Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Starting on spacejump]

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 3, 2014

• #21

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]







Hon hon hon wig testing. It's roughly styled.

Still needs a buzzcut, extra wefts in the back to cover up the empty spaces/layers, sideburns and a frontlace.

People are recommending me to actually cut it like this because they think it fits me (without painting it dark!! I'm ashblonde)
I think I'd rather go for half my length now :lol


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kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 5, 2014

• #22

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

Ok I've given it a bit of thought and I just did it. I've wanted it short for a while (I do this every once in a while. Grow it out, cut is short, grow it out, cut it short etc) And I donated my hair to charity. Plus the cosplay advantages, people really love it, the hairdressers loved it and I have quite some improvements since the haircut.

-Less headaches
-Less tense neck
-No more tangly hair constantly
-Less loss of hair
-Easy to style
-If blonde I could do brienne as well. lol

and If I comb it backwards it comes really close to the actual Khan

 

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 5, 2014

• #23

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

I didn't get my samples in on time, and found 10 metres of dark brown cotton. And started making a mockup of the coat (the duct tape was a stand in for the edges since my mockup fabric wasn't big enough). During the match of Costa Rica - Netherlands, I started cutting out actual parts of the coat and put them together. Tomorrow I'll be mainly packing but I might be able to create the tails. The collar will take a while to figure out. The sleeves need more time too.

And for ****s and giggles I made a video because I was bored and had a mockup of the Starfleet version anyway.

[video=vimeo;99994800]https://vimeo.com/99994800[/video]

And I'm nearly forgetting the make-up tests

(I need blue contacts.)

 

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 7, 2014

• #24

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

What I need for one coat

The back flaps on the pics were not 'doubled' as the rest of the coat was. and they'll be sewn together around the bottom of the back and the slit will lower. I'll edit the front a little bit as well.

Also made a better hood.

 

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Cameron1138

Well-Known Member

• Jul 7, 2014

• #25

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

Badass! Loving the hair, looks perfect. What material did you make the hood from, out of curiosity?

 

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 7, 2014

• #26

Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

Some kind of vinyl with a relatively even snake texture. It's the thing that came closest, even though I know the actual texture is very even and geometric

I'll keep looking for better fabric, but this will do in the meantime.


Thanks about the hair! I love it!

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kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 15, 2014

• #27

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

Ok just because someone posted a pic and I thought I had a pic of the same angle...



I'd say: nailed it!


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kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 16, 2014

• #28

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

Ok I'm back from my holiday and got a binder in. It looks perfect!

 

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 22, 2014

• #29

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

Ok I have an idiotic idea. You remember that cannon he uses in the klingon scene?
Yes?
Ok.

I want to make it work, but not blast of course. But not just with LED's some fancy light effects, but I was also thinking of, since it's big enough, hiding a stereo set in it.

Because *this* Khan likes to party. I have an old stereo, but I can't use my ipod on it. So I'm kind of wondering if anyone has ideas. I'm thinking of making a wood base structure, or maybe something other (lightweight yet strong) and cover it with EVA foam. The barrel should be EVA as well...

and yes, I took refs wrongly. I need better ones. But that's not too hard.

 

Yrien

Sr Member

• Jul 22, 2014

• #30

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

I wouldn't suggest wood - it gets really heavy, really fast. A friend of mine made a TF2 gun entirely out of wood and can only carry the thing around for short periods before needing a break!

What about foam board or Sintra as a core? I've never worked with either material, but I see it being used for Attack on Titan stuff (the big boxy things that hang at their hips, whatever they are!). My husband built his TF2 Heavy gun out of aluminium, foam, and PVC pipe, which is another route to look into, but his gun was a lot of big round shapes, not as angular as this one, so aluminium might not be the way to go.

 

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 22, 2014

• #31

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

Sintra/Foamex is something I didn't think of. Good suggestion. I've seen some fun little portable players with bluetooth which would make it even easier. I'd be able to control the music with my phone (or maybe even ipod) which are then in my pockets. Convenient! And they're not too big.

I might order some samples of sintra/foamex then

 

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 23, 2014

• #32

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

it's even waterproof!

Handstitched (and thus uneven) trial for Khan’s collar. Including waxing technique. Don’t worry, for the actual collar I’ll use a sewing machine.

What I did?

• Used a sheet of plastic, thin and bendable, transparent. Usually available in craft and art stores.
• Thick canvas,fluff,thing. It’s not fiberfill, but it serves my purpose. It’s actually used to fill lining in jackets for winter/autumn.
• The brown cotton I already bought for the coat
• The wax I made earlier.

I used the plastic sheet as base, since the collar needs to be able to stand on it’s own, as seen here.

Then I put the fluff on top, and layered the cotton over it. Then I started, painstakingly so, stitching. After that was ‘done’ I heated some wax, and brushed several layers on the fabric, with in-between using the heatgun to get it in the fibers. After about 3 layers, I started rubbing/buffing up the fabric and that’s when the sheen started. I will try more of this on ‘loose’ fabric which is NOT the collar.
We’re getting somewhere..

 

Athanasios

Active Member

• Jul 24, 2014

• #33

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

Awesome work! The makeup's looking pretty close too

 

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 24, 2014

• #34

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

My chin(s) are just a tad smaller. :lol (and my jaw wider...)

But thanks a lot!

 

Athanasios

Active Member

• Jul 24, 2014

• #35

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

kialna said:

My chin(s) are just a tad smaller. :lol (and my jaw wider...)

But thanks a lot!

Click to expand...

Plastic surgery solves everything! xD

 

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 24, 2014

• #36

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

I'm not going to go *that* far. Not even face prosthetics... I don't want to be swarmed and killed in a stampede

 

Athanasios

Active Member

• Jul 24, 2014

• #37

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

kialna said:

I'm not going to go *that* far. Not even face prosthetics... I don't want to be swarmed and killed in a stampede

Click to expand...

lol xD

 

Risu

Master Member

• Jul 24, 2014

• #38

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

You can get the same effect with more breathability if you use collar canvas instead of the plastic.

 

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 24, 2014

• #39

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

Hmm maybe yes. I was a bit afraid of it giving way to the fluff. But I can try an see if that works.

 

kialna

Sr Member

• Jul 31, 2014

• #40

Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Khan [Revision]

I got my sewing machine back to work. I didn't make pictures of the coat.

I made a sleeve pattern and prepared the collar a little..

(red/pinkish to see the edges, it was transparent first)

Will work on it tomorrow more. Today I didn't feel very well and most of the time I worked on getting the machine working again.. >_>