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So hey guess what, you can just glue zippers into the seams of your foam pieces, it’s amazing. Full tutorial here
If I can ask, how are the arms for your costume posed/attached to your body? I'd like to make an Asura's Wrath cosplay at some point, and I always wondered how I was gonna do the extra arms. Thanks for any advice you might have!
Yes hello friend I am going to teach you the magical ways of easy secondary arms!
What you’ll need:
Mannequin arms/Molds of your arms
2 giant screws
Medium Density Fiberboard
A sports bra
Thats it thats literally all you need. Drill a hole into the MDF and the extra set of arms to fit the giant screw and then screw the MDF in on the body side of the sports bra, and fit the mannequin on the other side so it looks like this:
Then do that to the other side and put it on and it’ll look like this:
Looks kinda wonky. Lets put it on.
Whoa! Thats actually pretty cool! But what’s this??
They can move and hang freely! Depending on the tightness of the screw in your harness/sports bra and how tight the sports bra is (in reference to your body), the extra set of arms should be able to sit freely! You can of course use wire or string to keep it in place sometimes (Like I’m probably going to do) But its still pretty neat! Keep in mind though I’m going to paint mine for Opal and put armsocks over the top to hide the harness, so make sure if you make a harness for the arms out of whatever that you have a good way to hide them!
I hope I helped!
Sew LEDs Into Your Project
Tutorial by: audreyobscura Tutorial Link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Sew-LEDs-into-your-Project/
Part 3 of the cosplay vlog is up! Hope you all enjoy. Shout outs to @mangosirene and @amazonmandy, I mention you both in this video!
Paper Mache Tricks and Tips
In the age of thermoplastics and resins paper mache seems a little unglamorous and low-tech, but it’s still worth considering as a material if you’re getting into prop and armor-making. If you have low budget for your project but plenty of time in which to complete it, it’s worth a thought.
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Fake Chain
Tutorial by: scubaspook1 Tutorial Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeXdsY1n7vg
Cosplay Scaling and You
Hey guys, so I’m gonna delve a little bit into my process of planning a cosplay. Something that I think is pretty important and can be often overlooked is scaling your cosplay or prop to fit you. There are lot’s of methods on how to do this, but I’ll be sharing mine.
*For this example, I’m going to show you how I scaled my Holy Blade (from Sailor Moon) for my Serenity cosplay.
Things you’ll need:
measuring tape
a ruler or yardstick
calculator (optional)
paper and pen/pencil
reference images
Step 1:
First, you’re of course going to want reference images of what you want to scale to fit your size. Obviously in the case of your prop you want as many close up shots for detail as possible. However, I’m going to stress that you look for an image with either your character holding the prop, or if you can somehow manage, a side by side image of your character and their prop.
(Images like these are incredibly helpful)
Step 2:
Next, you’re going to want to measure the distance from the top of your head to your chin. For this example, I’m going to be saying the measurement came out to 10”. Keep your measurement written down somewhere so you don’t forget it later.
Now, using your measuring tape again, measure your characters head. Let’s say Sailor Venus’ head was 1” from her chin to the top of her head.
This means, that our conversion rate is 10” to every 1” we measure in our reference image.
Let’s say the Holy Blade measures roughly 4 1/2”, that means our sword should be 45”.
However, in my case those extra 10” would have made this ridiculous to carry around the convention floor. So in some cases you might find an accurate sized prop might be too large to work with. That’s fine, just fudge a little!
You can apply this method to scale out things other then props too. Things like wings, dress trains, tails, and other cosplay parts can be broken down with this method.I hope this was helpful, and good luck cosplaying!
This is how I make my cosplay swords! If there are any questions, or if anything isn’t clear, feel free to ask me anything. The template I mentioned: sta.sh/21u4m1riua1s ((By the way, I’m going to Megacon next week!! I’ll be cosplaying as Alice Angel, Bendy, Vio Link, and Shadow Link!))
Do any of you know about that one painting with Aphrodite being born out of lava with a black swan by her side or did i completely hallucinate that? Been searching for a while but i can’t find it for shit.
stop motion puppets I was working on in early 2018. I think I have a test animation somewhere with the little skeleton guy.
Here she is kind of finished! Checking the date, these were actually from 2017. Don't remember if she had a name, but I feel like it was something that started with A?
stop motion puppets I was working on in early 2018. I think I have a test animation somewhere with the little skeleton guy.
i made snail earbuds based off Nami’s mini-snail in the live action! they’re made of polymer clay and painted w/ gloss finish :)
If you draw the same complicated props over and over, they can become a hassle to draw accurately each time
here's how to use clip studio's convert to lines feature with 3d models effectively to make that less painful:
(if you can't find the correct line tool, right click on one of the tools in your tool palette and go to add from default, and add correct line)
Having a chill week post comic con, just practicing my angled cuts by making kunai knives out of my way too much scrap foam.
