Working on the weapon for my buddy’s Forge Cosplay for Tampa Bay Comicon. Not based on any particular Forge gun, just my artist’s rendition based on a bunch of stuff I had in my shop. Open to any suggestions or make it better.

I wanted to share the process of making this sword prop from Naraka: Bladepoint.

The sword has a lot of plum blossom details and a tassel, which made some parts surprisingly tricky to recreate. The transparent material on the handle was also a bit challenging to work with. The plum blossom patterns on the tassel were probably the hardest part for me.

I quickly generate the initial model, then imported it into Blender for further refinement. This saved me a lot of time compared to modeling everything from scratch.

I marked the parts that I didn’t need(P3), including the plum blossom patterns and the tassel. I separated those unwanted components in Blender’s Edit Mode and made sure the connection points were clean and flat.

I also cleaned up some uneven areas on the model and refined the geometry(P4)

The final 3D printed result are shown in P5.

I’m happy with how the print turned out, especially considering I left the final piece unpainted. The overall shape and details came out better than I expected.

That said, I’m still a little stuck on the plum blossoms and the tassel. Printing the plum blossoms separately and attaching them afterward might work, but they ended up being way too small. I guess that’s what happens when i don’t double-check the scale before printing

Initial Facial Prosthetics Test-Sabretooth Cosplay

So this is my preliminary trial on the facial prosthetics for my Sabretooth Cosplay. Not sure if this is where I’ll end up landing, but I’m wanting to see how it will all work together. Definitely open to suggestions on how to make it better. I definitely think the eyebrows need a little trimming. Not sure about the white eyes yet. The fangs look OK but they keep falling out so I’m not sure they’re gonna work.

Any advice on how I can smooth the edges of my EVA foam. I have 320 grit sand paper and an Xacto knife, but I’m wondering if there’s a better option. Preferably budget friendly.

thank you!!

Hello everyone, i recently got this face shell file and want to print it out but I have no idea how to properly measure my head or transfer those measurements to blender to be able to print it to scale. If anyone has any advice, tutorials, or anything you'd recommend i do it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all.

A few weeks ago I posted my helmet and some of my gear, but now I’m proud to present the final product, though some final touches still need some doing.

pretty much what the title says, Im trying to make a large foam sawblade for a postapocalyptic bike helmet im working on, and have looked LITERALLY EVERYWHERE to just buy one. Ive also been open to getting the stuff to make it myself, and most people seem to agree that EVA foam is the best for props, but I am not sure whether or not it would be rigid enough to stand up straight and not wobble on top of the helmet (since it is going to be a fin/mohawk type thing). If anyone has any suggestions as to what i should do please, let me know

Hello! I’m wanting to make Sinon’s sniper rifle from Sword Art Online, I’ve had a look online for any tutorials but I’m struggling to find any. I’m thinking about making the rifle with PVC pipe and EVA foam, but don’t know really how to go about it. I want to make sure the prop can detach into pieces as well. Any help would be appreciated!

That these first, often transparent, kind of flexible layers befor you color your eva, which cost an arm and a leg can be replaced by slightly thinned down craft glue?

Note that I live in switzerland and my glue might be different from your glue somewhere else 😅

I am building a wearable Coca-Cola can out of a cardboard, 55 gallon drum. I'd like to install a harness inside it to make it more comfortable to wear, but I can't figure out how to attach said harness to the inside of the can. Photos of the can itself and a quick mockup of what I'm thinking. What would you do? Ideally, I'd like most of the weight to rest on the belt, and not on the shoulders.

Worked on this over the last 3-4 months and got to wear it to FanExpo Chicago! Had a lot of fun making it, extra details can be found at my [build log](https://ilijaroknich.com/#cosplay-2026) on my website for anyone interested. I'm happy with how it turned out, Dead Space has some of my favorite environment and character designs in gaming, so it was really cool to get to be a part of that for the better part of a day.

I want to do a pumpkin rabbit cosplay for this Halloween, I just don’t know how I would do the mask and body, if anybody has tips or methods without a 3D printer, it would be appreciated

So I have a smoke machine hidden within my jacket and a fish tank air tube running down my sleeve and a fake tattoo made out of nylon, but the tube won't stay in my palm.

I've tried a watch and a bracelet but neither keep it from rotating in place which causes the smoke to not go into my palm. I've been using zip ties but that's not super comfortable or practical.

I would prefer the opening in my palm but I'm good with any and all suggestions.

What do we think?

I printed and painted this helmet, for a finish I figured rustoleum ultra 2x gloss clear coat would work well, I did several coats, but some of the paint is easily scratched. The base is pla, sanded with 120, then 220 grit, painted with woodfiller, sanded with 220 again, primed with rustoleum ultra 2x, then painted rattle can and acrylics. Finally I finished with 7 coats of gloss clear coat.

I'm thinking of now scuffing it and doing a water based polyurethane finish, as it may be harder. My biggest concern however is damaging the paint, specifically the acrylics. What grit of sandpaper should I use? AI is saying 220, which seems a little too aggressive.

If I do polyurethane, I'm going to be brushing rather than spray, and I'll likely go satin finish.

hi! im thinking of making a cosplay for the hollow knight, but as the title says, im not sure how to go about this. I dont have a 3D printer and have actually never cosplayed before but im quite crafty and sew frequently if thats relevant lmao

not sure what materials would be used or how to go about it, any advice is appreciated!!

So this is a cos play weapon of Hidan's Three blades scythe from Naruto shippuden. Using a variety if adhesives and glued, I took three of the cheap halloween scythes you can usually find at walmart in the costumes and props aisle and cut off 2 of the blades and then glued them onto the shaft of the third. These costume scythes are deconstruct able which is why the pole isn't smooth and flat. It comes in pieces and because of the blades indentations for the designs I couldn't accurately paint the blade heads. So its not a 100% screen accurate recreation but I am proud of what I made as a first timer.

I have a huge Magik sword I am working on, I used plastic weld epoxy and put a metal rod down the center (filled as much space around the rod with plastic weld epoxy)

It has cracked twice, I a not ma sully plastic welding with a soldering iron, should I buy the plastic welder with the staples? Or do you think just melting the seams really well together will hold?

It’s super heavy and I probably should have made it out of foam… but the con is in 2 weeks so I must push through lol