Project Synopsis 3

Project Synopsis 3

Why so Serious?

According to old theater tradition and compelling story telling, the Harlequin costume was made from many pieces of cloth. Hence the quilt pattern it’s made from. In may ways it resemble a Jester. They do stem from the same idea of on stage entertainment. However a Harlequin is also a bit of a tragic hero of sorts as well. Whom have to deal with a lot of hardship and romantic complications. Though this one is meant to fit into the Warhammer universe.

Eldar is a race of space elfs that murder boned a god into existence, A god of sex, seduction and pleasure. Be it good, bad or just sadistic. The Harlequin is a sub set of these Eldars, that serve one known as the laughing god, These lanky murderous fellows are essentially themed after a quite British theater play. These actors in the troupe, sees every battlefield as a stage and have developed a sadistic streak. Where every weapon they sport, is designed to kill people in an artful display of blood, pain and excruciating agony. Eldar only comes in two flavors. Murderous psychopath or condescending bastard. Both are skills they have mastered.

I have done several attempts at making a mask. I even tried to make a rough model of my face in clay. It did not turn out okay. The first one was made with paper and was crooked and flawed. The second mask was ill fitting and became quite moist inside. Meanwhile the third, was made from a retrofitted Guy Fawkes mask. Something that is rather hard to see at this point. Since I sanded away the original texture. After a lot of back and forth I eventually settled for the black and white color scheme. By alternating between black and white, the final effect becomes rather snazzy. On the side an edge has been added, as an attempt at emulating the original mask design. Eldar lore has it that the mask are meant to change depending on the users will and whom the onlooker is. Though that would be virtually impossible to pull of.

The suit itself is bought from a costume shop at Ebay, that world wide garage sale. The quality is not that fantastic. However it was the most wholesome jester costume I dug up. For some pesky reason the most common costume being sold, is either female or in tatters. I’m not donning tights anytime soon. Naturally the project is far from finished and I’ve yet to find a good scene performance.

Alternately I could just pretend it is a custom Shaco skin and add some pointy knives.

That Being said, I will be very sporadic this holiday season.

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16.12.2016

 had a terrible start today, but I pulled through. I’ve made great progress and have become a lot more proficient at making models. Te most negative thing today was some minor cuts due to being clumsy. Kinda like what happened yesterday as well. But those wounds will heal quite quickly. That being said there is a lesson to be learned. Never be afraid of redoing or reworking any part of the project. No matter how precious your baby is. I do it all the time, out of necessity and because I can be a bit of a perfectionist. As I’ve been working on this gun project, I’ve looked over the model several times and there are still things and details I’ve missed. There is also a lot of impressions, which is a real pain, when doing beveled edges. However I found a nifty trick. The dull blades work as a barrier the rotary tool can pass. Sure there will be a lot of sparks, but those just looks nifty on camera so it is a win, win. See you on the flip side!

12.12.2016

“Die, die, DIE!”

Reaper needs to work on some his catch phrases, he’s way too gloomy and serious. Though that is much of his charm. Despite being a murderous shadow wraith. That being said, the last time I was online I did not report it, due to playing a fun game called Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun and baking gingerbread cookies for Christmas. I did that for a couple of days, so I make uyp for it with this report instead. Instead of working on my already existing shotgun, I decided to make a second shotgun. It’s going to be one of many more to out on the pile. My plan is to make at least six. Maybe eight, which I can throw around me on stage. I usually start with a thick and proper core, that is incidentally the same size as the cardboard tubes I use to make the barrels. I keep finding these pipes at grocery stores all the time. They are virtually free, minus the time it takes to carry them home. Round shapes is the bane of my cosplay existence. Anything chromed, beveled or circular is tricky. Fortunately there is very little of that on shotguns. However the project makes up for that with odd angles and quirky details. At least the details on Mei’s blaster made sense.

A shotgun of this kind, is just two barrels, a breaching mechanism and a firing mechanism. Break it open and insert two shells, close it and squeeze the trigger. Then open and remove the empty shells. Rinse and repeat. Use a saw to cut off the barrel and you’ve got a saw-off shotgun. Maybe the thing on the side is a thumbprint scanner, maybe it is the safety. I have no idea what so ever. The annoying thing is that the second gun is a lot better looking and thought out than the first one. Which will make for some visual dissonance, though that is a cool feature for a stage show, keep dropping better and better looking loot. Somehow I found a very decent way to add the heatsinks to the slide on top. It is far from perfect. But I had the tool to give it a spin. It’s is very flawed and such issues can be disguised as wear and tear. I’ve also discovered a better way to fix the top part. It just require some dirty tricks and masking tape to hide the terrible transitions. Eventually I will make the other shotguns he has as well.

#reaper #zaceron #shotgun #overwatch

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Njål Sand

07.12.2016

I have a shot, I have a gun. I have a shotgun! Now I just have to refine it a bit and make at least 5 more of varying quality. Because I have a cosplay plan. To dress up as the reaper and dropping guns around me. Theoretically I need about six of them. The version I’m currently fiddling with is Blackwater. I will also try to make the other type as well after wards. After looking at pictures and the posing in-game, my friend felt that they where visually too small. Yet they are all at the right size. I even based it on the model. So far the project is going quite well and it’s attracting people. That being said, the gun itself is surprisingly tricky to get right. My mind have a hard time agreeing with some of the details and the model is tilted at a very unfortunate angle. From the general look of it though, his weapon is a very fancy big caliber hunting shotgun, with two barrels, that can be broken open to reload. I’ve tested and 7 /12 shells are defiantly not the right shell size. Time to hop to it. To hid bad transitions I keep using paper and liberal amounts of glue and sacrifice cardboard to replicate the details. AS not all of them can, or should be done with foam.

The world is a stage and cosplay is a lot a bout theatrics. It’s an act, especially when competing on stage. Which brings me to my ingenious plan. Reaper is a very man specter thing, with anger management issues. With the uncanny ability to turn into mist and an infinite amount of shotguns. While that is god and all, his ult is a fancy twirl of death and repeating the word die, die, die. Whilst this is going down, smoke billows out. Now that is very, very hard to replicate, without triggering fire alarms, plus I would have to find a way to add sound effects as well. In other words I have to find a way to make it fun and entertaining while staying in character.

#zaceron #cosplay #overwatch #diy #reaper

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Njål Sand

Status Update 1

Most Mondays I run the workshop at a local cosplay club in Bergen. Where anyone can become a member for dirt cheap and get a helping hand in making their dream cosplay come true. Such as this one. 

The giant friggin’ scythe of Maka and how to assemble it. Within the world of Soul Eater, some persons can transform into a weapon. Which is exactly what Soul is, a giant farm tool, meant to harvest the souls of the dead, various monsters and evil witches. It’s a brutal and very inefficient weapon design-vise and way to big to get into most convention halls. Not to mention air travel. But that is a small price to pay for an awesome photo-shoot. My part in this project is mainly to give advice and to cut out the scythe itself. I walked by the theater, they had a container there. A giant metal box of loot and plywood plates. So I just had to lug a couple with me, a couple of Mondays later, she came and asked about a tall weapon. Talk about timing. The wooden pole just comes from a hardware store. Now the tricky part is to actually cut a hole in the pole, with a wood drill and a jigsaw. It’s noisy, cumbersome, but very efficient. Afterward, it was just a case of sliding the blade into the slot and add some screws to keep it in place. In order to hide the wood texture, several layers of woodglue was used to smooth out the surface. This process can be sped up with a heatgun. However keep it in place for too long and it will boil and blister instead. That being said, we’ve yet to figure out how to make the thing cylinder on top and the screw just yet. Not to mention the eye.

Other than that, I've had to deal with a bad foot and a way to treat it. A freind and business partner of main at Gamers Haven had to go back to back to USA, after  divorce. Naturally this mucked up my stream shcedule even more. However I should be back in business on Tuesday. I have some plans of making it a complete custume, with at least four shotguns if possible. 

Aside from that I've also been at work this weekend. Behold the Nordic academy of Ssourcery, a fantastic larp for children, held several times during the year. Imagine something akin to Harry Potter.

http://www.photo.yngvehegreberg.com/Archive/LARP/Trolldomsakademiet

#maka #soul eater #scythe #zaceron #cosplay #gamershaven #

Njål Sand

30.11.2016

30.11.2016

I have tiny balls. They are such tiny balls. I forgot to set the size to 60 mm. Which is the correct size. A minor setback, which is why I decided to make reapers shotguns instead. This lovely double barrel of fun is a sight to behold. Due to it’s clunky design. Utterly pointless extra pieces. Not to mention the very low ammo count and the attachment rail on top. As usual I will use a lot of foam. Since it is cheap, long and flat. Also cardboard, I can’t go a single project without using paper. I found a very good strategy for sketching these models onto a paper. I just position my flat-screen monitor horizontal, with blank see through paper on top. Mind you, I’m not careful this will backfire badly and scratch up my monitor. I suppose I can at some point just put glass on top and use the back light to draw. Anyhow, Reaper has two shotguns at any give time. These weapons are of the kind, you’ll break open and insert two shells. A very true and tried contraption. Not that he cares one bit about it. Since these guns are expandable. I’m not sure why he just keeps throwing them away, or where the keeps them. One thing is for sure though, he makes it look cool, the way matrix did it back in the day. From a practical perspective, throw away shotguns is a terrible concept, when the guns are so ornate with details. The amount of parts for a box, with two barrels and a trigger mechanism, is simply staggering. It’s usually annoying enough to clean the chamber of a gun as it is. Due to the holiday season and reasons, updates will be sporadic. The same goes for the schedule.

#reaper #overwatch #cosplay

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Njål Sand

23.11.2016

23.11.2016

Another splendid day, where even more progress was made. If yu look away from the pesky fact that my rotary tool just died. I’m not sure how that even happened. It was fine perfectly fine yesterday. I even dismantled it to see if any thing was disconnected or if clogged. But no, there was nothing, sero, silch, NOTHING! Luckily I have a spare one,which also died to mysterious circumstances. At least the warranty was not void and I had the receipt. Rotary tools are just too fickle, they're made to do many things, yet they break down on me at the drop of a hat. Anyhow, I decided to remake the gas canister, by recycling an old spent deodorant bottle. Due to a hard angle on the edge, I carefully trimmed the middle ring and the top edge. Useful items can be found all over the place. Which is an art form on its own. Scrounging is the art of utilizing useful doodads, as project parts. Which means that the whole blaster is made from spare part, store bought evafoam and buckets of paint.

The only major setback I had today, was the pesky Chinese letters on Meis gun. Writing them is the easy part. Actually deciphering the strokes and the symbol, not so much. Despite the high resolution picture, the texture turned out to be quite crap. But fortune favours the bold and the patients, and a lovely viewer actually had a copy of the exact letters. The only wrong symbol I could ind, is the one on the canister. These seemingly pointless stickers is what separate good from mediocre. After all I am a trained professional. An airbrush would be super handy to have, but those are way too expensive. Which forces me to go with a simple sponge, it’s a much faster and infinitely more rough way to apply color. I suppose it should be possible to polish off the brush strokes, before going for shiny plastic gloss.

#overwatch #cosplay #mei #zaceron #blaster

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Njål Sand

22.11.2016

22.11.2016

A fantastic day where a lot was done and several goals was achieved. Amongst those was the successful assembly of several important pieces. Not to mention the lovely but time consuming painting process. Foam has a quite terrible surface for anything spray paint related. In essence the surface becomes dull, drab and very rough. This is due to evafoam being a very spongy material that absorbs paint. Which is why I had to add a coat of black primer to the surface of various pieces. Even though I have gone with a very glossy metallic Finnish. The pieces on the 3d model seems to be a bit toned down. However that is something weathering can fix. One thing I did invest in was extra expandable nozzle for the spray can. They seem to have a thing for getting clogged after a while, without a cap on top.

That being said, there a numerous details on the gun, such as stickers, markings and Chinese symbols. I did one for the gas canister and it turned out okay. Felt markers are awesome for such details it seems. I’m still going to give a old dederant bottle some attention and see if that will work better as a gas canister. By now I’ve also assembled several of the pieces and found a decorative lense to have in front. Some cardboard was sacrificed in a futile attempt at making the front ring.

#mei #zaceron #overwatch #blaster #gun

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Njål Sand

18.11.2016

18.11.2016

An okay day with a late start. I’ve decided to adjust my schedule. Due to the time people are online in the world. In other words, these changes are a smashing success. Not to mention the actual progress being made. Sure some of the pieces are a bit inaccurate. But that is the main issue with foam. Any mound of pressure will make it compress. Which in turn means that small edges and minor details are almost impossible to do. Yes Vorbla is a possibility, but I find it a bit too expensive. However all of the pieces are coming together nicely. Quality and price go hand in hand. In this case I’m trying to merge both, without using too many exotic materials. That being said the sphere cup with it’s fancy curves and glossy finish; Is close to being accurate, yet it is not.

Where the gas canister goes, there is a hinge, to keep it in place. The blue wedge on the back is apparently meant to keep the ball in place. It was a tricky one, but the rotaru tool got the job done. There is also an arch on top of the sphere. I first thought of cutting it out from cardboard, but eventually I went with craft foam.On the flip side I found a better substitute for the gas canister .

#zaceron #cosplay #overwatch #blizzard

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17.11.2016

17.11.2016

Today started with a food and store run. Which means that I started a lot later than I intended. But with the current state of my schedule. I might just make it later and longer. Due to most people being online in the afternoon. Which in turn will lead to more traffic and terrific interactions.

Regardless today was fantastic. At one point the cat was about to puke. I managed to catch him in time and toss him outside by the scruff of his neck. It was glorious. Anyhow, I did some fine tuning and had to redo several of the parts. For one reason or another the glue is not acting like it should when I try to seal two edges. Though it seems like using the heat gun on the adhesive first adds some interesting properties.

Apparently the hardest thing ever to do with foam is to make circles and round shapes. Since the sphere cup on the back is rounded and made of several round shapes. It was a real nightmare to seal the seam, when uniting the two sides. I eventually succeeded. So for now enjoy the glory of the bubble glass bauble ball.

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#zaceron #sphere #overwatch #mei #ball #blaster #cosplay

16.11.2016

16.11.2016

A rather eventful day where, a lot of progress was made. Not only did I find a very appropriately sized sphere of glass, I also fine tuned and fixed a lot of the smaller details. Essentially I found out that the handle and everything else had to be remade. Ironically enough there is a very real problem with the original design. It’s not meant to be held a normal human hand. There is no room for the fingers and the trigger digs into the middle finger. Which means I had to exaggerate the size of certain pieces. Though that being said, the biggest hurdle was to make the cup for the sphere.

My first idea was simple and made a lot of sense. By covering the ball in masking tape and plastic wrap. With this method I can draw on the lines I have to cut. It’s easy and very simple to do. Yet screwing up I did indeed. I just had to compensate for the foam being ten time thinker than paper. Never the less I did eventually succeed. The process once the shape is cut out is simple. Heat up the foam, press it up against the sphere and then add glue to each. After the adhesive has been applied, just squeeze the ends shut with duct tape. At some point in the near future I will receive some transparent balls to put at the back.

#blizzard #zaceron #mei #blaster #overwatch #cospaly #diy

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Njål Sand

15.11.2016

16.11.2016

Behold my newest and greatest project as of yet. I’m Trying to recreate the endothermic blaster from Overwatch, That pesky icicle gun Mei uses. On it’s own it is a fairly simple project that makes a lot of sense. Since the gun is clearly designed to look like it belong in our world. Despite the ability to spew frost. Technical I started on Sunday, however I dedicated that post to something else entirely. The blaster itself is essentially a bottle of liquid gas, held in place with some clamps. Next to the handle. The sphere in the back is most likely filled with coolant. Other than that, it is a fairly standard weapon. But a lot of the details will be a real pain to do. Since not everything can be done with foam. Not to mention that many of these parts are not commonly found in any hardware store I know about. However I've yet to fin transparent plastic balls in any Norwegian store. One will be the outer shell, while the inner one will be filled with some blue liquid. The tricky part will be to make everything look the part and imitate the material in question. Such as dull polished metal and shiny metal coating. But fret not, I shall overcome.
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#oeverwathc #mei #blaster #cosplay #zaceron #blizzard

Njål Sand

Project Synopsis 2

Project Synopsis 2

Photo by Yngve Hegreberg

http://www.photo.yngvehegreberg.com/Archive/Cosplay/Raptus-2015/i-FXmpX4G/A

Don’t you think I look fancy in my little hat? Here is an odd one I made for my inquisitor costume. It’s is a hat, made with paper and a salvaged leather trouser. Some pants are crap, especially low budget leather ones. This tall patchwork nightmare was made by cutting the leg into small pieces and then glued onto a cone shaped base. Put on top of another hat. One of the biggest challenges is that my head width is 60. Most cheap hats stops at 59. Especially when ordered from china, but those usually stop at 57. The belt on top, is just that, a belt with a buckle. 

I’ve talked about this one before. Just not in this here lovely blog of mine. A chainsword is a bastard born, from made British bloke. Whom shagged a chainsaw, while doing his best sword swallowing act. I have at least three versions of this one. It’s essentially saw teeth sandwiched between two layers of foam. The handle is more foam and a cardboard tube wrapped in leather. 

#zaceron #warhammer #chainsword #inqusition #astarte #hat #cosplay

Njål Sand

11.11.2016

11.11.2016

Today was a fairly decent day, despite me being very, very hungry. Despite some traffic, I seem to lack some staying power. Though I have a sneaking suspicion it had to do with some crappy settings and a weird background noise. I eventually got that fixed. However I did a lot of touchup and weathering, with the help of some felt markers and even more paint. After that I removed some screws and conveniently hid the holes behind a piece of paper. Essentially I did a lot of beatification, to add production value. Somewhere along the line I had to do a store run to, thereby cutting the stream short. I should really learn to check the audio quality before I spend an hour chasing a way people. Anyhow the helmet looks fantastic.

https://www.twitch.tv/zaceron

#zaceron #daedric #helmet #skyrim #cosplay

Njål Sand

10.11.2016

10.11.2016
Today I had to deviate due to life issues. My mother had birthday, so I had breakfast with her. Then there is a friend who has to journey back to the US, after a divorce. Which is the reason I took him to see Doctor Strange in the cinema. A great movie with creative environment use, some humor and a kaleidoscope of special effects. I will hopefully be back in business tomorrow.

Njål Sand

09.11.2016

09.11.2016

The show must go on and it’s such a lovely day despite being blistering cold outside. This have the unfortunate effect of giving me less than stellar lighting conditions. But for smaller operations it’s perfect. Such as painting and horn carving. Which was what I did today. But at some point OBS screwed up somehow, so I had to update. Eventually it worked. One of the first things I did after setting up shop, was to cut out a new horn template. By cutting and carving Styrofoam into the right shape and coat it in glue, it becomes a lot more solid. Styrofoam has inherent structural weaknesses, since it’s just a bunch of hard pressed plastic pellets. The whole idea is that the material will take the jolt, instead of the inside. However it also provides me with an easy and light weight material to work with. As long as no one grab me by the antlers, the only problem I will face are doors and transport. Two screws helps keeping the horns in place, hopefully this will prevent them from sliding of, while the glue dries.The next phase I initiated, was to add more paint, aiming for an illusion of depth. Carefully manipulating shadows and highlights can make or break the illusion. Trust me, it will loke real nice when done.

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#skyrim #helmet #illusion #daedric #zaceron

Njål Sand

08.11.2016

08.11.2016

Today started slow, but that did not deter me from my goal of doing more with the helmet. Which is exactly what I did. First thing I did was to remove the screws from the back plate. Since they where in the way and they had outlived their purpose. The Cardboard in the back mostly worked as intended. But as we all know mostly is never good enough. Naturally I had to add more newspaper strips to hide the ridges and to make them smoother. After all I’m making a quality product., despite using a lot of cardboard. The next part that came was to dry it a little after coating it with more glue. Then I proceeded to paint it black. It’s around this point, I came up with the idea of going with an illusion for the metal armor plates on the helmet. There are some ridges, and those I try to emulate with a clever use of shadows and highlights. Though I’m considering actually making the buttons 3d. Unfortunately I had to cut the stream short, as blistering cold took hold. It seems like I have to 

move my operation indoors.

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#skyrim #daedric #helmet #cosplay

Njål Sand

Project Synopsis 1

 At some point I decided to make samurai helmet to use as protection while larping. At first I went with a version made from evafoam. However at some point during that process, I decided to go with bike helmet and metal plates. These was cut from a store bought metal plate. It is about 1mm thick, After cutting out the plates and polishing the edges, I drilled some holes. Which provided me with the ability to drag a thread through it. As great as it looks here and all, I still have to add the ornaments and rust protect the plating.

A simple pointy hat, because I felt like giving it a shot. This one is made from evafoam, covered in paint and acrylic latex selant. I did try to make one from grass, but that one turned out too stringy. 

This is a Japanese style lantern lamp. It is made from wood, glass and cement sealant. This makes for a lovely outdoor decoration with a lot of charm. It also happens to be one of my most successful projects so far. In theory it should stand up to snow, wind and rain. Due to the very sturdy base, which I had laying about. I'm not entirely sure where the parts came from in first place. Consider it a DIY recycling project, as almost all the parts came from stuff lying about. Apparently my father gathered a lot of stuff from various gardens he worked within.

#DIY #lapm #helmet #kabuto #lantern #lighting #outdoor #metal #pointyhat #cosplay #larp #cultofcosplay #zaceron

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Njål H Sand

04.11.2016

Cult of Cosplay: 04.11.2016

This day started of very slow and not on time at all. However I did manage to get almost everything I set out to do done. Such as minor adjustments. On of the most noticeable objects I achieved was the cheek guard plates. Those pieces that is on each side of the head. Those where carved out from foam and glued on with a very potent and Styrofoam friendly sealant. Let me introduce you to a mid tier glue, that is both flexible and quick drying. Sikaflex is a black rubbery like substance, mostly used on walls to make titles stick. As an added bonus it is also water proof.

As usual I use a wide assortment of screws to keep things in place, since they can be removed after wards. Which also means that the hole left behind can be plugged with glue. After that challenge was completed, I went on to improve on the helmets backside, since it has a rather fancy curved neck guard. Since my material of choice this time about is Styrofoam and cardboard. I had to get very technical and creative about how I cut and bend the material. Unlike metal or evafoam, I can’t bend it in unatural angles, without making carefully planned cuts into the cardboard. This does not look very nice or aesthetic at all. Which is why I proceeded to add more wall paper glue and paper strips. In order to keep the cardboard in place, I used more screws and made tiny folds at the edge of the cardboard.

However at some point the stream bugged out on me...

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#zaceron #styrofoam #skyrim #cosplay #daedric #cardboard #diy #sikaflex

Njål Sand

03.112016

Today started of rather slowly due to a splitting headache and hellish hunger. However I eventually managed to kick myself out of bed and into my lovely greenhouse. The first thing I did today was to complete my fantastic homemade outdoor lamp. With the help of a connector and a new wire. Then I proceeded to seal the deal with silicone under the lid.

Carwing some more horns.

Later I took and added more paper strips and glue to the helmet. Then I covered the topside in some more glue and treated it with my handy glue gun. Since that make the adhesive dry faster. After that I pruned off some extra material. Since this is self imposed challenge, I will keep using Styrofoam and mail box advertisement. The post office keep cramming down several kilos of these leaflets every month.

Added cardboard armor plating.

The horns I carved out yesterday, also got dovered in glue, after I pruned off the edge. They have to fit onto the helmet somehow. I also made 4 smaller ones as well. Each of these horns I skewers on some long nails, to let them dry.

Aside from that I also glued on several pieces of cardboard, which will work as the armor plating on the actual in-game model.

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Njål Sand

#Zaceron #skyrim #daedric #helmet #challenge #papercraft #cardboard

02.11.2016

Cult of cosplay 02.11.2016

This time around I decided to use a truck load of Styrofoam my father left behind. This fluffy material has a myriad of uses. Most commonly used to protect packages from bumps and bruises. It can also be used as isolation amongst other things. In my case I’m using the material to make a Daedric helmet, the kind you’ll find in Skyrim. This lovely head decoration has a shame not unlike a dragons skull. A headpiece with some metal plates and a bark like texture. Topped by several sharp horns. All in all, a very terrible helmet for anything but scaring the pants of pheasants.

I'm horny.

In order to make this helmet, I decided to stack eight layers of foam. After tracing a roughly drawn outline onto the surface I started to cut out the pieces with an cheap knife. In order to keep the parts together I used a selection of screws and glue. But the universal glue ate away at the foam and the gluegun ran out. Eventually I settled for layers of paper and wallpaper glue. I also used an extra thick piece to trace some antlers on, which I then cut into shape.

I got a screw loose.

The helmet actually fits on my nogging! 

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#skyrim #daeric #helmet #zaceron #styrofoam #knife #armor