Howdy!
So those of you who have read my
Närcon 2013 Summary post knows that my Kratos Aurion (
Tales of Symphonia) cosplay took some damage at the convention. Wondering what's up with that cosplay right now? Well, I have been fixing and working with it during the last weeks more or less and today he's finally ready for Tracon 8! Sweet!
This is what I fixed on the cosplay:
- Sewed new rubber bands to the back of the shoes.
- Glued the metallic part back to the sheath.
- Used wire and glue to fix the shape of the wig.
- Re-painted and gave a completely new look to the sword.
Progress will not be uploaded by date but by different "parts".
Sword - Sheath:
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| The metallic part loose from the sheath. |
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| I turned the sheath cloth inside-out and sewed the corners to give it
the correct shape, so that the metallic part can be attached later. |
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| Sewed and correct side showing. Notice the v-shape. |
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| Metallic part attached with silicone. I hope it holds now. |
Sword:
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| Blade of the sword sanded with sandpaper, to make the surface even for spraying later. |
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| Zoom on the sanded blade surface. |
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| Zoom on the handle. Notice the dirt and coloring. |
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| Zoom on top. This needs to be fixed as well. |
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| Covered the areas of the sword that I don't want silver colored. Preparing. |
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| Spray painted the blade silver. The other side's colored surface got stuck on the commercial which left some marks on it. |
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| Old handle ribbon getting removed... by force! Karlsson's Klister (glue) sure is keeping things in place! |
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| Ribbon removed, handle sanded and sprayed with gray paint. The color happened to reach its way to the red top... |
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| ... and the blade! Asdfsdf! Even if it was properly covered and put in place. |
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| Painted but I dislike the failed "red on the gray area" let's fix it. |
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| Top covered with newspapers the best I could. I sprayed the handle again with the gray paint. |
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| Just look at that top after the minutes or careful newspaper placement! Didn't work for shit! |
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| Top painted again. Not perfect but better than last time (I went to pick up a better pencil as well). |
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| The new ribbon color. |
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| Tried to glue the ribbon in place with fabric glue at first but it
didn't work. Then I glued it with Karlsson's Klister and hell
yeah, way to go! |
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| Ribbon progress, I tested it first without glue to see if I could get the pattern right. |
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| Almost done with ribbon progress! |
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| Handle done and zoom on ribbon pattern. |
Difference
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| Sword when done 2009, no spray paints used. |
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| Sword make-over 2013, with spray paint. |
Wig:
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| What the rain damaged spike should look like. |
I have been thinking about using wire to get the spike to stand up as I heard from my friend
Sabi that it works well and is sturdy, they used it for a costume too. So I went with a thicker wire and worked with it until I got the desired shape. Took me a few tries. Thanks for the tips and advice
Sabi <3
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| Fallen spike put back up with the help of wire. |
This was also my first time working with wire on a wig. I also fixed
some of the front hair with glue so that they keep their
place. Sadly I have no pictures of that and the wire tries, why? You
know, you shouldn't hold a camera when you have glue everywhere on your hands... almost. But I am satisfied with this!
Shoes:
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| Gray-thing glued in place, it was loose. Old damaged rubber bands also cut off from both shoes. |
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| Ripping off the rests of the old rubber bands. |
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| Ripping complete. |
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| New rubber bands cut out. 27 cm each. |
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| One side sewed in place. |
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| First shoe done. |
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| Process repeated and both shoes done. |
The sword turned 20% cooler for sure.
ReplyDeleteThe repairs to your Kratos cosplay turned out nicely bro! :^) I can see that you really put a lot of work into them, as they look completely restored now! Excellent job ^o^
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