mdb
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I was going to put this in the sculpture section but I have finally started the fabric parts so whole costume it is
Mass Effect
Nyreen is part of the Omega DLC, I am doing her tunic set rather than full on armour due to really not wanting another set of armour taking up room when I am already at maximum capacity with my costumes. That's the down side to do multiple genres
To start take 4kg of random bits of plasticine and melt it all in a pot specifically set aside for melting plasticine. Use a rnage hood if you can....
Strain into containers using netting and then pour onto waxed paper to make easily worked sheets about 7mm thick.
Also take two polystyrene wig forms and cut the necks down, seriously that flange helps no one. Even when just used to store wigs.
And now.. the sculpting!
First pass at sculpting an organic piece in a while so it was a rocky start. Still. It was something. And then it got melted down again to start over It was only about 4 hours work, so a rough sketch
However even once practice was sorted her face went through sevral different refining processes. At times she looked like a cat and at times like she belonged in Planet of the Apes. Fine line between the two apparently
This was a good 30 hours or so to this point. And at this point? I CUT HER APART!!!!!!
Mandibles came off first, then the jaw.
Another 15 hours I guess just cutting and restoring the pieces so they could overlap.
And voila, ready for final texturing and molding!
Oiled up and ready to get plastered. Geddit?
A few hours for each mold. Except the mandibles which were a simple pour
And the first test pull!
Oh yeah, one thing missing, her scalp! Fantastic official artwork showed up and she has pangolin style scales and warts, or whatnot...
Molding this was a biatch. I wanted it in one piece to reduce any seamlines so it meant sacrificing the wig head and really making sure to make a pretty mold:
As long as I could get my hand inside to paint the latex and scrub the clay out I decided this hood shape was going to be ideal.
So to test drive!
My latex was bad! It gelled rather than cured slowly so I have a lot of wasted pieces of latex that are warped and cracked. It's fine once cured, but the curing process is pants.
But I did at least get to test drive. In the driveway. My neighbours must think I'm nuts...
And finally:
Test patterning. Not quite the pink and white of Phoenix armour but there are plans....
Mass Effect
Nyreen is part of the Omega DLC, I am doing her tunic set rather than full on armour due to really not wanting another set of armour taking up room when I am already at maximum capacity with my costumes. That's the down side to do multiple genres
To start take 4kg of random bits of plasticine and melt it all in a pot specifically set aside for melting plasticine. Use a rnage hood if you can....
Strain into containers using netting and then pour onto waxed paper to make easily worked sheets about 7mm thick.
Also take two polystyrene wig forms and cut the necks down, seriously that flange helps no one. Even when just used to store wigs.
And now.. the sculpting!
First pass at sculpting an organic piece in a while so it was a rocky start. Still. It was something. And then it got melted down again to start over It was only about 4 hours work, so a rough sketch
However even once practice was sorted her face went through sevral different refining processes. At times she looked like a cat and at times like she belonged in Planet of the Apes. Fine line between the two apparently
This was a good 30 hours or so to this point. And at this point? I CUT HER APART!!!!!!
Mandibles came off first, then the jaw.
Another 15 hours I guess just cutting and restoring the pieces so they could overlap.
And voila, ready for final texturing and molding!
Oiled up and ready to get plastered. Geddit?
A few hours for each mold. Except the mandibles which were a simple pour
And the first test pull!
Oh yeah, one thing missing, her scalp! Fantastic official artwork showed up and she has pangolin style scales and warts, or whatnot...
Molding this was a biatch. I wanted it in one piece to reduce any seamlines so it meant sacrificing the wig head and really making sure to make a pretty mold:
As long as I could get my hand inside to paint the latex and scrub the clay out I decided this hood shape was going to be ideal.
So to test drive!
My latex was bad! It gelled rather than cured slowly so I have a lot of wasted pieces of latex that are warped and cracked. It's fine once cured, but the curing process is pants.
But I did at least get to test drive. In the driveway. My neighbours must think I'm nuts...
And finally:
Test patterning. Not quite the pink and white of Phoenix armour but there are plans....
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