Looky looky! Progress!

[eve11]

It sounds like the next horrible challenge on a reality survival show, it's....




Snake Painting!


Working mainly off of this screencap and this screencap (above is just a mock-up on the hat with tape... nice thing about the stick-on vinyl contact paper; scotch tape leaves nary a mark when you peel it off).

Okay so first it involved snake casting

This bucket-o-latex has got to be like, five years old at least. But it was liquid-y enough that a little water added made it pourable.


Like so!

THE FOLLOWING DAY...

"Flesh-tone cobra"... OH MY GOD my guess is, don't google that phrase. Also, now with the head glued back on. GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER.

FOUR HOURS LATER...

"Don't mess with me because I am an Egyptian Bad-ass Mofo!" I think the colors came out mostly good though my light blue is a little too sky blue and not enough aquamarine hints. Still the painting took forever so I'm not going to bother to go back and do it with a better matching color.

Front facing (with flash, kinda grainy)


And the side again:

I was a bit too impatient with the gold color paint on the back; will likely have to re-do it. Also I ordered a bottle of Flex Gloss high-gloss finisher for latex masks, which I will use to coat the whole thing and make it look more metallic.

Hat is almost done! If nothing else, I will have a hat!

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

OMG!! It looks perfect!! Eeeeee!!

"Flesh-tone cobra"...

*Giggles*

OH MY GOD my guess is, don't google that phrase.

*Stops Mid-Google* Whut?

Also, now with the head glued back on.

*Has more quiet fits, trying to contain self*

GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER.

Yeeeah. No. That's not happening.

What makes this post even funnier is the post I just put up. About Filthy Wickedness and Posting SRS!BIZNESS scenes instead.

So. Yeah. I'm not gonna make it.

*Crawls back under Rock to laugh self stupid...and think naughty!thoughts*

(On a more coherent note, though...that headdress is f@#king BADASS. You ROCK ON, woman!!)

*SQUISH*

[eve11]

LOL who needs to refrain from anything... ?

Well, I need to refrain from being awake, about now. It's way past my bedtime.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

*Grins* I should. Often. With vigor.

*CACKLES*

Yeah...thee and me. Oi. So get thyself to dream-land, honey. I'll hold down the fort, yeah?

*HUGS*

[eve11]

You should get some sleep too!

GNight!

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Will do, lol!! G'night, sweetie!

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Yay! Looks great! I admire your talent and commitment ;)

[penwiper337.livejournal.com]

Oh, he came out lovely!

[eve11]

:) I'm glad the dark blues from the paint and the vinyl match so well. It's a bit darker than the real one but I think it will work out :)

[eve11]

Thanks! Ha, commitment to making elaborate costumes...is partly why it took me 12 years and 2 dissertation tries to get through grad school...

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

That looks fantastic!

[nonelvis]

Oh, wow! That looks so great!

… and no, I am not searching for "flesh-tone cobra."

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

LOL! Creativity can get in the way of everything… =P

[eve11]

Thanks! I just have to finish the band now, and attach everything to the hat, and it will be done :)

[eve11]

Thanks! And yeah, I wrote that out and then was like O_O

[rabswom.livejournal.com]

Hat looks great!

[eve11]

Thanks! I am going to work on the band tonight.

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

Loving the hat. All of my props are made out of tape and cardboard so this is quite impressive. :-)

[lordshiva.livejournal.com]

So cool! I love your dedication to quality cosplay.

[eve11]

Thanks! I would definitely suggest adding vinyl flooring to your materials list! You can get a 9ft x 6ft roll of it at Home Depot or the like for under 30 dollars, it cuts with scissors, and is great for things like armor or other pieces that require flexibility. You can paint it or use contact cement to glue fabric to it to give pieces a kind of stiff leather feel to them.

[eve11]

Thanks! It's been a while since I worked on something from scratch, for sure. I really hope I can get everything done before the con.

[clocketpatch]

I could not stop the impulse and googled... it was all close-ups of GI Joe action figures. O_o

Very impressive snake and head dress

[giallarhorn.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, it looks really really good so far! Especially the snake, which is impressive enough on its own :D

[eve11]

Ha! Okay well that's not as terrible as it could have been! :D

Thanks! I need to pick it up again this week and try to re-do the band. Baby steps. Until like a week before DragonCon where it will be OMG-do-everything-left-that-didn't-get-done-with-baby-steps.

[eve11]

Thanks!