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Porcelain Armored

October 24th, 2009

Angie

Porcelain Armored

Porcelain Armored

Tips for making cosplay props Instruments'

For delicate accessories, the most important part is to select appropriate materials. It makes good sense to use foam or plastic to make your stuff light, and fiber glass or metal used for make things difficult. Walk around your home for things suitable and proper for your accessories. There is no strict rule on objects made from certain materials, but only the free spirit in search of the ideal raw material most to make the 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 manage, quick dry and sold in various colors. Only problem is things made by them could be a bit heavy.

foam core: foam is a kind of council business, which consist of rigid foam come in between several layers of maps. You can find it in any how art supply store, and use it as a base to build papier mache. Technically, it is not strong enough to build an hard. This is the best use is to strengthen large 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 replace the paper surface.

Papier mache: it is a material inexpensive and extremely lightweight. You can paste or strip with this kind of thing. You may be familiar with the band-Way just tear into bands according of what you need, then moisturize and color, attach it where you need. There is a hint: something in the shape you want, then Cover with paper mache.

Pulping is another method to form different shapes. But it costs time and it really embarrassing if you've tried, although things made this way is alive and lovely.

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

Strip plaster is a kind of strip-weave fabric covered in plaster, the water reacted. it may be quick to adjust, but it takes a long time — at least a day to dry thoroughly. This material is ideal for making body model for its functionality, but make sure you move the model the person before it is too hard for scissors. The distribution can be extremely strong, but too heavy if you apply several layers. Remember it can not be easily sanded to smooth, because the strip of plaster is based on a loose-weave. If you want to be beautiful and brilliant, you can request additional documents such as Polyfilla or coated layer and sand smooth.

There are other precautions to work with plaster. Because the plaster gradually, you might have to use a rubber mixing bowl. When it hardens while you are busy working with her, just push a little to remove the dried plaster.

Plastic

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

Ditto, there is another new material called Friendly Plastic. It becomes malleable in hot water and can be managed by the bare hands, which is the best companion for Wonderflex and carving small objects.

Styrofoam: it is easily and quickly according to manufacture the parts, but it requires some preparation before painting. If Simply spray the color on the surface of polystyrene, or use the brush on it, you soon dissolved it. So the best solution is to cover it in plaster, acrylic or latex paint. Even a small gap between the cover and the surface can lead to a big mess that it will dissolve under the paint.

Upholstery / Craft foam: Foam is a good choice if you require your accessories to be lightweight and flexible. foam padding may be found in a store fabric, or a repair upholstery. It comes in thick blocks and can be carved and shaped to whatever you need, then covered with a cloth. It can make perfect armor, esp. the knee. Another foam sea foam, which is available in craft stores and form of thin sheets in different colors. You can cut into different shapes and attach or sew. In some specific cases, you can use to decorate surface on you notes or make great armor coated plastic sheets or strengthen with glue.

Skills

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

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

Glue: although there are many glue available, choosing the that suits your needs is crucial. The underlying theory is that 5 minutes epoxy comes in two tubes and you mix to make it work. It is solid and versatile for most needs, but it is not flexible when dry, the same as superglue. To deal with flexible materials like leather and boot attaching covers, shoemaker's glue, available on-site shoe repair, is extremely apt, but when used in a well ventilated, it releases dangerous fumes. To fix the things that do not match perfectly, epoxy putty 2 framework is useful because it fills gaps and may be filed 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's old fashion hot-glue – it is valuable for last minute repairs, but normal hot glue is vulnerable Sustainability, as it will melt in the heat of summer and fall often completely. 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 hello-temp glue. Hello-temp glue is much more durable, but watch out when it is hot because it can cause severe burns.

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

An important step, especially for metallic surfaces, is ventilation. This term refers to stressing or emphasizing the surface details of a room. The best way is to apply a thin layer brown with black paint, black or blue. It will be held in recessed areas, creating artificial shadows. This piece gives the dimension and makes it more realistic.

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

Once the paint is Indeed, 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 OIEC be matte, then apply a coat of gloss for protection and then a layer of matt varnish on top. Make sure let each layer dry completely before adding another.