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Post by Adam on Aug 15, 2011 22:53:29 GMT -8
Elisia: psshhhhhh! @chris: Nice work! I like the shape of it. Are you making the cylinder so it can rotate?
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Post by Adam on Aug 15, 2011 23:25:48 GMT -8
Ok, so I bought what I need today to get started on the big gun. I am going to use the projector at the office (when it comes back here in a few days) to get the outline correctly projected on the board, and then I am going to trace it and cut it out, and glue/bolt on the dowel for the barrel core. I got the foam ready to go, and figured out how I am doing the cylinder. This mega prop is really coming together! I will post some pictures soon as I get into the actual work.
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Post by chimarah on Aug 15, 2011 23:32:32 GMT -8
Chris, that gun looks great, can't wait to see it painted and spruced up! :]
Adam, I'm very curious to see if it holds up. It did seem quite heavy, so fingers crossed ^-^
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Post by Elisia on Aug 16, 2011 8:03:25 GMT -8
Chris, you should make your own cosplay work thread!! :B
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Post by Chris on Aug 16, 2011 10:37:43 GMT -8
@chris: Nice work! I like the shape of it. Are you making the cylinder so it can rotate? No, the cylinder will be stationary. I don't need the thing spinning freely like a fanblade. Also, I don't have time to make complex mechanics this time. Otherwise, Ann's rifle would have a working bolt and detachable magazine. Cuz that's how I roll. Also worth noting that the "cylinder" is more oblong shaped. The Polar Star is more of a ray gun than a ballistic weapon, even though it looks like an old timey cowboy revolver. So I decided to give the cylinder more of a battery shape. Similar to the 2-round cylinder's you see on some of the revolvers in Borderlands. Chris, you should make your own cosplay work thread!! :B Nah, I don't need that much space. I don't talk as much as Adam, so he can share his thread. Edit: Goddamit, just sanded through my fingernail. The one time I forget to wear gloves. *sigh*
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Post by J. on Aug 16, 2011 14:45:20 GMT -8
@chris YEEK / EEWW
Bah, even if I don't buy any games until next year I barely have enough money for the things I have to do -- which means no Facilier and ANOTHER cosplay I have to welch on. I'll cheer on everyone else from the sidelines, though; and I look forward to seeing what Chris & Ann generate next week!
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Post by Kevin on Aug 16, 2011 20:44:34 GMT -8
Can you spend the time to put in a spindle and buy a box of plastic toothpicks? Because if you CAN, you can make that sucker rotate, put the toothpicks in the back of the cylinder, shaved down, so they look like the advancing pins. Then when you spin it, it'll not only do the 'click click click' sound, but if positioned right, should keep the barrel from spinning freely due to friction.
Can you spend some cash on some aluminum pipe? Most hardware store lighting sections have brass, steel, and aluminum tubes for use as extenders for ceiling fans. You could used your dremel to make the breech port, then get a smaller section of tube, or use excess fromthe first one, to make the bolt and slide. Shouldn't be too difficult.
Also, for painting the gun - I assume you're going to paint it metallic silver or some such? I received a tip that if you layer different brands of metallic paint on top of each other, you can get a better, more metallic looking result. No particular names were mentioned, but might be worth experimenting with.
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Post by Chris on Aug 16, 2011 20:57:08 GMT -8
@1st paragraph:
I actually don't want it to turn. I'm treating it as if it were a power source, rather than something that holds actual bullets
@2nd:
It's an issue of time. I have a plan on how to do such a thing, I just don't have the time.
@3rd:
Found some primer in our leftover stuff. Pistol will be blue with a white star on the barrel. Rifle will be bright red. Possibly black details(like the magazine).
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Post by Adam on Aug 18, 2011 15:05:13 GMT -8
Just a heads up, my work is moving to a new office, and I am going out of town for a few days on a business trip, so my cosplay work is officially on hold till the 25th. When I return, I will be jumping headlong into making the giant gun pillow, and will try to have the structure done by the 30th. Look forward to LOTS of photos.
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Post by Adam on Aug 24, 2011 22:49:22 GMT -8
I....live......AGAIN!
I am finally officially back from my trip, and am VERY tired. Plus, casinos always give me a sore throat. It's been really sore for about 5 days, and i'm damn tired of it. Hopefully it will feel better tomorrow. Anyway, I am back at it, and will be posting photos of the hand cannon progress over the next few days.
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Post by Adam on Aug 27, 2011 12:33:24 GMT -8
A word of advice: Don't plan on getting much cosplay work done when you are moving an office. It takes ALL of your time and energy. that is all.
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Post by Adam on Aug 29, 2011 10:48:19 GMT -8
Since I started cosplaying about 8 years ago, the scene has changed enormously. Costumes that would have gotten mad praise in 2003 are now passed over as being "not bad." while the costumes at the top of the hill are now sometimes better even then those seen in film and television.
When I first started doing costumes, my goal was just to make something that other people would enjoy. Within a few years, that goal changed. I didn't just want people to look at me and say "gee that's a good zoro!" I wanted people to look at me and say "that's the best zoro I've ever seen!"
I was lucky enough to have gathered an amazing group of friends who felt the same way, and together we made magic. It's only now looking back that I am able to truly appreciate how wonderful it all was. I'm starting to realize that we had more fun during that time than most people will ever experience in their entire lives, and that's something truly special.
Sadly, we have all scattered to the far ends of the country, and while most of us make costumes still, we now work in isolation, and that's a sad thing. It wasn't the act of making costumes that was so amazing, it was the fact that I was doing something I enjoy with friends that I love.
Elisia, Kevin, Eric, and I are still here in chico, but we are all so busy that finding the time to work on stuff is a genuine challenge. But the more I think about it, the more I miss those days of recklessly spending time and money on huge projects with no goal beyond having fun.
The moral of this story is: I've decided to build a vacuform table.
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Post by Adam on Aug 30, 2011 0:25:09 GMT -8
So, my goal with my last post was to write about the state of the cosplay world, but then I got all nostalgic and got side tracked. Lets try this again...
The cosplay industry, if you can call it that, has gone crazy in the last few years. The quality of work that people are producing is astounding. I used to be able to say with confidence that our costumes were some of the best out there, but now I look around and am forced to admit that our work compared to today's standards would be closer to the middle of the road.
That means we need to step up our game! That's one of the reasons I have been working out so much; for once I want to be able to do a character justice physically, not just in their costume.
But yeah, as I mentioned in the last post, i want to build a vacuform table. It's gonna be neat!
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Post by Ann on Aug 30, 2011 13:05:56 GMT -8
A vacumform table would be awesome! Volpin had a little homemade one that he uses to make so many of his kick has cosplay stuff, I think he actually talks about how he made it in one of his blogs.
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Post by Adam on Aug 30, 2011 13:55:19 GMT -8
I'll have to read that. I gotta admit, his drunk prop making video was wonderful.
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