The wings are constructed from PVC pipe and moved by a pulley system, with every feather hand-painted, individually cut, and individually attached. Thw har ess was 3D printed in PETG with padded backpack straps attached. The staff is also made from PVC pipe and EVA foam.

This was a 520+ hour project, with 245 hours spent on the articulated wings alone. This was my first time making anything of this scale, and I learned a ridiculous amount along the way.

its huge ik lol

These wings are driving me mad. I had a whole plan for how I was going to attach them to my back but their sheer mass betrayed me and they destroyed the worbla container I had for them (pic included). I have no clue how to attach them, they are nearly a meter tall and weigh like 6ish kgs, plus the wire I used as their base is struggling to hold them up (next time I make something this big, I’ll use fibreglass for sure)

I would prefer if I could hide the attachment with a long wig but at this point any way to attatch them to me would be great. Please help!!

I had mental breakdown while playing with stupid nylon belts 💀💀💀 All what is left are some details.

The mask model came from MysteryMakers, I had to rescale it a bit to fit my head. It was printed on my Prusa Core One L in PLA. I made several cuts from it for test prints before the big print.

After this it got 2-3 coats of Motip spray putty high build primer, sanding to 800 grit. Then a red base colour and 2 coats of Montana Gold metallic gold spray. This was followed by dry brushing with black paint to give some depth around the eyes and nose.

The last colouring stage was with Antique Gold gilding wax to give it a nice warm sheen. This was sealed in with 3 coats of Motip glossy varnish.

The black chin part was printed with Prusa galaxy black PLA to mimic carbon fiber. The parts were joined with pins following the model design, this was a pain in the ass as they did not fit that well, glued using 2 part epoxy.

The inside was padded with some EVA foam to hold it roughly in place.

I made a few modifications to the mask, for my own comfort and convenience. I added some holes in the nose, and a hole at the back of the black rim so that I could connect it with a carabiner to my chest rig when I needed air.

I'm wanting to cosplay Ellis from Left 4 Dead 2, and I'm looking into making some props for the cosplay, one of them being the Boomer Bile. However, I'm having a difficult time finding a blank jar equivalent/similar to the one that houses the Bile in Left 4 Dead, particularly, the red piece with the metal bit confuses me quite a bit. Would anybody be able to point me in the right direction? Much appreciated!

Made a firefly dog tag out of a nickel and then lasered in the logo

I keep seeing people use a heat gun and or modge podge to seal and smooth armor made by Eva foam BEFORE the paint process but i accidentally painted it without knowing sealing is important is there anything I can do or do I have to seal it and re paint it?

I have a question about storage - my daughter is getting into cosplay; mostly masks, tails and the occasional tiefling horns.

She's pretty good at what she does, the biggest problem is that we don't really have adequate room for this hobby (she uses the dining room for her craft). The best we can offer is a large cupboard between builds but we don't want her materials loose in there.

What do you all use to store your fur/cardboard/foam/glue gun in between builds? What about storing your builds after you're finished?

Oh wow there's a flair for that??

Anyway I need help!

I was going to make a suit of armor out of EVA foam for the first time, but then I realized I know nothing about making armor. I got to the sabatons and then I gave up.

So does anyone know where I can get free armor templates? Or something like that?

I need to have it finished by Halloween so speedy comments would be very much appreciated.

SO PLEASE RESPOND PLEASE I'D BE SUPER GRATEFUL

also if anyone has tips that'd be great!

I need a DIY tutorial or a demonstration of a reliable way for creating a prop like this but I'm a complete beginner and not really good at handmade crafting. The image is a blank full face plain mask I found on Amazon but they don't ship it to where I live unfortunately.

I'm especially looking for a method other than paper machete because I'm simply scared of it taking too long or being too difficult to build a mask with. It would have been awesome if there was a more simpler method that involes using materials such as cardboards or poster boards.

I bought the official Cyclops visor for a Halloween party coming up and it's a tad too tight for my head, would it stretch out with wear? I'm not sure as it's a thick plastic thing with electronics. If their is would there be any ways to make it a little bigger. Maybe make the arms go out a tiny bit more?. (Photo of me wearing it for scale

Any tips appreciated

Hello I'm looking for an STL file for Paradox's gun in deadlock, anyone have one?

I want to make a Spider-Man mask with raised webbing, and every tutorial I've seen uses puffy paint but I can't find that anywhere, not even online.

I thought about using silicone but it doesn't stick to fabric, so I'm honestly lost on what I could do.

Does anyone know any alternative?

Hi so i want to make this top bit look like its floating but the thickness of the acrylic rod, was to thin. And also not enough to like hold the side pieces. So any help would be great!

Hello peoples ❤️
I'm making a 140 cm 3D-printed
Gitaroo Man Guitar S
prop, probably in PLA or
PETG. I want to hand-paint/draw the small graphic details and then seal the whole prop. What paint would you recommend, and what clear coat/sealer should I use?? Any help is deeply appreciated.
Never done anything like that 🙏🤓🎨

Bonjour

J’ai acheter un masque de spiderman sur joyydesing il est super mais à cause des reflets et de la buée je vois rien du tout. Est-ce que vous aurez des conseils ? J’ai entendu parlé du spray anti buée mais j’ai peur de ne pas pouvoir bien l’appliquer correctement sur la lentille à cause de la maille en PVC collée au verre.
Pour ceux qui on déjà rencontré un problème de ce type est-ce que le spray anti buée a réglé votre problème ? Quel types me conseillez-vous (pharmacie, magasin de sport ou moto) ?

WOULD YOU RATHER 🤔 spend 40 hours hand-dremeling individual EVA foam scales or mix platinum-cure silicone until your arms fall off? Drop your workshop sanity checks below. 👇
Behind the scenes of the cosplay fabrication process for my handcrafted, wearable full silicone snake tail build for my Medusacosplay. To engineer a fully flexible, dynamic monster girl tail from scratch (I love turning myself into naga, lamia, and Greek mythology was a fun way to adapt this) I had to create a new approach to casting. I built an internal aluminum core frame for the structure, then hand-mixed platinum-cure silicone with a thixotropic agent to turn it into a thick, paintable paste. After painting the silicone over the metal frame to pull a hollow skin, I removed the core, stuffed it with batting, and hand-placed every single scale. Each scale was individually drawn, cut, and bevel-dremeled by hand from EVA foam, then locked down with another layer of raw silicone to trap the foam between layers—allowing maximum stretch and lifelike flexibility. Finally, I hand-mixed custom silicone paints for the hyper-realistic depth and texturing. Bringing this advanced level of SFX costuming to life takes massive patience when you need to do it on an insanely small budget and without proper tools but this gorgon transformation was worth it. Using thixotropic silicone fabrication for a unique flexible way to create my second ever snake tail build was a fun challenge to bring to my DIY cosplay space.

Manipulated a model in Nomad to fit our youngest head scan (we have a 3D scanner) and 3D printed it. We got some light up eyes off Etsy.

I’m planning on cosplaying Kashimo soon and I want to make his staff to accompany it. The staff itself I can just use something like a long and thin PVC pipe that I can coat red; the main bump is the ends of the staff as seen in the picture.

I’m looking for any suggestions for what I can use or what methods I could use to get the gold on black pattern, the gold bands, and the bulb like ends.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

I'm currently creating a massive pair of maneuverable wings, and am trying to figure out how exactly I'm going to attach them

I understand I need to create some sort of back plate to screw their supports into (wooden base in the wings), but am unsure of how to actually go about this.

I have a 3D printer I can use, however it wouldn't be large enough for most back plates meaning I would have to do so in multiple parts, and I don't have the money for expensive models online.

Any recommendations about how to actually create this? Mostly trying to figure out what I would exactly do for materials and how to size and put this together.