Ian Nottingham from Witchblade

[keruuu]

I know a lot of women on this forum have done builds of Sara Pezzini from Witchblade and I'm really amazed by all the different builds and methods they have used for their projects.

I'm starting on Ian Nottingham from Witchblade for Wondercon this year and I hope I can get it finished in time XD


If this comes out well I'll be working on Kenneth Irons later this year.

I'm going for more of a combination of the comic illustrations as well as the action figure

 

[keruuu]

Veryyy rough hot glue sculpting on the sword

Quick paint of the sword. Need to trim some areas and add more glue to some parts

First arm mold and cast was a disaster lol. Hurts to even talk about it but oh well lesson learned!

Managed to salvage that horrible cast with some Das Roc clay and epoxy putty.

First attempt at casting resin gems didnt work because didnt use enough hardener X_X

Second try came out okay i just need to spray them with some high gloss varnish

 

[Strickler]

This is the showcase section, you should be in the replica costumes section.

 

[keruuu]

sorry i thought i had posted in the replica costumes section and by the time i realized it i couldnt move it! thanks for moving it for me!

 

[keruuu]

added more hot glue to the sword. it wont be able to fit all the way into the sheath now but i think it'll look better with more sculpting on it.

slapped some clay onto my arm cast and did some rough sculpting. still got lots more to do but this will be all for tonight

 

[keruuu]

okay did more sculpting today. i think one more session of sculpting should be enough before i can cast this!

the ring finger cracked when my arm fell against my monitor so i am going to hope epoxy will save it

 

[Nytefall]

Looking awesome, lets hope it holds up!! would be a shame for it to fall apart now...

 

[keruuu]

mold making today! hoping this works X___x

 

[keruuu]

Okay so i havent updated this thread in a while!! heres how my gauntlet went!

so the first mold and sculpt died because i didnt use enough vaseline between the two mold parts so i had to start againnn X_X

I made a new arm cast using plaster bandages and plaster

sculpted the arm in terracotta air dry clay this time so it would keep its shape better

then came the mold making...

which still cracked in places because i didnt make the mold thick enough (and i should have layered it with gauze or fabric. But it's a lesson learned)

I painted several layers of latex in the mold with layers of fabric in between to make it more durable.

coated my resin gems with gloss

And when the latex was dry i trimmed off the excess and sewed the pieces together

http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/426525_10151306530832007_868817452_n.jpg

The finished katana and sheath:

And I mixed acrylic paint with latex and painted over the finished gauntlet. There is wire in the tendrils to allow for them to be posable

 

[keruuu]

And here are some pictures from Wondercon 2013 of my Ian Nottingham outfit!

Will get around to doing a shoot in May

 

[Grave]

good job buddy

 

[keruuu]

Here are some more pictures of my Ian Nottingham cosplay from Wondercon 2013

 

[IllynReaver]

Pretty neat process, never thought about making a cast of my arm with plaster bandages to sculpt from.

 

[keruuu]

IllynReaver: It's cheaper than using Alginate!