Cosplay

[rallamajoop]

Much as I like being able to carry a large paper crane and pass it off as an offensive weapon, I always wanted something more impressive weaponry-wise to cart around with my Yuffie costume. Meet The Conformer, a.k.a. the final weapon Yuffie uses in FFVII, a.k.a. the thing responsible for eating large quantities of Joop's free time over the last few weeks.





Made from foam core boards, sheet plastic, piping and a lot of spray paint. It took several tries to find a way to get the edges on those blades to stay together, but I'm discovering that hot glue and a layer of craft foam will stick nearly anything to anything. Useful stuff. I'm really pleased with how it turned out - the best part of these projects is always seeing it come together in the end.

Comments

[cigerfei.livejournal.com]

WHOA! ARe you brining dat on Sunday?

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether I'll be able to make it on Sunday at this stage - I have a skating competition on the same day, and it won't be finished until 1:30 or so. For which matter, I'm still not entirely sure where we're supposed to be going on Sunday, do you have all the details? If I can make it though, yeah - definitely bringing this along.

[velithya]

Woah, that looks awesome :) Have you tested it under con conditions yet? :P (aka: how durable is it, really? :D:D)

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Nothing like con conditions yet, only just finished the thing. It seems pretty solid though, and it survived a decent amount of getting banged on stuff while I was gluing the final pieces together, so hopefully that's a good sign. There's something really ironic about how often the weapons and armour are the part of the costume you're most worried about getting damaged, isn't there?

[cigerfei.livejournal.com]

hmmm....if ye be showing up later, it mighta be best to give us a call when u come cos we for sure be moving about. The original meeting point is at 11:30 at the Central Gardens....you can check either the Valdemar Estate forum or the Wai-con forum

[morninglord.livejournal.com]

That's fscking awesome. I almost wish I could be there...to steal it of course. ^_^

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

I can just imagine you trying to sneak out with it hidden in your coat. XD