#foamsmiths

[pippenpaddlopsicopolisthethird]

I'm taking some more photos of my Laios cosplay soon, so let's do a quick fix to help the shoulders stay up! I loved wearing it over the summer, but look at how sad the shoulders were:

The shoulder attachments ended up being a bad spot for me - I wanted them to be removable but they ended up taking too much stress, and the velcro came off of the foam before un-velcroing. Most other Laios cosplayers I've seen have the shoulders permanently attached, and I decided with how I'm storing it, I can do that too.

However, with the shape of the shoulders, I can't actually change them to sit flush against the armor to let me glue or rivet them together. I also would prefer them to have a little flexibility. So my backup is to just tie them down!

It's tough to see, but I've basically taken a length of heavy waxed twine, and used a heavy leather repair needle to sew through the foam armor. It's tied at the apex of the shoulder, to keep it from slipping down.

Look at the side by side, one shoulder fixed compared to one shoulder not yet. It does so much to fix the silhouette to the classic Laios shape!

[visguard]

Crocker Corp Appearifier Rifle build from last year.

[sturmdrayco]

So. Oberon-Vortigern. First non-armor build in a long while. So many things to fix with this one, but I got a compliment from someone who did an excellent cosplay of him and to me, that is all that matters.

I like this pose a lot. Shows off the patchwork cape.

I was not able to take more photos elsewhere because walking and looking around wasn't my focus for this year's CosuSami - it was the championship this time. Great time.

[toughtinkcosplay]

let's make fearne horns!

a step-by-step tutorial for making foam horns for cosplay

this was originally posted to twitter last year, but since twitter’s decided to ram itself through a brick wall repeatedly for some reason, i’m reposting here.

materials/supplies:

wire (the hardware store kind, not the flimsy jewelry kind. you want it bendable but sturdy enough to hold whatever size horns you’re making.)

craft foam/eva foam (thickness depends on project needs)

triangular foam dowel

tape or paper for patterning

barge cement (or other brand contact cement)

foam clay

plastidip spray

acrylic paints

gloss spray

heat gun

scissors

paint brushes

something to wrap horns around depending on curl needs

headband or something else to attach the horns to for wearing

the process:

1️⃣ pattern horn curl using tape or paper. mine is going to be a long triangle shape along it’s top face.

2️⃣ cut out of craft foam & trim/taper triangular foam dowel to match. cut wire to match this length plus a couple extra inches for attaching to a headband later on.

3️⃣ carve valley into dowel & glue wire into it using barge cement. tape is helpful for holding the wire down while it dries. be sure to follow glue instructions for use which usually requires good airflow/ventilation in the space! for me, that means opening the window, turning on a fan, and wearing a mask to avoid fumes.

4️⃣ glue foam dowels to craft foam.

5️⃣ spiral horns carefully around a cylinder, heat forming tips where wire can’t reach. the hardest part here is to get both sides even. (i think i used a wooden dowel or a curtain rod for my spirals??)

6️⃣ fill gaps between dowel & craft foam with foam clay, using finger + water to smooth it out. if you want to add any ridges or scars to your horns, do it once this part is dry and before the next step—but i wanted mine to be smooooth.

7️⃣ once dry (give it a couple days just in case), heat seal with a heat gun & spray with plastidip. do multiple coats to get all the angles because spirals are WEIRD!

8️⃣ paint with acrylics.

9️⃣ gloss spray!

🔟 using the bit of wires sticking out, attach to a headband or wig to wear! mine actually poke through my wig and attach to a headband that sits inside the wig which fearne’s ears also attach to.

i hemmed and hawed over how to approach these originally because i know most folks would either 3d print them or do a proper full craft-foam pattern, but i’m crap at cutting craft foam and i hate sculpting digitally and ALSO don’t have a 3d printer. so i did it my way! and it was fun!! plus, the final horns are super lightweight which makes them great for wearing all day! the flexibility of the wire also allows them to have some pose-ability which can be nice for photos to make sure they’re visible.

[amazonmandy]

The other day someone responded to an ask of mine saying I need to share more of my progress making stuff bc they love to see it; I always feel like I post a lot of progress but sometimes I either get too into working to stop & take pics/vids or just assume it's a boring time in construction & don't bother. I'll try to share a bit more often!

This was a lot of the process of building my DragonLady costume! The horns were made of expanding foam & craft foam to keep them super light, the wings were latex. The tail was a combo of latex & foam, spandex bodysuit, & I repurposed my Draenei hooves & turned them into feetsies! Forgive the poor lighting, this was in an older home I rented before moving, the lighting was just AWFUL.

[fazgardian]

Hello Tumblr! I’m a cosplayer who mainly does Thor, but also does Captain America, Daredevil, Green Arrow, Obi-Wan, and more. I make some of my stuff and commission other parts, and will always give credit. Excited to share my stuff here!

First up, my Thor Love and Thunder suit. This base suit is by Simcosplay, with upgraded parts by Reedspropsplus. I love how it turned out.

Photos by MDQBriones.

[queerkhazad]

Hand sewing is haaaaaaard

But she's done and ready to get back in action! 25" Hand Axe for whacking nerds!

[ghoulish-arts]

Some WIP of my Maiev Shadowsong cosplay which i got to display at my art schools open house exhibition, it’s the biggest project I’ve ever worked on and seeing it come together little by little makes me so FKN excited to complete it and show it off!

Side note: I know many people might not know Maiev since she is kind of a niche character, but she was really inspiring to me back in the early 2000s where women in fantasy games where usually only allowed to be pretty and way overly sexualized and then Maiev was this fully armored gruff voiced badass, with huge shoulders THE BIGGEST in all of Warcraft 3, so yeah I’m way excited to finish what is essentially my dream cosplay and hopefully introduce some people to this character for the first time

[cloudycosplayz]

Hey! Do you want to learn how to make Giffany's Bow? Or Rose's shield? or maybe Jester's Lollipop?

Well I'm trying to work out what tutorial to work on next, head over to my Ko.fi to vote! Click Here or on the picture above!

[thefoamwarrior]

Zandalari Troll scroll also had its final flourishes done.

[ligawolfcosplayandarts]

Something Cosplay something new upgrades. ⚔️

[visguard]

Vriska’s robot Arm made for my partner for Valentine’s Day. Cause nothing says I love you like “I want you to dress up as vriska”

[sturmdrayco]

Nameless King at WCS 2023

For the record, I almost did Nameless King instead of Ornstein last year. That didn't happen, obviously, but April this year I decided that I'd do it as my first project in Japan instead.

So! The result of several months of work - rebuilding my arsenal of tools, looking for places to buy materials from, learning how to make armor with new stuff - is this. It's got a bit of everything - armor, some wig work, some sewing as well. I'd say I've outdone myself this time.

As for the event... I've always known about WCS since I started attending the bigger conventions back in the Philippines. Now that we live here and have the means to do so, we just went there. I might start attending regularly. However, I really have to consider that attending outdoor events in August means sweating buckets. Like holy fuck.

[toughtinkcosplay]

Hi!! your Alecto cosplay is so cool and your sword looks FANTASTIC, did you make it? do you have any other pics with it?

thank you so much! that sword is my husband’s handiwork, originally made to go with my gremlin harrow look last holmat, but the process was pretty straightforward.

figure out the scale in comparison to me (who is very short) so that it’s long enough to look BIG but not so long it’ll drag on the floor if i put it on my back.

cut blade out of foam in two pieces (one for each side), carving a channel down the middle.

glue dowel rod down the length of the blade.

carve the blade down with a dremmel on the sides, but it doesn’t need to be terribly flat or sharp to read as a sword.

cover remaining dowel handle in foam for pommel and cross guard.

give it a couple layers of spray on plasti dip and then paint once dry. i think he did silver and then went back in with black for shading.

add painted highlights along edges for fake sharpness.

the whole sword is SUPER light and very con safe! he didn’t actually give it as heavy a coat of plastidip as i’d recommend just due to time, so it’s definitely gotten kind of beat up, esp at the tip. but like, it still looks cool even with it’s non-sharp tip lol.

here’s me right after getting into gremlin harrow for holiday matsuri brandishing my new sword:

and here’s some closeups of its current state:

and i’ll have more photos of it later once we get to editing my alecto shoot from metrocon!

oh and follow my husband @shmaba if you like neat weapon designs. this sword is basic, but he did a whole bunch of cool ones for last swordtember!

[amazonmandy]

For 2025, one cos-goal is to reshoot my Lady Death. I’m open to suggestions for great locations that would work for this, I’m willing to travel like I did for the War Rig because I want some really cool shots of it! I love this one and I’m proud of it, but the scythe makes it so hard to get to/carry at cons! 📷 @scoundrel.run

[fazgardian]

My photographer MDQBriones and I put together a Cyberpunk Thor: Ragnarok photoshoot, and I love these results!

Ragnarok was the thing that got me in to Thor. It’s no longer my favourite Thor thing, but it will always be what made me take a closer look at the character I am now hyperfixated on.

Suit is foam and 3d printed by Joelandprops and fitted and refurbished by me. Last edit is by pixelens.