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I am an artist, Cosplayer, Internet Junkie, gamer, and procrastinator extraordinaire

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This week Alexa assembled Zelda’s pauldrons and covered them in Thibra.  She found that using a wet paintbrush works nicely for smothing the thibra around details when layering it over foam.

Kyle constructed the Shoulder/Collar armor for Ganondorf, covered it in Thibra, and added the details from last week on as well.  We found out that UV Resin casted gems stick well to heated Thibra.

Congratulations to our week 9 winners!  You will receive an email with your $30 gift certificate to Arda Wigs.  Be sure to check your spam folder if it doesn’t show up right away.

Next week is the FINAL weekly contest.  We look forward to seeing more amazing progress from all of you. Thank you all for your continued participation!

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Hey all, Erin from Foam Corps here! I’ve got some pictures of the completed (minus the weathering) Atom’s Judgment hammer today.

One of my goals for this prop was to have some fun using a wide range of materials, and I’d say it was a success! Mixing pre-fabricated objects with my own sculpting and decoration really let me dig into the strengths of both approaches. I am still particularly pleased with the peanut butter jars–the lights are very easy to access thanks to the fact that they are removable, and they’re extremely lightweight. Furthermore, the majority of the recycled items and materials I used on this project are very budget-friendly!

Now that the hammer is finished and ready for weathering, I’ll be digging into the armor portion of this costume, so stay tuned!

[ex-shadow-blog]

Love all the progress I’ve seen from Foam Corps so far.  The Judgment hammer is spot on!

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This week I needed to get everything finished so I have plenty of time to mess with the wig and makeup, and a couple small things on the wings.

The first thing I needed to do was create the wispy skirt thing that Ryuk wears. How I approached that was by dying cheesecloth with natural dyes, then spraying darker inks in random spots. Doing this will break up the simple dye and make it more weathered and dingy looking. Then I cut the pieces into long triangle shapes and twisted them all up. Lastly, I just glued them onto an under-belt that was attached with Velcro.

The next major part was to assemble the entire belt together. I connected the beads onto the belt using gun-metal colored grommets, which ended up matching perfectly with the paint color! I also added the beads on Ryuk’s left side, but you can’t see them to well in the picture. I promise they are there! Lastly, was just detail work. This included some hemming, weathering the beads, stuffing the gloves, and adding more padding into the shoulders so they stand correctly.

I’m very happy with how things are coming together! I just need to remember to bend my knees in the picture next time! Haha!

[ex-shadow-blog]

Looking forward to seeing this finished!  I always liked Ryuuk :)

[winterweeklywip]

Have a Tutorial Tuesday….on a Wednesday!

Today Kyle will show you one way to create details on armor using Thibra.  He cuts it out with an x-acto knife and attaches it to the base armor with moderate heating.  It provides an alternative to making details with foam and covering it with a single sheet of plastic.  

Thibra can be used to add details onto other materials besides just itself!  Try applying Thibra details to Worbla, PVC, Cardboard, or even EVA foam with the aid of super glue.

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This week Alexa used what she had learned from making the belt piece jewelry to make the necklace as well.  Kyle did some clean-up work on his armor, which had developed air bubbles and wrinkles when the pieces were reheated and put together to form the torso.  

Congratulations to our week 6 winners!  You will receive an email with your $30 gift certificate to Arda Wigs.  Be sure to check your spam folder if it doesn’t show up right away.

We look forward to seeing more amazing progress from all of you next week. Thank you all for your continued participation!

[ex-shadow-blog]

I had mostly forgotten about my tumblr for a few years now.  My apologies for the hiatus.  I am currently involved in hosting a weekly winter contest for Arda Wigs.  Please be sure to check us out, and if you’re working on any projects right now enter our weekly contest for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate with Arda Wigs :)

[novaprince-deactivated20250313]

Oh so true. People just take the easy way out and blame them.

[ex-shadow-blog]

well put

[comicscifipoligeek]

Bioshock

[ex-shadow-blog]

mascot :D

[gnomeparty420]

More from DragonCon/Night at the Aquarium

[kinkykoalas]

!!

[akumanorobin]

One Piece characters based on real life famous peple

[a-cute-anime-girl]

Reason #2093 of 109809834 on why I love One Piece.

[brightsips]

It’s pure awesomeness.

[ex-shadow-blog]

Haven't posted anything for a while. This...this was worth coming back to tumblr for.

[abemasters]

HELL YEAH! Guts can take care of everything.

Berserk crossover Madoka

fan manga

[ex-shadow-blog]

This makes me happeh

[badhoc-deactivated20140524]

THE EAST IS BURNING REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

[ex-shadow-blog]

Best

[moosekleenex]

[textilenerd]

Signal Boost Needed.

The art work above belongs to moosekleenex, and has been stolen by Forvever21. I have an important favor to ask of my followers, please help reblog and get the word out. Theft of an artist or designer’s work goes on all too often and for large corporations like Forever21 to blatantly steal others work sets a more widely recognized example that theft of this kind is acceptable.  

And just in case you feel you need it, here is Forever21’s corporate contact info:

[phone]

(extension #2 will take you to the Design and Buying department)

Or contact them through their website.

[lawd-knows]

damn shun, sig boost

[alibuttons]

This is bullshit. 

[meganatee-deactivated20210720]

Whaaaaaaat the fuck

[lightningbugblink]

fuck you then, forever 21. not like i shop there anyway, but. 

[whitemaleanimefan-deactivated20]

CHUCKIE NO STOP 

[dogbaits]

WHAT NO

[ladyloveandjustice]

WOW that’s harsh

even Angelica knew not to go there

[redundantthinking-deactivated20]

WHY

[impthespectacyoular]

this show isn’t even IN my childhood. I’ve only seen 1 1/2 episodes.

And all the feels I just had, wow I think I’m dead…

whey…

[asummerrae]

MY CHILD HOOD.

WHY.

OMG. WHY.

creeeeeeeeey…

[sufficientlyfluffy]

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[ex-shadow-blog]

I wanna cry nao...

[funeraldrag-deactivated20140228]

Art is the Weapon

[seventeendevils-deactivated2015]

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST CRAYONS BUT THEN IT WASN’T

[ex-shadow-blog]

Want one...

[ex-shadow-blog]

Just wanted to share that a website known as dailycosplay has featured my Vash the Stampede cosplay on their front page for the next 24 hours, and the above link will still be reachable even after it is no longer on the front page.  Check it out and also be sure to browse their other pages, they have some excellent cosplayers featured there :]  Thanks dailycosplay!!

[just-a-skinny-boy]

[poryqon]

i dont FUCKING care if this isnt quality, im reblogging it.

[xochitlrhymeswithorange]

What do you mean this isn’t quality this is A+