"Foamsmith" helps you create stunning, comfortable pieces of costume armor as painlessly and cheaply as possible.
Foamsmith 2 empowers you to create impressive, light-weight, durable foam weapon props.
Bring your cosplay dreams to life with your own two hands! The Best Cosplay Tutorial Guide Ever! Get ready to impress ordinary mortals with your superhuman costume-making skills. You can do it no matter what your experience level with this, the first full step-by-step technique book on cosplay--with no sewing! Internationally known cosplayer Kamui Cosplay (a.k.a. Svetlana Quindt) shows you how to easily create elaborate costumes and successful props out of items available at your local arts and craft or hardware stores: turn foam into a realistic axe, create a breastplate from scratch and use a glue gun to modify just about anything.
1,000 Incredible Costume and Cosplay Ideas provides a broad and detailed glimpse into the ingenious artistry and attention to detail behind some of the most fabulous costumes you can find.
"Steampunk, the retro-futuristic cultural movement, has become a substantial and permanent genre in the worlds of fantasy and science fiction. A large part of its appeal is that, at its core, Steampunk is about doing it yourself: building on the past while also innovating and creating something original. VanderMeer's latest book offers practical and inspirational guidance for readers to find their individual path into this realm. Including sections on art, fashion, architecture, crafts, music, performance, and storytelling,"--catalog description.
!In this book, master prop maker Shawn Thorsson uses his unique blend of humor and insight to turn years of painful experience into detailed explanations. He'll show you many of the tools, methods, and processes that you can use to create professional-looking science fiction and fantasy props and armor. The ultimate collision of creative imagination and practical maker skills, making props and costume armor involves sculpting, molding, casting, 3D printing, CNC fabrication, painting, and countless other techniques and technologies.In this book, you'll learn: Basic fabrication methods using inexpensive, commonly-available tools and materials.
Create looks from ancient times to modern times–step by detailed step.Capture the authentic looks of the past with Stage and Screen Makeup, the complete step-by-step guide to designing makeup for time periods from the ancient past to the recent past to the sci-fi future.
SBU: Unlimited user e-book access. This comprehensive guide explores the fundamental sewing methods needed for professional garment construction.
Cosplayers rejoice! The Hero's Closetis the ultimate DIY guide to creating unique and fantastical homemade costumes This essential handbook offers detailed, step-by-step instructions that cover the basics of sewing costumes (which often require skills not found in standard sewing guides) to help even the most novice sewists create the costumes of their dreams.
This 3D printed mask was made by Daniel Letner,President of the SBU Physics & Engineering club. The final print took around 2 days to print. He was able to get most of the painting done and the strap attached in around 3 hours, the rest he finished the next day in about 2 hours, for a grand total of 5 hours of painting.
This 3D printed mask was made by Daniel Letner, President of the SBU Physics & Engineering club. The final print took around 2 days to print. He was able to get most of the painting done and the strap attached in around 3 hours, the rest he finished the next day in about 2 hours, for a grand total of 5 hours of painting.
This 3D printed mask was made by Daniel Letner, President of the SBU Physics & Engineering club. The final print took around 2 days to print. He was able to get most of the painting done and the strap attached in around 3 hours, the rest he finished the next day in about 2 hours, for a grand total of 5 hours of painting.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines cosplay as "the activity or practice of dressing up as a character from a work of fiction (such as a comic book, video game, or television show)" The origins of cosplay are discussed here: http://www.strangelandcostumes.com/history.html
LARP is an acronym for Live Action Roleplay. According to the online Collins English dictionary, LARPing is "a type of role playing game in which each participant assumes a particular character and acts out various scenerios at events which liast for a predetermined time."
The online Collins English dictionary defines steampunk as: "1. a genre of science fiction that combines futuristic elements with a quasi-Victorian setting."