tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83118003036405022892024-03-05T04:03:47.129-08:00R and J CosplaySmidgemcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15820239249400456074noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-63993106719350791562013-09-04T17:38:00.001-07:002013-09-04T17:38:42.271-07:00Tony Stark's HUD..how'd you do that?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My second costume for Dragon*Con was a Tony Stark Heads Up Display/Interior of Iron Man's suit. So many of the shots from the Iron Man/Avengers movies showed Tony's face with graphical information and targeting displays that look really cool. I aimed to come up with a way to bring that effect to life.<br />
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I started with some very nifty source material. The artist who designed the HUD and a lot of the graphics for the movies had some materials that I used to design my own HUD.<br />
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<a href="http://jayse.tv/v2/">http://jayse.tv/v2/</a><br />
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I took elements that I thought would look cool and work well in my design and created a Vector image in Inkscape. I created two layers that would nicely compliment each other when I combined them as red and blue. These images were taken to a local maker space that had a laser cutter. The edges of the acrylic were cut and the pattern were etched.<br />
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These two panels where then heat bent with a heat gun and a large cylinder (of oatmeal, if you're curious).<br />
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Sooooooooooooooo...how'd they light up? Well, if you've read my original Tony/Pepper build, you'd see the tablet we made by shining light through acrylic. Any scratches glow due to internal reflection. (SCIENCE!) I simply controlled where the light would diffract with my etches. I put some surface mount LEDs along the edge to create the effect. I added three reds and three blues, but it was probably overkill.<br />
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Here's Bill trying out the sweet view.</div>
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The two layers were epoxied together using a spacer and I put a foam edge over the wiring. <br />
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The whole thing got a stiff wire to hold it place on my shoulders. I had to Velcro it to my belt loop to keep it from tipping forward.</div>
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That's pretty much it. It is actually a pretty simple build that could be done with a knife and time, if you don't have access to a laser cutter. As usual, I did my best Stark Stache and used my brother's arc reactor shirt to complete the Tony transformation.</div>
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Smidgemcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15820239249400456074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-16719891096420159182013-09-02T18:12:00.000-07:002013-09-02T18:12:29.833-07:00Claptrap: Untz untz untz untz...Some time ago I was offered a chance to go to Dragon*Con with some fantastic cosplay pals. I wanted to make it a secret to my brother, so I built a Claptrap robot from Borderlands in secret. Here's the result.<br />
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I started with a papercraft model of Claptrap. You can find the model <a href="https://downloads.2kgames.com/borderlands2/paperfoldable/claptrap2K_paperfoldable.pdf">here</a>.</div>
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I used MATH to scale him up to a size that would fit into a suitcase. The challenge was the I would have to be able to assemble him in a hotel room.</div>
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I made templates out of card stock and cut the body pieces out of this plywood.</div>
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Most parts were epoxied and screwed together.</div>
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He got some yellow and black paint on the body.</div>
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I intended to make this a puppet that I could wheel around. I also wanted to be able to move his arms. I built shoulder and elbow joints to accomplish this.</div>
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I got a glowy ball at Wal-Mart for his eye. I used a PVC adapter to hold his eye. I found an old wheel for him to scoot around on. He got a few layers of acrylic and rub'n'buff for the details. As a bonus, I put a speaker in him and ran an the input from my phone to play sounds off a sound board.</div>
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My WoW mage and Dragon Age Rogue were good choices. This year, I've been on a pretty big Iron Man kick, so I decided to build a medieval themed iron man suit of armor.<br />
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The armor parts were mostly done with craft foam. I had a chain mail coif already, so I built the pauldrons and mask to hook onto it.<br />
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The armor pieces were modified from Mk7 foam/pep files. The forearm guards were held on with elastic. I didn't even really sew the tabard as much as I cut a hole in a piece of cloth I had and tossed a belt around it.<br />
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<br />Smidgemcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15820239249400456074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-12251991137876323882013-04-30T09:13:00.001-07:002013-04-30T09:13:39.436-07:00Iron Man Hand Repulsors!I wanted to make some repulsor lights for the palm of my Iron Man gloves. I also wanted to do it on a tight budget. What I found was a bike light at Big Lots for $2 a piece. I got a bunch of them because they were fairly cheap, super compact, and bright.<br />
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I dismantled the lights to be even smaller and bent the lights to point the other way. I wanted to have the button facing outward in my palm.<br />
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The whole assembly fits comfortably into my falm with the glove in place.<br />
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Smidgemcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15820239249400456074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-66724833421106586612013-04-24T06:29:00.001-07:002013-04-24T06:29:50.385-07:00On cosplay, physical appearance, and chainsaw disfigurementI've got some time on my hands as I'm proctoring a state test, so I wanted to share a moment that I had a couple of weeks ago. I was helping my father chop down parts of a tree that had been growing up and over the house over the past 25 years. It was the kind of thing where we would look at the thing every couple years and say, "Yup. That'll have to come down some day." Naturally, we waited until the tree was a monster and the process of removing it would be slightly on the side of lunacy.<br />
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I found myself balancing myself on a narrow rooftop, trying to start a chainsaw to hand to my father, who was dangling from a makeshift harness from a branch in the very tree we were trying to dismember. As I pulled on the starter handle, I lost my balance, let go of the handle, and the chainsaw flew directly into my nose. I immediately started bleeding everywhere.<br />
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My very first thought, before I worried about the tree or my personal health, was that I had done a Tyrion Lannister/Battle of the Blackwater facial modification to myself and that I would be cosplaying with a mask for the rest of my days. The good news was that the wound wasn't as horrific as I estimated. I'll have a small scar on my nose and I have since considered myself lucky not to have caught the saw with my eye socket or teeth.<br />
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In the past several months, I feel that I've gotten more in touch with my own personal appearance. I've lost over 20 pounds and am now overly concerned with marring my face. And it is all because of cosplay. I lost weight to fit into a morph suit for my Mega Man costume and I've been more and more interested in portraying Tony Stark. I am wondering if anyone else has had this kind of realization. Smidgemcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15820239249400456074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-6341209918757371142013-04-24T06:14:00.002-07:002013-04-24T06:14:26.156-07:00Foam Man!It doesn't exactly have the same ring to it and it is certainly not as protective as the real thing, but I've finally decided to try my hand at making some Iron Man armor out of EVA foam.<br />
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I want to have a costume to wear for the opening of Iron Man 3 next week, so I decided on doing the boots and gloves for the shot of Tony standing with his suits of armor. I don't have enough time to do a full suit, and this is my first real experience working with foam, so I thought this would be the right size of a project.<br />
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The pepakura files for this project came from the RPF user jackieisrockin and we designed to be used with EVA foam. The main difference with normal pepakura files is that the tabs and pieces that add depth have been removed.<br />
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The only other thing to be careful of is the thickness of the foam. I've actually got a sheet of foam that is closer to 3/8" thick and I think it is too thick. Also, some of the parts are meant to lay over the top of others and I went with some 3mm craft foam. The trade offs here are stability vs. thickness as an entire piece made of craft foam is too wobbly. The glove parts, for example, are craft foam because of how small and articulated the parts are.<br />
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Thus far, I've got most of a boot, a forearm, and a bunch of glove parts. I am also planning on making a helmet for my Pepper Potts (wife) to carry around.Smidgemcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15820239249400456074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-1916223708206667112013-04-20T14:17:00.001-07:002013-04-23T10:59:01.862-07:00Arc Reactor Upgrade!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started with the Think Geek arc reactor. I found an image of the new arc reactor and scaled it to the size of the one I already had.</div>
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The triangular section was printed and cut out in card stock.</div>
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Hooray! No more of that pesky palladium poisoning. It's certainly not perfect. The LEDs are spread out to accommodate the old piece, but there's a decent amount of light diffusing through the white portion to make it look good.</div>
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For halloween last fall, Jaimi and I decided to do a Tony Stark/Pepper Potts combo. The idea was to have a low maintenance costume that was also fairly accurate. We already have likenesses similar to Downey Jr. and Paltrow, so there were minor cosmetic changes to be made.<br />
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As for the costumes, I finally had an excuse to buy a suit. I hit up Kohl's during a sale and got a lightly pinstriped affair. The only addition to this was a pocket square that got pinned to the pocket. Jaimi had to do a little bit more shopping around to get the right match of business garments.<br />
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As for props, I got the Iron Man T-Shirt from think geek. It has the arc reactor light that velcros into the chest and a battery pack that attaches at the bottom of the shirt. I cut out the fabric in the arc reactor,becuase I planned on wearing a shirt over it. Jaimi's "Stark Industries Tablet" is a Light Wedge that began its career as a book light. I had noticed that the minor scratches on it glowed a bit, so we printed a design, taped it to the back, and scratched the design with an exacto knife.<br />
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The finishing touches included a carefully trimmed goatee and some fussing with our hair.<br />
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For a while now, my wife has had a Samus Aran costume that has evolved over the past few years. I wanted to build a character to go along with it, but Samus is kind of a solo character. The next best thing was to go with a classic NES era, arm cannon wielding character. I decided on a variation of Mega Man X because I didn't want the giant flared boots.</div>
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I started by building everything in card stock. Then I cut the pieces out in 1/8" PVC. </div>
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I had some trouble with the compound curves. Also, there was a lot of fiberglassing going on inside.</div>
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The helmet began its Mega Man career as a child sized, used lacrosse helmet.</div>
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Because we don't have a garage, the bondo work was all done in parents; garages and basements. I chose to leave some holes in the helmet for ventilation. Also, at some point, I didn't like the shape of the arm cannon. So I smashed it and built it with polystyrene rings around a pvc tube.</div>
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The belt got pockets! They were sized to my phone.</div>
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I finished the entire thing with 1/8" thick striping tape from the auto parts store. I wanted to get a cell shaded look and I think it came out pretty well. The insides of the boots got some foam to protect my feet and shins. I was also worried that the boots would fall off of my feet. </div>
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Here's a final shot with Jaimi/Samus. The suit is a blue morph suit. Overall, the costume worked quite well. I later had an issue with a foot bit ripping off. This was mostly due to an unscheduled off road trek.</div>
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I wanted to a quirky costume with my wife that now one else has been doing in the Mass Effect Universe. We chose to do Diana Allers with her floating camera bot. The plan was to have me hide in a black body suit and follow her with the camera.<br />
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Step 1. Get in "skin tight body suit shape." Thank you Sean T.<br />
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Step 2. I built a frame out of 1/8" plywood.<br />
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This got filled with the blue polystyrene foam. The chunks got sanded down and coated in gesso.<br />
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The gesso is supposed to prevent any reaction between the foam and the bondo that I was about slather on. It did a decent job, there was still some bubbling. After some sanding and filling, the bot was looking pretty smooth.<br />
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I made a custom bondo channeling tool to get the grooves to be nice and smooth. The bottom parts of the camera we built with pvc foam/pipes. The smaller camera is a series of wooden bits that I got at AC Moore.<br />
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The circular parts are the air filters from my respirator. As a bonus, I built the forward part of the camera to be big enough to hold my phone. That's right, the camera bot actually shot video. Most of the wires are non-functional, but I did add a 12,000 mA hour battery to the back of this thing to keep it running all day.<br />
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Here is a shot of the camera bot in action. It was a really fun costume to play with. Most of the video I shot was of me poking people with the microphone. </div>
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Smidgemcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15820239249400456074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-21688424898207942282012-05-13T07:40:00.001-07:002012-05-13T07:40:40.482-07:00My MjolnirA friend is going to the Boston Comic Con as Thor and wanted some help
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I started with some MDF from an old desk from Staples. I measured out
the head to be quite big (20 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm). Eveything got epoxied
into place and screwed. I realized that these materials would result
in a fairly heavy hammer, but I wanted it to have some serious heft.<br />
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The end caps of the head were two layers of MDF. These were also
epoxied and screwed. They were cut slightly smaller than the head and
beveled. At this point, I want to mention that all of the cutting for
this project was done with a coping saw. I don't exactly have a
workshop, so the work was done on the balcony (we call it the
SkyLounge).<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="http://i46.tinypic.com/29apaoh.jpg" /><br />
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The handle is a dowel from Lowe's. I cut a notch in the top and two in
the head. I wanted to make sure it wasn't going to spin. I also
pounded it into place and put a couple of nails through the handle
inside the head. It would be embarrassing if the head flew off whilst
defending Asgard from the Frost Giants.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="http://i48.tinypic.com/2ezmozk.jpg" /><br />
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Bondo...sand...bondo...sand...PRIME...sand...<br />
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The cap on top was a thinner sheet of MDF. The fancy scroll work on the
end caps and the inscription were engraved with the dremel. I cut
stencils and spray painted the designs on. <br />
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The whole head got a coat of Krylon aluminum. After some clear coat, I
filled the engraved spots with black acrylic and dirtied up the rest of
it.<br />
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I am not a fan of how the handle looks in the Thor movie. Instead, I
wrapped the whole thing in vinyl and then added two more strips of vinyl
in a weave-ish kind of pattern. The ends got another vinyl strip with
staples covered in small leather "stitches."<br />
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The strap was a couple more layers of vinyl. Every bit of vinyl is
epoxied and stapled. The handle got some acrylic paint to give it some
depth. Then I harnessed the power of a dying sun...AND DONE!<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="http://i48.tinypic.com/fo2h6g.jpg" />Smidgemcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15820239249400456074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-1237332332795036602012-04-11T17:17:00.000-07:002012-04-11T17:17:45.229-07:00Making Samus...again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfztEyGAd1eXlusu4mB9dRy6_m5odR-pxDKRNcSVeMxtDWCcV3oWrD_iMMDWefH5x930NW8i5XFd6nKmkN8aB2lXi7ELuErCAnIk7UIEoR811tqJ-3qJn1KH5JF3EO2g2g2IkwQcd8bJdd/s1600/CIMG2393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfztEyGAd1eXlusu4mB9dRy6_m5odR-pxDKRNcSVeMxtDWCcV3oWrD_iMMDWefH5x930NW8i5XFd6nKmkN8aB2lXi7ELuErCAnIk7UIEoR811tqJ-3qJn1KH5JF3EO2g2g2IkwQcd8bJdd/s320/CIMG2393.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Last year I made a Samus Aran costume for PAX East. The results were pretty good for my second real costume, but I wanted to improve on the costume. This meant using some sturdier materials for the armor bits. Also, I wanted a sweet Samus helmet.<br />
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The armor was made from 1/8" sintra. Rob and I had a some good times cutting it out and molding it.<br />
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The camera was a little tricky. I had to switch to Varric to see my character's feet. #dwarvesareshort<br />
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Soooooooooooooo off to JoJoFab's we go.<br />
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I got vinyl in two different color for all of the leather bits of the costume. I also found some nice thermal type shirts in the right color. The red pants were a more difficult find. Bon Ton had some in the ladies section. This wasn't a problem, as I have no shame about buy lady pants in a size 14. (what does 14 meeeeeeeean??)<br />
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After my mage costume from last year, you would have thought that Jaimi and I would have invested in a decent sewing machine. Sooooo, between our lame machine, my mother's, and one I borrowed from our Home Ec. teacher at my school, I got the sewing done. /queuerockymontage <br />
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Jaimi had a jig for making all of the "buckles."<br />
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Mass Effect break!! A large portion of this project was done while dogsitting (and catsitting) for Jaimi's ma. <br />
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THE ARMOR BITS. We took a trip out to Seattle to visit my brother. I part of our week out there to learn about working with PVC Foam. (also called Sintra) The basic steps for building the pieces were:<br />
1. Measure and cut the pieces to fit<br />
2. Heat pieces with the heat gun (don't burn...toxic gas)<br />
3. Mold the pieces to fit<br />
4. Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand 100 grit<br />
5. Bondo and saaaaaaaaaaaaaaand 100 grit<br />
6. Fill/sand/primer/sand/primer again/sand<br />
7. Aluminum paint<br />
8. Matte clear coat<br />
9. black acrylic and paper towels for weathering<br />
10. clearcoat between layers of weathering<br />
11. Burnt sienna acrylic for the rust<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For all of my armor pieces I also added blood. DA2 has it in excess. I watered down some red paint, took the pieces out to the "sky lounge," and squirted them all to hell with "blood." This was probably the most fun part of this entire project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6Tw3Cxo_CH20bTWk3BqPUvKGSOPHzzm-a91wJk6qHo0GbcHOyAkfprXMzOWERYG-pVwPQKwet3xdXcimts16sp2ZCuRWtftiMt87cNVGEw_IGIY20w2JbA6yNFPgCJYsCWwxTCTawnr6/s1600/IMG_20120401_150238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6Tw3Cxo_CH20bTWk3BqPUvKGSOPHzzm-a91wJk6qHo0GbcHOyAkfprXMzOWERYG-pVwPQKwet3xdXcimts16sp2ZCuRWtftiMt87cNVGEw_IGIY20w2JbA6yNFPgCJYsCWwxTCTawnr6/s320/IMG_20120401_150238.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The results:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNZv0MsfAA8QPBT4FFZ9GkMqq2xu21gBNbyFcEqHvzW4efCwkhv1QNm5qHm0qLfsS14UWSB2-Rd5jvEDWsJOl-LrgIejTt53_u3-iZLRnOWV-4ch5y2SbgOgaaMItnD4o6bBbsD2-SYHT/s1600/IMG_20120402_064916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNZv0MsfAA8QPBT4FFZ9GkMqq2xu21gBNbyFcEqHvzW4efCwkhv1QNm5qHm0qLfsS14UWSB2-Rd5jvEDWsJOl-LrgIejTt53_u3-iZLRnOWV-4ch5y2SbgOgaaMItnD4o6bBbsD2-SYHT/s320/IMG_20120402_064916.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzbznNDrEqC8MQNKF16WEJEngJ91_570DF2Im-mjdkINPEasrN3CJXeFP3leRcghyGwKujClYX5EYlIfAJNdZIoAXT8pTi0h9OQy15UnCIxqwX1ldWivkHej3mKBAkD2N2TLKWweH7E-k/s1600/IMG_20120402_064941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzbznNDrEqC8MQNKF16WEJEngJ91_570DF2Im-mjdkINPEasrN3CJXeFP3leRcghyGwKujClYX5EYlIfAJNdZIoAXT8pTi0h9OQy15UnCIxqwX1ldWivkHej3mKBAkD2N2TLKWweH7E-k/s320/IMG_20120402_064941.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBITE3hm9DMyCOLSZlrUo5RItRlyFluN_3YLdcqui9LsFJiymbGKDfRhFwrt-M6beGttyYLNp5Rze6yCO93VE_NJMGb1j-OJ8TEyZKAyZx3WFVG49JwqxbEZLIL8COrkBq8nEkJnP6aY9/s1600/IMG_20120402_064929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBITE3hm9DMyCOLSZlrUo5RItRlyFluN_3YLdcqui9LsFJiymbGKDfRhFwrt-M6beGttyYLNp5Rze6yCO93VE_NJMGb1j-OJ8TEyZKAyZx3WFVG49JwqxbEZLIL8COrkBq8nEkJnP6aY9/s320/IMG_20120402_064929.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div> The gloves/claws were also fun/tedious to make. I cut a ton of quadrilaterals from sintra and epoxied them into 90° wedges. Then I gave them the same treatment as the armor pieces and epoxied them to some cheap gloves.<br />
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The sash was sewn from a rough linen. All of the vinyl was given some acrylic paint for weathering. The cloth was dunked in dirty water (paint) to dull the bright colors. The armor was put in place with a combination of epoxy and industrial strength velcro. The boots came from wal mart.<br />
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The daggers were crafted from three layers of sintra, sandwiched and epoxied. Then I did the dremel thing and repeated the same process as with the armor. Including the blood.<br />
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I used vinyl for the handles. Here you can see Jaimi's war face.<br />
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All done. Here I am at PAX East. This project has taught me to get a better sewing machine. (Just like last year's)Smidgemcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15820239249400456074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-40918713135591846052012-02-06T17:06:00.000-08:002012-02-06T17:11:28.918-08:00Halloween 2011 part 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGAIprnSJNOGhD2CYywZLMwt2Xce-5pt_Vn0Aj6l8FfbhUEpfYl9nwZYsZYTbnm7UIPjodQHeVlFRH9b_SdorbtT2YYnFYx8TEtXLjKcoBFHTVt87bp3GJhIEiK2fwCOSDTcXWor4yTE/s1600/mariogang.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGAIprnSJNOGhD2CYywZLMwt2Xce-5pt_Vn0Aj6l8FfbhUEpfYl9nwZYsZYTbnm7UIPjodQHeVlFRH9b_SdorbtT2YYnFYx8TEtXLjKcoBFHTVt87bp3GJhIEiK2fwCOSDTcXWor4yTE/s320/mariogang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706195005812405842" border="0" /></a><br />Many years ago Rob & I dressed as Mario & Peach *insert awww*<br />I finally dug up that Peach costume because some co-workers wanted to do a Mario theme at work (We do work with Toddlers, and parents who grew up in our generation). With my Co-teacher as Mario, my self as Peach, a childhood best friend as Luigi and her co-teach as Daisy, we only had to coax one more into going for Yoshi. The end result was photoshoped by my co-teacher Christan into this stellar piece of work!JaimiDoran http://www.blogger.com/profile/14090996463325949757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-11908631267447641092012-02-06T16:52:00.000-08:002012-02-06T17:06:27.007-08:00Halloween 2011<span style="font-family:arial;">Well, it's a bit late, but now that we're thinking of costumes for upcoming PAXeast I thought I should probably at least talk about the last costumes we made!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Halloween Rob & I (Jaimi) came up with some pretty stellar Battle Star </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Gallactica costumes. We went as Apollo & </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Starbuck. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUJ__TbgqTzCZHijZJBRV8_NxZd8xYlqSD4k5-NEy4SXU_IV7y-69JMZAruR1ChEbtpvhoILbX9qUnzrhm0P0nR9XVPNxzYLmpXifijAKMAfGxGIBFeP3IHCEdMlDKN3IN4d2HYtG8Sw/s1600/kthrace.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUJ__TbgqTzCZHijZJBRV8_NxZd8xYlqSD4k5-NEy4SXU_IV7y-69JMZAruR1ChEbtpvhoILbX9qUnzrhm0P0nR9XVPNxzYLmpXifijAKMAfGxGIBFeP3IHCEdMlDKN3IN4d2HYtG8Sw/s320/kthrace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706192260893913986" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrkPOI9LlunHEbpIeymQtv2j09tm3zll0p0OPxBHc6pZnTkGxdH9PeYzEc8X4SivGG5IcYng9__3bhe770zg-CrVZOm0x2SmtBGuWnUpJTbZ_h2ASdrXDgtRE19VlcHAOqIbYQEGbwNY/s1600/375993_588754993389_27803108_32556971_1977678147_n.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrkPOI9LlunHEbpIeymQtv2j09tm3zll0p0OPxBHc6pZnTkGxdH9PeYzEc8X4SivGG5IcYng9__3bhe770zg-CrVZOm0x2SmtBGuWnUpJTbZ_h2ASdrXDgtRE19VlcHAOqIbYQEGbwNY/s320/375993_588754993389_27803108_32556971_1977678147_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706192267031108338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Colonial pistols were commissioned by Bill Doran (Rob's twin</span><span style="font-family:arial;">) over at punishedprops.com</span> We had to get them mailed to our party destination, but they arrived on time and were stellar!<br />One of the toughest parts to nail down was probably the dog tags, which are hexagons, with print. With such a 'simple' costume, we really wanted to make sure the small details were done with extreme awesomeness. We ended up printing the design and words onto clear address labels, then sticking them to the metal we had cut out to the correct dimensions. They came out pretty amazing! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzidLIfWux6zr5vUl7WUtw9J10goqG7qmUCbjPDjueOFoWd_3p4BdBReBp7wB-dikZ72eT9JPM4_ed2PBpt_ba-kXGOBI-tu5Njh-h7ujb6iS2CyuXTVwJ78zl4FT-tMfv0QDMdmIsZhw/s1600/bsgtags.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzidLIfWux6zr5vUl7WUtw9J10goqG7qmUCbjPDjueOFoWd_3p4BdBReBp7wB-dikZ72eT9JPM4_ed2PBpt_ba-kXGOBI-tu5Njh-h7ujb6iS2CyuXTVwJ78zl4FT-tMfv0QDMdmIsZhw/s320/bsgtags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706192254956986786" border="0" /></a><br />Here Lee Adama and Kara Thrace are enjoying a mighty fine brew in a Hoboken watering hole :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGPStLonhXnzXBGGfFSiJV_tdtd42BQ9V-QKXPA8GTqYoaan4mJ2JzPvUKKVEzNZVax9qn2QK1Ri7IPQgm0bNg4vZuvf_oI5Z_iwuoukerGDHlrh6AUX0jA4iFze9188PVkTbrGONalQ/s1600/starbuckApollo.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGPStLonhXnzXBGGfFSiJV_tdtd42BQ9V-QKXPA8GTqYoaan4mJ2JzPvUKKVEzNZVax9qn2QK1Ri7IPQgm0bNg4vZuvf_oI5Z_iwuoukerGDHlrh6AUX0jA4iFze9188PVkTbrGONalQ/s320/starbuckApollo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706192054567005330" border="0" /></a>JaimiDoran http://www.blogger.com/profile/14090996463325949757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-82928263136728830472011-03-23T06:12:00.000-07:002011-03-23T06:12:26.055-07:00525 Tailoring: Becoming a Mage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYE7ehRqW7MBsT0N-o7DRCCox-oZQ7u2KNE_x9OPgY78HGWZqLdSJy5lkHXxS0cu8eLFralUkKEGX-6tBlduXklDP89Q6cpZeKKx3ERkXpH8MRAvXB7WVSYwn9jon_NUDPOyT-QN7BC0W/s1600/IMAG0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYE7ehRqW7MBsT0N-o7DRCCox-oZQ7u2KNE_x9OPgY78HGWZqLdSJy5lkHXxS0cu8eLFralUkKEGX-6tBlduXklDP89Q6cpZeKKx3ERkXpH8MRAvXB7WVSYwn9jon_NUDPOyT-QN7BC0W/s320/IMAG0014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here's a shot of Jaimi and I (Rob) at JoAnn fabrics. We were just starting to get materials for our PAX East costumes. My plan was to build a Mage costume that was modeled after the World of Warcraft Tier 11 Heroic Mage or "Firelord" set. My last attempt at cosplay was a warrior and had a hell of a time with armor. I figured this would have it's own set of challenges, but nothing like building a suit of armor.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhBCIuyF6QA0nrbzfv8EYnL0HeXVklb5YAhAAGDQcqdqN5gvT3yoNqZiXmeSC-u9d0tPB8yvsUYsC8OlOhu1od13c5W1PF47ZFpEnYiic-eHAyY4Zfa80YVlyo2DnWH0HM-OTAuIZDEdE/s1600/IMAG0036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhBCIuyF6QA0nrbzfv8EYnL0HeXVklb5YAhAAGDQcqdqN5gvT3yoNqZiXmeSC-u9d0tPB8yvsUYsC8OlOhu1od13c5W1PF47ZFpEnYiic-eHAyY4Zfa80YVlyo2DnWH0HM-OTAuIZDEdE/s320/IMAG0036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The shoulders. The problem with World of Warcraft costumes is the shoulders. They're designed to be overly large in game. The problem is that virtual characters don't have to worry about lifting their arms and stabbing themselves in the ear with their shoulder pads. I tried a few methods for turning a flat piece of gray foam into a rounded shoulder pad. I ended up using a papercraft pattern for a poke ball.<br />
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Same shoulderpad + spikes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-EU_WPYY5mTLpHcyeM41Peg7ZfHb7b9xKWxggTNEKBNL0H-Cd6wR-5tv6tv-Glo-VCsIqXp4tbwRXdRZMTr2wicd3AdTdpgpBo42S1bMfO1BnDBjF1vIu01KlfS9b0ZMuOsF_Gc41kXQ/s1600/IMAG0103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-EU_WPYY5mTLpHcyeM41Peg7ZfHb7b9xKWxggTNEKBNL0H-Cd6wR-5tv6tv-Glo-VCsIqXp4tbwRXdRZMTr2wicd3AdTdpgpBo42S1bMfO1BnDBjF1vIu01KlfS9b0ZMuOsF_Gc41kXQ/s320/IMAG0103.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Bondo time. The bottom sections were taped off and the spike area was slathered in bondo. I was worried that the Bondo would eat the gray foam. I've had that kind of trouble in the past, as Bondo is pretty nasty stuff. Luckily, it wasn't an issue. I used my mouse sander to smooth out the rough Bondo finish. Because of the final texture of the shoulderpads, I didn't have to be too picky about this step. I then cut my "lava channels" with my trust Dremel tool. Then a couple layers of stone spray paint and clear coat.<br />
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I ran glowire in and out of the shoulder pads to match the shape of the lava and the "runes" along the bottom section. The glowire process included a lot of soldering and super glue. Also, I sewed pockets into my robe. The left pocket had a hole in the back that let my glowire circuits in. I had all the sires sewn into the robe on the inside and down to that pocket. This let me change the 9V batteries and turn the circuits on and off easily.<br />
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</a></div>This is the final product. The hood and cuffs got the glowire treatment as well. In lieu of boots, I got long, black socks and put them on over my Sambas. Thus, my foot comfort was assured.<br />
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PAX East was a lot of fun. We met some great people and I got to fight a monster from Bioshock Infinite.<br />
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</div>Smidgemcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15820239249400456074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311800303640502289.post-38391904387399305192011-03-23T05:34:00.000-07:002011-03-23T05:34:27.816-07:00The Making of a SamusThe following is how we turned one Jaimi Bain into an intergalactic warrior:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIiDVAOlTnaZTEQOyUmsL6YvBvlvWKac-Gxe7r5L61_H1K72M3W_GrEI5K0iFnoRaSS2W99d5K_kENFEaMZ3nYB6Q6yKZ3YkKFjDo7Ys1XoacZQU9mJIs0otJVsjGEgG4PwuICH4qTLct/s1600/IMAG0028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIiDVAOlTnaZTEQOyUmsL6YvBvlvWKac-Gxe7r5L61_H1K72M3W_GrEI5K0iFnoRaSS2W99d5K_kENFEaMZ3nYB6Q6yKZ3YkKFjDo7Ys1XoacZQU9mJIs0otJVsjGEgG4PwuICH4qTLct/s320/IMAG0028.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is the "before the storm" photo. We moved our kitchen table into the craft space, bought a dremel tool, and stocked up on super glue.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpKNNq3NJH_Dj0ItamVrNC8qxIi-EviJB6sDIDNkeb5yxr-ybKC-7WzQ9hAraNeicQnP2wvHs3Q6D47BqZMV-A_fh5sjiqi6A5RKQrTMT7gDSprwv3_Be_50zghD4OoMyYHWmFO5cSG66/s1600/IMAG0037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpKNNq3NJH_Dj0ItamVrNC8qxIi-EviJB6sDIDNkeb5yxr-ybKC-7WzQ9hAraNeicQnP2wvHs3Q6D47BqZMV-A_fh5sjiqi6A5RKQrTMT7gDSprwv3_Be_50zghD4OoMyYHWmFO5cSG66/s320/IMAG0037.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is an early prototype session in Oswego. Jaimi's armor was created first in paper. She had a chest piece to make, along with upper arms, one forearm, ribs, abs, thighs, and shins to create. The gray stuff Jaimi is sitting on came from Big Lots. It is some kind of workshop floor foam material. It was really cheap and ended up in a lot of our costume elements.<br />
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This is the second (and final) version of the arm cannon. We downgraded to a 3" PVC pipe. We used a 3"-2" adapter to cap it off with. We once again employed the gray stuff to wrap around the pipe to give it dimension and texture. Then came the fun part. I went into my big old box of old electronics and started disemboweling devices. My old camera and CD player fell victim. Then I basically glued random bits of cool looking electronics to the cannon. My favorite parts are the camera lens in the end of the cannon and the half of a half gig of ram.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This was a giant inflatable pikachu in the expo hall.</div><br />
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We later met up with Scott Kurtz at his table. Jaimi was able to coerce him into signing her shoulder pad.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Jaimi was unofficially adopted by the <a href="http://www.metroidmetal.com/">Metroid Metal</a> guys.</div><br />
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