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propstuck was great
sharknado was ridiculous
Danya & Ember are halarious
and I made progress
Propstuck 5
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Greenbelt Community Center room 114 Sunday August 4, 1:15 - 7:00 $5 fee per person
It's that time of year again, cosplayers! With Otakon fast approaching, we know many of you are rushing to finish last-minute cosplays and props. Propstuck is a day-long event for all cosplayers to get together and work on costumes (homestuck and other fandoms alike!) Bring any tools and materials you may need, and if you don't know how to make something other attendees will be able to offer help. Food and drink are welcome!
I SAID YO FELLAS Anyone thinking of maybe getting together a propstuck meetup sometime before otakon?
Okay!
I’ve received so many questions about how I made this arm. I got the idea from this lovely robo arm and as it turned out, she also used the same base pattern that I had planned to (Edward Elric’s automail arm).
Basically what I did was take the pattern and heavily alter the arm pieces while keeping the hand mostly the same. I used mostly craft foam combined with leftover styrene I had from a different prop project, and three different size brads (from the scrap-booking section of Michaels). I glued everything together with high temp hot glue, but I sealed the finger pieces with e6000 at the seams to ensure that they wouldn’t pop open in hot weather. Once I had all my parts glued together, I coated them in about seven layers of Mod Podge cut by half with water. Once this was done, I coated all pieces in Plasti-Dip spray (it’s a rubber coating that you can get at Home Depot near where the spray paint is). Since I wanted the arm to ultimately look used and abused, I made sure my spray wasn’t perfectly even - just don’t overspray or you’ll lose some of your detail. When this was dry, I added the brads and painted over them with black acrylic paint.
I covered each piece first with silver Rub n Buff - again, acquired at Michael’s. Then I did washes and dry brush layers of black, brown, and orange with some additional green Rub n Buff antiquing wax. I started with the idea of making the rust look natural but got lazy halfway through.
The forearm closes with velcro, hot glued in place. The upper arm doesn’t open, it just slides on and stays. I accidentally made the arm smaller than I’d wanted to so it’s a tight enough fit that the pieces don’t slide around. The wiring between the joints is held in with duct tape, and only attached at one end, so it moves in and out as I flex my arm and wrist. The hand piece slides on. I wore a full-arm length glove under the arm to improve the aesthetic and for comfort.
I hope I covered everything. Let me know if there are any questions and good luck!
A lot of people have asked me how I made my LOTAK mask, and I mean A LOT. So I'm going to try to explain it as best I can.
It's really simple. I alchemized it by combining my rocketboard with a respirator, and AR.
All right, my bullshit isn't funny, I know that. I started with some computer paper, masking tape and a pencil. I made myself a pattern I thought might fit my face. Sort of. Cut it out, made some adjustments, then I traced it onto a clothing giftbox. I suppose any lightweight cardboard would work. I wanted to make sure I used paper because once I had a working paper mask, made out of cardboard and masking tape, I covered the entire outside with paper clay.
Paper clay is great! It does shrink when it dries though, but just fill in any cracks with more paper clay and they're usually fine. I sanded the paperclay as smooth as I could get it using fine grit sandpaper. I had to go back several times and build up areas I thought were too thin or that I'd sanded too much.
Once I had a good sculpted base that I liked, I coated it with a two-part resin mixture. I used Epsilon from SmoothOn. It's sandable and dries extremely hard. I coated it three times front and back, and sanded the heck out of it in between coats to ensure that the surface was exactly how I wanted it.
Next, I drilled the holes in the corners for the elastic.
Once this was done, I used filler primer to prime the mask, over which I enameled it with red enamel paint. I think I applied two or three coats, then painted the detailing with regular acrylic paint. I did it with a brush because I like the texture, but I suppose you could also make a stencil and spray it. Once it was completely painted, I clear-coated the whole thing.
Next, came the glasses. haha. Don't do this at home, kids. I found a hacksaw blade in the garage and had a piece of clear acrylic. I cut it out myself, but would recommend unless you are using the proper equipment, have a frame shop cut it out for you. Some of them don't even charge for things like that, or if they do, the fee is minimal. Since I'm lazy, I used a glue-stick to adhere the window tint along the edges and smoothed it out to minimize air bubbles. I stuck them on with hot glue.
The dark film in the "muzzle" is a piece of polarizing gel I had, but I bet you could also use window tint for that. I'm cheap so the kind I got is the kind you stick on with water, nothing else special involved. It was $10 at Walmart. Since it's not going to stay like that... glue stick or hot glue.
I used Chicago screws to attach the elastic at the sides. Make sure when you drill the holes, they're large enough to accommodate your attachment method.
While I consider this one of my Sunday (or BS) costumes, it took me several weeks to make this mask because of drying times and sanding in between. The pictures above are the only ones I have for this project. I could not find my pattern (probably tossed it) nor any picture of the cardboard construct I used as the base.
I think that's about it. Let me know if I need to clarify anything and good luck!
so propstuck was pretty awesome. Even if I didn't accomplish much, I still made a pretty good start...which for me is pretty amazing. Seeing other people working always seems to make me more productive.
Granted it's likely to peter out before the semester starts
sooooo here's hoping none of my studio courses are independent/way structured.
Thanks for another fantastic Propstuck everyone!
I hope you all had a great time and got some work done on those fantastic-looking cosplays! I'm really excited to see them when they're done!
Also, someone left behind a black furred cat hat/scarf with paw gloves, as well as a silver purse. If these belong to you send me a message and I'll get them back to you asap!
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