The reception for my BFA thesis is TONIGHT! I’ve definitely fallen off of posting regularly here, but I will share process updates as soon as I have some more free time.
some techno photos from a con earlier this summer :] i love wearing this costume. it’s a real struggle sometimes but people’s reactions to him kind of make it all worth it.
some misc stuff from this same con !! best in masters baybee
love ur work btw, can i suggest something relating to technoblade's great potato war with im_a_squid_kid? because its the first thing that interested me as technoblade, if you don't mind...
I do actually have an idea for this! It was something I wanted to include but ran out of time, but I may still add it later down the line. I’m gonna do a plaque on the inside of the crown that’s the inscription of the Sun Tzu quote on the Potato Crown item from the end of the series!
I was considering having one of my friends do calligraphy of it in mandarin and then etching it in foam, and I just ran out of the time to actually make it. But it is in the plans!
Hey, idk if this is weird or overstepping or anything, but if you don't mind saying, where is the gallery that your Technoblade cosplay is at? I'm only asking because Katsucon is pretty close to me and so I figure I might actually be able to go see your Technoblade in person, and I'd really love to do that.
I’m unfortunately not local to the Katsu area :( Apologies!
The reception for my BFA thesis is TONIGHT! I’ve definitely fallen off of posting regularly here, but I will share process updates as soon as I have some more free time.
today i got to wear techno out for the first real time, together with my lovely lovely friends @fitmc as phil and @ranboo5 as ranboo (as well as @atticustimestwo @mackdizzy and @the-ark-awaits as fundy, quackity, and tubbo for a butcher army shoot!! which i will have images from later!)
i also competed in the hall cosplay contest & walked in the fashion show (which is effectively the exhibition category in their masquerade), and i ended up winning best in masters!!! i am so so eternally grateful to mack for convincing me to compete and then SIGNING ME UP FOR MASTERS when i wasn’t looking /hj. i am so so proud of everything i have done so far for this costume, and i’m elated by the response other people have had to it as well :’)
the build as of january 2025! would you believe it if i told you i’m still nowhere near done? we’ve still got at *least* 3 more weapons and a suit of armor to go!
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how do you keep your pants up when you’re performing? it’s incredible!
belt.
i started this with a sheet of upholstery vinyl that i laminated together front and back using heat-n-bond. i then cut out each of the pieces i needed and painted the edges with a black satin paint to create the illusion of burnished leather! i used riveting tools to cut out all of the holes on the belt, and of course, to install the rivets that hold the buckle in place.
the first belt accessory is the potion! i’ve had this bottle sitting around for like three and a half years now, empty, from the target dollar spot around halloween. it was finally time to put it to good use! the solution is water, acrylic inks for color, and gold and silver mics powder for the shimmer when agitated! i was trying to capture the nuances between the greyish color of the turtle master potion in recent updates, and the bluish purple of the enchantment glints prior. after mixing it up, i simply sealed it with some silicone. all of these materials were just things i had sitting around my studio already, which is awesome.
i cut and painted more strips, and modeled a potion holder after ones i’ve seen at every renfaire and convention vendor hall since i can remember. no use changing up a formula that works! i did end up adding a decorative cover to the snap here, and painting the rivets to match the belt’s hardware.
using the same processes, i made a loop to feed through the loop on the totem!
again modeled vaguely after another design for a sword frog i liked online, i sketched up a pattern for a weapon frog! i wanted it to be somewhat versatile since i’ll have more than one weapon i’ll want to put in it, so i opted for three snap straps to hold whatever weapon it is in place. again, i covered the snaps with decorative ones and painted all the rivets gold.
it fits toothpick with just a little give, so it can fit a weapon up to just a little bit bigger around than toothpick’s upper handle!
originally that was everything i had planned for the belt, faux leather wise, but I realized there was no way in hell i was carrying a bag with this cosplay, so I wanted a pouch for my phone. I made a couple mistakes while working on this. most notably, I chose a metallic cord for the thread. why did i do this. it took probably twice as long as it would have had i just used embroidery floss because of the nightmare challenges metallic threads pose.
I do think it ultimately turned out nice, though!
The only pictures I have with all of the finished pieces on the belt at once are on the next full costume sneak peek, so you’ll have to wait either for those to be ready or for me to finish the wither skull props, whichever comes first ;)
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the first place i’m wearing this cosplay out to is with a full butcher army group. hence, the props i started with were toothpick, and a totem of undying!
i again, just like toothpick, sketched in CSP and blueprinted in illustrator, cutting all of my fine details out on the laser engraver.
i’m so grateful i have access to the laser right now, it allows me to add so much cool detail at levels of precision previously unimaginable. wherever i end up after college, i need to find a way to keep access to a laser like this. also, when i ordered the gems for the crown (months ago at this point) i wasnt sure which green i wanted for the crown. i had extra space in the order, so i ordered two of each of the greens i had picked out and decided whichever ended up not being the crown would be the eyes for the totem!
i made each of the layers with 10mm eva foam, and added the detail work in 2mm. the nose and wings were sculpted with my dremel tool. i sealed off the top and bottom with a simple 2mm circle and alternated between filler and dremeling to smooth any gaps in the seams.
using an eva foam dowel, i added a loop for it to hang from.
this guy also got a plastidip and black gloss coat before i went in with the airbrush. it took me a minute to figure out the gold paint in the airbrush again, leading to some weirdly cool sputtering effects.
after finally getting a smooth solid gold finish, i started filling in the enchantment script (which in this case just reads “undying” repeatedly) with a green paint mixed with mica to make it metallic.
i then weathered with a warm brown to give it some more dimension and depth, and added a little gem on the star motif to finish it off! i’ll talk more about the hanging rig and belt in another post ;)
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I’VE GOT A PICKAXE, QUACKITY, AND I’LL PUT IT THROUGH YOUR TEETH
or: On Toothpick
i started with my concept sketch and made a clean blueprint based on it in illustrator! this allows me to print it out to test scale and use a laser engraver to achieve those finer details like the enchantment script along the blade.
my original blueprint was WAAAAY too big. i genuinely could not tell you what the thought process was there. i scaled it down by a third and ended up with a much more reasonable scale for a pickaxe to be.
i traced and cut all of those pieces out of foam, three times. in the handle, the middle layer had the center cut out for a pvc pipe to be installed to make it more sturdy.
after gluing the layers together with contact cement, i used a dremel tool to sand the shape down into something rounder, more handle like. this step created a LOT of foam dust, and i’d like to clarify that any time i was using the dremel, contact cement, spray paint, or heating foam i was wearing a respirator! i also have n95 dust masks available for any visitors to my studio on days where i’m doing this sort of work :)
i glued the head together, laser cut the detail work, and dremeled in a bevel along the head of the pickaxe. i also added a googly eye as a rivet on the part where the head and handle meet.
after 3 coats of plastidip and 2 coats of glossy spray, the head of the axe got a pass with black rub-n-buff, airbrushed with purple interference paint, and then back in with the rub-n-buff for weathering.
i then painted the same gold paint i’ve been using for the crown and other accessories onto the detail work and into the engravings. this process made me decide that on any future designs the enchantment text will not be any smaller than 1/2 an inch, and if i can manage it it will be bigger than that still. painting this was a messy nightmare.
the handle and wraps and blood splatter are all just various treatments of acrylic paint! i took a pass over the whole thing with a satin varnish (that ended up being a little glossier than i’d hoped, but it’s ok), and then a gloss varnish over the blood specifically to try and give a wet illusion.
i am genuinely obsessed with this thing! i can’t wait to put it though quackity’s teeth!
taglist under the cut! reply or send an ask to be added!
I’VE GOT A PICKAXE, QUACKITY, AND I’LL PUT IT THROUGH YOUR TEETH
or: On Toothpick
i started with my concept sketch and made a clean blueprint based on it in illustrator! this allows me to print it out to test scale and use a laser engraver to achieve those finer details like the enchantment script along the blade.
my original blueprint was WAAAAY too big. i genuinely could not tell you what the thought process was there. i scaled it down by a third and ended up with a much more reasonable scale for a pickaxe to be.
i traced and cut all of those pieces out of foam, three times. in the handle, the middle layer had the center cut out for a pvc pipe to be installed to make it more sturdy.
after gluing the layers together with contact cement, i used a dremel tool to sand the shape down into something rounder, more handle like. this step created a LOT of foam dust, and i’d like to clarify that any time i was using the dremel, contact cement, spray paint, or heating foam i was wearing a respirator! i also have n95 dust masks available for any visitors to my studio on days where i’m doing this sort of work :)
i glued the head together, laser cut the detail work, and dremeled in a bevel along the head of the pickaxe. i also added a googly eye as a rivet on the part where the head and handle meet.
after 3 coats of plastidip and 2 coats of glossy spray, the head of the axe got a pass with black rub-n-buff, airbrushed with purple interference paint, and then back in with the rub-n-buff for weathering.
i then painted the same gold paint i’ve been using for the crown and other accessories onto the detail work and into the engravings. this process made me decide that on any future designs the enchantment text will not be any smaller than 1/2 an inch, and if i can manage it it will be bigger than that still. painting this was a messy nightmare.
the handle and wraps and blood splatter are all just various treatments of acrylic paint! i took a pass over the whole thing with a satin varnish (that ended up being a little glossier than i’d hoped, but it’s ok), and then a gloss varnish over the blood specifically to try and give a wet illusion.
i am genuinely obsessed with this thing! i can’t wait to put it though quackity’s teeth!
taglist under the cut! reply or send an ask to be added!
ellievsbear
prguitarman
dededos
discoholicmusic
baratheonpilled
romaincrisis
