Modesty Studios

Some cosplayers made a very excellent replica for this prop out of acrylic or plastics or something that had to do with laser cutting. And of course he sells them for about $200 a prop. DEFINITELY WORTH IT if you want to drop the cash and go for high quality. Simply google omni-tool prop and you'll find it pretty easily. But I want to do it MYSELF even though I'm a terrible prop maker...worse than costumes. So I'm going to make a low cost omni-tool and share how YOU can make it too!  Here are the materials I plan on using.  Tools Heat Gun/Blow Dryer Scissors Exacto Knife Box Cutters Glue Gun/Clear glue Masking Tape Scotch Tape Printing Paper Invisible Mounting wire References Supplies Two 2-liter Clear Soda bottle smooth sides Orange, smooth transparent folders/binder dividers Clear Snaps (optional) Orange Sharpie (optional) Orange Enamel paint (optional) Testors Window Tint Spray paint (optional) Orange Vinyl Headlight tints (optional) Here...

http://www.worbla.com/?page_id=4013 OmigoshOmigoshOmigoshOmigosh!!! This is the answer for so many of my prop issues for Tali! It's also a fantastic way to make casting molds. Seriously...if I could make a visor with this!! This would be way easier than thermoplastics. Downside is that it is pricey. I want to make an Omnitool out of it. Also redo the visor. :D

Ha so it's been awhile since I posted progress. And progress had been made! First I'd like to show off my Grey Warden costume that I "debuted" at PAX South. Some of it broke off before I got this picture taken. :P Grey Warden...missing elbow armor. Tali's cosplay has been retired early as I rethink the design. The helmet is the only part that really came out nicely. Well...the metal arm stuff was pretty good too...and pants. Okay but my issue is that it had too many moving parts to put on by myself. I'm rethinking some of my take on the costume design. Like I probably will sew the bandeau onto the shirt directly and make the neck thingy out of fabric instead of foam. I still have plenty of leftover fabric so I can do it. And I'm still unemployed. :P Much sadness. I have the fabric for the Inquisitor but little motivation to work on it. Currently, I have some very serious things to think about for my life in terms of work. We'll see how things ...

I hope that during the two days off that I have, I will FINISH fixing the Tali costume and then focus on losing weight. ...I never thought I would ever say I have to do that. For most of my life I was struggling to GAIN weight. Metabolism DOES slow down at 30. LIKE ON THE DOT. Gained 10 pounds in a month or so. /sigh/ Which has made Tali a little snug. ;) I have spanx but they can only do so much. Luckily, I can go on a low carb diet and exercise more. Still waiting on feedback about jobs, looks like I'll have some unemployment time in January. Boooo! But I am making plans for my Inquisitor cosplay. And hopefully finishing the Warden. I have sunk quite some time into it and some money but I really don't have a planned event to wear it at so it's hard to really work on it. Also, want to wear the elf armor to the Ren Faire. :) We'll see how things go though. :)

Curse you inspiration. I'm not saying I'm actually going to MAKE this costume since I need to finish Tali and the Grey Warden costume first. But I am half-tempted to drop the Warden for this. Ugh but so much of it is done. Must finish. So here's the plan. Costume Analysis There are 4 layers: Chainmaille, Green Armor, Limb Armor, Clothe bits Chainmail looks like a bit body suit. but most likely shirt and chaps. There are seams that are visible on the chain itself. For the feet, it looks like clothe sandals. Same with fingerless gloves. Green Armor: A bodice and Tassets. They look like they're a firm leather with some raised designs. Because it's a game, the bodice is all one piece with no discernible method of keeping it on. although I guess you could tie it in the back. The tassets look simple enough and attach to a mystery belt under the bodice. Limb Armor: These (on my screen shots) are coppery/Bronze in color. The Arms have pauldrons mixed of leath...

So various parts of Tali don't stay on well. It's a hodge podge of velcro, glue and tape currently (as a temp solution. I've also got a couple more pieces to make: Arm Bands, magazine clip holders and Shotgun. OH and the omni-tool. I forgot about that thing. :P So here are the bits that broke when I put on my costume: - Left Leg bracer: The d-rings popped off. Needs a better way to keep these together. - Right Foot Armor: Pieces keep popping off. Really need to glue these down. -Bandeau likes to slide around. I think I need to sew some of it onto the belt somehow. -Leather Arm bands, the darn velcro just popped off. Needs to be sew on not glued. - Arm Bracer: Just a touch a velcro will help keep it from sliding off. So I know what I'm doing for Christmas. :D 

The fruits of my thanksgiving weekend labor. And then things immediately started falling apart because yeah...temp attachments are temporary for real. So From here on it's fixing and trying to lose weight. XD As you can see, my other bit of leg armor is not on, due to all the attachment rings breaking off.