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Friday, December 23, 2011

Molding your hand

So as promised I will be posting more often!  This time I am going to show you how I sculpted my hand appliances for my Kerrigan costume.  So the first thing we need is a copy of our (your) hand to sculpt on.  This allows having a prosthetic that fits your hand perfectly.  To do this we need a couple of things:
   1. Prosthetic grade alginate
   2. Some sort of container to put your hand in (like Tupperware)
   3. Plaster of Paris, Hydrostone, or HydroCal (preferred)
      3a.  A metal whisk or some other mixing tool you wouldn't mind throwing away.
   4. Shellac or mold soap and warm water

Now I could explain this all day long but I figured I would show the video that helped me a ton in this, and many other, processes. They very clearly explain everything and have a good quality video so you see what is going on.  The video is done by Brick in the yard Mold Supply and their webstore http://brickintheyard.com/ is where I get all of my mold making supplies.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Surprise?

Well two things are certain, 1) I haven't posted anything in a long time!  and 2) I still love to cosplay WAY too much!

I LIVE! And I will be posting more things about my fun little project I am currently working on a lot more regularly.  I will even be posting tutorials as I go since what I am working on is not exactly a secret any more.  After not being able to go to Blizzcon 2011 it put me into over drive mode on working on my "newest" project:

INFESTED KERRIGAN


She's awesome, badass, and one hell'a-hard costume!  Just the way I like it!  I love a challenge and decided to go full throttle on this one!  Complete with latex, silicone, hopes, and tears.  The biggest difference between what I am doing and what my good friends over at tripleacosplay are doing is I will not be making my suit out of foam latex.  Even though this is the "industry standard" I do not have the means, funds, or space to make a 5 1/2 ft custom oven.  So I will be taking a different approach.  I will be posting progress and tutorials as much as I can as I go along.  Since I will not be putting a deadline on her I figured there is no real point to waiting until I am completely done with the suit seeing how it could be done as late as next year.  Needless to say, she will be my biggest costume yet!