3D Printing for Cosplay · 4/3/2020 · my hands on Cosplay – a combination of the words costume...
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3D Printing for Cosplay“From Foam to Filament”
Dave Lysen
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Who and What?• A mild mannered Air Traffic Controller by day – cosplayer by night• Been building/creating cosplays since 2016• Work with Worbla, EVA Foam, 3D Prints and whatever else I can get
my hands on
Cosplay – a combination of the words costume and play, which is a performance art where a participant (cosplayer) wears a costume and accessories to represent a specific character
Adam Savage has a great TED Talk called “My Love Letter to Cosplay” – highly recommend it
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Common Materials
• EVA Foam• Worbla• Sintra• PLA/PETG/ABS• Fillers• Primers• Paints• All the Sandpaper…
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The Process• Pick your cosplay• Get reference material• Find/Make patterns (or files if 3D Printing)• Choose your material• Become MacGyver and figure out how to make amazing things out of
regular household items• Frustration• Tears• Youtube• Excitement• Repeat
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Pattern Making - Hell hath no fury…• For armor or more fitted cosplays you will need the following
materials if no pattern exists• Plastic wrap• Duct tape• Markers• If doing a helmet – someone you trust with scissors by your face
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Foam Vs 3D Printed Helm
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Changing the GameThe K-2 Build
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The K-2 Build
• 2018 – It’s announced Star Wars Celebration 2019 will be held in Chicago
• Why K-2? I had never found another cosplayer in a K-2 suit.
• Things I had to do to make K-2 a reality• Learn to walk on stilts• Figure out how to make articulating hands• Create the armor patterns for the entire droid
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e-NABLE to the Rescue
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IG: @unboundgeekdom e-mail: [email protected] the above picture for Jeremy’s full story on the build