#foamsmiths

[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.

[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

[vilebloodless]

I can’t wait for Death Stranding 2 so have my Assault Rifle that I build a few years ago from the first game

[thefoamwarrior]

Zandalari Troll scroll also had its final flourishes done.

[ligawolfcosplayandarts]

Something Cosplay something new upgrades. ⚔️

[battlin-kat-cosplay]

This is the first time I've put Vash on completely since starting the project 7 months ago. He has a few minor tweaks that need addressing before my next con in February, but damn if it ain't my favorite little plant boi come to life.

I'm so proud of all the work I did. The new skills I learned for this will follow me into future, more complex builds. I'll post some details at a later time to show you the process. For now, he is nearly complete!

[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]

FINALLY!! Saint Ripleys Detail Breakdown! I still have a few more images to go through of Ripley, but I finally had some time to get to my details! Pic 1 shows the original sketch, you can see I had a lot more xenomorph garbage on the costume. I realized it made it overwhelming & messy. I do still have the back spines I made, but I don't think I'll be implementing them on this costume. Maybe another?? 2: The Sacred Heart. I wanted the Face Hugger to sit where the Sacred Heart sits in such iconography, the legs being the 'rays". 3: An obvious detail: the Power Loader aesthetic used for the border on the robe, replacing the typical gold 4: The Cincture has been replaced with the M41-A Pulse Rifle ammo bandolier 5: Hidden detail: the tassle at the end of the cincture has a hidden Weyland Yutani logo on it! 6: I incorporated both the tracker watch & of course, her shoes! 7: Finally: the halo is a Xenomorph Queen tail, gilded in gold. The main body of the dress was a gorgeous silk I chose to match her blue jumpsuit, of course with the Nostromo patches on arm/chest! I put so much thought and love into this costume, I wanted it to be a celebration of one of the characters that shaped me, growing up. ~

[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.

[eufiemoon]

Xal’atath WIP • World of Warcraft

Everything made by me!

Materials:

• 8mm, 5mm and 3mm 65* foam @tygessupplies

• @greenstuffworld chrome paint in ‘Gold Chrome Metal’

• White Scuba Crepe from @fabriques_gb (use code ‘EUFIEMOON’ for a discount ;p)

• Hexflex clear sealer + primer from @poly.props

• Base Tights are from Amazon!

• foam dowels were all made using my @dremel_uk 3000 to sand!

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First Xal’atath WIP post!! I was very pleasantly surprised by the reception when I announced this lady as my next big project and I’m excited to already have stuff to post! The one thing I was sad about with my Aylin build was that I didn’t have much time to set up for WIP photos throughout the build so I’m glad I get to rectify that now >:3

Prepare for plenty more updates over the next few weeks/months as I work my way through this! Hopefully I’ll have more to share by the time The War Within drops in a couple weeks :)) thankyou Warcraft for making a creepy and off-putting woman for us to enjoy <3

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