A few weeks ago I was invited to a video game-themed party. Since I knew the hostess would provide so much more than your average run-of-the-mill-party I too wanted to come up with something extraordinary.
I was very inspired by that guy who made a MegaMan suit for his son and had all but decided to do a remake when a friend talked me into my second option; a King Koopa suit. Also, I couldn't find anyone who had made (a reasonable-looking) Koopa suit which made it a bit more fun.
There were parts that didn't come out quite as nice as I'd hoped, but on the whole I'm really satisfied.
All in all it took around two weeks of working non-stop in evening and weekends. Cost wasn't that high actually, maybe $50 or so.
I was very inspired by that guy who made a MegaMan suit for his son and had all but decided to do a remake when a friend talked me into my second option; a King Koopa suit. Also, I couldn't find anyone who had made (a reasonable-looking) Koopa suit which made it a bit more fun.
There were parts that didn't come out quite as nice as I'd hoped, but on the whole I'm really satisfied.
All in all it took around two weeks of working non-stop in evening and weekends. Cost wasn't that high actually, maybe $50 or so.
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For this project you need a sewing machine (and some sewing machine chops, nothing spectacular, but if you had trouble in school, this project probably isn't for you). You also need all that goes with papier-mache. Heavy duty staplers, both one that bends the staples and one that just shoots them in. Sheet insulation to make the mouth out of and some sort of Dremel-like tool to shape it with. Several friends pointed out the goodness of just using a hot metal thread to cut with and that would probably be great, at least for rough cutting, but for the fine bits I would really go for the Dremel.
To paint and glue the sheet insulation you need water based glue and paint. This is very important since the usual solvents all make the sheet insulation turn into a sticky goo. I used about 5m of fleece fabric and just over a kilo's worth of teddy bear stuffing as well. Oh, and about a meter of velcro.
Okay, I know the pic sucks but I forgot to take a picture of all the stuff and had to settle for what I had left.
To paint and glue the sheet insulation you need water based glue and paint. This is very important since the usual solvents all make the sheet insulation turn into a sticky goo. I used about 5m of fleece fabric and just over a kilo's worth of teddy bear stuffing as well. Oh, and about a meter of velcro.
Okay, I know the pic sucks but I forgot to take a picture of all the stuff and had to settle for what I had left.
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But mostly, I just like the ring of "King Koopa" better, Bowser sounds silly to me. =)
Good job!