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Published: 2011-08-14 20:42:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 66416; Favourites: 1422; Downloads: 426
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I'm cosplaying Vriska @ Tracon this fall and this messy tut is mainly for my HS cosplay group mates, to show 'em how I on my behalf solved the horrid howthehellamIsupposedtomakethesehornsohgodhelpme-problem. I think I did pretty gooooooood. My way.So yeah. If this somehow happens to be of help to someone, Awesome! My work here is done.
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-I got the styrofoam from a friend that worked at a construction site, blue EVA insulation foam scraps. It's sold at DIY/hardware stores in huge blocks.
-Any air dry clay will do, fimo airlight will get the most light effect tho.
-I dunno about the magnet-method since these might be too heavy, up to you to try it out. I experimented with snaps tho and those didn't work for me at least. So strings it was. Sturdiness accomplished. The headband is pretty easily hidden under the hair and/or through the wig.
-BY ALL MEANS, BE CREATIVE AND EXPERIMENT FURTHER! This is not the only and correct way to do this, just one solution I figured out. Such is the magic of cosplay. : )
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(well if they are in your head you might have a problem JKJK)
you could try pinning the horns to your head with bobby pins? or use a different headband, try positioning it differently, etc.
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- aHHH YOU'RE LIFESAVER AND A GREAT HORN MAKER!
i have a few questions, where can i get some styrofoam from? could i be able to find it at a crafts store, and what brands would be the best for making horns? and same question for clay, since i have some 'magic-sculpt' clay, but i've never used it
and also i've gotten the idea that using magnets instead of a headband might work and look better, but i'm looking for an opinion from an experienced cosplayer. my father works in an assortment of types of scrapping and building of different things, and can easily get me a few strong as hell and durable magnets that aren't going anywhere. yknow, like superglue one magnet into a hole in the bottom of the horn, and have the other (hopefully a flatter one) under the wig, so there's no visible strap or attachment?
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Thank you! I've answered similar questions a million times already but maybe just this once...
-I got the styrofoam from a friend that worked at a construction site, blue EVA insulation foam scraps. It's sold at DIY stores in huge blocks.
-Any air dry clay will do, fimo airlight will get the most light effect.
-I dunno about the magnets since these might be too heavy, up to you to try it out. I experimented with snaps and those didn't work for me at least. So strings it was. Sturdiness accomplished. The headband is pretty easily hidden under the hair.
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wow, Styrofoam and steel wires? I would have never know, ur tutorial is a life saver
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Omg this tutorial is awesome! But I must know what kind of Styrofoam you used. The stuff I got is too crumbly. I'm totally using this for my terezi horns! >:]
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Thanks! I've been wanting to cosplay her for awhile now, I have the glasses, shirt and paint but didn't know about the horns.
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take a piece of foam about the thickness of the horn, draw a guideline and cut it with a box cutter, keep rounding it up little by little until you're satisfied. easy peasy. hot glue works if you screw up and it breaks
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Thank you so much for this! I'm going to be trying this some time soon and I'm really excited to try! If they turn out good, one of the most important parts of my vriska cosplay will be done! Thanks so much!!
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So it is rather light-weight, compared to other homemade horns?
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I believe they are because she made them out of Styrofoam.
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Also, do you think this would work with any other horns? Like, this method?
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I think they would. I can't try because the convention is in less then a month xD
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What kind of styrofoam did you use, and where did you get it?
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your vriska tutorials are a lifesaver! i've been wanting to cosplay her for some time, thanks for the help!
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I've been eyeing this tutorial for ages! I'm going to make these soon for a con coming up in February and I can't thank you enough for making this tutorial~!
I'm going to put together a little 'tutorial' showing what all I bought and what different techniques and tutorials I used and I am DEFINITELY including this and the robo arm one~!
Keep up the awesome work~!
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aw thank you! <3 credit is always appreciated and the best luck with your cosplay!
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Never a problem!
And thanks! The arm is going great! I was worried at first when I started with the colors, it was looking kinda shaky, but when I started building up with the darker colors, I was becoming really proud~! XD
The horns turned out really great too! I just have to paint them.
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yup, that's the kind of stuff I used.
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When you put them on, did you put them on under or over the wig?
(That is a wig, correct? o.o)
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I put the ends of the headband through the wig and hide the rest with "hair". it stays on place pretty nicely that way too.
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OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH I NEEDED THIS SO BADLY
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These look so great I love them, you did an awesome job!!
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Why is it that I am having so many issues making these?
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I'm confused. Vriskas horns are: the double spiked one on the left and the single spiked one on the right. Because of double spiked horn is on the same side as her seven eye thing and arm that was ripped off which is her left side...right?
So then why do all most cosplayers cosplay her sides backwards? Or is there a reason? Or am I crazy?
//this isn't me trying to say your wrong because I doubt you are its just been destroying my mind I'm sorry
By the way LOVE the tutorial, it worked 100% for me!! <3
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you are totally right. well, mistakes happen, I guess. I'm guilty of that myself when wearing my mindfang at a con, the sleep deprivation did good with my concentration and I ended up walking the whole day with my horns wrong, through the photoshoots and everything aargh headdesk : DDD
I'm glad to hear!! thanks! <3
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Ah, ok. Its been messing with my head, but its still beautiful, I love it<3
I am also using your robot arm tutorial and its awesome!!
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Few questions..
1. what kind of glue? hot glue or regular glue?
2. the fixative to give it a shine... what kind?
3. the styrofoam... its blue? any kind of brand?
~ please let me know as soon as you can. thanks
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1) I used crafts glue (erikeeper) but any glue that sets hard will do, hot glue, epoxy..
2) haha I just used those setting sprays for artwork
3) blue one yes, finnfoam as we call it, it's very sturdy, used as insulation and stuff in buildings. ask hardware stores, they just sell it in over 2m sized huge ass blocks though, might be a bit overkill for just a pair of horns. my sisters bf works at the construction site and had snatched some excess pieces, I got mine from him~ but yeah, basically just use what you can find. : )
oh, and the least, for the clay I suggest you use fimo airlight, that stuff weighs practically nothing
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About how much did all the pieces of the horns cost?
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well, they cost practically nothing really, cheap modelling clay 3-4€(although I suggest fimo airlight nowadays, it's about 8-9€), wire a few €.. other stuff I already possessed like paints, foam.. it's acrylic paint btw, a cheap brand set of those can cost like, 5€ if you don't have any.
so practically you can go with 10-20€, no biggie!
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is it the same thing of mqking other horns?? =>
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why not, yeah. with using fimo airlight, that weighs practically nothing, you could make bigger horns too. (summoners/handmaids and other those ridiculously large horns might be another story haha, at least they might need way more support and lightness)
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thanks. this helps for male vriska. are they light?
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kinda yeah. and if you'd use fimo airlight they'd weigh practically nothing : D
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Question, what kind of styrofoam did you use? was it the block, ball, or sheet kind?
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it's the blue, hard insulation foam, I got a piece from a construction worker friend who had a stash. I guess they sell 'em in these huge ass blocks
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