Stephanie Brown Batgirl
Cosplayer: Gabi
Check out Gabi, who purchased my old Steph Batgirl suit! She looks sooo good.
- Jenn
Omg I neeeeeed a Homura gem. If you ever plan on selling them, please let me know!
Christine intends to sell them after Anime North, some of them as kits to keep the price down. We have a post here where we are collecting names to figure out interest; if you leave your tumblr username there, we’ll be in contact when the finished gems are done and ready to be ordered :)
Christine has all five girls’ soul gems, Sayaka’s fortissimo hair clip, Sayaka’s diamond buttons, Mami’s other hair clip, and Madoka and Kyoko’s weapon gems.
- Jenn
Oh my god the first pulls! And I love, love, LOVE the colours that the dyes produced! I’ll have pulls of the gem parts tomorrow! (Mami’s is still kind of wet and stuck in the drawer still)
Also the damn fotissimo needs to be messy as hell because a proper pour rips when I pull it :(
Bubbles are the bane of clear resin casting. Looks like you are bubble-free, great job!
I had bubbles with my first trial with clear resin years ago, so I looked up tips and tricks before I tried it again, and I found this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJz0SQOCtsY i used all those tricks to get rid of them :D
Lucky.. I couldn’t find silicone casting supplies in time for mine. I had a teardrop to make Madoka’s gem though so that worked out well but… Sayaka sucked.
TAP plastics is where I get mine. Now you know for next time :) I shaped Sayaka’s from an oval shaped one, which you could do with clear resin, you’ll just need to sand it with 600+ grit sand paper to finish it before clear coating to give it back it’s shine.
Oh my god the first pulls! And I love, love, LOVE the colours that the dyes produced! I’ll have pulls of the gem parts tomorrow! (Mami’s is still kind of wet and stuck in the drawer still)
Also the damn fotissimo needs to be messy as hell because a proper pour rips when I pull it :(
Bubbles are the bane of clear resin casting. Looks like you are bubble-free, great job!
I had bubbles with my first trial with clear resin years ago, so I looked up tips and tricks before I tried it again, and I found this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJz0SQOCtsY i used all those tricks to get rid of them :D
Oh my god the first pulls! And I love, love, LOVE the colours that the dyes produced! I’ll have pulls of the gem parts tomorrow! (Mami’s is still kind of wet and stuck in the drawer still)
Also the damn fotissimo needs to be messy as hell because a proper pour rips when I pull it :(
May 5-6 progress report: Madoka Kaname
Maya came over on Sunday and stayed until Monday for prop work. Other than me getting her into Shingeki no Kyojin and her getting me into Bioshock Infinite when my house entered the quiet hours at night, we got a fair bit done.
1. Measurements. We took the bow from my 1/8 scale Madoka figure from Good Smile Company and measured each section, scaled it up relative to Madoka’s size, and then scaled it up relative to my size (Madoka is 4’11”; I’m 5’5”, 5’8” with her heels). Each measured section on the miniature was multiplied by 8 to scale it to Madoka’s height, then multiplied by 1.15 to scale to my height.2. Maya drafting the bow based on our new scaled-up measurements.
3. Bow pattern on the oak plank. We went with oak because hardwood will be super durable for a narrow piece like this, and it was readily available in our storage. My dad cut down this tree himself, which adds extra sentimental value to this project. :>
4. Band saw time.
5. Dad used the hand planer to scrape off some of the rough edges left behind by the band saw.
6. Maya trying out the oscillating sander.
7. Dad using the router table to create rounded edges out of the flat corners.
8. Obligatory test photo. PEW PEW
9. Started using the belt sander and oscillating sander, as well as manual sanding, to create a less blocky and more rounded, branch-like look.
10. Where I left off for the night. The far right side is well under way for the rounded, slightly diamond shape I’m hoping for in the bow’s body. When I get the gems from Christine, the big blocky diamond sections of the bow will be narrowed down, and the gems will likely be framed in Paperclay. Not pictured: the two “branches” for the top of the bow, which I cut out and have yet to attach. These will be attached by drilling holes into the body of the bow and the “branches,” and inserting small dowel rods, secured with glue to keep it all together. The bow’s flower will be attached in a similar method, using the stem in place of dowel. For the thorns, I’ll likely shape small dowel pieces and insert them into more drilled holes, filling them out with Paperclay if necessary.YOU HAVE TO WORK THE SHAFT KATHERINE.
May 6 progress report: Kyoko Sakura
Unfortunately I didn’t document Maya’s progress as she continued shaping the foam spearhead parts with a wood rasp, but I did get a few of her troubleshooting the spear attachments.
1-2: Maya’s plan for the spear was to have it split into three pieces: two for the pole itself, and one for the head. Unfortunately, we ran into some issues during our last prop session (three weeks ago), and the cement we used wasn’t working out. The threaded plastic joints had trouble staying in place between attaching and removing the other pieces of the spear; they would jam and get yanked out of the PVC pipes when the spear was disassembled. We got around this today by using a drill press to drive holes right through the pipes and the threaded joints, and hammering dowel pieces through to keep them in place. No more finicky threaded joints!
3. Maya quickly put together the whole spear with the Sintra spearhead base to show its size. You can’t even see all of it here since the end is hidden behind the belt sander, but you get the picture. This thing is massive.
Right this way! It is two of them combined.
- Christine
I got bored of the pixie and my contacts, so I bought new glasses and paid thousands for extnetions. What do you think?
