tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61671507769826992222024-03-14T02:59:55.633-07:00Hyperion EdgeRPG Games, Cosplay, Video GamesNichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-90134463913374163032014-12-12T13:17:00.000-08:002014-12-12T13:17:25.086-08:00Lights! - Crimson Embersilk Battlegear - Part 04<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thinkgeek's Technomancer Hoodie helped inspire the main lighting concept, however the gesture based lighting would not work very well in a cosplay setting. I didn't want to just throw lights on the costume without reason. While many of the armor sets in World of Warcraft feature glowing gems and other lighting, the Battlegear does not. So I decided to theme the lighting around the types of magic that Mages cast; Fire (red), Frost (Blue) and Arcane (White).<br />
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With that in mind, I needed a way to select which theme to display at a given time. I considered using switches, but I didn't know how well I would be able to manipulate them with gloves on. Adafruit also offered an <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/products/1097?gclid=CKiGudezqMICFYZbfgodADIAJg" target="_blank">RF based toggle switch</a>, which would let me send a selection to the controller without the button or switch being wired directly to the costume. The idea of wires catching on something while wearing the costume weighed heavily into my design considerations.<br />
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I started doing some tests with the NeoPixel light strips as well as the NeoPixel rings. I wanted a natural fade-in, fade-out pulse effect. I did some research on how others have simulated the effect and found that most used an array of values for the LED intensity that moved the brightness up and down, the more values in the array, the smoother the transition.<br />
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What I then realized was the array of values could be replaced with a sine or cosine function, with some modifications to keep the value range between the dimmest I wanted the lights and the brightest.<br />
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I will post a full write up on the code in a later update.<br />
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<br />Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-29844855935904100862014-11-20T13:13:00.002-08:002014-11-20T13:17:02.637-08:00Big Hat! - Crimson Embersilk Battlegear - Part 03<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Vensy's <a href="http://www.vensy.net/2013/10/giant-hats/" target="_blank">Giant Hat Tutorial</a> was a <b>Huge</b> help. I built a wire armature around the papercraft hat, following most of the polygon edges with wire. This would allow me to duplicate the asymmetrical look of the hat, the in-game version is crumpled, rather than a nice neat cone. (I found the welding wire on Amazon)<br />
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After removing the paper hat, I began to hand sew batting to the inside and outside of the wire frame and fortunately my Mother had a _ton_ of batting scraps left from her quilting projects. It took about a week to complete, but I wanted the batting to follow the shape of the hat as much as possible, so I stitched it along each wire "edge".<br />
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The next step was to shape the inside brim to make it wearable, adding padding to make it a snug, but comfortable fit on my head. I ended up using two small strips of EVA foam and more batting to shape it.<br />
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Then end result? I knew I was going to have a big wizard hat for Blizzcon!<br />
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<br />Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-82653060726942457332014-11-18T13:59:00.000-08:002014-11-18T14:01:11.750-08:00The Begining - Crimson Embersilk Battlegear - Part 02Ideas on how to make this costume were bouncing around in my head shortly after the little cosplayer meet-up we had in Irvine the weekend after Blizzcon, but I didn't start any real work on it until after Gallifrey One 2014, the Doctor Who convention.<br />
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I decided to break the costume down into two projects; the costume itself, including the robes, the shoulder armor and oversized hat. The second part would be the lighting, I would need to find something I could wire into the costume, provide power for hours and control in some way better than simple on/off.<br />
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My investigation into programable LED lighting lead me to <a href="http://adafruit.com/">Adafruit.com</a>, a New York based company that produces components for wearable and other DIY project. They have a whole host of tutorial videos, sample projects and a forum where I was able to research my ideas.<br />
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I eventually decided to go with their <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/neopixel" target="_blank">NeoPixel </a>product, which would use an Arduino as the controller. A NeoPixel is essentially an RPG LED and a small chip that greatly simplifies the curcuit requirements, all it needs is +5v, Ground and a Digital line for signal. With that in mind, I ordered some components and began to experiment.<br />
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At the same time, I began researching the robes themselves. Fabrics are very important and I spent some time debating between weight and texture as well as color shade. I needed a red for the main robe. a light brown for the the base robe and black for all the trim and straps. Eventually I found the fabrics at Joann's; Red Linen, Brown Microsuede, and a Black fabric with a snakeskin texture from the home decor section.<br />
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The build itself started with looking at the more challenging aspects of the costume. One of the more iconic pieces is the oversized wizard hat, with its shoulder wide brim and asymmetrical "crooked" look, I knew it would need to look just-right convey what I wanted.<br />
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I started by looking at the model from within the game itself by using a technique from my previous King Varian Wrynn costume build. A program called WoW Model Viewer, allowed me to extract I the hat (and mask) and import it into another program called Pepakura.<br />
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Pepakura takes 3D Models and turns them into papercraft. The papercraft hat allowed me to get an idea of how to scale the hat, since the brim was about as wide as the figure's shoulders in-game, I decided to build the paper hat to the same size for myself.<br />
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I struggled on how to turn this paper model into a real hat. I knew I wanted it to be made from the same cloth as the robe, rather than use something like Worbla, Wonderflex or even Fiberglass...<br />
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Then I found the amazing <a href="http://www.vensy.net/2013/10/giant-hats/" target="_blank">Giant Hat Tutorial </a>by my friend, <a href="http://www.vensy.net/about/" target="_blank">Vensy</a>.<br />
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<br />Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-39773415856806286302014-11-17T13:53:00.000-08:002014-11-17T13:55:31.629-08:00Cosplay Cataclysm - Crimson Embersilk Battlegear - Part 01<br />
About a year ago, November of 2013, I already started thinking about a costume for Blizzcon 2014.<br />
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After King Varian Wrynn, I had a couple of requirements in mind:<br />
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I started thinking about a cloth set from the World of Warcraft Cataclysm Expansion, that, from the moment I saw it, thought was very cool.<br />
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(I remember worrying that it might be so rare, or hard to get that my Mage might never get it.)<br />
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This design had a few different color combinations; red and black, white and gold, white and purple, and grey and black.<br />
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I settled on the red set pretty early, even though in-game this particular combination didn't have its own name, I started calling it "Crimson Embersilk Battlegear".<br />
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Around this time I also saw a product from ThinkGeek called the <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/14d5/" target="_blank">Technomancer Digital Wizard Hoodie</a><br />
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And I started to think I could incorporate a light show similar to hoodie into the costume that would stand out nicely in the darkened main hall of Blizzcon.<br />
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So I broke the costume down into two projects; the robe (including the giant hat) and the light show. I wanted to be sure the costume itself was good enough that if I couldn't figure out how to do the lights, it would still be perfectly good to wear. I wanted the lights to enhance the costume, I didn't want them to look gaudy or for anyone to think I just slapped LEDs on it because it was a thing to do.Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-1931989341996639502013-09-20T09:02:00.001-07:002013-09-20T09:02:46.055-07:00Shalamayne Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Going with a leather wrap for Shalamayne's handle. There actually is leather wrapped around the handle under all that string. I'm giving it about 24 hours to dry then I'll remove the string.<br />
<br />Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-68065516503783749392013-09-19T15:25:00.000-07:002013-09-19T15:26:20.054-07:00Varian Wrynn - Shoulder Armor (Before & After)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Metallic paint doesn't give good coverage, so it ended up a splotchy mess.<br />
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I redid the base coat with gold spray paint. It looks pretty good and hopefully I'll be able to add shadows and highlights using acrylic paint over it.<br />
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<br />Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-56477175490348023812013-05-04T13:13:00.000-07:002013-05-13T13:14:58.398-07:00Varian Wrynn Bracers - Talons<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #37404e; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">It took me a while to come up with a plan on how to create the talons for Varian Wrynn's bracers. Really, the talons are what kept me from building the bracers before now. What I ended up doing was cutting a piece of pink insulation foam and sanding that into the general shape. The talons on the bracers are built from shaped insulation foam, then covered with Worbla.</span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bxks_E5E-LnjSTBaOEY5b2FYcjg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Hyperion Gunblade Detail Sheet 1</a><br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bxks_E5E-LnjRjg4U3V2Y043ems/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Hyperion Gunblade Detail Sheet 2</a><br />
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Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-19834742294069834572013-03-05T14:21:00.000-08:002013-03-07T11:32:33.381-08:00Varian Cosplay - Belt Update 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here you can see how the pieces of the belt are going to come together. The image on the left is taken from the in-game model, the right are the pieces I'm building.<br />
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I think this is the first picture I've posted showing some of the fabric pieces of this costume.<br />
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<br />Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-44480554810525112422013-03-05T11:31:00.000-08:002013-03-07T11:32:18.503-08:00Varian Wrynn Cosplay - Belt Update 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-70045402516641381972013-02-25T12:48:00.000-08:002013-03-06T13:52:25.907-08:00Varian Wrynn Cosplay - Belt Buckle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am slowly gathering together the things I'll need to do a decent cosplay of Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor from Season 12 of the classic Doctor Who TV series. Actually, the costume will be a bit of a hybrid of Seasons 12 and 13, I really want something fun to wear that I can put on easily by myself.<br />
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The Varian Wrynn costume is going to take at least one, possibly two assistants to put on.<br />
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<br />Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-53056011688788560912013-02-03T00:09:00.000-08:002013-03-06T13:11:44.191-08:00Varian Wrynn Cosplay - Leg Armor Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">After filling in the hollow part of the lush cast with expanding foam, I glued the resin lion head to some cardstock. Then I used craft foam to build up the outside edge of what would become the knee plate of the leg armor.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The original sculpt of the lion head knee piece along side the solid resin and two slush castings.</span></span>
Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-57556627910894852592013-01-22T16:30:00.000-08:002013-03-06T07:47:48.364-08:00Lion Head Resin Casting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">And this is the other side of my first slush cast pull. Looks a lot better, huh? Still needs some finishing work, but it is usable This is much lighter than the solid casting I made originally. I think I need to add some expanding foam in the back to support the thinner portions.</span></span></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: initial; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I created a base for my Varian Wrynn wig. It is a little heavy in the back with the ponytail, so the stand needed to be able to support it.</span></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: initial; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The blue resin gems, removed from the paint tray mold. They will need a little sanding to smooth the out, but I am quite pleased with the results. The center of the tray produced the larger blue disk.</span></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: initial; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here a paint tray serves as the mold for creating the gems for Varian Wrynn's shoulder armor. (4 on each) There was some resin left over, so I poured it into the center of the tray.</span></span>
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Nichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548795008437320012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167150776982699222.post-55992861658343645312012-10-28T11:15:00.000-07:002012-10-29T11:14:20.389-07:00Blood Elf Cosplay - Armor Update 15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Side by side of the new armor (left) and the old version of the armor (right).<br />
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