Full Metal Sam - Costumes and Props
Personal website showcasing my own creations in the world…
| User: | Samuel Lachance FullMetalSam |
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| Tags: | tutorial, costumes, props, foam |
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Maes Hughes - Military Uniform
Maes Hughes - Military Uniform Character Name: Maes Hughes Character Source: Anime - Full Metal Alchemist Material Used: Fabric - cotton twill Estimated Total Price: 150$ CDN Related Tutorials: None The Story: This is my first ever cosplay - it was made in less than 3 weeks and including… Read more
Terminator Chaplain
Terminator Chaplain Character Name: Terminator Chaplain Character Source: Tabletop Games - Warhammer 40K Material Used: Camping Mats - open cell foam Craft foam Hot Glue Random Halloween supplies Latex Skull Mask (bought on eBay) PVC pipes Estimated Total Price: 300 $ CDN Related Tutorials… Read more
Armor Strapping
Armor Strapping This tutorial is to show you what I've learned on how to attach/wear armor. Since I love doing armor intensive costumes this is a subject I studied and experimented a lot on. First - there's always the easy way out on this one and using velcro. There are a lot of pros to using velcro… Read more
Craft Foam Finish
Craft Foam Finishing This tutorial is about showing you how to achieve a nice "finish" on pieces made from craft foam. I have tested a lot of different methods and found this one to be the easiest and will give you the most durable paint job. This is the finishing method I've used on Odin -… Read more
Spartan Armor
Spartan Armor Character Name: Mjolnir Armor (Spartan) Character Source: Halo 3 Material Used: Plastics Craft Foam Toy guns Estimated Total Price: 300 $ CDN Related Tutorials: Craft foam finish Armor Strapping The Story: This is a group project, I was part of with my friends of the Imperial… Read more
General Craft Foam Tutorial
General Craft Foam Tutorial What is craft foam? It has a lot of different names (like foamies for example) - but it is essentially a kind of open-cell foam. It looks like this. It comes in various size (the one I know of are sheets of 9"x12" (found at dollar store) or 12"x18" (found… Read more
Tutorials
Tutorials Here is my - hopefully - ever growing lists of tutorials. This is where I'll share with you my secrets with working with craft foam and other materials I commonly used in my cosplays. From the titles, you'll see that most of them you've already seen a tutorial or two on the subject. because… Read more
Galleries
2009 - Completed Cosplay 2008 - Completed Cosplay 2007 - Completed Cosplay 2006 - Completed Cosplay Work in Progress … Read more
Leather from Craft Foam
Leather from Craft Foam This is a variant of my finishing method - explained here - that I found by accident. I was being rushed for a project (aren't they all like that when you get close to the convention : P) and I was cutting corners on my paintjob and it gave interesting results. I got a very &… Read more
Odin
Odin Character Name: Odin Character Source: Video Games - Odin's Sphere Material Used: Fabric - cotton twill Fabric Paint Craft Foam Hot Glue Ductape Estimated Total Price: 300$ CDN Related Tutorials: Craft Foam Armor Craft Foam Finish Prize won: Best in Class - Journeyman at Anime North… Read more
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi Character Name: Obi-Wan Kenobi Character Source: Movies - Star Wars: The Clone Wars Material Used: Craft Foam Camping Mats Hot Glue Fabric Estimated Total Price: 40$ CDN (not including MR Lightsaber) Related Tutorials: Craft Foam Armor Craft Foam Finish Leather from Craft Foam… Read more
Auron
Auron Character Name: Auron Character Source: Video Games - Final Fantasy X Material Used: Fabric - cotton twill Pleather Craft Foam Miracle brand bead Cardboard Ductape Hot Glue Estimated Total Price: 250$ CDN Related Tutorials: None Price won: Most Attention to Detail - Journeyman at Ac-Cubed… Read more
Armor Patterning
Armor Patterning … Read more
About FullMetalSam
About Me A Description: Self-Proclaimed the Craft Foam Cosplayer, I'm trying with every cosplay to push the use of craft foam a little bit further. I've been using craft foam in most of my cosplays and people are always amazed at what I can do with it. I just love the stuff - it's cheap and gives… Read more
Lulu
Lulu Character Name: Lulu Character Source: Video Games - Final Fantasy X Material Used: Pleather (skirt & sleeves) Velvet (corset) Bias tape Acrilyc Paint Various Beads Estimated Total Price: 300$ CDN Related Tutorials: None Prize won: Hall Cosplay Award - Anime North 08 The… Read more
Maes Hughes - Formal Uniform
Maes Hughes - Formal Uniform Character Name: Maes Hughes Character Source: Anime - Full Metal Alchemist Material Used: Fabric - cotton twill Estimated Total Price: 150$ CDN Related Tutorials: None The Story: This is the 3rd costume I made - just because I wanted something a little bit more… Read more
Shredder
Shredder Character Name: Shredder Character Source: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (2003 TV Serie) Material Used: Foam Estimated Total Price: 15 $ CDN Related Tutorials: Craft foam finish Armor Strapping The Story: Well this is one of the fun little ghetto project that I put together… Read more
Vol'Digg Metaal
Vol'Digg Metaal Character Name: Vol'digg Metaal Character Source: Star Wars Expended Universe Material Used: Craft Foam Hot glue Fabric - cotton twill Plastic Binder from Staples Estimated Total Price: $100 CDN Related Tutorials: Armor Strapping Craft Foam Finish The Story: When I joined… Read more
OR Jedi
OR Jedi Character Name: Sarrik Darnell Character Source: Star Wars - Original Character Material Used: Fabric Foam Leather Estimated Total Price: 100 $ CDN Related Tutorials: The Story: Well this is one of those costume that has been lurking in my head for quite a while and since I… Read more
Craft Foam Armor
Craft Foam Armor … Read more
Guyver II
Guyver II Character Name: Guyver II Character Source: Anime - Guyver Bio-Boosted Armor Material Used: Estimated Total Price: Related Tutorials: … Read more
Dream Cosplays
Dream Cosplays Well this is the list of costumes I had in mind for a long long long time. These costumes are what drove me when I was "learning the ropes". to get better, learn new techniques. so I could one day make a them a reality. They have also grown in importance in the past year and… Read more
My last costume of 2009.
Well, 2009 has ended and I just completed a costume I mostly worked on during the Christmas Holiday period. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while. like since I first watched a Star Wars movie - however at that time I wasn't into costuming at all :) But since then I've begun making costume… Read more
Ganondorf
Ganondorf Character Name: Ganondorf Character Source: Video Games - Twilight Princess Material Used: Estimated Total Price: Related Tutorials: … Read more
Parn
Parn Character Name: Parn Character Source: Anime - Record of Lodoss War OAV Material Used: Craft Foam Pleather Hot Glue Bronze colored rope a lot of patience :) Estimated Total Price: $180 CDN Related Tutorials: Armor Patterning Armor Strapping Price won: Most Creative Use of Material - Novice… Read more
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