Teleporter online - Symmetra Cosplay

I love sci fi inspired weapons and there is something about Symmetra's gun that reminds me of the Portal Gun. Portal always have a special place in my heart as it was the first thing I ever cosplayed from. And Symmetra's teleporter looks a little like a portal <3

So yes, I am making a Symmetra cosplay and with the release of the Peacock skin my choice was easy. I am also in luck as Kamui has made this costume before and has published a tutorial. Check it out more more information. 

The Gun

The Head piece

The Dress
This fabric is not stretchy at all, so I added several darts to make it form fitting (sorry that some of the photos are screenshots from IG) The patterns are heat transfer vinyl. 

The details on the chest are sculpted, molded in silicone and casted in resin. 

The Arm

To get the oil slick iridescent paint that matches the fabric I used three different metallic spray paints. 

The Stockings
I sewed the top in a skin colored spandex, so the leggings wouldn't slip down. The golden part is sewed from a less stretchable pleather, so I added a zipper in the back and made them as a separate part. 

The Shoes. 

Final look. 

And this amazing photo is by Rojano Photo.

Sombra Makeup - the ears

There are several videos showing hot to put on smokey eyes and purple lips, but not that many showing how to create stretched ear lobes. 

I made these collages of reference photos for the work in progress book I showed the judges. 

To make fake ear lobes it really helped to get a cast of your own ears. This was my Christmas present a year ago, casted by my very talented sister. 

As for the earplugs I scuplted them in clay, molded in silicon and casted in resin. And I will use them as guides for my ear sculpting

The love scuplt was made with hard chavant clay and Monter clay for the dividing walls. 

I ended up with a three part mold, which was very complex. Later I have learned another technique which makes it a little easier. (more on that when the tutorials on Princess Nuala are done).

All parts of my molds. I fill them with gelatin

The raw casts, needs to be cleaned up. To get rid of seam lined you can heat up the back of a spoon and smooth out the seam. This gently melts the gelatin

Test with the plugs. 

I am hoping to make a full video tutorial on how to attach the wig and pun on the makeup and ears, but that will have to be next time I'm wearing it (as it takes so long to do it just for a test)

Full makeup

Photo by Cosplay.studio