Game of Thrones Dragon Easter Egg

And I mean actual easter egg. My easter hobby is to take ordinaty easter eggs and make them better - usually inspired by game culture, see: Portal Turret Egg and Protoss Pylon Egg. 

Photo: www.westeros.org

My first observation was that the eggs are not completely covered in scales, the bottom is rougher.

This is what I used, one ordinary easter egg, packaging carton and hot glue. 

Building up scales

More scales

Rady for paint

And of course, I forgot to take pictures during the paint job. In short: I painted the entire egg ocre, then I added dark brown shadows under each scale and on the bottom of the egg. I finished with gold paint on the edges of each scale. 

With candy (and some of it healthy)

Protoss Pylon Easter Egg

My new easter tradition is to make an easter egg for my boyfriend inspired by geek culture. Last year I made the portal turret easter egg. Portal easter egg

And since he is a StarCraft player I made a Protoss Pylon style. 

Photo: Team Liquid Wiki

My rule is to use an ordinary easter egg as a base - and it must contain candy.  

I started out with cardboard mockups which I later covered with paper clay.

Then we skip a few steps because of missing pictures. The parts below are hand sculpted out of paper clay and spray painted gold. 

Then a layer of blue

Then some more light blue details

And some finishing touches

Then it is the impossible task to make a easter egg like this look like a crystal. I didn't succeed 100% but hey, there is candy inside. 

For the paint job I started off with a white base while adding light blue detailing with a sponge. 

And darker blue shading. 

Put it together and I hope you see the resemblance.

Happy easter

More brains! Zombie part two

So I have this ready from my Zombie time post. Please note that all blood and teeth are fake. The blood is acryllic paint, and the "teeth" are made from fake nails, please see previous post about how this appliance was made.

Next step will be to make the rest of the face. First put on contact lenses, I think it makes a zombie makeup so much better. 

Then the process is much the same as last time, put latex and paper over your face. 

Blend with a sallow facepaint. The rough texture enhances dead zombie skin. 

And peel back your skin. 

Now you put the other mask in this hole and glue down with spirit gum. Seal the edges with more latex. Paint the inside of the skin edges/flaps red with brown edges, add some blood and dark circles under the eyes. Since I was going to the movies I did not use too much blood as to not make as mess on their interior, but next time the teeth and skin will be dripping. 

All blood and gore effects are makeup

And next time I will use this in an Alice in Zombieland style :)

Zombie time!

Want to see more of the costumes I make, follow me on facebook: "Chrixdesignandprops"

I love zombies as much as the next girl and can not pass on an opertunety to dress up. Warm bodies is featured soon and Banzaicon is around the bend. I want to make a torn jaw, exposed teeth mask. 

The idea is to make this in two stages, the torn flesh I will make on application day, but the exposed teeth I can make now (saving time on application day)

First up, teeth, which are made from fake nails and cut into shape. 

Precut and aligned

Next step - latex. Here I have stippled liquid latex (69 kr at Standard, like this one) over the area I want my mask to cover (sorry for bad quality mobile photos, best I had at the moment)

And layer up with toilet paper and cover it with latex again. Let it dry. 

Same with upper jaw

Adding teet, which are glued on with spirit gum (also known as mastix)

More teeth

Gums. If you look closely on this picture you will see that i have added more texture above and between the teeth, creating gums and securing the teeth. 

Paint job
I used thick acryllic paint, which gives a a wet look and is cheap. Red and brown are mixed here. 

And darker brown around the edges. 

Full front. An ekstra nail is added to the chin as to create the effect of exposed jaw bone, buildt up with extra tissue around the edges. 

Take it off and I have a reusable mask. And it is easier to finish detailing it. 

A little more detailing, painting under and between the teeth. And making some brown strikes on the teeth itself. 

This is all for now. When the time comes that I will wear it I will add more fake blood, but it is easier to store when it is dry and clean like now. To apply it later I will use more latex or spirit gum. It is important that the area around the mouth is attached thoroughly. The edges however will be covered with more fake skin - but more on that in my next tutorial.  

See my next post on how to make the rest of the makeup

Liara cosplay - Jacket

As a follow up on my preveously short post on the body suit - here are som work in progress photos from the Liara Jacket. 

Photo: Bioware Forum

The Jacket

Liara Cosplay - the body suit

I made the body suit in two steps as I experienced that it bulged out from my first attempt. 

Photo: Bioware Forum

Measuring  

To the pieces are cut out from noeprene of covered with white fabric (same as I used for the jacket) I later found  out that Neoprene is too flexible and made a second edition with cardboard as a core instead. 

I sew all the pices on to a blue skai base 

For the chest I used an old bra which I covered in grey fabric.

  

Then putting top and bottom together. 

So it wouldn't bulde out I made a corset with a side zipper to hold it close to my body.