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WARNING: FULLSIZE IS HUGE!!! Click twice to enlarge!Tutorial describes a process of making two kinds of shoulderplates for Cloud Strife and Sephiroth cosplays.
Enjoy!
If something is unclear please ask me in comments.
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Thank you so much for adding this tutorial, it's amazing and so helpful!
My roommate/gf will be attempting to make these, one day... hahaha
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Thank you! If you'll post a photo of your shoulderplates someday it would be awesome!
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Okay! ^__^ It may be a while, until she can make them, but I'll definitely show them off!
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This is really cool, do you have any ideas for or have you tried a synthetic material that will work as well?
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Thank you! No, I was satisfied with this one, Apoxie is good enough for the stiff armor, and genuine leather is good for leather-looking cosplay parts))
If you mean fake leather as "synthetic material" - no, it can't hold the shape so it needs to be glued to some stiff base.
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Generally, it's a reusable clay for sculpting: www.sculpturehouse.com/t-faq.a…
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Thanks for the link to this! wow this is really cool 
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Many thanks! Yes, I have a Cloud BJD too! His costume is a bit simpler but still decent, and he has Fusion and a tiny Sephiroth plushie
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This tutorial is great, and I intend to try it. But I have heard that if you try to bake polymer clay on a plasticine form, the plasticine will turn into liquid and make a mess, so the second part of your tutorial probably will work best with air-dry clays like epoxy putty or paper mache.
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Thank you! Yes, I wouldn't dare to bake the plasticine: some brands even could be toxic! Epoxy putty is the best choice IMHO, and paper-mache sounds good too!
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By natural leather, do you mean real leather? does fake leather work for this too, or only the real stuff?
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Yes, I mean a real leather, received from cows to be exact. The fake one is not an option in this case because only real leather holds its form while shaped this way. It's a unique material that can't be substituted easily.
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This is so amazing! I never thought of how to make shoulderplates for dolls, so thank you very much for showing it.
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Thanks a lot! There are several ways, lots of materials could be used besides epoxy putty and leather, I just showed 2 methods that worked best for a certain purpose.
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I'll definately give it a try with materials I can find at my local hobby store.
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Good luck! Btw, old boots are a good source of recycled leather.
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OMG!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!! I've been looking for a totally like this for 2-3 mounth now! thank you!
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wow this is awesome thankyou XD. do you know if the leather works as well in a full human size scale or only small?
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Thanks a lot! Yes, it's pretty possible to make a leather shoulderplate in human scale but a leather of a proper thickness should be used. Stiff leather about 5 mm thick should do the trick. It's significantly harder to shape it though, I doubt plasticine and cardboard are suitable base materials))
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ok thankyou that's really helpful XD. if i manage i'll give you a link.
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Very thorough tutorial! If I don't make BJD armor with this, I'll probably end up making the full size version (now that the hubby saw it!).
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Thank you! Full size version out of leather is perfect but epoxy armor may turn out too heavy... I think strong paper mache base and a thin layer of epoxy putty over it can solve this little issue.
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Thanks! I agree about the epoxy armor. Paper mache can solve many of the world's problems, in my opinion!
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Oh, THANKS! I'm planning to make a FF Disiddia Warrior of Light cosplay for my SOOM Heliot. I haven't really read or looked over this too well yet, but I can already tell this will be VERY helpful. Thanks again for posting!
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Thank you! I hope the tut would be useful for you!
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This is so fantastic and easy to understand. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together and share.
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Thank you! I'm glad the tutorial is clear enough 'cause my English is far from perfect))
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This is a great tutorial, thanks for posting it ^^
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Про кожаный наплечник есть вот здесь: [link]
А про второй довольно тривиально всё.
1. Берем эпоксидку для лепки (Миллипут или Апокси Скульпт), или же папье-маше, или же запекаемый пластик типа цернита. Лепим на болванку, стараемся налепить поровнее, слой порядка 3 мм. Ждем, сколько надо по инструкции, пока засохнет. (Для запеканок есть свои нюансы, с ними желательно уметь работать, прежде чем браться за изготовление наплечников). Шкурим наждачками (100, 180, 600 последовательно - это примерные номера, которыми пользуюсь я). Чтобы ровно вышло, можно наклеить наждачку на брусок.
Дальше всё по картинкам: отрезаем лишнее, сверху налепливаем всякие узоры и понты, или что там нужно. Вуаля!
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OMG!! It is amazing!! Though I do not have a character that needs to wear shoulder plate. But you make it so simple that I might just try making one!
Can I ask you something about boot making? How do you come out with the shape of the leather to be sew to the base? I mean it is 3-D stuff how do you put them on the 2-D leather? I am thinking of making a simple horse riding boot.
Btw, thanks for sharing this!!! XD
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