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| 16 Nov 2012 - 22:02 | 94039 |
| Dirtylash Joined: 16 Nov 2012 Posts: 5 | Human torch flames Hi I am doing my first cosplay for London super comic con 2013 and am going as movie style johnny storm , I have found somewhere that does the suit but I wanted to add flames to it somehow and maybe have a flame in my hand or hand on fire , any help would be great apart from jokes about lighter fluid and a match lol |
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| 16 Nov 2012 - 22:15 | 94040 |
darkshines Joined: 13 Sep 2012 Posts: 195 | The first thing that springs to my mind are the indoor lamps you can buy that look like flames. They are actually LED lights, surrounded by flamey looking fabric, which is being blown upwards by air jets to look like dancing flames. You would get the movement and the look, plus you could turn them on and off for when you want the flames to appear suddenly! __________________  |
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| 16 Nov 2012 - 22:17 | 94041 |
Methos Joined: 25 Sep 2012 Posts: 181 | ok, despite what you've probably read in places, there is no fully safe way to set yourself on fire without it burning, especially in a public place... this is definitely a no no for any con or expo straight away.
I can go into some stage tricks and styles of trick photography to give the effect of flames and have a small fire in your hand, but those are types of tricks that take time and effort to set up, and are not to be played around with in public. Sorry for sounding so serious on this, but any type of live flame is very dangerous to play with, especially on your body or clothes. Please rethink this one thoroughly before attempting anything dangerous. M __________________ 
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| 16 Nov 2012 - 22:34 | 94042 |
| Dirtylash Joined: 16 Nov 2012 Posts: 5 | Don't worry I had no plans to set my self on fire or have any real flames I was thinking more adding some fabric or something to the out fit but thanks for the comments |
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| 16 Nov 2012 - 22:38 | 94043 |
| Methos Joined: 25 Sep 2012 Posts: 181 | ohh awesome 
yay, thank you for restoring my faith in humanity lol there are quite a few ways of 'faking flames' on clothing, from glistening threads and metallics coloured reds and ambers, through to crete paper used for a lighter breezier effect M __________________
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| 16 Nov 2012 - 22:46 | 94045 |
Kata-san Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Posts: 724 | The only thing I can think of is something like Darkshines suggested. You could do something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uUTd4s5Zfk I believe the generally used material is silk. __________________  |
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| 16 Nov 2012 - 22:50 | 94047 |
| Tallia3 Joined: 13 Nov 2012 Posts: 28 | From experience, I think that if you do a triple repeating layer of sillk wafting over crepe or plastic 'flames' over led strands it should work pretty decently XD |
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| 17 Nov 2012 - 09:15 | 94057 |
Alias.com Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 110 | Used a flame torch with a fan/light inside for my Lara cosplay, I just added some more shades of organza voile for the effect. Not sure how it could work in your hand though....
http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/costume/view/41963 |
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| 18 Nov 2012 - 20:38 | 94118 |
| Methos Joined: 25 Sep 2012 Posts: 181 | epic ideas, and an epic post full of awesome information
kudos and hats off to you Pudding
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| 18 Nov 2012 - 22:57 | 94127 |
Pudding Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 248 | Haha, cheers Methos. It's just happy accident that I'd been spending the last few weeks thinking up ways to solve the fake fire issue for cosplay, might as well share tips and trick if it'll help someone else with their costume.  __________________ Bloodline Teaser Trailer: http://youtu.be/muWABSZyCYs |
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| 19 Nov 2012 - 10:39 | 94141 |
| Dirtylash Joined: 16 Nov 2012 Posts: 5 | Thanks everyone this had been a great help only just joined the forums and it seems like a great and friendly community |
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| 19 Nov 2012 - 14:29 | 94147 |
Toshi-chan Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 52 | Just if you are interested in getting some cool photos....
Paraffin burns at a really low temperature so if you get some durable gloves from Arco or similar supplier...pour a little bit of paraffin on and you'll have some epic flames! It's not a good idea for extended periods of time but if you light and douse it between photo shoots it would look sick! Paraffin is cheap as well.... £5-10 for 4 litres. You can buy fire-palms as well which use paraffin but in a more controlled / less obvious container. They're a bit more expensive though... Obviously just be careful, it is still fire but as long as you've got gloves or covered skin it's the safest fire there is... This would be more for a private photo shoot and not really a good idea for cons but still something to think about |
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