Chrix Design

mandag 20. oktober 2014

Skyrim armor - leveling in smithing

After a while your costumes will start to break and you need to fix them up, or you realize you have learned more and see how it can be improved. Like in real life leveling in smithing. Previously I have redone my entire Tali and Vi cosplay, now it is time to redo my Dovahkiin armor.

I want to be more true to the studded armor set this time.

Studded armor from modsreloaded.com

Studded armor
There are always more details to add. Here I have sewn wide stings along all the sides.

And I added more fabric and fur to the top

Corset
I have mixed between using a iron (steel) cuirass or an old corset, non who were actually the correct part of the armor. So a new corset-belt is being made.

Photo: Tom Vidar Johannssen

Photo by Danarki

mandag 6. oktober 2014

Mystique X-men cosplay

For Raptus 2014 my sister, Bettcanard, and I wanted to go as Mystique and Emma Frost, as Raptus is a Comic Book event. And we have been fans of the x-men comic, series and movies for ages. All though Jean Grey is my favorite, Mystique takes a strong second. This was mostly a closet cosplay, meaning I had the wig, lenses, blue makeup and clothes already. Made a new belt and head ornament skull out of clay.

And because I was aiming for a closet cosplay I went for "Astonishing X-Men: Mystique, Vol. 4 - Quiet" version.

Photo by Kake Costumes

Also a photo journalist followed the convention to document the social side of cosplay, resulting with some awesome behind the scenes shots.

Photo by Adrian Nielsen

And lastly, here is a photo of mystique looks like in: Astonishing X-Men: Mystique, Vol. 4 - Quiet

fredag 12. september 2014

Demon Hunter - Chest Armor

This is one fierce lady with full cover armor, so of course I had to make this costume. Demon Hunter from Diablo 3. This will be my first big armor costume and I will most probably use mostly worbla for the construction since the shapes of the armor is very organic.

Worbla

Worbla is a thermoplastic sheet which can be heated with heat gun or warm water. The material then gets flexible and can be shaped, bent or molded in any way, and even better remolded if you need the materials for something else later. You only need scissors to cut it, and all leftovers can be molded together so you don't waste any material.

First up is her chest armor
I figured that I could build the chest in layers and not use foam in between to save a little money. So I started of by making a one layers base shape.

The Worbla is heated up and shaped over acrylic hemispheres. Careful not to stretch it too thin.

With by basic shape done I added masking tape to draw up the patterns for the next layer. With focus on using as little worbla as possible I will only add details in visible areas. Other worbla makers such as Kamui often make whole pieces that the almost completely cover up with the next layer, therefor spanding way more material than necessary.

My pattern

When adding new layers be more careful not to get any dents in your armor, so you won't have to smoothen them out later.

The collar will be visible from behind, so I'm adding a double layers of worbla with a cardboard core (holding it stiff and smooth)

Collar on.

Repeat masking process to get the rest of the detail-layers.

Transferred to a sheet of worbla.

And back on the chest.

The cross ornaments in the making.

And all the stripes and "bolts" are just more worbla added with care.

The piece will be attached to my body together with a back piece being hold together with straps. These will be added when the back piece is done.

And next up s priming and painting.

mandag 25. august 2014

Post apocalyptic powerpuff Girls

Cosplay is fun! And this amazing group cosplay was done together with Bettcanard Design and Neko Cosplay earlier this spring. I made the lovely temperamental "Buttercup". And here is the break down of my interpetation of a post pocalyptic style for her.

I had a suitable wig already (and my eyes are naturally green).

And I figured that Buttercup would have the most dramatic almost Goth like makeup of the three. Pale skin, heavy eyeshadow and green lips.

A shotgun is an accessory right?

tirsdag 12. august 2014

The Dragon Warrior named "Cardboard"

So I didn't know what to name my new original character, which I though looked like a Dragon Warrior, so the people on my facebook page named her "Cardboard".

Chest armor tutorial