horn tutorial

I promised a few people to take progress-pictures of the horns I made for my Homestuck Aradia Cosplay!
First of all, there's two tutorials here. I wasn't satisfied with the first pair, so I made a new one - they still aren't perfect, so I'm making yet a new set, to make them more ram-like.
Though, these tutorials might be useful to those who want to make larger horns - the progress can easily be fitted to the kind of horns you want to make!
I find ram horns quite difficult to make, as the shape easily bends..
The first set is more time consuming than the second set.
I won't show how I got them to sit on my head, as the method I used is retarded and requires two people to get it on, haha.
But let's get started!

For the first set, you'll be using:
Hard wire // Paper form
Expanding foam
Tape
Papier-mache
Plaster // Polyfilla
Sandpaper
Paint

1. First you make the desired shape out of the wire. You can use a paper-form if you have to make a straight horn.

2. Fill them out with expanding foam - don't use too much, it expands like hell! With the wire base I made, the cutting was to be careful. It took a while, so that I wouldn't hit the wire and cute off too much.

3. If you happen to cut off too much at places, take some of the cut off foam and tape it to the form, to fill out the spaces!

4. Coat them with papier-mache.

5. Coat them with plaster or Polyfilla (using plaster you have to be quick, as it hardens very fast).

6. Sand them so they get a smoother surface.

7. Lastly, you paint them with the desired colors!

For the second set, you'll be using:
Pipe cleaners // wire
Tin foil
Masking tape
Polyfilla
Sandpaper
Paint

1.First, make your desired shape out of pipe cleaners or wire, and form them with tin foil. Use the tin foil to get to the desired thickness.

2. Cover them in masking tape.
NOTE! Here would be a good place to coat them with papier-mache, but I was too lazy to do it - papier-mache let's the Polyfilla bind easier.

3. Coat them in Polyfilla and sand them.

4. Paint them in the desired colors!
Here you can also see the difference in the two pairs I made; the first pair ended up being too large, and bend out of shape.

I hope this was useful! If you have any questions about the process, don't hesitate to ask :D

Genki '11

I'm slowly getting up to date here, haha

Two weeks ago was Genki - this year in Roskilde.

Friday I participated in the J-fashion.dk fashion show.

I paired up with Ari for the second round on the stage ♥

Saturday I finally got to meet all the lovely people from the danish Homestuck cosplay group! I was so excited and super awkward ♥

I myself was cosplaying Aradia Megido - I think it turned out descend.

Sunday I dressed up in something fancy!

I had a wonderful weekend, thanks to everyone!

To end this post, here's some mood-pictures of Liv and I ♥ ♥ ♥

hamburg trip

After the Harry Potter premiere I went to meet with Gabi in Århus - she had offered me a free 2-days vacation to Hamburg!
It was so nice of her, and I had a blast. She was going to get a tattoo, and I got to watch the whole process - I've wanted to see how it's done for quite a while.
The tattoo turned out amazing, it's so well done and beautiful.

I'm very grateful for the experience ♥
And I got to fill up on markers and pencils!

a magical world

I'm back and able to update again!

Last month, the 11th, I went to Copenhagen - I stayed there until the 13th.
Not just for the usual chillaxing with Liv, but for the Harry Potter MEGA MARATHON + midnight premiere at Imperial ♥ ♥ ♥
Oh God, I can't describe my feelings about it.
It was amazing seeing all the movies (though, I didn't make it for the first one) on the big screen, and the excitement from everyone was overwhelming.
When Deathly Hallows part 2 started I realized that we were going to watch the last Harry Potter movie. Shit man, I was crying so much throughout the movie!

I was dressed as a Hufflepuff ♥
Still, I don't really get it's over..

While we're on the subject of Harry Potter;

Look what Liv gave me!!!!
It's a Nimbus shirt ♥ I love it, I've been wearing it almost every day, haha!
She gave it to me as a belated birthday gift ♥

AND!!!!!
I GOT INTO POTTERMOREEEEEEEEE, all thanks to Liv who excitedly called me on the second opening day to tell me the question was up ♥

I simply can't wait to get sorted!