Recent content by nachtinis

The Museum of Science Fiction has just opened registration for a new Prop Replica Competition. Judges include Dan Curry and Steve Dymszo (of Master Replicas Group), and a few others from various high profile prop making walks. The final competition will take place at Escape Velocity on May 24...

Thanks for the info! Sidenote: we are currently looking for a way, sans navigating the Universal Studios phone tree to try to track that barcode. (although it might come down to me leaving a message with the US Prop/Costume phone line)

Thanks! We do know that its a Russian (or Chinese) high altitude (sometimes called "anti-gravity") suit, and we also figured that the code was some control number of sorts, we were hoping to find out if there was a way to determine if the control number was from a specific production or...

Just looking for any information I can find on this piece, what the barcode might mean, possible sources, or a way to even find out if this was used in a production, or is part of an inventory somewhere.

Cool News! Deborah Landis will be joining Escape Velocity 2018 for our Costuming and Design Competition! Costume designer, historian, and professor, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, is the founding director and chair of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design and has joined the Escape Velocity...

More info about Escape Velocity: Escape Velocity is an upcoming Sci-Fi convention, which will be at the Gaylord Resort in Oxon Hill, MD. This will be our third year. Escape velocity is presented by the Museum of Science Fiction, DC, and is a non-profit orgainzation dedicated to education, and...

Hello friends, General info: What: A costuming/costume design competition to be accompanied by a fashion show and technical evaluation. When: Memorial Day weekend, May 25th-27th 2018 Where: Escape Velocity Convention, Gaylord National Resort, Oxon Hill MD Why: Because we love seeing imagination...

Hello all, I have a unique opportunity to be involved in a cool new convention this year. As the title says, its called Escape Velocity, It will be over Labor day weekend (Sept 1-3, yes i know, Dragoncon is then too), for 2017. It will be held in the Marriot Wardman park hotel in Washington...

So, we debuted this at DragonCon, and I have been dragging my heels on a "what we did" build, so here goes. Some pictures are from dragoncon, Some are from later at AUSA. I made it in craft foam, of various thicknesses, using carpet glue, some hot glue, flex filler, and minor sealing, painted...

Re: World of Warcraft Orc Full Size Cosplay Costume SKS Props - Updated 5/2/2016 Amazing build! Some of us, well at least myself, are dying to know where you got $5 upholstery foam? Is that 5/yd or $5 total? Also, $0 for monster clay? Or do those stars mean that you had some on hand and didnt...

Just some more shots of the scales and construction progress, not much to report here, just a LOT of glueing down the scales. After they are glued down, I go over them in a few coats of camo green plastidip, to normalize the color, and blaze orange plastidip to fill in the "burning" areas...

So Some have seen this already on facebook and at Dragoncon 2015, sunday night. Check out our other things here: https://www.facebook.com/mabieknotsjewelry So to start, I (we) were simply asked by a good friend (Josh) whether or not I could make a full godzilla suit, based on the Burning...

Well to the name of your thread, it has been historically reported that Artemisia routinely employed greek "camoflage" in her battle tactics, often running greek colors and armors during battle to fool the greeks, it was recorded (a few accounts) that it worked very well. They just didnt...

Thanks for the kind words, some better shots: Special thanks to El Cid from Willrace4food/willphotograph4food for the excellent photos, Untitled by nachtinis, on Flickr Untitled by nachtinis, on Flickr

So to answer some Qs up front: I am not the model...lol, its mah wifey... this was her valentine's day gift. Cowl is a cut out TDK, unknown maker, urethane rubber. Belt is a modified clooney, i think, unknown maker, urethane. Suit is made from a pattern i derived from a wetsuit, 4mm stretch foam...