Carbon Costume

…s and afro wig, visit this guide. Most of materials you can find at your local hardware store and craft store. We’ll be using EVA foam for your props, which is lightweight, flexible, and relatively inexpensive to create. A lot of these techniques can be applied to other costumes. Glove Tutorial Materials: 3/8” EVA Foam floor tiles EVA craft foam sheets Black elbow length gloves Super 77 spray adhesive Hot Glue sticks Mod Podge Spray paint (I recom…

…of the First Blade online, or sketch one. Print or draw it to a lifelike scale, proportionate to your self. Untwist your hanger completely and start carefully bending the wire to the approximate shape of the blade. In the show, the First Blade is made of a donkey’s jawbone; we will be adding “teeth” at a later point, and their shapes should not be included in this wire frame.   Fold the excess wire in towards the middle of the shape, so that it c…

…t smarter instead of harder. With the Namor print, because it’s so symmetrical I only drew half of it [laughs] and I just mirrored it so I could save on time. I think it’s now how I approach most artistic projects. My personal preference is to draw stuff traditionally and then to scan that and color it digitally. That’s usually how I do most of my artwork.” That’s really similar to how cosplayers approach projects — reference pictures, zooming in…

…ing. This grew and grew and I learned a ton about sewing, and about historical costumes, in particular. In the last few years I’ve become a bit burned out at spending so much time on the websites, especially because the internet itself has grown in leaps and bounds. It used to be rare to find exhibit photos and promo images of any movie — but now studios put out high res stills for everything that comes out and costume exhibits are much more commo…

…rker Projects Parker, who we featured in our Katsucon recap, wrote a piece called “I Think I Need Some Space” specifically for this feature. Here are some excepts about how they got their start in crafting, and what their workshop means to them: “For Heroescon 2017, I thought it would be fun to try to put my shop to work and build my first cosplay for my very first convention with friends. As I moved through the crowded junk heap, it was apparent…

…n the show), so that we’re all spared a slap upside the head. More realistically, you can also use it with our Leroy Jethro Gibbs costume guide. Materials Needed: Reusable white plastic insulated cup Dishwasher-safe Mod Podge Hot water and soap Alcohol wipes (optional) Printable decals (see below) Directions: Printable decals For today’s craft, we’ll be designing a printable decal that we’ll attach to the coffee cup with dishwasher-safe Mod Podge….

…ou are going to want to skip the balloons and streamers, though. This year calls for something a little more specific. Decor is one place that a little DIY comes in handy. If you know how to cover a chair’s seat and back (or if you’re inclined to look it up on YouTube) you can take any chair from a thrift store and dress it up until Hannibal himself would be content to see it in his office. Or you can paint a basic wooden bench seat until it would…

…” to outfits that bare hands/arms just can’t do. In fact, if you’re specifically a Hellsing fan or even a magical girl fan, they’re very common in the character designs. Because artists can make any design they want to when developing a character, some characters have ultra specific gloves. Sure, you could go to a store and find gloves that either don’t fit or don’t look very good. You could also pay extra money to find that glove online somewhere…

…into round shapes, try to cut the piece a little bigger than the template calls for, especially if you’re using scissors. It’s hard to cut smoothly rounded edges into felt with scissors. By cutting your shape a little bigger, you’re giving yourself room to make small shaving cuts that round the edges the way you want. The picture below is how mine turned out, with the rough cut on the right and the “shaved” circles on the left. Step Four: Glue th…

…ticks in my mind. It was the first one to kind of ‘save the day’,” Allen recalled. He went on to talk about the hard work Gritty’s PR team put in, tweeting several times a day and driving up fan engagement with the Gritty attitude people have come to love. Allen believe it was the hard work of the PR team that brought Gritty to life and made him so approachable.   On Gritty’s Design Of course Gritty’s design has a lot to do with that as well. Alth…