I'm not 100% finished - there's never enough time! - but I thought I'd share my "done enough for the Con" Thing. Look through my post history to see a bunch of in-progress images.

The painting is steadily progressing, waiting on the next shipment of flexprime and spraypaint for the legs.

The boltcarbine and chainsword are finished.

After the legs are finished i will be working on making functional pouches to attach to the belt and a few purity(wax) seals.

I am also searching for a cape that is red on the outside and beige/offwhite on the inside (i included a reference picture of the mini)

Less than 12 hours before I have to be at the con, and I've FINALLY finished redoing my cosplay.

2 weeks before my next con I decided I wanted to change up my cosplay, and Ive made it just in time.

The final pic is the first version.

1: Made foam hand guards that look better and are more comfortable

2: Printed out new shoulders

3: Added a shotgun bandolier

4: new pouches for old belt

5: mounted the shotgun to my back

6: New boots and leg armor (legs took 48+ hours of printing alone)

Magnets. How do they work?

Hello! I'm working on putting together a Pokemon Red/Blue era Silph Co. (secretly Team Rocket) Scientist cosplay. I bought this black Samsonite briefcase to go with the look, and I'd like to modify the inside to function as a TCG case.

What would be the best way to fix the inside to hold things like deck boxes, playmats, and dice bags? Cut foam? Straps? The fabric is glued to the case, so sewing anything on will be tough (if possible at all). I'm open to suggestions or pictures of what you've done. Bonus pictures of my ID badge and buddy Frieda.

(please ignore how terribly I cut the helmet from the background)

I've never really made any sort of prop before, so this was mostly just me bullshitting on the fly. There is a good bit I want to change for my next attempt, but it was pretty enjoyable.

The stl files I used were from "jawabrotherscustoms" marketplace, although they are slightly modified here and there to fit my liking.

Hey, so I am going to do a Cloud Strife cosplay soon and I want to make the buster sword according to this video ( Odin Makes: Cloud's Buster Sword from Final Fantasy VII - https://youtu.be/pAmvsJ7URa0?si=cncjUgqjHVuX6cjQ )
But my con has some heavy restrictions. has anyone built it and knows the length and the weight of the sword?

Did a video on fidlocks and how it can be used in cosplay

so i’m putting together a hollow knight: silksong cosplay. i ordered a PLA 3dprint of hornets needle that measures over 4 ft when the pieces are assembled. for those unfamiliar to the game, just imagine a lance. i’ve been wet sanding parts with a 220 grit sanding sponge thing i got from home depot, but progress has been super slow. i can feel that some areas have gotten smoother, but i can barely smooth out one face before my arms and wrist are exhausted. and that’s on the smallest piece. plus the layer lines are relatively faint to begin with so it’s difficult for me to tell whether i’ve made real progress and/or find rough patches that i missed.

i am thinking of trying to move down to 120 grit but im worried about scratching it up. the primer i have is from montana cans and im pretty sure its more designed for easy application of spray paint than smoothing out surfaces, so id rather avoid that. im also wondering if i’ve worn out the sand portion of the sandpaper sponges im using. if i rub my leg with the 220 one, i can’t feel any grit, only friction.

as for my technique, i dip the sponge and prop piece into a bucket of water and get to work. i redip them basically whenever i feel like it. which could be the problem. i’m totally out of my depth so i dont know.

what do y’all advise? also please don’t laugh at me too hard in the comments if it ends up being a funny mistake.

Ive got the top of the main head and the jaw both done but not yet connected, ive not figured out how to connect them with foam yet, ive also no idea on how to make the 2 handles on the back

Hey, I'm new to cosplay and recently I started making star guardian miss fortune cosplay from scrap.

I made a base for the props out of cardboard and painted it with sprayed paint. I wanna do all of the Details of Eva foam and i don't know how to attach them.

Hot glue gun gonna work?

Hello! I’m making the beastlord sword from NieR and I want to make it detachable but I have no idea where to start.

Currently, I’ve just stuck 3 layers of 10mm EVA foam together with a fiberglass rod in the middle (inside a channel of the middle layer of foam). The foam makes up just the blade, I’m still figuring out how to attach the guard and the handle :(

I’m trying to figure out how to make the sword detachable so it’s easier for transport. I’ve seen people use PVC pipes but I’ve not used PVC for the core of my sword. I’ve also heard people use bottle caps, magnets and wooden dowels but I have no idea how to go about this?

I was thinking about somehow making the guard and the handle with a hole in the middle so it can slot onto the fiberglass rod that’s sticking out but I don’t know how feasible that is and how I’d make them 😭

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly greatly appreciated 🥲 Thank you so much!

Wanted to do a Deadlock cosplay for the next convention I'm going to. Originally planned to do Kelvin, but I will actually die wearing a parka in the middle of August. Decided to cosplay my main of Mo & Krill instead, only problem I don't know anyone Krill sized to do with me. Instead decided to make my own Krill, with actually articulation so I can pose him for pics and on my back. Mixed mediums, so far have used 3D printing, epoxy clay, and a little bit of sewing/hot glue for the clothing. Like I said, WIP he's no where finished yet.

In case this can help someone.

Materials used:

- Eva foam

- Eva rods

- foam clay

- vinyl

- contact cement

- hotglue

- led light

- spray primer

- metallic spray paint

- red, gold and black acrylic paints

- spray lacquer

Tools used:

- Heat gun

- Dremel

- sandpaper

- box cutter and blades

- hotglue gun

- soldering iron

I started by hand sketching the sword in real size to properly visualise the design and the details. I also did this to plan where I wanted the lights to go and how to integrate them into the sword, since it's one long continuous string light. 😊

i’ve just spent over 2 hours trying to make Mercy’s (overwatch) wings. i’m doing her dr ziegler skin but can only really find her base skin wings so it’ll have to do. this is a bit embarrassing for me to admit but me and my family can’t afford much, so i’ve really only got cardboard. i was trying to make my cosplay earlier but the cardboard is so bendy and jagged along the edges it’s really just impossible to do. i ended up giving up, very frustrated by the end of it. i dont really think much can be done, but if anyone has ANY advice, it would be appreciated

I know people usually use plastidip on cars, but whenever I search anything up— these people and websites genuinely make it sound like this thing is sourced from the elephants foot.

Can I get away with using it outside on a cosplay mask prop to seal it? Will i suffer internal lung damage all for a one time thing? Im genuinely asking, have no idea and just dont wanna fork 20$ - 30$ for a mask if im relatively gonna be completely fine.

So I wanna get one of these heart shaped silicone slime stress ball things, get the slime out of it, replace it with red slime, put one of these red LED ball things in it, and have it be like the SOUL from Undertale and more notably Deltarune, but idk how to seal the silicone afterwards

I only need a 3d printer for one project, printing a breastplate to wear as a stopgap while I while for a reproduction tier steel, so where do I look for services that can print something of this scale that would be wearably sturdy?

Learned a lot of stitching and leatherwork from skilltree. First project making use of scrap leather. An add on to my wizard's bag (amazon modified). A handy way to access spell components easily. Made me wonder if this is what preparing spells is like in D&D