These goggles frames took more than 7 years to make
I started experimenting with customizing a pair of goggles for a Ticci Toby LPS custom, because I wanted the goggles to be removable. The style of goggles Toby has, however, doesn't match any commonly found LPS-made prop, and even then I would have to paint the lenses an opaque color, which. Is not the look I want. Back in high-school, I experimented with using hot-glue and tape, but these frames looked lumpy and weird, and the lenses looked foggy. I scoured the internet, trying to find some kind of tutorial, but most customs either sculpt it directly onto the face, use a prop found from another toy (that they don't identify.) or just repaint the actual LPS props (which, again, I don't want).
I tried sculpting them entirely out of clay, but every time I did it, it wouldn't look right. Not to mention the fact that the clay I was using is heavy, and weighed the head down too much. Crayola model magic was too brittle for the strap attachment (which, I have yet to add on this one, but it's coming! I swear!)
I was so, SO close to just. Tossing the idea out the window and abandoning the project. That is, until, I was on YouTube and saw someone make a tutorial for soda can goggles (for plushies). I kept this in the back of my mind, and saw another video, where someone was wearing a pair of aviator goggles that, because they were on her forehead, the lenses looked kind of looked like... bent soda can tabs? And then it clicked- the holes in soda can tabs are a very similar size to the eyes of the lps I am working on!
If I could find the videos again, I would, but I immediately started the project again. It was like 11 at night when i started this round and i had to do it then before i forgot. after several weeks of work and experimenting with it, I have finally gotten this!!!!!!
And this is why my work process is the way it is, LMAO!!!! This isn't my full time job, I like doing things a certain specific way, and due to that, it takes me way longer than most people to make things.
Tutorial eventually? I'll have to figure out how to streamline the process... but! I'd rather share how I did it so more don't struggle like I did!
The materials used is cardstock paper, soda can tabs, and a LOT of super glue. I used the super glue to make the cardstock more durable, and so it wouldn't fray when I carved at it with an exacto knife. (I am looking into getting a pair of blade-protecting gloves. I cut myself real bad during week 2 of the project. Be careful with blades!)
