy-nilly unless its super thin, and based on the fingers, looks quite adequate.

>>7707722
It really just depends upon the metal they're using.

If it's aluminum you'd use for ventilation and stuff, just the slightest amount of weight will smash it.
Might even tear.

The thicker the gauge, the better.
However, the thicker the heavier.
So if they still just layer it with some hot glue or some shit (again, if it's just aluminum sheets like I think he's talking).

>>7707708
With the bigger pieces [chest plate] we probably will. But for now all the smaller arm and hand pieces are doing nicely.
>>7707695
I don't know of any places like that in my town, but I might look into it!
>>7707704
Thank you so much! Hopefully my hands don't get too cramped up

>>7707722
I agree.
In the way of metals, aluminum is pretty weak, but at the same time it's not very susceptible to breakage unless it's being bent back and forth over itself.
Even thin sheets of aluminum are pretty tough, and I doubt their going to be putting it through the kind of stress that would cause it to bend out of place.

>>7707742
Yeah what this guy is saying, we aren't going to be battle testing it! I hope...

It just has to be pretty. The chain maille on the other hand, that can take a hit.

>>7707742
>their
they're... whatever.

>>7665787
>oh wow! your tabard looks fantastic. did you do applique with yours? I was pretty hesitant about doing that with mine since it was my first go at applique. Wanted to keep it somewhat simple.

Oh crud I realized I never replied to you, Wander-anon. Yep I used heat and bond applique! It was actually not that bad, I had drawn the design on a large sheet of paper, x-acto cut out the shapes, traced those on fabric, and then used the now stencil-ified large paper to line up where to iron on the shapes so it didn't get out of whack. I think it only took me like 2 hours tops? Though in my heart one day I will have enough money to commission a professional to weave me a tabard on a loom and display it on my wall. One day....

WIP on Nausicaa's helm from the manga.

Of course first time working with sintra I choose compound curves, naturally it was a bit of a nightmare to shape!

From left to right, top to bottom:
>Had to apply bondo to round out the middle since I couldn't stretch the sintra enough to make a nice dome shape
>Applying even more bondo to try and cover seams and general wonky shit
>Sanded down with dremel and sanding sponges/blocks
>Mocked up the filligree design in paper to see where to focus my energy since parts would be covered up
>Only photo I took in a long process of spot putty, filler primer, sand, repeat
>Sanded down with 320 and 400 grit and buffed, next step apoxie sculpt the details and then spot putty remaining dents that are uncovered

Hope to be done with this thing by Sunday!

>>7707865
That looks amazing!
Do you have a guide on how to use Bondo?

After two weeks i'm fucking done. Legit deer bone that i pulled from a carcass and cleaned myself. I repainted them to look dirty since i will be following through with making the outfit more dirty. This was so time consuming but i feel like in the end, it was fucking worth it. I probably spent 20 hours on the whole belt between cleaning the bones/repainting/putting belt together. I wanted to do a little bit of artistic license with this since ongoing debate with the dangly shit was bones/candles/feathers. Felt like bones would make more sense. Used hemp cord to hold everything up and in. Pretty damn pleased with the final result.

Librom from Soul Sacrifice.

Finishing it first before the main costume

>>7707777
Oh wow ok, dang, i probably should have done it that way since i even did the damn stencil. At least it's something i can remake if i need to! >>7707865
This looks wonderful so far!
>>7707458
That is so clean and gorgeous.
>>7705067
Just wanted to say i've been watching your progress with this and it's turning out really great. That apron must have been irritating to plan out.

>>7709875
Thank you! It actually wasn't so bad when I finally got into it. I had a pretty decent base pattern, Simplicity 4282, and I cut down my mockup from there.

>>7708410
I'm not sure exactly what you mean, I just follow the directions on the can haha. Its not that bad, it is pretty forgiving if you mess up the ratio of bondo to hardener a little bit. The consistency is like sticky peanut butter with a really short working time (like 5-6 mins) so its mostly for just slabbing it on in places, sanding, then adding more.

>>7709864
I LIKE. Though I think the belt itself would look better with stamping, can't find a proper ref right now but I'm damn sure his belt has symbols on it.

>>7709996
Ty and yea I'll get to that. I don't have stamping tools but I'll figure out something.

>>7699600
>>7699627
>>7699669
Ah, thank you both so much! That was really helpful!

Just had this commissioned and it was finished today, not sure if it belongs here but I have pictures of all the WIPs as well if anyone is interested.

>>7685654
I am so amazed by your costume making skills. I am planning on making my own n7 armor but how did you make the omniblade. It looks so amazing

>>7707534
>doesn't know about pepakura

lurk moar before redirecting people to boards plz

This is my first time posting to /cgl/ sp tear into me.

Finally started making my first cosplay because a couple of friends (who already gave up) wanted to but I'm enjoying this shit.

With that said, I'm wondering, because I just learned of eva foam (after making like, 4 armor parts with worbla) and I'm wondering if since I don't need it to be flexible should I bondo the visor part? I don't know how I'd get rid of the seams.

>>7667767
Mother fucker is that Librom?

>>7692804
looks great!
make sure you post more so we can see the progress!