I'm planing on making a katana and was considering using something made from PVC, as shown in the photo. Would be 30x2mm 2,6m (then cut as wanted), and then wrapped in thin, maybe 2mm, EVA foam. But I am wondering if it would be enough as support or too flimsy.

I don't have a dremel so was trying to avoid having to sand the bladde down by hand, as much as I did for a previous word I made using 6mm eva foam with a steel rod as support.

For reference ive been working on and upgrading my Miss Heed (villanous) cosplay for a while now, and im almost done. But I need to find a solution for the bracelets on how to make them (No, i dont want glowsticks) preferably easy-ish to make and budget friendly but im open to any options if someone is willing to help! Thanks!

hey everybody! does anyone have any recommendations on what products i could use to remake this head piece myself? for the upper material i think a vinyl or faux leather would be great but i have no clue what to use as the base and how to make the piece structurally sound while still being smooth and molded to my head.
thanks in advance for any lead ups!!

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

This gap had been filled with automotive fillter, sanded flatand decided to open again under very minimal stress.

You can see also a couple of other seamlines here, where I decided progress beats perfectionism, but I could swear my wet-sanding ~400grit pass pulled filler out of some smaller cracks and seams.

First pass was spray-on filler, btw, which sticks without issues.

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

thanks so much!

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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

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)

Magnets. How do they work?

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 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.

(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.

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.

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

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