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JUST ANNOUNCED: Blizzard Babies with Fake Limbs, Basement Family and Espejos on Friday, June 30th Downstairs (at Subterranean)!

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UPCOMING SHOWS

MAY 28 — East Room, Chicago IL w/ Joan of Arc, Fake Limbs JUNE 7 — Warehouse Live, Houston TX w/ The Hood Internet JUNE 8 — Club Dada, Dallas TX w/ The Hood Internet JUNE 9 — Paper Tiger, San Antonio TX w/ The Hood Internet  JUNE 10 — The Sidewinder, Austin TX w/ The Hood Internet

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Kreative Kontrol – Fake Limbs on election night, the World Series & Chicago Cubs, Iggy Pop, Steve Albini, punk, 'Matronly' & more

Kreative Kontrol – Fake Limbs on election night, the World Series & Chicago Cubs, Iggy Pop, Steve Albini, punk, ‘Matronly’ & more

Fake Limbs are a noisy rock band who hail from the west side of Chicago, Illinois. Known for creating a kind of “social justice street rock” that’s exhilarating and outspoken, the band formed in 2011 and have released three acclaimed full-length albums, including 2016’s Matronly, which is out now via Don Giovanni Records. Fake Limbs have been on the road a bunch of late and, before their show at…

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[klarionchaos]

For my last show at university I got to make half a body. Which was awesome!! The body was cast off an actor in plaster and the arm and leg were cast in alginate. Arm and leg then painted with an alcohol palette. I loved doing this. I loved doing it so much.

[missmaryamhassan]

Fake Limbs @ The Hideout, Chicago

All photos here: http://www.punktastic.com/galleries/yeesh-fake-limbs-rad-payoff-the-hideout-chicago/

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How can do other pair of hands? beause i want to cosplay as sardonyx from steven universe and has 4 hands

Hello there!

Sardonyx is a total cutie. Have fun cosplaying her. :]

I have ideas on how to make her arms and attach them fairly securely to your body, but I don’t have ideas on how to make them spin around your waist. If that is something you would like, hopefully someone will post an idea in the comments.

For the arms themselves, you have a few options. Some people use mannequin arms for this purpose, since they are pre-made, rigid, and already look like arms, so all they need is decoration to make them look like the character’s arms. If you want something fairly easy, though a bit heavy and pricey, and unable to be posed, go with this.

If I were doing this, I’d want them to be posable. She's a very expressive character, so let’s talk posability. For this, you’ll have to craft your own arms, and there are a couple of ways of going about this. Feel free to mix and match arm materials and armature. Also, one advantage of her design is that she wears elbow-length gloves on her second arms, so while the structure underneath would need to be pretty, you only have to make the surface of half the arms look pretty (and the easy half, too, since no fingers!).

One material you can use is stuffed fabric. It would be easy enough -- make a long tube with a glove at the end, put your armature in, and stuff it with batting. You can also use a fabric cover over other materials.

Another material you can use for structure is foam. I would recommend something like expanding insulation foam that you can spray over your armature and carve into shape. XPS foam/”pink” insulation foam would also work, but you’d need to make at least two pieces sandwiched together in order to get it thick enough and to get your armature inside. You can either smooth the surface and paint it to look like skin, or you can cover it with fabric. I would recommend filling in the gaps with wood filler/spackle, sanding it smooth, using some type of resin or hardener on it (make sure it’s matte), and painting with a matte or satin paint. For even more realism, you can use liquid latex for a skin-like appearance. This method will be more rigid and give more realistic volume than fabric stuffed with batting.

For the armature, you also have some options. One option is a long piece of wire that goes through the whole arm. Make sure it is thick enough and/or doubled up so that you can get the poses you want while still supporting the piece. This would work well for the hands if you wanted posable fingers, and would work best for the rest of the arm if you used fabric.

You can also create a more realistic arm skeleton structure. You would use a rigid material (such as wooden dowels or small diameter PVC pipe) for the upper arm and forearm, and use some type of joint between. A ball joint would work best, but even a door hinge would work for the elbow if all you wanted was up and down motion. Make sure that this can stay in place where you leave it. You can also use some thick wire between the “bones” (or threaded through PVC pipe) to create bendable joints. You can use small “bones” in the hands, as well, though I would recommend just using wire there instead of trying to recreate a complex hand and wrist skeleton at a hardware store. (With wire for each finger and the thumb, you can easily bend and shape the hands into a few different poses, such as having your extra hands on your hips, or having your arms outward with your palms up.) This method would work well with both stuffed fabric arms and carved foam arms.

You might also be able to saw apart mannequin arms at the elbow and add your own joint, and then re-cover that section.

To attach them, you’ll need a solid understructure. I would create something akin to a corset that goes around your waist underneath your cummerbund and that fits closely, with some structure added (elastic panels, boning, interfacing, whatever you think would be most comfortable and give you the most support). If you need more structure, you can create shoulder straps that are worn underneath the tuxedo, though, much like a very weird bra, you want most of the support to come from the band, not the straps. They would help prevent the rig from slipping or shifting, though, so probably a good idea as a backup support system.

Depending on how you make the arms and if you want them permanently attached or removable, there are a few attachment options. Stuffed fabric can be sewn to the rig, though if they are at all heavy, the ends may droop. Otherwise, make sure that your armature structure goes all the way to the rig, and doesn’t stop at the “shoulder,” so that the arms can be self-supporting. Your best bet for attaching them would be to screw them on with a rigid backing so they have stability. (Also, take a look at this post for inspiration.) You would attach the arms to the understructure and then thread them through holes in the cummerbund.

If you wanted to make the entire midsection spin, I imagine that you would attach the arms to a rigid section that is able to smoothly roll past your actual midsection. This would be rather difficult, especially because torsos aren’t perfectly round, but more oval in shape. I’m sure someone will figure out a way to do it, though.

Good luck! I hope your cosplay turns out well. :]

-- fabrickind

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This Week - June 11th, 2015

June 11th, 2015 Join us for our weekly show featuring all Chicago music, Thursdays from 6-8pm on 88.7FM WLUW or streaming online at wluw.org!

Jennifer Hall

Jennifer Hall is a Chicago-based artist whose music gives a nod to an age long gone by while still feeling fresh and modern. This vocalist, songwriter and veteran performer with over 11 years of experience with her powerful and beautifully unique voice has always had a goal of simply make great music. After a year in the studio, her first full-length record, “In This,” is finished. Jennifer and her band have started 2011 off with a bang, headlining Chicago’s own Schubas Tavern in January for a packed house. Combining influences such as Edith Piaf, Patsy Cline, Ray Charles and Rufus Wainwright with subject matter including mortality, love, mental clarity, and inner struggle, this group is always sure to create unique, sincere, and honest music.

Make It Out Alive by Jennifer Hall

Fake Limbs

The product of a sympathetic nervous system askew, Fake Limbs is simultaneous fight and flight; hysteria with teeth. This dumb, lumbering beast with four backs just wants to graze and screw but when forced into a corner, it transforms ferociously. They’re part Harry and the Hendersons and part Smokey and the Bandit II (the one where all the cops get destroyed). Concussive, unrelenting percussion supports wild, desperate guitars and unhinged vocalization. They transcend both the flailing childish entitlement of the aggro and the apologetic whining of the meek. The result is uncomfortable, loud, and sexually confusing.

The Power of Patrician Upbringing by Fake Limbs

The Bribes

“The Logan Square band The Bribes takes pure ’50s era rock and re-fashions it into something fresh and bracing. What comes out through the monitors is clearly some of the most compelling rock ‘n’ roll being made in Chicago.” -Vernon Hestor Windy City Times

Nobody Got Anywhere by THE BRIBES

Mystery Actions

Four mysterious broads from the streets of Chicago that kill for rock n roll.

comin down by mystery actions

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This Week – June 11th, 2015 was originally published on Radio One Chicago

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