You made that hat out of cardboard?

Since we're posting cosplay now... by Matt Cipher on 2016-03-30 22:35:00 UTC Reply

I found an old photo from 2012 for a local Con. It was supposed to be a tonned down version of Johnny Depp's portrayal of the Mad Hatter with some Victorian era accents.

Ingredients:

The Mad Hat
- Cardboard
- Isolation tape (black, several rolls)
- Yellow ribbon
- Several playing cards

Clothes
- Plain ol' dress shirt
- My moms old coat, with the sleeves cut off
- Random Con pins (optional)
- Pocket watch with chain

The Cane of Madness
- PCV pipe (brown)
- smaller metal pipe (painted gold)
- Leg of a wooden pallet (shaped on a lathe, painted gold)

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Toned down? by Larfen J. Stocke, esq on 2016-03-31 06:55:00 UTC Reply

You could fit three whole rabbits in that hat!

Most people struggle with one!
You made that hat out of cardboard? by Iximaz on 2016-03-30 22:37:00 UTC Reply

Holy cow, I never would have guessed.

Aye, cardboard and loads of electrical tape. by Matt Cipher on 2016-03-30 22:42:00 UTC Reply

I never got into cosplay so much to get any sort of professional or semi-professional materials. I use things I have around me.

The funniest thing is, it turned out to be twice the size of my head.

Improvised and left-over stuff guarantees the best results. by Sergio Turbo on 2016-03-31 14:03:00 UTC Reply

Since I restarted mini4wd racing in 2013, my only 1st place was obtained with a car built with these exact materials:

- A chassis originally scrapped for a defect in the gear cover latching, repaired initially for use in a track-cleaning car and then heavily modified for use in a front engine configuration (weight balance reason, and that kind of chassis oddly works better when the motor is running in the "wrong" direction)
- Body, bearings, rear FRP plate, wheels and assorted other parts coming from a car and some spares a coworker gave me (he stopped racing 7-8 years ago... and so all those parts were sitting gatherign dust for that long)
- Rear brake plate modified from one I had improved during a race about a year ago
- Motor and rollers "borrowed" from other cars of mine (of which I'm going to have to buy more)

It was supposed to be only a prototype, and was in fact a rather rough build... but, once worked out some details, it proved to be pretty fast.

So, humble materials can and will obtain spectacular results if used the right way.

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It only make it perrfect for a Mad Hatter. by Hardric on 2016-03-30 23:10:00 UTC Reply

Duck you wouldn't guess about it without knowing it. You've got talent.