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Disclaimer: I am slowly getting used to having to pose for these pictures, so bear with my silly face. So silly!
These are the costumes my buddy and I wore for Pax. Excluding the blue tail, they were a TOTAL rush job completed in about 2 days. By the time they were done, I think I was composed of 50% Red Bull.
The shirts are just a couple of boring v-necks I got from Kohls. I'm glad I didn't have to dye anything. The tummy scales are two layers of a cotton/poly knit from joanns top stitched together. Next time I am just painting lines on, because stitching the lines was a pain in the ass.
The top costume is what my buddy wore. The design and colors were all her. The white spines were a 1 AM stroke of genius, and they turned out pretty well for something quick and simple. I sandwiched stretch vinyl around some fleece, stitched the triangle shape, then cut the spine out. (I used tracing paper to keep the vinyl from sticking to my machine). I won't use this technique for something I'm going to sell, but I'm still proud of it. The head horns were an afterthought. They are botched casts of mine cut in half. They are hard plastic filled with hard foam, which is pretty uncomfortable! Next time I'm using flex foam. The airbrushing I did in like, 10 minutes.
The bottom costume was mine! The blue tail I have actually had done for a long time. (It is what came of this submission.) The reason I never put it up for sale is because of the shiny scales. I used regular 'ol tulip paint like in a lot of the things I've made, but I discovered a really huge problem with it: Even months after it has dried, it sticks to everything. I have to be careful how I put my tail down, or else I'll have to peeeeel it off things. This was a bigger problem with the shirt: I actually stuck myself to a restaurant booth :( I got off without damaging the booth, but it was really scary. I am currently researching alternate paints and techniques to make raised scales like that.
So! What does everyone think? Could I market this? A lot more R&D needs to be done, but I am very satisfied with how these rush jobs turned out. With more time (and less caffeine), I think I could make something really neat.
These are the costumes my buddy and I wore for Pax. Excluding the blue tail, they were a TOTAL rush job completed in about 2 days. By the time they were done, I think I was composed of 50% Red Bull.
The shirts are just a couple of boring v-necks I got from Kohls. I'm glad I didn't have to dye anything. The tummy scales are two layers of a cotton/poly knit from joanns top stitched together. Next time I am just painting lines on, because stitching the lines was a pain in the ass.
The top costume is what my buddy wore. The design and colors were all her. The white spines were a 1 AM stroke of genius, and they turned out pretty well for something quick and simple. I sandwiched stretch vinyl around some fleece, stitched the triangle shape, then cut the spine out. (I used tracing paper to keep the vinyl from sticking to my machine). I won't use this technique for something I'm going to sell, but I'm still proud of it. The head horns were an afterthought. They are botched casts of mine cut in half. They are hard plastic filled with hard foam, which is pretty uncomfortable! Next time I'm using flex foam. The airbrushing I did in like, 10 minutes.
The bottom costume was mine! The blue tail I have actually had done for a long time. (It is what came of this submission.) The reason I never put it up for sale is because of the shiny scales. I used regular 'ol tulip paint like in a lot of the things I've made, but I discovered a really huge problem with it: Even months after it has dried, it sticks to everything. I have to be careful how I put my tail down, or else I'll have to peeeeel it off things. This was a bigger problem with the shirt: I actually stuck myself to a restaurant booth :( I got off without damaging the booth, but it was really scary. I am currently researching alternate paints and techniques to make raised scales like that.
So! What does everyone think? Could I market this? A lot more R&D needs to be done, but I am very satisfied with how these rush jobs turned out. With more time (and less caffeine), I think I could make something really neat.
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ok ok read only mode time is over, I can reply now! While the site was down, I did a small scale test with a few brands of 3d paint (tulip, jones tones and lumiere), and they are all sticky. BUT! I went over with a coat of acrylic gloss top coat (the cheap stuff you get in the craft paint aisle) and it seemed to cut down the stickiness. I don't know how durable it is, but my results so far are pretty promising!
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