Carbon Costume

…to find the large pack of 15 x 30 polystyrene that I purchased from Lowe’s online, but they have them in-store by the insulation, and you only need 1 pack. Using the 2 packs of 17 x 11 polystyrene from Amazon is fine, it will simply yield a smaller prop and leave you with a bit more leftover foam for future projects.) Dresses Step 1: Cut out all of your pattern pieces for Simplicity pattern R10294. For each of the skirt pieces, I dropped the hem l…

…he flat fold bargain section of Joann’s – a fabric that is not often found online, so I lucked out in that regard. This particular vinyl was glossy and stuck to my sewing machine, making it almost impossible to feed through. To remedy this, I used the Wash N Gone stabilizer so that I could easily feed the fabric through the machine, then cut off all the excess around the seams, and then simply wash with a damp sponge to get rid of the remaining st…

…lphia Influencer created a timeline of Gritty’s introduction and posted it online. It took Mazziotti all of two hours to go from hating Gritty – his own words – to liking the monster’s attitude. Maybe it was tweeting “New Best Friend Alert” at the Phillie Phanatic or responding to haters with a sense of humor that seems unique to Philadelphia. Either way most people followed Mazziotti’s experience: they weren’t too sure about Gritty.   A Modern Mu…

…ber below Gerard Way’s accolade. You can find a fake barcode clipart image online, if you wish. Step 6: The Center Spine My last finishing touch to this design is to add text to the center spine (the side of the book with horizontal title text, which faces you when shelved). Please don’t sue me, Dark Horse! Insert a new text box with the book’s title into the center of your design, and use your mouse to rotate the text ninety degrees sideways. The…

…nt to cosplay a canon character with a twist? Or if the cutie mark options online just aren’t the right size? When this happens, don’t stress! Just grab a few materials and make your own by following our no-sew guide! Here we demonstrate how it’s done using Princess Luna’s crescent moon cutie mark as an example. Supplies 1 sheet of felt in every color you need Access to a printer Straight pins or chalk Scissors A hot glue gun and sticks Magnets or…

…or don’t look very good. You could also pay extra money to find that glove online somewhere. Want to save money and make the glove to your liking? Look no further! I have bestowed upon you the guide to making a simple glove! Step one: Gather materials Things you’ll need for this tutorial are: About 2 yards of fabric (just in case of mistakes) A sewing machine (or needle and thread) Measuring tape Roll of elastic Spool and bobbin full of thread the…

…Thrones. These are, however a small sampling of themed cookbooks available online and from used book sellers. If you don’t want to mock up an entire menu, however, you can always go with finger food! Star Trek used nonpareil mints as food in several episodes while these seaweed wrapped crackers made in appearance in Star Trek: The Search for Spock. If your costume hails from a specific time period you can also look up popular snacks and candy from…

…ith dishwasher-safe Mod Podge. We’ll be using Canva.com and MockoFUN, free online graphic design programs, to create our decal. I started out by generating a square design canvas of 1000 pixels by 1000 pixels. That should give us decent image quality, to save the least.   To the left of your Canva workspace, you’ll see a list of icons with different tools and collections of resources. We’ll be using the Elements, primarily. Go into Elements and fi…

…ck string Styrofoam Toothpicks Find a reference picture 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 exces…

…find other items already in my home, rather than going to the store or an online retailer.” “Having a workshop in which to create has made a real and fundamental change in my life I cannot adequately explain. My workshop is the one place where I control everything, I get to make all the decisions. It provides me a place to make real all the things I see inside of my head while challenging the way that I think about life and consumption. It allows…