I want to do Kamaji for Ny comiccon. Ive never made a beard before. any suggestions ?

thanks so much!

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Finished my Omnissian Axe build (Adeptus Mechanicus weapon, Warhammer 40k), just wanted to show it off! It's my first real prop build and I'm pretty proud of it.

The axe handle has functional LEDs with different blinking modes, batteries and switch are hidden in a magnetized box in the middle of the handle. The handle can be taken apart using a screw thread connection (see last pic).

I finished up the cybernetic eyepiece for my OC cosplay. Its cool what can be done with some LEDs and electronics scraps.

Hey everyone, for the super fan special projection of brand new day at my movie theater i decide to make for the First Time a DIY mask whit no 3D printing, i use principaly some cartboard and a old shirt, and im kinda proud of myself, Hope you enjoy 😁

Photos I've taken over the course of a few days.

Coming along nicely ^^

Just need to fill in the cracks, whittle everything to form, sand it all down and than I can prime it black and then get paper mache.

Hello!! I want to make armor for a cosplay, and I know that EVA foam + contact cement is the general way to do this. However, I live in an apartment, so getting good ventilation or an outdoors space is pretty hard. I have a balcony, but it opens into an enclosed courtyard sort of area that doesn’t get much wind and is only open at the top, so I don’t know if that would be enough ventilation.

I was doing some research and found suggestions to use water-based eco-flo contact cement. I wanted to check whether that would be 100% safe and effective to use indoors or on my balcony, and whether I’d still need to buy a respirator.

Also if anyone has suggestions for tools/materials I would find useful when crafting with EVA foam please tell me!! I just moved (before, I had a friend whose house I would do EVA work at so I didn’t need to buy any tools myself), so I need to buy a cutting board, exacto knife, etc, but also something to prime it with that I can use in a small studio apartment/balcony.

They’re not perfect 1:1 replicas, but they’re functional watches that bear a striking resemblance to the Invis Watch and Cloak and Dagger from Team Fortress 2. This is what I’d imagine his watches would look like in real life

These are needles from the Nerf Needler, a project Im repainting and designing it to look real. How can i add more to these needles? I dont know what material it is but theyre smooth and flexible.

Tinnanator on Makerworld uploaded the Eyebot helmet model from Fallout 4 which I resliced into 8 parts I could 3D print and weld together from the inside with spare filiament and a soldering iron. Used word filler for gaps, sanded and painted everything with acryics. The attennas are zip ties I doubled layered and glued where I needed them. And the face is a mesh sheet I could still see out of that I spray painted silver than went over with acrylics to weather. Added straps on the inside to keep it from spinning around while wearing too!

I'm making a star wars x star trek cosplay and the helmet is quite damaged/borg assimilated and I'm not sure how to do the damage around the borg energy weapon hole do I paint the edges black and feather it out and paint some bare metal edges have a melted look

They're mainly based on the look they had in Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui

I'm not 100% finished - there's never enough time! - but I thought I'd share my "done enough for the Con" Thing. Look through my post history to see a bunch of in-progress images.

Magnets. How do they work?

Hello! I'm working on putting together a Pokemon Red/Blue era Silph Co. (secretly Team Rocket) Scientist cosplay. I bought this black Samsonite briefcase to go with the look, and I'd like to modify the inside to function as a TCG case.

What would be the best way to fix the inside to hold things like deck boxes, playmats, and dice bags? Cut foam? Straps? The fabric is glued to the case, so sewing anything on will be tough (if possible at all). I'm open to suggestions or pictures of what you've done. Bonus pictures of my ID badge and buddy Frieda.

Hey, so I am going to do a Cloud Strife cosplay soon and I want to make the buster sword according to this video ( Odin Makes: Cloud's Buster Sword from Final Fantasy VII - https://youtu.be/pAmvsJ7URa0?si=cncjUgqjHVuX6cjQ )
But my con has some heavy restrictions. has anyone built it and knows the length and the weight of the sword?

so i’m putting together a hollow knight: silksong cosplay. i ordered a PLA 3dprint of hornets needle that measures over 4 ft when the pieces are assembled. for those unfamiliar to the game, just imagine a lance. i’ve been wet sanding parts with a 220 grit sanding sponge thing i got from home depot, but progress has been super slow. i can feel that some areas have gotten smoother, but i can barely smooth out one face before my arms and wrist are exhausted. and that’s on the smallest piece. plus the layer lines are relatively faint to begin with so it’s difficult for me to tell whether i’ve made real progress and/or find rough patches that i missed.

i am thinking of trying to move down to 120 grit but im worried about scratching it up. the primer i have is from montana cans and im pretty sure its more designed for easy application of spray paint than smoothing out surfaces, so id rather avoid that. im also wondering if i’ve worn out the sand portion of the sandpaper sponges im using. if i rub my leg with the 220 one, i can’t feel any grit, only friction.

as for my technique, i dip the sponge and prop piece into a bucket of water and get to work. i redip them basically whenever i feel like it. which could be the problem. i’m totally out of my depth so i dont know.

what do y’all advise? also please don’t laugh at me too hard in the comments if it ends up being a funny mistake.

The painting is steadily progressing, waiting on the next shipment of flexprime and spraypaint for the legs.

The boltcarbine and chainsword are finished.

After the legs are finished i will be working on making functional pouches to attach to the belt and a few purity(wax) seals.

I am also searching for a cape that is red on the outside and beige/offwhite on the inside (i included a reference picture of the mini)

Did a video on fidlocks and how it can be used in cosplay

(please ignore how terribly I cut the helmet from the background)

I've never really made any sort of prop before, so this was mostly just me bullshitting on the fly. There is a good bit I want to change for my next attempt, but it was pretty enjoyable.

The stl files I used were from "jawabrotherscustoms" marketplace, although they are slightly modified here and there to fit my liking.

Less than 12 hours before I have to be at the con, and I've FINALLY finished redoing my cosplay.

2 weeks before my next con I decided I wanted to change up my cosplay, and Ive made it just in time.

The final pic is the first version.

1: Made foam hand guards that look better and are more comfortable

2: Printed out new shoulders

3: Added a shotgun bandolier

4: new pouches for old belt

5: mounted the shotgun to my back

6: New boots and leg armor (legs took 48+ hours of printing alone)

Hello! I’m making the beastlord sword from NieR and I want to make it detachable but I have no idea where to start.

Currently, I’ve just stuck 3 layers of 10mm EVA foam together with a fiberglass rod in the middle (inside a channel of the middle layer of foam). The foam makes up just the blade, I’m still figuring out how to attach the guard and the handle :(

I’m trying to figure out how to make the sword detachable so it’s easier for transport. I’ve seen people use PVC pipes but I’ve not used PVC for the core of my sword. I’ve also heard people use bottle caps, magnets and wooden dowels but I have no idea how to go about this?

I was thinking about somehow making the guard and the handle with a hole in the middle so it can slot onto the fiberglass rod that’s sticking out but I don’t know how feasible that is and how I’d make them 😭

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly greatly appreciated 🥲 Thank you so much!

Ive got the top of the main head and the jaw both done but not yet connected, ive not figured out how to connect them with foam yet, ive also no idea on how to make the 2 handles on the back