Chain Female!

A few little things I've been working on! Getting ready for Tampa Bay Comic Con at the end of the month!

Free Comic Book Day 2014

Here are a few photos from our FCBD! I picked up Second place at the Costume contest as FCBD "Sidekick Girl" Original design and my first completed Worbla design :)for more photos visit my Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/Denice.McKelvey

Chainmail, Worbla and Wardrobe!

Was on set this weekend doing wardrobe for "Dry Creek". I really enjoy being on set! Wish I could dress people in wardrobe everyday! Or maybe I just enjoy making wardrobe?! IDK but I love it all!

In other news...
The dress I ordered from amazon last post wont be here until end of April\March! Had now idea it would take so long but at least it will be here in time for Spring!

I've began work on Erza cosplay!
It's going okay. First project using worbla so it's learn as you go. I need to pick up a few things to help form the breast cups and some Gesso for when I'm complete to give the worbla a smoother finish.

I've also completed my first chainmail dice bag!
Natsu is putting together a tutorial video (also our first) I'll be posting in via the link below once it's ready!

http://www.gofundme.com/BuildaGirlworkshop
Xoxoxox
Nana_The_Red

Cosplay: The making of Nana's Plaster cast sewing mold Post 2

Sorry had to put away personal projects for a bit while working on wardrobe for film shoot! Now that's finished I can get back to my body mold and hopefully complete it before the next film starts!

So re-cap...After the plastering, drying, and foaming of my body mold (see post 1 for more details) It's time to remove the plaster cast from the foam. A huge future helper here would be "You can't go overboard with the lubricant" as you can see I had some spots where the plaster sealed itself to the foam and I had to sand her down. To be fair though expect "Some" sanding no matter what. I re-measured myself and wrote the results right on my mold then sanded any lumpy areas until she met my correct measurements.

Next I will fine tune sand over her for smoothing, Fill in any holes from the foam bubbles with a hot-glue gun, and cover her in some stretchy material for eye candy.

Then she will be all ready for any Cosplay projects I have in the making! I can't wait to try out the roll of Worbla I picked up! ^.^ /Happy Dance

A special Thank You to Harbor Freight tools for hooking me up with special coupons via Twitter! Got this sander for less than $10.00! In return they want me to keep them posted on my Cosplay adventures!

Pictures below: BTW THIS is WINTER in Fl!

Cosplay: The making of Nana's Plaster cast sewing mold Post 1

DIY Plaster cast body mold for sewing or Cosplay:

This is not a CHEAP project but it is custom and still less than a standard sewing model form sold at the local shops. It is messy and you will need a partner, friend, bet loser, etc to help you out.

Things you will need to acquire:

*10 to 12 rolls of plaster cloth (Can be bought online at specialty FX shops, or at your local Micheal's arts and crafts)

* A drop cloth

* A bucket (or two) for water

* and an old Bra and undies unless you want an all natural form (I used the undies and Bra option as mine is for Cosplay crafting and I wanted my mold to have my form wearing undergarments)

* Optional shears

* Optional Vaseline

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The application:

There are several ways you can apply the plaster cloth to each their own way! If you choose the mummy strip wrap application you will need the (*scissors or bandage shears to remove the mold from your body) My helper chose to fabricate a front and a back section using (*Vaseline)to keep the overlapping sections from sticking together. Basically this section you as the model just stands on the drop cloth staring at a spot on the wall and trying to stay still. The helper tears, wets, and applies the wet (not too wet) bandages to your body. (Some have said it get HOT, some have said it get's COLD, some have said they passed out or felt faint...I didn't feel any of these things. Just felt like I had got out of a pool so "Wet" that's how it felt to me..) Start to finish it took about 1hr 20 min. after that the mold was easily peeled from my body and propped in a chair to dry overnight (Sorry I forgot to take photos of the two pieces separately)

Day TWO the plan:

The plan is to go back to the studio tomorrow and duct tape the two halves together and plaster cast the open arms/neck to hold in the foam for day 3. (I had only bought 6 rolls of plaster cloth so had to go buy some more thats why it's day two...otherwise all of this could have been done on day one)

PHOTOS? Yes Please!