I haven’t posted anything about this costume yet, and I only briefly mentioned it at GottaCon (very end of the post, talking about the costume contest).
The Outfit
I bought a simple white tank top and soaked it in tea to make it dingy. I bought a pair of blue coveralls from Marks Work Wearhouse. Steampunk goggles borrowed from my friend Russ. A leather satchel I bought at GottaCon, after I realized that the outfit needed more. I bought a really stereotyped Asian rice-picking hat and made a hammer.
Making the Hammer
The handle is from a toilet scrub brush. I twisted the scrubby bit mostly off and stuck it into the foam. Then cut 3 blocks of pink foam to rough size and glued them together.
There are a variety of techniques on the internet from cosplay enthusiasts on how to make a thing like this, but I didn’t have the materials, so I …did some other things.
I tried to use the lightweight filler that we used on the board, but that wasn’t filling the spaces between the pink foam enough. I tried to use an acrylic gel medium that I had lying around, but that had the same problem as regular acrylic stuff – it filled, but maintained the look of what was underneath it.
Finally, I settled on paper mache. Haven’t done this since I was 7…but you just mix flour and water in a bowl, dip newspaper in it and layer it.
Which worked perfectly!
Afterwards I just spread black on it and drybrushed two kinds of metal and a bit of brown. It’s not great, but it’s good enough!
The End Result
Yeah, you’ve seen this one already…because stupidly, I didn’t get any other photos of it all. 😛
I don’t think I’m going to be a cosplay person, but I had fun putting it all together. 🙂