CSCC - Chicken Smoothie Cosplay Club!

[obsolete dream]

Hiii~ Ooo, what costumes are you working on? Sounds interesting to me~

[Wild Mothman]

I'm currently working on Princess Luna for a brony meet up this week. The wig is shipped, and theoretically should be here sometime this week. the wings have gone from white to a darkish blue. Just need to do the cutie mark, spray paint the shoes. and make the tiara.
I'm also working on honey lemon for a con in a little over a month

[Uchuujin]

mysterious blurry wip costume pictures from yesterday oooooooh





featuring my terribly messy workshop

still need to carve the edges but the glue was still drying oTL

[Wild Mothman]

Woop my Luna wig arrived today, shame that brony meet up got cancelled. but oh well. Gives me more time to work on the costume for the same con I'm doing Rapunzel and honey lemon for

[obsolete dream]

aw that sucks that it was canceled! but im glad your wig arrived!
rip @ me though, my terezi wig came and is completely unreconizable. i need to flip out the ends, cut the bangs, and style it a lot rip

[Wild Mothman]

I have a cosplay picnic this weekend. so I might end up swapping out the costume I was going to wear (red riding hood) for Princess Luna

[*~.Imagination.~*]

Now that it's summer, I finally have time to make cosplays! I think I'm going to try to make a Peter Pan and a Tinkerbell costume, to switch throughout a convention.

[Lolitaa]

does anyone have any experience with balsa wood for props? is is bad to use for props?
I decided to give it a shot and make a sword w/ the stuff
but for the thickness I need I am scared for it will break so easy or something
sobs.

[Uchuujin]

Idk tbh I don't really like working with wood for props very much for a variety of reasons. Balsa wood is very easily breakable. Its easy to work with with the right tools but also very easy to chip off pieces or snap entirely. It's soooooo brittle

Also because it's wood, if you wanted to paper mache part of it, or if you took it out in the rain, or even if condensation from a drink dripped on it, it would be destroyed. Wood holds moisture for a long time and distorts when wet. For this reason you'd need a LOT of wood primer to apply before paint. I mean I live in a humid area so if you live somewhere really dry it may not be an issue, but it's still something to keep in mind.

I much prefer making props out of EVA foam, insulation foam, or casting plastic. Foam has the benefit of being harder to break or damage, and it will result in a much more lightweight and safe prop. Plastic is ideal honestly but the materials for making a mold and casting are very pricey. However the result will literally blow peoples minds ~ ^_^

Just my 2 cents though :3

[Lolitaa]

Idk tbh I don't really like working with wood for props very much for a variety of reasons. Balsa wood is very easily breakable. Its easy to work with with the right tools but also very easy to chip off pieces or snap entirely. It's soooooo brittle

Also because it's wood, if you wanted to paper mache part of it, or if you took it out in the rain, or even if condensation from a drink dripped on it, it would be destroyed. Wood holds moisture for a long time and distorts when wet. For this reason you'd need a LOT of wood primer to apply before paint. I mean I live in a humid area so if you live somewhere really dry it may not be an issue, but it's still something to keep in mind.

I much prefer making props out of EVA foam, insulation foam, or casting plastic. Foam has the benefit of being harder to break or damage, and it will result in a much more lightweight and safe prop. Plastic is ideal honestly but the materials for making a mold and casting are very pricey. However the result will literally blow peoples minds ~ ^_^

Just my 2 cents though :3

ah yeah. not to my surprise. ;_; very humid here and winter too
but before i bought the wood, it was my 'best' choice. i didn't want to make a really bad cardboard sword.
and i never thought of insulation foam then.
i suggested the foam (or rather I think it was insulation boards, not foam) to my mum but she mentioned that dust of it or something can be bad for your health?? i dunnuu about that though. i don't believe but even if t is bad, I actually have little care factor :)

the wood has been great so far. I have the basic shape all carved but it's 24mm thick. I would like it thinner. but doing do would probably just ruin the whole thing sigh. ugh why can't I "copy" it and have a backup in case I mess up? xD
it would be okay if I leave it this way (+ paint and make the guard) and only used it for posing for photos or walking around at cons. might not last in a mock sword fight, depending on how strongly it's hit and with what. that's where I read pva can kind of strengthen it, but I am wary about that comment.