Chemica

[juuro]

The chemistry of polyester rosin is interesting.

Sam and his friends are preparing to cosplay at a con in August, and I was helping Sam to manufacture some of the weapon mock-ups. We chose to do some bits in fiberglas, which has polyester rosin filling.

As I mixed the hardener in the rosin base, the rosin changed colour from light green to darker

Comments

[juuro]

Have them look for a troupe of videogame "Soul Calibur" characters.

"Sam and his friends are preparing to cosplay at a con in August, and I was helping Sam to manufact"

[hasfartogo]

I nearly spewed the morning tea you know!

Welcome to the Cosplay Side by the way.

[juuro]

Please (please please please!) do note that *I* am not going there, and definitely not going to be cosplaying. I just help a little in building real-world lookalikes of the fantastical weaponry of videogame world.

BTW...

[hasfartogo]

... would Sam mind you posting a picture of the fantastical weaponry?

And I have yet to dress up for a con myself though I have a mostly finished kimono and palns for a second costume for next year's Anime North.

[juuro]

I'm pretty sure he would not mind too much.
Fortunately we only do the frame and load-bearing structures here; he does the rest at his place, so I don't usually have those things here in their final state.

The cricket bat for Shaun of the dead has been the only exception so far.