Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Steampunk Caitlyn


Faux Leather fabric:
http://www.fabric.com



Corset:
http://www.hollywoodcorsets.com/hc-cd820-brown-faux-leather-steampunk-corset.html

Skirt:
http://www.clockworkcouture.com/pleated-faux-leather-skirt.html
http://theinsideoutboutiquesalon.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=10&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=65&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1

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Roller buckles
Look into fabric boning
Adjust top hat patterns

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Paint

acrylic > metallic paint (acrylic + varnish) > varnish

http://jiajem.com/tutorials/armor/
paperclay > gesso > sand > make it suede > acrylic paint

Sewing tutorials

http://shwinandshwinarchive.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-post.html


Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Pepakura cosplay resources

http://beginnersguidetocosplay.blogspot.com/2011/11/pepakura-for-armor-and-props.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au8xA-AerBk&list=PL06318FC615667A0D

http://www.lolking.net/models/?champion=22&skin=5

 http://www.paper-wings.org/tutorials/armor/fiberglass.html

http://www.whatishcc.com/tutorials/polyesterresin.php

http://cosplaytutorial.com/list.php

 cardstock base with three layers of fiberglass resin, a solid coat of bondo, some Mod Podge to smooth out some parts and paint