Intro and cosplay talk

Feb 07, 2011 01:54

Hello, Vinland Saga fans.  This fandom is just so tiny, it's precious.

I am Toby, I recently became a fan of the series after scarfing down the entirety of the manga over three very sleepless nights, and I'm hoping that since the series is still going on, there's potential for more popularity and activity amongst fans.

I am going to be cosplaying ( Read more... )

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astrokittie February 7 2011, 07:59:16 UTC
Beautiful Canute helmet AND a Shetland Pony icon?
Hi, I think I like you!
If you don't mind my asking, what did you make the helmet itself out of? I think I figured out what the detail parts are, but i can't for the life of me figure out the base.

I love the idea of TechnoViking, but I think he's too obscure Read:AWESOME for most congoers to get?

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t3h_toby_chan February 7 2011, 08:12:01 UTC
Ponies, Awww yissss!

I made the base/bowl of the helmet with cardboard and hot glue and then slathered it up with a buttload of spackling plaster and sanded that down to a roundish shape. The detailing on front is cardboard (cereal boxes and shipping boxes both), polymer clay rivets and hot glue design. (All covered in copious amounts of black acrylic paint and silver rub-n-buff)

I showed Technoviking to my sister to bounce the idea off of her, and she didn't like him. :( What is her deal?

I had the idea of maybe having Canute suddenly realize he's in front of an audience and get terrible stage fright, as he does. (The walk-ons are narrated by an MC, so the audience could get the whole concept spoonfed to them)

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astrokittie February 7 2011, 08:17:42 UTC
Beaton's Shetland Pony is like the best thing ever oh my god. I just die whenever I see him.

Woah, I wasn't expecting cardboard for the base! I figured that the strip across the center was cardboard just because I could see a corrugated pattern, and rivets (or... brads? is that what they're called) for the rivets (fancy that!). and then puff paint/hot glue for the design. That's really impressive! I want to cosplay Canute someday myself, so I will totally start eating cereal! XD

Oh my god what? How could anyone not love Technoviking? I've noticed that he has mutant ab muscles. You could make fake abs?

I'm wondering if there's some short, viking-related Monty Python sketch? I know they had a viking character that would show up at random. If I recall, he's in the famous spam sketch.

Edit: Subsequently, if you wanted to go for badass!Canute, you could walk on to some viking metal or something?

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t3h_toby_chan February 7 2011, 08:27:03 UTC
Erik the Viking, of course! They have their own character named Thorfinn Skullsplitter. :D

(Haven't actually seen that movie. Should probably get on top of that, y/y?)

((Everything by Kate Beaton is full of awesome and day-making))

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aflyingteapot February 7 2011, 11:26:50 UTC
I am completely useless re: cosplay advice, but THAT is one sexy helm *___*

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t3h_toby_chan February 8 2011, 03:52:59 UTC
Thank you. :D

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faded_neko February 7 2011, 14:09:46 UTC
T-this helmet is absolutely gorgeous. (and after reading the other comments) I can't believe you made it out of those materials! Wonderful wonderful job there!

As for walk on ideas... Sometimes just doing something in the moment tends to leave more of a lasting memory than anything? I know it's not really helpful in terms of planning but it's all I can think to offer as my brain slowly works towards functioning. |D;;

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t3h_toby_chan February 8 2011, 03:55:52 UTC
Thank you so much. It was my first helmet and I used a mishmash of tutorials to guide me on my way. (It's rather lopsided, though, which is why I need to either do something drastic to fix it or do-over.

I don't trust my own ability to improvise something neat to do on stage, and in this masquerade, the staff is very insistent that there are no surprises. (You can surprise the audience, but you will not surprise us.)

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karaii February 7 2011, 15:41:10 UTC
Let me just pop in and say HOLY SHIT CANUTE COSPLAY - and HOLY SHIT WELL-DONE CANUTE COSPLAY :D Safe to say I am thoroughly eager to see you when you complete your costume!! (Don't forget to feed us pics when you do~)

I've never been to a convention before myself, so I have little advice ;_; Techno Viking sounds fun so far O: Maybe others can provide better ideas?

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t3h_toby_chan February 8 2011, 04:01:03 UTC
Yay, thank you. I'm ~75% done with the kyrtil (tunic) and pants and .5% with the cape, so I'll post updates when those come to a better level of presentability. So glad you're excited to see more; I wasn't really sure what kind of reception to expect with such a tiny fandom.

One of my other ideas was just to do the walk-on/posing on stage while "What is Love (baby don't hurt me)" plays, but that would probably be waaaay too obscure of a joke. (And I'd need the friar to come with me to really make it work.)

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karaii February 8 2011, 18:01:06 UTC
Oh my god, "what is love" would make me crack up like hell XDD It's sad few people would get it though ;_;

I'm excited to see what the end result of this cosplay is~ you're extremely talented! We're a small but loving fandom, so we'll all be looking forward to it *o* Keep up the awesome work!

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t3h_toby_chan February 9 2011, 01:36:01 UTC
A series nobody's heard of + an obscure fandom joke stemming from a single line in that series = infinitesimal number of lulz. :(

Thank you so much; I feel very welcome. :D

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