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vintageaerith — Tutorial: Cosplay Jewel-Making
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Painless, and hopefully profitable for the cosplay crowd out there. I have to cast a large quantity of half-dollar sized dome jewels for Nia, and the experience has been kinda fun, so I thought I'd share it with you all. ^^Thanks to HCC Cosplay for inspiring/instructing me to make them, though I found my own method, which is what this tutorial illustrates.
Aaaand thanks to ~spiked-stock , who pointed me in the direction of that site AND is keeping me sane while I make my Nia costume. x3 And is the best sewing teacher ever--I crashed her room for five hours the other night to make my skirt.
Hope this is helpful! Post if you have any questions!
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That's so easy! Thank you~
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cool 
but one question. where I can get all the things? (I live in mexico) any Best buy (yes we have this store in mexico) or Wal-mart sell it? and other thing if I want a square jewel or another shape works too?
P.S. I love this F*ucking Jewels *faints* X3
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Walmart probably is the most likely place to have it! However a craft store is a better idea!
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The store was out of the resin dye where I live, would food colouring work?
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It might! Give it a try!
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Food colouring does not work -_-. It stayed liquid all night and wasn't the least bit tacky. The one jewel I did without the food colouring wouldn't come out of the mold either
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hey i found out a little bit of watercolor (or something other like that) paint will work, if you don't mind having specs of paint in it! (tbh i did that and it looked more like a really cool stone or gem, so it was cool looking!) that might help in case you ever are out of resin dye.
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I actually did end up using watercolour paints and you're right, I did like the effect it gave
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oh sweet, but hey, Joann's/michael's/hobby lobby carry the resin dye (i got like three colors to mix them and that) but i honestly like it when it's solid and no specs.
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Attempting it, I shall let you know my findings.
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Thank you for the tutorial 
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OH GOSH DO *NOT*, I REPEAT, DO *NOT* bake resin!!! I am surprised that your teacher didn't burn down her house!! It only needs time and air to harden, do NOT put it in the oven. xD;
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Thank you! I was a bit surprised when I learnt that it shouldn't be baked. I think my teacher used epoxy resin and it might have been a little different?
Lol I won't try to put it in the oven XD Thank you
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I don't know if anyone mentioned this in previous comments, but if you mix acrylic paint in the resin it will ruin the batch. Acrylic is water based and any moisture in the resin (embedded items, including moisture in bugs/plants) will make it not work properly.
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I have not had this problem; they've all worked fine for me, I've always used oil or acrylic paint to color them. At least, while using EasyCast (not traditional polyester resin). Thanks for the feedback though!
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The red gem really reminds me of Secret of Niym
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Question o.o my friend told me that easy cast kind of makes the jewelry flexible o.O is that true? I can use this for some jewels on my cosplay but is there a resin that does not make the product flexible but hard. (I want to try and make a soul gem ;
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It is true, they eventually cure to be completely hard though!
You can try the real resin stuff for completely-hard jewels, but it is much more involved (and toxic so you have to do it outside)
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Really?
How about Polyester casting resin? that comes with a catalyst casting thing o.o would that work?
Oh and thank you for replying
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This will help me with my Yue (avatar) costume! Thanks so much!
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i dont know the name of this things here on Brazil D=
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Do you know if sanding or grinding the resin jewels to make facets would work out alright? Also do you know what I could use for large oval shaped molds?
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Really helpful, thanks for sharing!
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YAY! Thank you for this! <3
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I want to cast a diamond shape jewel. Do you think that if I made a carboard mold, reinforced with tape, it would be ok?
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i have a question were did you but the molds like that? i couldent find it in hobby lobby
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They're paint palettes, not molds. Anyplace that sells paint should have cheap plastic palettes!
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really o.o that's cool thanks n.n
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and its very helpful
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Thanks for very usefull and simple tutorial! Is amazing!
now i need a little help, you see...im not from the united states and i dont find epoxy here (little city is little...and empty D: ) However im traveling to USA this month and i will buy the epoxy and the resin dye. I have been seraching in internet to know where is everything in Orlando and i found a Michael`s but i dont know if this product (Castin' Craft Clear Casting Resin with Catalyst) is the same you use (here is the link [link] ) I know is maybe a silly question but my english is not so good and maybe it is...or maybe not D: could you tell me if that item would work out?
Just letting you know : Im trying to do a set of the elements of harmony (MLP) and a Thunderstone ( Pokemon) ^^
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YES, that is the product you want!
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thanks and thanks a lot ^^! i will look for it
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also, this will work as the resin dye?(Castin' Craft Clear Transparent Dye Kit) [link]
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Glad you think so!!
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Wow. This helps so much! Thank you-thank you-thank you!
I was beginning to loose all hope with this one small jewel I needed to complete my cosplay... so this is really helpful =3
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I know this is off topic, but do you have a tutorial on how you made her gold bracelets or could tell me what sort of materials you used?
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