Cosplay builds/tutorials

Showing and explaining the process of the coplays that I'm building.

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Phase cosplay

This is the Phase cosplay that my girlfriend and I are working on. Most of it is store bought stuff/stuff we already had laying around. If you are unfamiliar this character is from Paragon. @theninjapenguin21

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Next cosplays that I’m going to work on

In order to get ready for next year I am going to try to build most of my cosplays over summer if I can get a job.

As for the cosplay line up though I am going to be making a male and female witch mercy, male classic and female los metros sombra, plus I’m going to fix my junkrat cosplay.

Plus since I got a sewing machine finally I can make these posts faster than the last build tutorial and instead of breaking each part down I'll just post the whole build so it's easier to find instead of having to read multiple posts.

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Junkrat’s R.I.P-Tire cosplay build

So, the second thing I decided to start building was the R.I.P-Tire Junkrat has. It’s a bit complicated and may take a while (I’m not even finished yet), but the materials are very easy to obtain. Most of the materials aren’t too expensive, but some might be like the glue for example.

For the way I went about building the tire, you will need two 2’ by 3/4’’ pipes, one 3/4’’ cross shaped PVC pipe connecter (I’m not too sure what it’s called specifically), a cutting tool of some sort (I used a hack saw and then a knife and scissors to cut the cardboard), cardboard, styrofoam, string/twine or zip ties, expanding foam, eight foam cones, some yellow and white paint (for the decal on the tire), some black matte spray paint, and glue (please make sure that when you buy the glue to read the back and make sure it’ll work for styrofoam because I accidentally bought the wrong kind and it started to eat the stryofoam).

 To start building the tire, you need to take the two pipes and cut them in half so that you will have four pipes total. Then, you attach them to the pipe connector.

Next, you measure the radius you will need for the round cardboard pieces. I got 11’’. In order to draw out the circle, I attached an 11’’ string between two pencils and drew two circles. After that, you cut out these two cardboard pieces.

These will be the outside pieces of the tire. Then, you poke a hole in the middle of both cardboard pieces and mark the center of your PVC structure.

 Now to make the inside, you would take your stryofoam pieces and poke a pen roughly through the center of them. Then, you would apply the glue to the stryofoam and attach them to the PVC structure (this is the inside structure of the tire). What I did to hold it in place was tie the stryofoam to the PVC structure, you then attach the cardboard to the stryofoam with glue.

 This is where I had to stop because the glue I bought didn’t work and started eating the stryofoam.

What I would do for the rest if this hadn’t have happened was to fill in the rest of the space inside the tire with what you can of stryofoam.  If you don’t have a lot of stryofoam left, then fill out the edges with stryofoam the best you can.

Then use the expanding foam to fill in the outside edges and to form what will look like the ridges of the tire. Once you’re done with that, you can smooth down the expanded foam to a tire-like shape.

 After you form the whole tire an after all the glue dries (wait about 24 hours) it’s time to paint the tire. Just refer to the blizzard reference page linked here. After that, you can add the decal to the tire if you wish. I chose Junkrat’s smiley face bomb decal.

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Junkrat bomb canisters cosplay build

So, the first thing I decided to build was the bombs on his vest. It’s going to be pretty simple to build and it should take less than a day. Also, the materials are very easy to obtain and not that expensive to get.

If you really feel like wasting time, though, just go to your local hardware store (I went to Home Depot) and play around with the PVC pipe in the plumbing area. You’re sure to find a way to build most cosplay props.

All you need for the canisters of the classic Junkrat skin is a hack saw, two 2′ x 1.25″ PVC pipes, 16 1.25″ caps, gray and yellow spray paint, white paint, and pipe glue (if you feel like securing the caps in place, but I’m sure they will stay together without it.)

To start building the canisters you need to take the two pipes. Then you cut them into fourths, sand the ends down (if needed), and add the cap ends. Once you are done you will end up with all eight bomb canisters to attach to the vest.

I haven’t made the vest yet but I would use Velcro or a clip that is attached to the side to secure them to it so you can take them off when needed.

Once you have the canisters you can paint them according to which skin you are going to do. I’m going for the classic skin so they will be yellow and gray with a yellow wire coming out of one end of the canister. To paint them basically one cap will be yellow and the rest of the canister will be gray with a white smiley face painted on.

After that, you are ready to continue the rest of the cosplay if you started here. The next build on the list will probably be the shorts and vest, or the tire (I’m still unsure if I’m going to make the tire at all) and maybe the mount that also will be attached to the vest. I’m not sure which to do next, but it will be one of these.

The only reason I started here though is because I didn’t have much money to begin with this month till payday, and it is the easiest to gather parts for. I also had to think of some better/cheaper ways on how I was going to make the tire specifically.

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Overwatch Junkrat cosplay build

    To get ready for Izumicon 2017 I only have time to make one handmade cosplay.

     For those of us that don’t know what Izumicon is; it is an annual anime and game convention held every year in Oklahoma City at the Cox Convention Center. This year they moved it back to Jan. 6-8, so that they could have more room than in previous years.

     I went last year and it was a blast, so I have decided to go again but with a costume I am going to make myself.

     I am excited for next week so I can get started on my Junkrat cosplay. It’s going to be very time consuming though since this is my first time making a costume, but it could be very rewarding in the end. For the most part the only thing that seems hard to make is the tire, trap, and the bombs on the vest.

     The official Blizzard reference picture is here.

     The plan to make the tire would be to get around eight foam spikes for the outside of the tire, and I would have to glue PVC pipe to the bottom and join them in the center so I have a basic skeleton for the tire. Then I would probably use either stiff wire or more PVC with some connectors as support to keep the pipe from moving too much and then falling apart. As for the rest of the tire it would probably consist of cardboard or chicken wire, and lots of foam piece in order to fill out the rest of the design.

     As for the trap, I'm not so sure, but probably a flexible wood or plastic for the basic structure, and build onto it with cut foam and hot glue. I wouldn't recommend doing this with metal. Because if you do set it up as a trap for a photo, and someone walks by not paying attention or you forget; someone could get hurt and I'm sure none of us want that.

     The bombs seem the easiest out of these since they will be strapped on a vest, plus they can have multiple functions like holding money, your phone (if it’s small enough), and that sort of thing. Mainly to build them I would use some short PVC pipe, and a cap for both ends. One cap though won't be glued so you can open it and get whatever you want to carry in it out.

     That’s all I can really think of right now for those particular parts, but I will get more in-depth as I build since I would be able to show and explain what I’m doing a lot better.