lørdag 31. mars 2018

Happy Easter 2018 - Overwatch themed Easter Eggs

It is time for the Easter Eggs again and this year the theme I'm going for is Overwatch. And I'm going to make three egg designs: Overwatch logo, the onion plushy and Symmetra's turret. 

And as always I start off with a plain cheap egg, and my only "rule" is that I still can be able to open it (and fill it with candy) after the transformation.  



The OW logo
Ok, this was pretty basic. Foam details glued onto the the egg. Then added paint and some dry brushing. 



Symmetra Turret
A little more advanced. I cut out a hole in the middle and added an indent with worbla with a "visor" made from transparent worbla. Feet are also made from worbla. Then a little paint and some airbrush. 






The onion plushy - Pachimari
Details are only 2 mm foam cut outs and some paint ^_^





There you go - Happy Easter

torsdag 15. februar 2018

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

søndag 31. desember 2017

Bye Bye 2017

Woah, another year over and this was yet another busy one #notshocking. Because I have taken part in the monthly 100NOK/10USD/10EUR challenge I have ended up with a long list of cosplay achievements this year, but I have not had the chance to take photos of all of them yet, so I'll post an update on that later. 
Grid of most of the costumes I made this year. 

Snow white
The first of the Budget cosplays and the one I put the most effort into. I really want to make more (budget) princesses next year. 
Photo by cosplay.studio

Zatanna
The second budget cosplay. I was actually planning on making Bombshells Black Canary, but never got around to finish it completely. 
Photo Håvard Staub Nyhus

Stella
Every year on my birthday I watch Intestella 5555 (Daft Punk music video) and this year I took the time to do a quick Stella Closet Cosplay. And due to time limits and such this also ended up being my Budget cosplay for March. 

Lady Comstock
A result of being invited to a Victorian style after noon tea and up-cycling older costumes. 

Mass Effect Andromeda NPC
I am a huge Mass Effect fan and was super hyped for Andromeda. Initially I was planning to make Cora, but her wig got the best of me. So I ended up with an NPC instead. Quite comfy, nick named the MEA PJ's ;)
Photo by cospaly.studio

Piper Wright

I got my butt in gear to make Piper because we were going to an amazing car cemetery for a photoshoot. 
Photo by cospaly.studio

Sombra
And my main project this year, Sombra <3 So much fun to make, and so incredible difficult. But I love the result and this is my new favorite cosplay.
Photo by cospaly.studio

Jessica Jones
Another Budget cosplay and a closet cosplay even :) Just missing a bottle of the strong stuff.

Photo Håvard Staub Nyhus

Diablo 3 Wizard 

The second more elaborate cosplay of the year. Even though I started building this in 2016. First on my list of 2018 is to get a proper photoshoot. 

Vianne rocher
Anothe budget cosplay, but this time I spend the entire budget on chocolates <3 

Mei
This closet cosplay happened because I needed that gun for a stage performance. 
Photo by cospaly.studio

The monthly budget cosplay Challenge.
When I finish up Padme I will post a separate entry about this journey :D



Halloween
A cosplay year is not complete without a bunch of Halloween costumes :)
Witch Mercy

Emily

Clown

Fortune teller

And to round off the year I give you Harry from Home Alone

Other achievements 

  • Me and my sister was featured  in a episode on Insider FEM. The episode was about cosplay and was actually filmed back in 2015. 
  • Both me and my sister competed in the NCC
  • I held a workshop in working with worbla for the costumes makers at the Oslo Opera. It is so cool that they look to unconventional areas to learn new skills.
  • I joined the Superhero gang at the Children's ward again this year, with the highlight being the Halloween party.  
  • And lastly I qualified to represent Norway for EuroCosplay 2018
The Hospital Superhero gang

Happy New Years

The Complete Sombra cosplay

Sombra is one of the hardest cosplays I have ever made and here are all the tutorials gathered in one place. Also take a look at some of the amazing photos I have gotten of this cosplay, simply amazing photographers. And let's not forget the incredible squad from SpillExpo: Widowmaker: Ebean cosplay & Props, D.Va: Pastelspank, Soldier 76: Sunji Cosplay, Genji: Just Cosplay & Props

Tutorials - The Wig
- The Jackets
- The Leggings
- The Gun
- The Gloves

Photos
Photo by cosplay.studio


Photo by cosplay.studio

Photo by cosplay.studio

Photo by Natarf




Photo by Katrix Media

Photo by Katrix Media
Widowmaker: Ebean cosplay & Props, D.Va: Pastelspank, Soldier 76: Sunji Cosplay, Genji: Just Cosplay & Props

Photo by Katrix Media
Widowmaker: Ebean cosplay & Props, D.Va: Pastelspank, Soldier 76: Sunji Cosplay, Genji: Just Cosplay & Props

Photo by Jacob Photo
Widowmaker: Ebean cosplay & Props

Photo by Jacob Photo
Widowmaker: Ebean cosplay & Props, D.Va: Pastelspank, Soldier 76: Sunji Cosplay, Genji: Just Cosplay & Props