kai-ni:

immortalspark:

Well, now I know what a tornado siren sounds like.
File that under awkward moments.

I think it’s test day LOL

Yeah, thank god. I’m sitting here in full cosplay like “what the hell kinda fire truck makes that noise?” and then “oh…sounds kinda more like a disaster warning siren…UM does Black Widow need to move her butt?”

virescent-phosphor:

immortalspark replied to your post “I should do an original Tron costume someday. It might take some work,…”

YES DO IT! DO iTTTT. Omg the circuits are a nightmare but it is so fun. I really want to make a proper original Clu costume someday. Mine looks like pajamas.

OH MAN, YOU’LL HAVE TO GIVE ME TIPS ON THE CIRCUITS.

I should do it for a convention or something. I don’t celebrate Halloween really anymore because my friends aren’t around (no parties or slightly “overage” trick or treating,) so that’s the only chance I’d have to wear it.

Sure! I’m always up to talking Tron and cosplay! Dang I’d go Tron trickortreating with you if I lived near you. Even if it wasn’t halloween

Dude, your makeup looked awesome. I’ve really wanted to do something like that too, but I have no idea where to start. Would you mind letting me in on the secret as to how you did the ridges/what you used to make them?

Oh gosh thanks! I went pretty low-tech (it was my first try, it was meant to be a one-time thing, and I have no money for fancy moldmaking stuff). I made some molds out of wax and old TV dinner trays, and sort of squished the shapes into the warm wax. Like…inverted sculpting? I used an actual spoon to make the forehead shape. In retrospect, I should have used a smaller one, but it gets the job done.

When the wax had cooled completely, I filled the indentations with silicone putty. I used clear putty because that’s what I had, but black might have been better. Liquid latex might work, too? Once they had set, I pulled them and trimmed them, and filled in as many air holes as I could. They ended up being more like air gaps in some cases,and I couldn’t quite get it smooth. Paint hides a lot though.

After that, it just becomes a matter of gluing (spirit gum) and painting. I typically use a combination of Halloween face paint and eyeshadow to do the dramatic grey skin tone and shading. I draw/shade on the smaller scaly parts like the ends of the eye ridges and the nose ridge, as well as most of the forehead detail. It is possible that a person could use a bald cap to make their lives easier (instead of having a zillion separate parts, glue some pieces to the bald cap and make a mask out of it, and then wig over it or hair the cap) but I haven’t tried this.

I would highly recommend finding a way to cast it in as few pieces as possible. The eyebrow sections of mine are absolutely awful about staying in place!

Lesson learned: do not get angry/frustrated while styling a wig and run water-resistant spiking-gel-covered hands through own hair

This results in Centauri fan head that DOES NOT WASH OUT but turns into flat sticky barbie hair mess.