Temperance
Well-Known Member
Making a judge to cosplay with a friend at Dragon con next year. I wear glasses and can't wear contacts, so I actually like cosplays with helmets so I can hide my specs B) Because of that, I chose not to do Anderson and just do a generic Female judge.
Unlike a lot of my costumes I outsourced a lot of parts for this; I don't plan on competing with it and I just wanted to make a fun cosplay to kick around in, so the need to make every single part myself wasn't so strong; also, there are a ton of really nice premade parts already out there from some fabulous makers.
The jacket was a lucky store-bought item. A lucky Winners find.
Helmet was purchased on Etsy from Rabid Weasel Studios: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/205...a_search_query=dredd helmet&ref=sr_gallery_15
Very nice base to work from, Aside from dremmeling the face place out, there was little to no other prep required before priming and painting. It even came with a little instruction sheet on the cutting out of the face plate and the types of paint to use. I used Rustoleum Colonial red and Semi-gloss black. The gold plate was Krylon Gold Metallic. I used createx black airbrush paint to dirty up the plate.
The scariest part was using my dremmel to give the helmet a beating with some careful weathering and scrapes. >_<
Then the whole thing was sprayed down with a satin clear finish.
The face plate was made with PETG .04 sheet. I cut out a bunch of pieces and used idye poly Black to tint it: https://www.dharmatrading.com/dyes/idye-for-natural-and-poly-fabrics.html
I tinted a bunch of pieces for various times and water temperatures before I found the best color - some came out too dark to see and others so light you could see me through the plastic - it's really a finicky process. The visor was then attached to the interior of the helmet with some stick-on velcro.
foam padding was covered with fabric and added to the interior of the helmet for comfort and a better fit on my tiny tiny head.
Unlike a lot of my costumes I outsourced a lot of parts for this; I don't plan on competing with it and I just wanted to make a fun cosplay to kick around in, so the need to make every single part myself wasn't so strong; also, there are a ton of really nice premade parts already out there from some fabulous makers.
The jacket was a lucky store-bought item. A lucky Winners find.
Helmet was purchased on Etsy from Rabid Weasel Studios: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/205...a_search_query=dredd helmet&ref=sr_gallery_15
Very nice base to work from, Aside from dremmeling the face place out, there was little to no other prep required before priming and painting. It even came with a little instruction sheet on the cutting out of the face plate and the types of paint to use. I used Rustoleum Colonial red and Semi-gloss black. The gold plate was Krylon Gold Metallic. I used createx black airbrush paint to dirty up the plate.
The scariest part was using my dremmel to give the helmet a beating with some careful weathering and scrapes. >_<
Then the whole thing was sprayed down with a satin clear finish.
The face plate was made with PETG .04 sheet. I cut out a bunch of pieces and used idye poly Black to tint it: https://www.dharmatrading.com/dyes/idye-for-natural-and-poly-fabrics.html
I tinted a bunch of pieces for various times and water temperatures before I found the best color - some came out too dark to see and others so light you could see me through the plastic - it's really a finicky process. The visor was then attached to the interior of the helmet with some stick-on velcro.
foam padding was covered with fabric and added to the interior of the helmet for comfort and a better fit on my tiny tiny head.