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Cosplay:Metal Texture Tutorial
Published: 2006-12-13 13:50:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 293102; Favourites: 7142; Downloads: 5882
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For more photos of the props/armour I've textured, and to see the shuriken in use, take a look through my Wai-con photos (My sister and I are cosplaying FFVII Yuffie & Tifa and their AC versions). [link]For tutorials on making the props & armour, I recommend Amethyst Angel's tutorials: [link] She does some amazing stuff!
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! I'm making weapon prop for the first time and got to the painting part. Obviously just using metallic silver doesn't work, making it look more fake than ever. So I've been looking from one weapon prop tutorial to the next and each one tells me how to make them but when it comes to the painting part they are rather vague on the details, one was "Next you paint and let it dry!" Another listed what they used but offered no other details.Β
One that did the same fortunately linked to your tutorial and I have to say once again thank you so much! I just tried this on one side and it looks 10x better already. Not 100% real but much much better and what I want.Β
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No worries, I'm glad to see that my old tutorial is still getting use! Texturing props is still my absolute favourite part of prop-making. Wishing you luck with your project!
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Just returned from the con with my completed project and though I need to do a few things differently next time it was great for my first try doing something of the sort and it looked great in the photos.
I'm going to have to use this technique for my next prop so I'm forever grateful to you for making this tutorial. A thousand times over thank you.Β
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Wow. This tutorial is incredibly helpful. I don't think I ever fully realized how much a good paint job can help with making things look real. Thanks for this, it will really help!Β
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Click on it to zoom in. Never done that before on DA? It's 4000 pixels at full size.
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Would this work with a weapon that's supposed to be red?
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would this also work on foam weapons too?
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Hi, I linked to your tutorial on my blog:Β thecosplaychronicles.wordpressβ¦
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This is perfect. Thanks for putting this together.
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Just what I needed, now I can paint the knife for my Akira cosplay without making it look cheap!
Thanks!!
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How did you get the shape to be so sharp?
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So nice! I look forward to trying this out if I ever need to make any metallic looking props
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I' currently mking a weapon, but its black, any idea what i could do to Β make it look used??
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try using very dark metallic grey on highlighted areas? That's the first thing that comes to mind for me. Good luck (though you've probably finished by now haha)
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thanks! and no i'm not ah a i'm still working on the last piecesΒ
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Wow, that turned out fantastically! ^o^ Very well done, and very helpful too. Thank you for sharing!
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How did you get it shiny in the first place?
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Chrome spray paint. It's much better than 'silver' spray paint, which tends to be less shiny.
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awesome! wish id known how to do this when I made mine
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This is an awesome tutorial! Thank you so much for posting and for adding the link to Amethyst Angel's tutorials. I was wondering if it would be okay to add this to my anime club's newsletter--I know a lot of the members are interested in making props/making props look more convincing. Either way, thank you for sharing!
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is there any way to do this on paper (without paint on it)? I have a prop that has a blade made of posterboard-ish material and i really enjoy your tutorial.
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Sure, I don't imagine you'll get as nice a finish working on paper, but it should make it look more realistic anyway.
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Great Tutorial. I never thought of this but will definitely being doing this in the future!
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Does this method work with acrylic paint? If the paint is watered down does it produce a similar effect, or does it need to be model paint?
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Acrylic paint is a little harder to work with, as it doesn't stick to spray paint very well. If you're working on other surfaces it should work okay, but I recommend using a sealant if you do, as acrylics wear off more easily.
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That actually makes a lot of sense. I didn't think about it that way. ::scurries off to buy model paint::
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This is so useful! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with the rest of the cosplay world.
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wow....that is gorgeous.....
iv been looking up all sorts of 'how to make a shuriken' tutorials
and most of them refer to yours ><
im not that good at painting to i doubt that mine will turn out that great
but can i ask u HOW DID U MAKE THE SHURIKEN???!!!~
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This is awesome ^^ Thank you
Do you mind if I ask what exactly did you use to make the weapon o.o;
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Thank you! Very helpful <3 Needed this for my Dragon Priest Mask
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do you think this will work on pleather/leather martial?
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Sure, as long as the paint you use clings to the pleather or leather, it should work in the same way.
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Hey
I'm a cosplay fan as well, i have a few questions here. I'm planning to made an armor, i got all the patterns and all designs. I wonder what paint should i use to create the metallic colours, I heard and saw some posting on using chrome spray paints and other. I would like to know would the auto primer work straight on the styrene or do i have to do some base on the styrene first? what kind of paint would you suggest for styrene? nonetheless do you glue the styrene first and curve the piece or you curve the piece first and glue the styrene on the foam? For some part of armors require some curving that beyond the flexibility of the Foam,(like the round should pat) therefore we have to cut the foams and glue them together to form the roundness like half of a ballon. I wonder how should i apply styrene on the piece ? do i have to cut the styrene as well ? won't there likely be abundant of lines or cracks if i do that? is there a way to do it with just a whole piece of styrene? Furthermore for the edge and outline pattern of the armor, would it be better to use 3D paints or we could use some foam or other objects to glue on it and painted? Last of the questions, there are an status of some ancient creature on one of the shoulder pads, how and what material could i use to create that creature? I saw some people use clay and use vacuum forming, but apparently i don't have vacuum forming machines. Therefore it would likely help me a lot if you could answer these questions for me.
Thank you
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Hi there, chrome spray paints should work fine on regular plastics like styrene without using primer. If you're unsure, check the back of the spray paint. I'd recommend curving the plastic into the shape you want before you paint, as if you curve it afterwards, the paint will crack. Sorry, I'm not sure I can help you with the rest of the questions without knowing what you're working on.
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I'm working on my craft foam armor and i heard people using styrene on top of it to have a better appearance. Therefore i choose to do it in the same process, but i'm concern about the curving of my armors. I known that with the foam i could make cuts and glue them together, but for the styrene some curve like a rounding shoulder armor would likely be hard to curve it. Furthermore if i can't curve the styrene in the way i wanted likely i will cut it and glue it, but i'm not sure how does the glue work on styrene since it might have cracks or lines. I could only think of use hot glue gun and sand it down to flat. Last there are a creature on my shoulder armor which i'm not quiet sure how am i suppose to make it, i figure i could just use clay to sculpt it. Nonetheless the clay are heavy i'm not sure how good does it fit with my styrenes. Thanks
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If you have something spherical, it's not possible to use sheets of anything to create it unless you have seams. The alternative I usually suggest is to buy large, cheap Christmas baubles and cut them up. By the way, hot glue doesn't sand well, but it does usually end up looking like welding once its painted.
I don't use styrene sheets often any more, as my glue sealing technique usually gives a nice finish and the foam remains flexible.
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Thanks Last but not least won't the glue sealing technique for foam take a long time ? since you likely would need lots of coatings ?
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are model paints like poster paints?
sorry i suck at paint types.
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