20110827

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

20110820

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 ♥ ♥ ♥

20110812

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!

20110810

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!

20110716

Kløften Festival

Quite a while since my last blog, huh!
I've had a lot of nice things to attend to lately, and I can't wait to tell about all of it; though, I'll divide everything into separate blogs.

IN the end of June was Kløften Festival. As the last 20 years, I attended, and I had a most wonderful time.
Some of the concerts we went to; Alphabeat, Turboweekend, De Glade Sømænd, Crash-kurs, Vinnie Who, Duné, The Floor Is Made Of Lava and Sort Sol.
Well, enough talk, picture-time!






At one point it started to rain like crazy! People sought shelter under tables, haha.

All pictures are by my sister.

20110702

inside


inside by *ApfelAstrid on deviantART

These are done in school, for my production - the things I make will be sold, hopefully. These are going to be framed in two quadratic frames with black backgrounds.

I want to post about this years Kløften Festival, but I'll have to wait, seeing as my sister is keeping the good images hostage, while she's at Roskile! So, have some sketches instead;



My dad had prepared eggs for when I came home for Kløften, so that I could have sun-eggs ♥ I love sun-eggs, they're so delicious.
I will go now, and watch Hellboy; the Golden Army, and fangirl over Prince Nuada.

20110629

✂ ✄ ✂ ✄ ✂

I posted this picture to Facebook yesterday; I love peoples reactions, haha!
For years, I've wanted to shave part of my head again, but the "maybe I'll regret it"-question kept creeping into my head. Though, yesterday I decided I should just do it, before I shave off all my hair - I'm so tired of it just being long! So I got Sascha to shave it for me ♥
It's very discreet, and can be hid away when I have my hair down. I love it, and it feels nice with something new ♥

20110614

cardhouse

This weekend was once again spend in the summer cottage. This time just my dad and I, though - and Bernhard.
I've been helping around the house; and my dad taught me to make a good gravy!

AND ! ! ! I build a card-house. I feel complete.

I better get to sleep now, I gotta get up at 3:30 in the morning :I

20110611

commission: Louise

Just finished a commission yesterday; thought I'd share it! And the progress too, because I like seeing how drawings progress, haha.





Commission: Louise by *ApfelAstrid on deviantART