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Costume Photos
Ezio
Ezio
Ezio
Ezio
Ezio
Ezio
Ezio buckle and baldric
Ezio embroidery
Ezio boot covers
Hidden blades
Baldric for Ezio costume
Costume Information
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| For my first costume I carefully considered the fact that I have no skills or tools available and made the inspired decision to construct a really tricky one. Meh... Ezio is cool and learning is fun, right kids? The first thing I did was buy an Ezio costume off the interwebs to use as a base... Yes I know, but my plan was to replace the whole thing with handcrafted components and my lack of clues as to what I'm doing meant I needed all the help I could get to start. The biggest expense so far has been all the tools required to make the components. My OCD requires me to make things 'for real' so I can't cut any corners, so the skills (and assorted tools) for the costume include: leatherworking, casting, tinkering and tailoring. A sewing machine was the biggest expense, not to mention £30 of buckles (!! seriously... ) and over 20 square foot of leather (so far). The hardest part has been figuring out how to translate a digital artists imaginary costume into a real working example without resorting to (too much) fakery and trickery. I've learned enough so far to wet my appetite and want to learn more. I've learned that the people who make cold cast moulding supplies don't want you to buy them... Read the warning labels on that stuff some time, it's enough to bring you out in a cold sweat... They might as well write: 'If you use this you will DIE' on the label. As for wearing it, I've spent a full day in the costume and didn't require any 're-arranging' or suffer and 'malfunctions' during the day, as long as you discount the hidden blades. There was no way those things were going to last the day, but I have a plan for hidden blades version 2... | |
To-Do List
| Replace Hood and doublet | Low | Planned |
| Replace skirt thingy | Low | Planned |
| Cast left bracer armour | Low | Planned |
| Rebuild left bracer | Low | Planned |
| Hidden blades v2 (v1 were broken at London film and comicon 2011) | Low | Planned |
| Rebuild cloak in leather - need to figure out how to emboss leather.. | Low | Planned |
| Add throwing knives to belt assembly | Low | Planned |
Journal
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Casting a metal buckle without melting any metal - Part 1 Supplies (Posted 14th July 2011) This sequence of journal entries will describe the process I went through to create the metal buckles and clasps used in the costume. The final result looks like metal and polishes like metal, is strong.. but brittle so may shatter if dropped. I'm only going to go into one sided moulds as that's all I needed to do. The process is called cold casting, it involves creating the thing you want to cast using your choice of modeling gunk, making a mould of that, then mixing clear resin (the stuff used for sticking glass fibre together) with fine metal dust, sticking that in your mould and letting it set. Step 1.. Gathering the supplies The mould I decided to use Vinamold to make the mould out of, I like this stuff because although it's less 'sturdy' than other moulding materials such as silicone or plaster it has the benefits of being very flexible, good for fine detail but most importantly you can melt it down and make new moulds with it as much as you like. Required: Where do I find the.. Casting This stuff is dangerous if breathed or touched while it is setting so get safety gear, and make sure it is ok for chemical use. Required Where do I find the.. Liquid Hardener Aluminium metal filler Polishing Dremel |
Comments
Nice work!
I got well excited about the Ezio sackboy icon, something that should definitely be done.
Great job with the costume.
Good GOD this is looking amazing! All the details, I love the attention and how much effort you're putting in to all the small bits and pieces. The belt buckle is especially gorgeous!
[You wouldn't mind if I picked your brains about a few things at some point, would you? Just I'm planning on making an assassin apprentice outfit and have no idea how to construct the belt buckle or the hidden blades].
Back to the costume, I really look forward to seeing more of the detail progress. :3
Woah this is fantastic stuff, the details are incredible!
The details = wow.
I am really looking forward to seeing finished photos.
This is an AMAZING Ezio :D
This is amazing.I love your attention to all the little details as well as the major ones.I would give you a load of cash if i had some to buy this off you.And again wow!Amazing work so far.
I love how you decided to tackle this costume, step by step, and it's going awesome! Good luck with repairing your hidden blades. After 5-6 cons I need to replace mine as well. >.>
This looks so awesome - the belt buckle, leatherwork and shoe covers especially look fantastic ^_^
And monitors make much better light boxes than real light boxes do ;)
BRILLIANT!
I love the photo's, they look really effective, Good job! x3
It looks amazing! Love the photos :)
the detail on this is mind blowing - seriously wowzer!
Beautiful crafting! And amazing location for the photos!
Mind blowing.
Wow this is absolutely amazing! You've done an incredible job on bringing Ezio to life. He's one of my favourite video game characters of all time, its really nice to see this with the level of detail you've put in!