Uber-nerdy post about Dragon*Con

[cryptonaut]

Kicking the cosplay up a notch this year and attempting three costumes!

Starman (Jack Knight version, from DC Comics)

Comments

[theinnocence]

you'r enot gonna have the fists in the first costume? there are fists! just flying fists!

and make the medallion out of sculpey. we did t hat hear for the brooches for spartan amour.

[cryptonaut]

Sadly, I won't be supplying any disembodied flying fists, but I welcome anyone who wants to donate to the cause.

Do they sell sculpey at regular craft stores, or do you need to go to an art supply store?

[theinnocence]

sell it at regular craft stores and you can buy them in a variety of colors!
just make sure you have a pin!

and my suggestion is getting a skirt/kilt pin. not the safety pins, but the whole metal rod in the shape of a safety pin.

then before baking, you put the pin against the brooch on the back and for your costume i suggest doing this near the top half, but get like a rectangle of sculpely and lay it over on bar of the pin, but in a tunnel fashion so it has room to move. make sure you knead it in good enough for it to be secure without ruining the front of your brooch.

but you're smart and i'm sure you know all of this.
i just had to teach this to my roomie to make his spartan pins. oy!

and sculpey is like 2 bucks a sqaure thing of it. maybe less. and because you can already get it in the colors you need, no painting needed!

[cryptonaut]

I'm going to try it! I just went out and got a couple of skirt pins and a square of gold Sculpy. Now all I need is a big fake red gem.

[editgirl]

You look awesome as starman, can't WAIT to see you as Dr. O! "You boys should be wearing pinstripes. It draws the eye DOOOOWWWWNNNN!" ha ha ha!

[tyleetsohn]

Hey! I am going to Dragon Con this year! I am going Sunday and Monday with Alec, though hadn't planned on the costume thing. When are you going? :o)

OMG!

[cryptonaut]

I will be there Thursday through Monday. Where are you staying?

Re: OMG!

[tyleetsohn]

Not sure yet, although we delayed on booking so it will probably not be spiffy and within walking distance. I will definitely let you know! :oD

[nmetzger]

My husband and I are going to Dragon*Con as well. However, we aren't going to be dressing up... just as our normal geeky selves. :)

If you would have given more notice, I could have whipped you up a robot disembodied fist to crawl around you. ;)