ElegantFeatherDuster

Dusty | 30 | He/They | NYC | Designer, Costumer, Streamer, TTRPG Creator, Maker of Neat Stuff | As seen on Disney+ & Marvel

[elegantfeatherduster]

In light of recent bird app events... hello again! It's been a hot second since I've been on tumblr.

I'm Marc or Dusty - designer, artist, costumer, streamer, TTRPG creator, and Maker of Neat Stuff. You might recognize me from my Disney+ documentary, various Marvel shorts, or that one viral winter soldier cake from the tumblr of yore.

I've got several *years* worth of stuff I never posted here, but in the mean time, here's some neat stuff I've made/done recently.

Check me out on other platforms, see my portfolio, find my etsy, etc.

Photographers: World of Gwendana, Jason Laboy, self Costumes: All hand made by me except Caleb which belongs to @katbirdy

[katbirdy]

After literal YEARS I finally made Eskel for Katsu 2024. I'm so happy with how he turned out.

Photos - Allison the photographer

Sword files - @elegantfeatherduster

[zmeess]

as much as it hurt me, i don't want to change a thing

tip jar

[macbethoff]

[timothyolyphant]

it’s about the ✨hands✨

[by-grace-of-god]

Le Figaro have a newly published photograph from inside Notre Dame shortly before the roof collapsed, as molten lead fell into the nave. (+)

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

This is what I love about photojournalism. It is just a history of moments where human beings have gone “I know I should really be hauling ass out of here but I have to get a picture of this”

[elegantfeatherduster]

Long time no Loki 👀

I originally made the TVA costume on a whim in the 48 hours before the NYC premier. But shooting him recently in NYC was a great excuse to make a few updates ✨⠀⠀⠀⠀

(And thank you to @/thedangerousladies for having the best of the dagger files I found to make 3D printed props in 12 hours or less 😶‍🌫️)

[elegantfeatherduster]

Michael Lucero (OC)

[elegantfeatherduster]

GREAT NEWS! My Witch Hat pattern is now tested and available in my shop!

It's adjustable from 19.75-26.75" head sizes and includes templates for both Qifrey and Olruggio. But you can use it for any witch of your choosing.

GRAB IT ON ETSY HERE

[elegantfeatherduster]

Reblogging to add that I put up the 3D files for Olruggio's decorations if anyone needs those too!

[burtoo]

I Will Be Made a New Creature - Brendon Burton

[merchantarthurn]

maybe he’ll forgive. maybe he’ll forget.

[ID: Black and white drawing of Olruggio and Qifrey. Olruggio is hugging Qifrey tightly; Qifrey’s hand hesitates in the air. The words “I’m sorry…” and “I know” are written to their left and right respectively. END ID.]

[elegantfeatherduster]

Realized I forgot to post my Qifrey cloak medallion model(s) here! I 3d modeled a comic accurate one, but ended up getting inspired by the beautiful buttons I bought and made a new one to match them instead.

Grab either version on my etsy

[redweathertiger]

a couple years ago the eric carle museum of picture book art had an exhibit on diane & leo dillon who are responsible for so many iconic illustrations. i went back twice just to see the collection again. this is a sliver of their work— it’s hard to find high res images.

[elegantfeatherduster]

Sometimes I end up impulsively making a prop just because I think it’s neat. Olruggio’s Searneedle wasn’t originally part of our build plans but… I 3d modeled it on a twitch stream and here we are 😅 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you SO much to Reiukos for grabbing this lovely little detail shot at Katsu as modeled by @viciousfrockery And if you want your OWN, the files are up on my etsy along with a bunch of other WHA stuff ✒️💫

[elegantfeatherduster]

While Vic was tackling our cloaks, I was working on our accessories. I knew I wanted to add detail and texture to Olruggio’s belt, but ended up letting the process guide me. I’ve never tooled veg tan leather before, but had a basic set of tools. So I started with the major shapes from the comic that would make the belt read, then started adding textures like the organic grain on the band and the burst on the disks.

I also knew that I wanted the belt to be adjustable. But it has no visible closure in the comic and you guys know I RELISH clever cosplay engineering. So not only do the disks sit on Chicago screws that can be changed to one of three invisible holes on each side, the disks themselves secretly vecro to the center piece for both micro-adjustment and easy on/off.

To “stain” the leather, I actually started with gold angelus leather paint I had on hand. Which was a great base, but didn’t really bring out any of the tooling or leather texture, so I experimented on scrap pieces and eventually found that dabbing on a layer of normal brown stain and immediately wiping it off highlighted the piece BEAUTIFULLY (and brought the gold down a little while warming it up)

Immensely happy with this belt! I want to tool more leather ASAP 👀

[elegantfeatherduster]

Speaking of my Witch hat lantern, I put the print files in my shop! Adding a ton of stuff from these builds to share with you guys ✨

Grab it here!

[elegantfeatherduster]

Can I interest you in some Witches?

@viciousfrockery and I worked on these costumes together for Katsucon and Reiukos (insta/twit) grabbed these absolutely LOVELY photos of us at the Witch Hat meetup on friday.