Convention Cosplay

Helped the Kids with their Cosplay Costumes for a Convention, My Son went as a Vault Dweller from Fallout. My Daughter mixed her love of Anime and Dr Who so she made a Geisha Top with an overall theme of the Police Box. The 10mm Pistol i made for him out of Cardboard. Chris Avellone who worked on Fallout 2 and Fallout New Vegas  was at the convention and Signed his Pistol for him.

 

   

Game Store $5 score

So i went to my Local Games Store ,(not really local but the only one really), and they had this big old box of Metal bits an pieces, so i said to my self "Self why not take a look" so i did, i located a few object i could use straight away and said how much for these, now this place has a habit of over charging on old crap so i when he said $5 i thought he meant each piece, i was soon was delighted and surprised  when he said all i had selected was $5 i yelled Score, a little man almost fainted by the way, and ran out like a little kid back to the car and showed my wife who was waiting, she said that was cool, how much did that big bag of stuff cost i said "that's not the bag your Looking for" and waved my hand. FYI big bag cost $150 but that is not my point what i got below was only $5 , there is some humanity left in the world, ok rant over must paint Stuffs

June 2014 Craftwar Entry - Big Al's Spells & More

  

 

The Basic Structure

The Base is made from Cardboard, as are the walls, the Floor boards are Card stock Strips. The Furniture was all made from Balsa Wood. The Doors are Card board with sand for Texture, the Door Ring Handles are little metal Jewelry rings from the craft store.

     

 The Cloth on some of the furniture is Paper towel Soaked in a little Craft paint and water and squeezed out, let it dry for about five minutes and then place on it want get color every were but you can move it around a fair bit. The Scrolls are just paper Rolled up, the Books are all pop sticks cut then covered in colored Card Paper, the Chests are carved from balsa and the Potion bottles are just bits and pieces from Jewelry crafting section i got at their craft sale.

   

The Magic carpets are just Materiel rolled up with  Little white Glue. The Weapons , Helms , Shields and Figure are all Reaper.

 

For The Scrolls on the Table i just printed Something in the Smallest Text i Could and Cut them up, FYI it actually is info in the Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok , not very magical but i had it there :)

   

May 2014 Craftwar Entry

The Rituals that had been preformed at the Temple for years were nearing Completion. From this point forth the Dragon-lords would rule all of Farhearth. The Dark Cleric spoke the Final words and closed his eyes.

"SO BE IT" 

 the Dark Cleric smiled. 

 Materials Used

 1: Cardboard

2: Hot Glue

3: Card Stock

4: White Glue

5: Sand

6: Acrylic Paints

 7: Aluminum Foil
8: Water based Gloss Varnish
9: Paper Towel
10: Cotton Buds

 Initial Sketch

 

 

 Base

The Base was Made from multiple layers of Cardboard , Final wall edge was covered in sand to give texture to it, the Tiles are all cut from Card stock and Glued down. I wanted the base to feel like it was oposite of the Lawful Good Tile i did so i made sure that the Entrance was at the Entry level height of that one and then did a step down. It was painted Black then several watered shades were added to give a Color mix and then the lines added before Applying a gloss coat.

    

 Floor Logo
The Dragon Floor Logo was Hand Drawn on card stock then cut out and glued to another piece of Card Stock before being Glued to the main Floor.

Dragon Throne

The Dragon Throne was Formed out of Aluminum Foil then Covered with Hot Glue , It was then covered in a thin layer of watered White glue and covered in Sand for texture. The Red Throne Cloth was made out of a Piece of Paper Towel soaked in a Watered down White Glue / Red paint Mix, This was squeezed out and let to dry a little before placing on the Throne.

Torches

The Torches were made from Cotton Buds, Cut in half with the Top Teased up, based on some Aluminum Foil and painted up.

April Craftwar 2014 : The Celestial Gate

 After The Great Crusade in the name of the Gods, Boldamir stood in front of the Celestial Gates Awaiting his final reward.....Ascension  

 

 

 Initial Sketch

 

 Materials Used

 1: Cardboard

2: Hot Glue

3: Card Stock

4: White Glue

5: Sand

6: Acrylic Paints

7: Paper Towel Inner Rolls

8: Curtain Rod Caps

9: Toilet Paper

10: Gates from Craft store

11: Cotton wool

12: Clear Projector Sheet

13: Miniature is a reaper Paladin

 Base

The Base was Made from multiple layers of Cardboard , Final wall edge was covered in sand to give texture to it, the Tiles are all cut from Card stock and Glued down. The Painting of it was Achieved by multiple Watered Down Colors let to pool and mix, The lines are done with a fine marker.

 The Gates

 The Gates Were made from Paper towel rolls, they were covered in Toilet paper to give texture to them, They were then topped with the Curtain Rod Ends as decoration and banding made of card stock was Added. the gates were from the craft shop and cost $5. Expensive but they were so cool.

 

   

 The Portal

 The Portal Was cut out from a piece of clear Projector Sheet then heavily hit with the trusty glue gun.