rmschneider104
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Amazing costumes. Obviously those folks have some serious talent.
Rubber - What Philippine Cosplayers Are All About
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izabel
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Once a month? Ah sweet. Shall make use of that then!
Yup! The other half is finally getting me over to meet the family so of course gota get some prop related goodness in while there
meet with us! :rolleyes where in teh philippines exactly. oh you fished a filipina wife huh? cool. :love
izabel
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Manila..not sure where abouts in Manila tho! But i'll be sure to hound ya with some questions about these conventions before I pop over
Fished..and caught..shes been trying to escape since :lol Really liking that Megatron :thumbsup
omel called it "foam-assisted rubber" whatever that means. lol. we don't cover it anymore. just spray paint directly.
Then that would be closer to Neoprene here, like Stealth said.
Awesome work, regardless of material. :thumbsup
Ryu
izabel
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Manila..not sure where abouts in Manila tho! But i'll be sure to hound ya with some questions about these conventions before I pop over
Really liking that Megatron :thumbsup
hehe.sure. bring us pasalubong. hahaha!
thanks.
Then that would be closer to Neoprene here, like Stealth said.
Awesome work, regardless of material. :thumbsup
Ryu
thanks.
Minder Thr33
Sr Member
I think I said this before in a another thread, but I'm always surprised at the number of Filipinos on this thread.
(I'm Canadian, but background is indeed Filipino).
Oh yeah, loving the costumes!
(I'm Canadian, but background is indeed Filipino).
Oh yeah, loving the costumes!
izabel
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DarthVeach
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I believe the stuff you are using is cross-linked polyethylene which is similar to EVA but not quite the same. It's very popular among cosplayers overseas and some here in the US.
Cross-linked polyethylene is the stuff Crocs are made of and can be bought easily in sheets in the US in varying thicknesses.
It is thermo-formable, yet heat resistant, durable, waterproof, etc. In many cosplay cases, it is made into the desired piece and then covered with something like vinyl or fabric. It can be painted as well.
Example:
This is polyethylene covered with metallic gold spandex. The sword as well. This is not my costume.
I've been using this stuff along with polyolefin for a while now.
Ryu
:cry It's so beautiful!!!! Can you imagine making Cylon costumes this way?!
DarthVeach
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I am considering using this techniques for things like neck armor and joints just as you suggested. Can bring together the sintra armor I am working on very nicely. Although, it would be o nice to know more about this and how it i done, because if I could make an entire suit like this I would!
DarthVeach
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Close but this is the larger cell stuff. Click over to the Minicel on the left of that page. L200 is PE while the L300 is PE and EVA mixed.
If you want neoprene, you can get it most anywhere, even Amazon sells it in sheets.
Ryu
Knowone251
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What thickness is most commonly used? And what kind of paint as well
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PAULFIERCE
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Hey Izabel. I sent my cousin to Divisoria and he said that they store is only open on certain days of the week. What store is it exactly?! let me know or I will order here in the US.
Still waiting on that painting tutorial!
Still waiting on that painting tutorial!
izabel
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we call that mix media here. but yeah you can do it. depends on teh part actually. but we mostly use rubber now here. but some still go for mix media.
pepakura? you can do it for rubber.
just teh pattern. no casting or molding needed. sorry if i can't give it to you fast. kinda tight on teh schedule as i am busy with work but we are working on it.
we normally use 4mm. but it varies depending on what part we are building. we can use thicker or even texturized depending on how we want the costumes to look in the end.
we just use aerosol spray paint like pylox.
robert buys them in marikina. hey we were waiting for you to wake up 2 days ago.lol.
thank you.
PAULFIERCE
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THanks for the response. Where in Marikina exactly? address?
loving the black widow costume. since you cant have a gun, just use pepper spray for now. LOL
loving the black widow costume. since you cant have a gun, just use pepper spray for now. LOL
