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Tips for making cosplay accessories Instruments

For delicate accessories, the most important part is to select appropriate materials. You have good sense to use foam or plastic to make your light things, and fiberglass or metal used to make things difficult. Walk around your home for things suitable and correct for your accessories. There is no strict rule on objects from certain materials, but only the free spirit in search of the ideal raw material for most most vivid costumes.

MATERIALS

Polymer clay: there are two popular brand Fimo and Sculpey, which is good choice for accessories and jewelry. They easy to use, quick dry and sold in various colors. The only problem is things made by them could be a bit heavy.

Foam core: foam board is a kind of business, which consist of stiff foam come in between several layers of maps. Can be found in any how to save the source art, and use it as a base for paper mache. Technically, it is not strong enough to build a drive. This is the best use is the major strengthening pieces with two or three layers. foam core can be cut with a knife and scissors easily, and be carved to some extent, once you change the paper surface.

Papier mache: it is an inexpensive and extremely lightweight material. You can paste or strip with this kind of thing. You may be familiar with the band tear-Way bands only in depending on what you need, moisturize and color, put in a place where you need. There is a hint: something about the way you want, then cover with paper mache.

Pulp is another method to create different shapes. But it costs time and really embarrassing if you've tried, despite the things done in this way is alive and beautiful.

Cellulose is an alternative Sculpey or Fimo al. The process of making is the same as before, shape, hair, sand and paint. The advantage of the clay before paper can provide smooth effect after finished. Note that the pulp shrinks as it dries, so unless the piece instead of shrinking, the seams on it will appear. These can be set with more clay.

Plaster Strip is a kind of fabric strip fabric-covered gypsum, water reacts. may be quick to adjust, but it takes a long time — at least a day to dry completely. This material is ideal to model the body's functionality, but make sure the person moving the model before it is too hard for scissors. The distribution can be extremely strong, but very heavy if applied several layers. Remember that it is easy to sand to make smooth, because plaster strip is based on a loosely-woven. If you want to be beautiful and bright, you may request additional documentation such as Polyfilla or layer of coating and soft sand.

Other precautions for working with plaster. Because the cast slowly, you might have to use a rubber bowl. When it hardens when you're busy working with her, just push a little to remove the cast dry.

Plastic

If possible, you can choose a new product called Wonderflex, is how thermoplastics, but becomes flexible at low temperatures. The most advantageous is safe and you can use with their own hands without being contaminated by substances toxic chemical.

The same, another new material called Friendly Plastic. It becomes malleable in hot water and can be managed by bare hands, which is the best partner for Wonderflex and size of small objects.

Styrofoam: it is easier and faster agreement for the manufacture of parts, but needs some preparation before painting. If Wet color on the surface of polystyrene, or use the brush on it, soon dissolved. So the best solution is to cover plaster, acrylic or latex paints. Even a small space between the cover and the surface can lead to big trouble to dissolve under the paint.

Craft foam Upholstery: Foam is a good option if you need accessories to be lightweight and flexible. foam padding can be found in a fabric shop, or upholstery repair. It comes in thick blocks and can be carved and shaped to what you need, then covered with a cloth. You can make perfect armor, esp. of the knee. Another foam sea foam, available in craft stores and the form of thin sheets different colors. You can cut in different shapes and attach or sew. In some specific cases, you can use to decorate the surface of letters or making large sheets of armor covered plastic or reinforced with glue.

Skills

Sanding: use a coarse sandpaper (50) to remove large pieces. For the effect of porcelain, start with medium grit paper to glass, 80 or 100 will be allowed. Then fine-grained sand, 300 or 400. worked at different stages and can be used boldly finer grit.

Painting: First is to ensure that the surface is smooth. Until The area is nice and thin, you can not paint evenly. Use sand paper to make it smooth. When painting accessories, you can choose acrylics because they are Quick drying, easy to handle, waterproof and can be cleaned with soap and water.

Glue: although there are many queues available, select the one that suits your needs is crucial. The underlying theory is that 5 minutes epoxy comes in two tubes and mixed to make it work. It is solid and versatile for most needs, but is not flexible when dry, like super glue. To deal with flexible materials like leather and boot set covers, shoemaker's glue, shoe repair is available on the site, is very apt, but when used in a well ventilated, releases hazardous gases. To correct the things that do not fit perfectly, 2-part epoxy putty is helpful because it fills gaps and can be presented and painted. If you want to glue plastic, there are special glues available at hobby stores that can heat and melt the plastic together. Of course it is the old way of hot glue – is valuable for last minute repairs, but normal hot glue is vulnerable Sustainability, as it melts in the heat of summer and fall quite often. Although it does not work well on smooth surfaces like metal, hot glue works fabulously on foam and other porous materials, however, you want to be sure to get a glue gun high temperature and hi-temp glue. Hi-Temp tail is much more durable, but be careful when it is hot because it can cause severe burns.

Finishing Tips: There are several ways to make your site look more professional. The truth is that most of the materials of the craft, even in good shape, still seen as craft materials. A gold necklace is like a FIMO FIMO one, but not a gold medal. Fortunately, resources are available to prevent it.

An important step, especially for metal surfaces is ventilation. This term refers to emphasize and enforce the details of the surface of a room. The best way is to apply a thin coat brown with black paint, black or blue. It will take place in the lower areas, creating artificial shadows. This piece gives the dimension and makes it more realistic.

For more control of your room, you can manually paint in the dark and light parts. In doing so, but you can only customize the look of the room and change a flat, boring piece of clay or plaster into a shiny three-dimensional one. The same with the right color, like FIMO, can benefit from these artificial shadows and highlighting.

Once the painting is, in fact, give the piece to finish a couple of coats of clear lacquer spray (available at hardware stores in the paint section.) gloss lacquer the lacquer more durable, but if you want your mate OIEC will then apply a coat of gloss for protection and then a layer of matt varnish on top. Make sure to let each layer dry completely before adding another.

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