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CANDYSKULLSCOSTUMERY HAS MOVED

CANDY SKULLS COSTUMERY HAS MOVED TO: http://candyskullcostumery.tumblr.com/

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CANDYSKULLSCOSTUMERY HAS MOVED

CANDY SKULLS COSTUMERY HAS MOVED TO: http://candyskullcostumery.tumblr.com/

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Foam to Leather (Tutorial)

Things you’ll need:

Brown craft foam

Aluminum foil

Clothes iron

Ironing board

Black paint

Brown paint (lighter than your foam)

Paint brush

Paper towel

Grab some aluminum foil and crumble it into a ball. Not too tight of a ball though! The next step is almost impossible if you do. 

Next, un-crumple the ball. Flatten it out into one layer. It’s fine if there are a few holes.

Place it on top of your foam.

Take your iron and firmly press it on the foam and aluminum. My iron was set to 3 (polyester) but the correct temperature may be different for other irons. Just remember not to use steam! Before doing this on a large piece, be sure to experiment and figure out what the best temperature and what the best pressure is. On larger pieces, you’ll have to move the aluminum around a lot. It’s not a quick process.

Now you’ve got this crinkly affect on the foam. Next is painting!

Grab you’re brush, black paint, and a dish with some water. The idea is to dilute the black paint enough so that when you apply it the paint will seep into the divets the aluminum created. 

Once the watery paint is applied, wipe it off with a paper towel. Continue to do this for your whole piece of foam.

Now here’s an optional step (of which I haven’t done myself but I’ve known others who have):

Grab the light brown paint and, without diluting it, paint it on. It’s best to use a coarse brush in this case and to try to keep it out of the divets. Wipe some of the paint off. 

Remember, imperfections are always good! Uneven paint isn’t necessarily bad so just experiment with it. 

Here’s an example of a bracer I did with this method. The first two pictures are an example of the foam I began with and the rest show the end result. I hope this helps you guys out!

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A Note on “Glomping” (either in conventions or every day life)

I know this has probably been said to death, but please when you go to a convention PLEASE DO NOT GLOMP PEOPLE!! not only does it completely ignore the personal space of people, potentially causing people to panic, but it can seriously hurt! 

My own personal experience was my first ever convention, and I was Misa from Death Note and I was super excited and it was wonderful and I was buzzing. BUT I had, the previous week, torn a muscle in my back and was in a lot of pain, I couldn’t even breath properly, so when I was looking at a stall in the artists alley and someone glomped me, whilst it was wonderful I was a character liked that much by the person, it meant I was in so much pain, I had to stop breathing completely because it hurt too much until the pain went, and felt sick and had to sit down for a while. The person doing this meant my healing time was increased and I still get issues from the tear, whether because it was an awful tear or because of the person I am not sure, but I can’t imagine it helped.

There are also issues with a person you are glomping with respect to boundaries and consent, but just so you know, GLOMPING HURTS, PLEASE DON’T DO IT!!

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by Nivanh Chanthara

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Goblin artificer

LARP “Magical St Petersburg”. Magical world after the apocalypse

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I love my dresses that don’t require petticoats because I can just spin around in them until the skirts sit right. 

It is a technique mastered over time. I would highly recommend trying it because it’s fun. But  don’t do it in socks if you have hard wood floors…

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#Cosplayer Cyehra with an awesome armor build! #cosplay #diablo #blizzard

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Interviews, features and more. Visit http://www.sharemycosplay.com Sharing the cosplay for you!

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A compiliation of various pictures of my Opal cosplay from NYCC this year. The costume was, admittedly, not entirely up to par and I have a lot to work on to make it better, but I made a lot of people smile and I stopped traffic and had a crap ton of fun all weekend, so the minor things didn’t really bother me.

Cause all I wanted to do, was really turn into, a giant woman!

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Photographer credits: 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

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Japanese shironuri artist Minori on the street in Harajuku one day after the big Tokyo snowstorm. Most of the snow melted pretty quickly, but those boots are definitely not ice-friendly. Full Look

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It’s zero hour: The con starts in less than a day, and your cosplay still has so much work left…

This mix is for those times when you need to buckle down and get it done - energizing, upbeat tracks to keep you motivated. A little silly sometimes, too, to keep your spirits up.

A mix of genres, from pop-punk to 90’s dance to alt rock, and a few other detours along the way.

LISTEN HERE

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I made some wrist guards for krissy! So happy with them!

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there is one upside to the hellish temperatures currently in england: woodglue on worbla dries really REALLY quickly!

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Things to not do when working with worbla: try to prime it with wood glue WITHOUT using a brush... seriously it is all over my hands and that shizznicks ain’t coming off D:

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I have a lot more carving to do but here’s progress so far.

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Danielle Chuchran in The Shadow Cabal.