Decided I wanted the collar to be bigger, so the first two days are going to be restarted tonight. Mrrp.

Current collar is probably going to end up getting painted white and get some nice stylized gears on it, since it'd be a waste of time and effort otherwise.

Both mom and I came down with a stomach bug the last two days, preventing us from working on the collar. :/ But we're both feeling better now, and have spent most of the day working on the costume!


Our first task of the day was getting out the dremel to smooth down the rough edges of the foam. The dremel caused our hands to turn grey and red from the fine dust it was leaving in its wake—good thing we wore respirators.


(Obligatory "Are you my mummy?" joke goes here.)


We also needed to shave down the inner edge of the collar so it would fit together in a nicer seam.


I... did my best to get a picture of what we did there.

Anyway, after lots and lots of sanding, it was at long last time to get the pieces put together!


There was no way I could've done this by myself; forcing the foam to cooperate was definitely a two-person job. But we kept pushing on and at long last, prevailed!

I couldn't wait to try it on.


Needless to say, it didn't quite fit. So it was back out to the garage, where we got the heat gun and molded the pieces. Again.


Much better. :D


And now it's time to put on a thin layer of glue to seal the foam before painting! Without the glue, the collar would be riddled with tiny pockmarks courtesy of the heat gun. This will make it nice and smooth for painting hopefully tomorrow.


I used a regular brush to slap the glue on and a sponge brush to make sure there weren't any massive brush lines left behind when it dried.


And that's the exterior done!

And kudos for actually goign through cosplay stuff.

Closest thing I did was sort-of-prepare stuff for a Shinichi Kudo cosplay (it involved letting my hair grow a bit more than usual to allow for the proper hairdo, I have pretty much the same hair color so why use a wig?), and I already had the right clothes, but the friend with which I wass supposed to go to the con with had family issues and we ended up not going.

SHame, as I can't do that in the future as I no longer have a green tie. My father might, though.

[Searches pictures for signs of photoshop]

Whaaaaaaat. That is incredibly awesome.

(Morgan's response, naturally, is to sniff and say 'mine's better'.)

hS

...try searching for 'Minerva Crafts'. They do loads of fabric and other sewing bits.

Also yes, I am still lurking round here. :)