eva foam cosplay

[forgotten_aria]

my costume for this year is a lot of new learning. I'm start to get the hang of using the dremel on the foam, but I'm not perfect. The wood burner was an excellent choice, but I'm also still trying to figure out how to clean detailing with that. I think I finally have a tip that will do it, but the technique is still lacking. Also, I still don't feel like I'm using the plastidip spray quite right. For this costume, I think the slight rumpled texture is about right for the metal, but if I do this again, I think the last layers has to be modpodge for smoothness.

I am horrible at cutting two pieces the same and I'm still not good at turning shapes into multipiece cutouts. There's a program, armor smith, that's supposed to help you with this, but I think building the models in the program might take just as long.

I don't honestly know if I'll make my target date, but it's been a lot of fun and very satisfying.

I got a cheap "rotary tool" before getting a dremel, which was nice to learn that yes, that tool is very useful. It's speed regulator burned out a little, so now instead of slow to fast, it's fast to OMG!

I love how if i don't get the two matching shapes quite right (for instance, horns) I can heat it up and alter the shape a little.

I have some worbla coming in the mail (yeesh that stuff is expensive) and hopefully it will do the small pieces I want to do.

I super love my comfy dust mask, even if it is a little too large for me and I should take it in a bit.

I am struggling, as I always do, with how to make the part that goes over my boobs and properly hide some support.

The game I'm taking the costume from added a replay mode and that has been instrumental in zooming in for details and shapes.