Progress Thread

[Anonymous No.8758169]

Since there isn't an active one, post progress

[Anonymous No.8758173]

I threw together some progress on Yamato no Kami Yasusada today. It turned out a lot better than I had expected it to for being all put together in a day. For the most part it was just a lot of practice getting used to my new serger. I know I am probably going to nix the Hakama, just because they were just an attempted made from some left over twill I had. But maybe they're salvageable.

Hopefully I can finish all the fabric stuff and start some armor work tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.8758286]

>>8758173
Your sleeves are completely wrong.

[Anonymous No.8759979]

>>8758173
Sorry Anon, but that's terribly inaccurate.
Did you even look at the character when you made this cosplay?

[Anonymous No.8761419]

>>8758286
>>8759979
Thanks for the valid criticism! I remade the jacket from the ground up with a better fabric and I made sure to buy enough to size the sleeves properly. My wig got here today and it needs a lot of styling but at least it isn't terrible out of the bag.

[Anonymous No.8764589]

bumping because of asshat spamming the board knocking threads off

[Anonymous No.8764653]

>>8761419
Looking much better this time, but please iron it.

[Anonymous No.8764983]

Almost done with the top.
Just need to install eyelets onto the sleeves and sew(hotglue) fur onto the sleeve holes.

[Anonymous No.8765015]

>>8761419

Japanese garments are some of the easiest patterns on the face of the planet how can you still fuck it up that badly

[Anonymous No.8765177]

Making majora's mask atm. It's been... an experience lol.

[Anonymous No.8765178]

>>8765177
Oooh, do share, anon. I've always wanted to cosplay Skull Kid. What happened?

[Anonymous No.8765182]

>>8765178
The horns keep breaking off/tips keep snapping lol

[Anonymous No.8766053]

Working on my tusken raider cosplay.

I made one about 6 years ago and it fell into disrepair and the helmet pretty much fell apart to the plastic shell, which I've used to make a head for a Mardi Gras parade. So now I'm just trying to find a new shell or somehow make a copy of the inside of the Mardi Gras head.

I'm pretty much making my costume from scrap now and am in the planning phase

[Anonymous No.8766058]

>>8765182
Maybe cover the tips in worbla? I know it means a lot of extra priming and sanding, but at least it will be stronger.

[Anonymous No.8768962]

Slow progress bump

[Anonymous No.8769264]

>>8768962
I love advance wars

[Anonymous No.8769332]

>>8769264
ayyy
hopefully I'll have the other side done by next week, then panelling + painting.

[Anonymous No.8770184]

In my spare time (when I am not working full time) I am trying to create a Thor costume myself.

first time DIY, so I hope it turns into something not trashy

[Anonymous No.8771234]

>>8765015
fuck off

[Anonymous No.8771499]

>>8771234
But the other anon is right.
Kimono patterns aren't difficult since almost every seem and cut is straight.
That said, it still looks bad and the sleeves could be so much better.

[Ukraine !!Gl2boRyrnRH No.8773717]

Philia is almost done. There's a few little things, like her hair bobbles, her shoes that need to be finished.

[Anonymous No.8773862]

>>8773717

[Anonymous No.8773872]

>>8773717
I don't know the character, but I really like the rich colors you chose!

[Anonymous No.8773875]

>>8773717
Silly question, is your gold trim bias tape made from satin, or something else? It has the look of something I need, but have had trouble placing.

[Anonymous No.8773884]

>>8773717
It's so clean I love it ! Nice wig too, where did you get it ?

[Anonymous No.8773887]

>>8773717
I love these colors. If I could recommend though--wear a lighter color bra when you wear that out. It's not incredibly sheer, but in natural light it could look a lot more visible.

[Ukraine !!Gl2boRyrnRH No.8773920]

>>8773862
:o

>>8773872
Thank you! Its Philia from Tales of Destiny

>>8773875
Yup, its just stain that I made into bias tape. Which honestly isn't the easiest material to work with when making your own bias but I wanted a particular look and color.

>>8773884
Thanks! The wig is from Arda. Its Eowyn in Jade, and then I ordered some wefts to sew in to make is really thick like her hair is.

>>8773887
Oh for sure. I got pretty lazy and didn't feel like changing out of the bra I was in for this pic. But I'll def wear a nude color bra with this!

[Anonymous No.8774038]

>>8773717
Looks amazing, some of your best work! Where did you order the pearls and teardrop beads from?

[Ukraine !!Gl2boRyrnRH No.8774047]

>>8774038
The pearls are from the Joann's craft section, they're just plastic, probably obviously enough, and I lucked into the pearl shapes from the Michaels bead section!

[Anonymous No.8774055]

>>8773717
As a fellow Tales of Destiny cosplayer this makes me very happy.

[Ukraine !!Gl2boRyrnRH No.8774712]

>>8774055
Thank you! The game is so underloved compared to the other Tales games sadly!

[Anonymous No.8774718]

>>8765177
Yo!! I just wanted to pop in and say I finished it just in time for christmas!

[Anonymous No.8774721]

>>8764983
>Nier
Bless you anon. Where are you wearing this?

[Anonymous No.8774931]

>>8761419
I keep thinking the mountains are made of taped down craft paper or something, the way they sit is not good

[Anonymous No.8775434]

>>8774718
You done good anon. Now give it to me.

[Anonymous No.8776203]

First thing I've completed in months! It's not perfect but I like how it came out. It's Christmas CG Ooyodo from KanColle

[Anonymous No.8776209]

>>8774718
This looks great, anon.
Mind telling me a little about your process?

[Anonymous No.8776871]

>>8774721
to a small local convention that's about two weeks away.
I'm sorta kinda almost finished, but I procrastinate way too much.

[Anonymous No.8780683]

sword update.
thinking of wrapping pleather around the handle.

[Anonymous No.8780939]

Top is basicallyfinished.

[Anonymous No.8781121]

>>8780683
Save the pleather and just trash it. Or remove the duct tape and actually paint it...

[Anonymous No.8781140]

>>8780683
This is so rough looking. Metallic paint hides 0 sins so it's especially bad.

[Anonymous No.8781284]

Ive been making spartan armour since september.

[Anonymous No.8781461]

>>8781121
>save the pleather and trash it
Trash what. The entire sword that took me weeks to make? You must be high.

>>8781140
Well it is my first big prop, the other side is was worse thanks to my cat basically causeing near unfixable damage. I agree with the paint but there was no matte version of the color.

[Anonymous No.8781586]

>>8781461
Hey anon, I've been following your process with this thing and I have some tips I guess could be useful

first thing, I think I remember you covering it with that paper+glue+water technique. Don't do it again, it never looks good in anything other than kid's school projects.

If you don't want to completely trash it, cover it with acrylic putty or other materials as such, sand it and try painting again. It will look a thousand times better and you won't have wasted everything you did until now.

[Anonymous No.8781612]

>>8781586
Thank you for the advice. I will make sure to do that with my next prop.
I would do it for this one but I have neither enough time remaining nor money to do it to this one.

[Anonymous No.8781621]

>>8776203
don't know the character but damn girl that's cute

[Anonymous No.8781633]

>>8781612
It's ok, living and learning.
At least the shape looks pretty good, so that's something! It means you just need to learn new finishing techniques.

[Anonymous No.8783859]

More progress on Abel Nightroad wings, artbook version. Just a bit more feathering and they'll be ready for sealing/painting. In the absence of a wearer for scale, they're 42" wingtip to shoulder.

[Anonymous No.8783884]

>>8776209
Sure! It's a pepakura file (like the first thing that comes up when you google majoras mask pepakura). I just followed the normal pep stuff. The black coording around it is stuff you use when you're putting screen doors together. The rest of the raised details are just craft foam.

[Anonymous No.8786080]

>>8780683
Basic shape of the sword is nice, but the metallic paint is showing every flaw and making it look super cheap. I highly recommend weathering the fuck out of it to give it more dimension and help cover the rough areas. The pleather is a nice idea as well, I say go for it. If you amp up the detail it could look really nice!

[Anonymous No.8787001]

>>8781586

I think the paper+glue is only good for a rough base. I tried it myself and as you said it wont look good unless you put in extreme ammounts of effort on a small piece, i dont even want to know how much you would need to put into a big piece.

But for a base that you then go over with something like bondo or something that actually smothes things out well it might work.

[Anonymous No.8787006]

>>8783859
I'm so glad to see people still cosplaying Trinity Blood. Keep up the good work! I look forward to more progress shots.

[Anonymous No.8792558]

bump

[Anonymous No.8794816]

>>8758169
I started this costume thinking "well I already have the wig for a different costume of hers, and I already have a sunhat." But after finishing the dress, I realized that the hat's brim is too big and too floppy. Off to Amazon.

>>8783859
Looks great (and heavy as fuck). What are they made of?

>>8780683
What's under the duct tape? Your problem is that you need a layer of something that can be sanded, and then to sand the hell out of it. The duct tape leaves lots of little ridges, and the paint exacerbates them.

>>8776203
Cute.

[TemjinTBW No.8795535]

Spent the long weekend playing with some new tools for my little workshop and making some of the foam parts for Wing Zero and doing a test fit of everything from the waist up. The waist wrap, biceps and thighs still need to be sealed and painted but they fit very well.

Waist mobility is quite good but I cant raise my arms higher than my chest without a redesign or heavy modification to the shoulders. I may want to return to that later and see how it can be improved.

>>8769332
>>8768962
Glad to see your chugging along on this. That thing is going to be the ultimate con party wagon I think.

[TemjinTBW No.8795540]

Spent the long weekend playing with some new tools for my little workshop and making some of the foam parts for Wing Zero and doing a test fit of everything from the waist up. The waist wrap, biceps and thighs still need to be sealed and painted but they fit very well.

Waist mobility is quite good but I cant raise my arms higher than my chest without a redesign or heavy modification to the shoulders. I may want to return to that later and see how it can be improved.

>>8769332
>>8768962
Glad to see your chugging along on this. That thing is going to be the ultimate con party wagon I think.

[Maguma !ftEuMagUmA No.8795621]

It's been a while posting here! All the progress in here looks great!!!

Been working on my Charlie Nash Vest from SF5 for the past 2 days. Many details I gotta keep remembering so I don't fuck it up

[Anonymous No.8795689]

Been working on this project for awhile now, so I'll just post some progress pics

[Anonymous No.8795691]

Got in the helmet from Doc Dailey about two weeks ago now and spent a couple days cutting out the visor and sanding/cleaning up

[Anonymous No.8795692]

To just make it clear, this is my first real cosplay past making a quick EXALT costume from Xcom EW

[Anonymous No.8795695]

This will also be my first helmet, tinted visor with lights and glowing skull to come

[Anonymous No.8795699]

I'm working with little to no experience, and no templates so it's all a learning process

[Anonymous No.8795703]

Pic above is a bit dated, knee pads are almost done at this point and have working leds

[Anonymous No.8795704]

And update on the upper half of the knee pad

[Anonymous No.8795708]

The only parts I would say are "done" is the gun and the arms

[Anonymous No.8797356]

>>8795691
>>8795692
>>8795695

Whats this material, and how was it made?

[Anonymous No.8797394]

Quick pepakura question.

Right now im making a helmet, and im starting to get worried it might end up a bit too small.
Could i just in the end split it up at a few major seams and put in some sort of extensions to make it bigger? Or would that end up looking too horrible and/or obvious?

[Anonymous No.8797436]

>>8797356
Smooth cast I believe, and it's a blank from a mold, I got the last one which was a prototype from a failed kickstarter

[Anonymous No.8797464]

>>8797436

Oh? So its something like plastic? Or more like really hard foam?

Looks pretty damn good tough.

[Justgodlyenough !0NA2aHr0bk No.8797508]

Making a gun mold.

[Anonymous No.8797671]

>>8795704
Anon, I understand it's your first time doing this, so here's some tips:

>Don't leave hot glue sticking out, it will show in the finished product.
>Sand the edges of the pieces. I know sometimes it's hard to cut them perfectly so sanding it out makes the piece much better.
>make a mock out of craft paper first, then cut the eva pieces.
>read some papercraft-to-eva guides, they have useful tips on making specific angles and details

[Anonymous No.8797695]

>>8797464
It's plastic and really solid I was impressed myself.

[Anonymous No.8797697]

>>8797671
I do need to sand the edges for sure, and for the hot glue I do smooth it out whilst it's still hot and it tends to get masked easily because of the mostly grey and black pant job. It tends to end up looking like bubbled pant or scarring when I weather it all. But it's definitely something I need to improve on

[Anonymous No.8798076]

>>8787006
Thank you! I'm looking forward to using all the swanky new materials we didn't have back when my sister cosplayed from Trinity Blood back in 200...6?

>>8794816
They're actually really light, less than 4 lbs. PVC pipe for the armature, pipe insulation and L200 foam to bulk the arm up, and EVA foam for the feathers. I'm sure they're going to feel heavier once they're cantilevering off my back, though.

>>8797394
What's the end material, fiberglass resin + bondo over the paper? Filler will hide most sins if you sand it enough.

[Anonymous No.8799101]

>>8798076

Well, I'm using really thick card. Like 1 mm card because i couldn't get any other sturdy card stock. And yea, going to resin it in the end with some fiberglass support maybe, altough if the card takes in the resin it might not even be neccesary from my experience.

Never worked with filler, and i might need it for this project tough.

>>8797671

Curious, why do people prefer hot glue for foam products? I watched evil ted smith and a few other people on youtube, and most swear on glue. And even i tried some foam crafting and used neostick glue, some contact glue based on kauchuk i think, and that thing was amazing. But it did not really allow for mistakes, as once you stuck things together you could only tear it appart.

[Anonymous No.8799105]

>>8799101

Forgot to add progress pic

[Anonymous No.8799115]

Nowhere near as impressive as some of the stuff in this thread. I'm making a toon link costume for a toddler. I'm making the sword and shield out of felt so he can't hurt stuff. This was before I added The last spiraled bit. The little shit bites chunks out of foam toys so no foam sword and shield for him.

[Anonymous No.8799167]

>>8799101

Could be because hot glue is a bit more user friendly in terms of smell and usage.

Plus it's cheaper

[Anonymous No.8799223]

>>8799167

Could be the smell and maybe user friendlyness, but its sure aint cheaper. I think i paid like 3 eur for a medium tube, and you only need a super thin layer. But then again i use both in my crafts. I guess its just a thing that is nice if you can try it out to see what fits you better.

[Anonymous No.8799347]

The googly eye step always makes me laugh. Forgive the weirdly dramatic lighting, my power was out and I was working by laptop light...

[Anonymous No.8801428]

>>8797394
ive remade a helmet 3 times because I didnt get the scaling right. Its too fiddly to fix later imo and it doesnt take THAT long to make them (like 10 - 20 hours each) just put on your fav show and binge watch it while you work thats what I do atleast

[Anonymous No.8801446]

>>8801428

That's still time wasted

[Anonymous No.8801511]

>>8801428

I dunno man, potential 20 hours does kinda sound long for just making a base pattern.

[Anonymous No.8801558]

>>8801511

To add to this, if you screwed if up 3 times then you wasted up to 60 hours on a base pattern

[Anonymous No.8801621]

>>8801558
I think it depends on the pattern. If it's a unique/uncommon pattern that I'll only be using once then finagling with it in a later stage to save time is what I would do. On the other hand, if it's a pattern that I'd potentially be using again, I'll spend the extra hours to make it fit correctly from the get-go so I won't have to go through the trouble and headache again when I use it for a different cosplay.

[Anonymous No.8801624]

>>8799115
Anon, this is crazy adorable! Post pics when you're done!

[Anonymous No.8801665]

>>8801624
This is what I've gotten done so far. I still need to make the undershirt and hat, some little boot covers, add the back to the shield, and other stuff.The sword is felt too. I gave it a good test and it's pretty safe. He was playing with it today. My husband was being a big nerd and making the sound effects for him. He told me I should make him a chuchu to hit.

[Anonymous No.8801668]

>>8801665
oh man that little sword is precious

[Anonymous No.8802354]

>>8795540
I always love seeing your progress pictures. Your stuff is amazing! BTW, I love you Gunsmith Cats wallscroll. I'm super jelly.

[Anonymous No.8805401]

From a while back but this was my first time making a witch hat, for the genderbend Wadanohara mogeko drew.

[Ukraine !!Gl2boRyrnRH No.8805539]

>>8805401
The hat turned out SO nicely. Did you follow a tutorial? What did you use for the brim? I'm going to be working on a similar hat and my first attempt turned out pretty poorly.

[Anonymous No.8805698]

Same anon who did the majoras mask earlier, doing kindred now. I'm still not sure what to do about the texture/grain on lamb's mask though. Not sure if I should paint it on or try and carve in.

[PiggyNukka No.8805771]

Figured I should start getting ready for ALA. This is for my boyfriend so it doesn't look great on my dress form. But it's for Ryo from Shokugeki no Soma.

[Anonymous No.8806126]

>>8805698
What kind of material is that? I need to make a mask of my own and would love advice on materials and technics

[Anonymous No.8806221]

>>8806126
Cardstock, with resin and bondo. Google pepakura and you'll get tutorials.

If you're doing kindred and not just some random mask, the first few results are a little off looking but if you look hard enough you can find a nice unfold.

My advice is thin layers of bondo and use a mask please! I had a really bad month long cough/wheeze from accidentally breathing this stuff in and I know it can really hurt you so always be careful.