I’m a huge fan of Bioware’s RPG games with Dragon Age and Mass Effect vying for top spot. I posed the question of using the Mass Effect universe as the guinea pig next time to my cosplay PIC (partner in crime, for all of you who don’t really care to act all cool with acronyms). In fact, the more difficult question became, “Who will I be going as?” When the internal question was asked on whether I would do it again ‘yes’ was the immediate response. My friend and I even walked away with a novice ‘Judges Choice’ Ribbon!
To the stress and excitement of learning to create something out-of-the-ordinary to the satisfied feeling of wearing what you were able to accomplish to a convention. I tried my hand at a Dragon Age Champion Mage that debuted at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo 2012 and was hooked instantly. My name is Samantha and I am a cosplay addict! Well a relatively new one. The voice activated light was fit in the front in between padding and voila! To counteract the weight of the front part, so that it didn’t pull down when I moved my head, a piece of lead was cut and glued to the back of the helmet. Weather stripping was helpful in that it compresses easily and can be cut and trimmed. While you can purchase most face shields with a protective covering, I had to remove it to make sure no paint got trapped in the front of the visor.Īfter leaving it to dry for a day I used a hot glue gun to secure it in the mask.Īfterwards I used weather stripping (I kid you not) to line the inside of the helmet to fit as needed. On that note: keep in mind some smudges or scratches may happen because plexiglass is temperamental. The first coat will look light, I repeated these steps three times till I got the pigment I was happy with.ĭepending on how much water is added to the mixture drying times can change from 30 minutes to 2 hours! If you get any bubbles or uneven spots you can rinse it off, but doing so repeatedly will leave some marks on the plexiglass. Rest the visor upright and let all of the excess drip off. Pour a small amount of the mixture in to the center of the visor and rotate it till the surface is completely covered. Using a transparent acrylic pigment and liquid glaze mixture and watering it down allows a surface to be tinted without it becoming too solid and leaving it unable to be seen through. I was really happy with this-but it isn’t purple! After looking into lenses for lights, window tints, and a whole load of other “what ifs” I found a method that seemed simple to use and produced the results I was looking for. Then I used a ballpoint pen to trace the fold lines, this made the card stock bend neatly and made assembly much easier! I chose to use a hot glue gun instead of regular Elmer school glue to add the extra support-plus it dries a lot faster. I printed everything on card stock and used an x-acto knife with a ruler to cut clean, precise lines.
Pepakura resin free#
Pepakura is a free Japanese paper craft model program that is easy to use and there are so many 3D models already unfolded for this program that is just makes sense to use it. I decided to go with building a paper model then reinforcing it with Aqua Resin. From cardboard to craft foam as long as you can find a medium you feel comfortable working with you can make a helmet for any character you desire. There was not a lack of material to work with the abundance of articles, forum posts, “how to” wikis and various other sources made researching pretty easy.
Pepakura resin how to#
It took a lot of research to figure out how to create the right shape for the helmet. Arguably the most painful part of any Tali costume is her helmet.
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