by daniel@anthonythomas.com | Apr 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is the second episode demonstrating how we built Astrid’s amor from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. In the last episode, we showed you how we created the pattern for the armor using saran wrap, duct tape, and construction paper. In this episode,...
by daniel@anthonythomas.com | Apr 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Armor is a huge mainstay in cosplay designs — obviously, a lot of characters from games, shows, and movies wear armor. Just like there are numerous types and styles of armor, there are also many different ways to create your armor from EVA foam. You can find a wide...
by daniel@anthonythomas.com | Apr 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
You’ve built your weapon out of foam. You’ve assembled all the pieces, sanded out the edges, sealed and painted your foam. Now it’s time for the final stage of cosplay prop building: weathering for the full effect. At this stage of the process, your...
by daniel@anthonythomas.com | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
When you make cosplay, you’re always taking on unique challenges. Sometimes, you’re tasked with trying to make things that don’t actually exist in our world. Other times, you’re trying to make clothes, armor, and props out of materials that are...
by daniel@anthonythomas.com | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is the third of four videos showing how we built Astrid’s axe from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. In our last episode, we started adding the underlying details to the axe head and protected it using Worbla. We also added a dowel screw to the...
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