BlizzCon 2011 Day 1 Recap

Whew. This has been a rough past couple of months, but it was definitely worth it! BlizzCon 2011 just flew right on by this past weekend, and I can definitely say it was extremely epic. I didn't get to experience quite as much as I had wanted to,… [Read More]

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Anime Expo 2011 Recap

What can I say about Anime Expo 2011? Epic as hell, but also extremely hectic. The highlight of the convention was most definitely the Hatsune Miku concert. It was really exciting to see the concert in person, and I honestly shed a few tears of joy… [Read More]

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Vensy[dot]net 3.0 LIVE

I'm happy to say that Vensy[dot]NET v3.0 is now live! There isn't much new to this layout; I just decided to finally be un-lazy and make my own Wordpress template from scratch. (The last version of the site was simply modified from a pre-existing… [Read More]

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Touhouvania Suika Overview

Touhouvania Suika was a really fun project to make for sure. It was challenging, required a lot of planning, and did require some ingenious planning. The design really called out to me as interesting, but I knew it would be difficult because of… [Read More]

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Tutorial: Custom Temporary Tattoos
Posted in Tutorials by Vensy on December 25, 2011 at 3:55 pm.

Photo by snowchef. This is a really simple tutorial, but I’ve been asked how I got my Miku “01″ tattoo plenty of times so I figured I would show you guys how to easily make your own temporary tattoos! This doesn’t apply only to Vocaloid, you can make ANY kind of tattoo you want, really helpful for cosplay. There isn’t much to making these, so this will be a very very short tutorial. Materials Needed Here’s a list of materials needed to follow this tutorial … Read More
Tutorial: Silicone Molds
Tutorial: Silicone Molds
Posted in Tutorials by Vensy on December 21, 2011 at 2:22 pm.

In this tutorial I am going to go over how to make silicone molds to easily reproduce simple flat-faced sculpts you might make (works well for buttons, emblems, etc.). This will only work for objects that have one flat face. Here is an example of a couple of casts I already did with my mold, but this tutorial will only cover how to make the actual mold itself. Resin casting will be a separate tutorial. This tutorial will be split into two mini sections, how … Read More
Tutorial: Armored Cups
Tutorial: Armored Cups
Posted in Tutorials by Vensy on October 31, 2011 at 1:59 am.

My most recent project was Sylvanas Windrunner from World of Warcraft. It was a very big challenge which involved learning a lot of new materials and techniques, but it was definitely a lot of fun. I’ll be writing a series of tutorials on how I did the armor, but my first one will be how I made the breastplate – or specifically how I made the “cups”. Before I continue, I need to give credit to Evil FX @ Bioweapons.com for the core of this … Read More
Tutorial: General Tools
Tutorial: General Purpose Tools
Posted in Tutorials by Vensy on April 25, 2011 at 3:16 am.

Here I’ll be writing about some general tools you should have on hand while working with Cosplay. Since I’ll be writing a lot more tutorials in the future, I figure I might as well have a write-up of all the basic tools you should have with you for your work-space. You obviously don’t need to own all of these, but this might give you a general idea of what you may want to own. :) For many of you, this may seem pretty obvious, but … Read More
Tutorial: Proportions
Tutorial: Proportions
Posted in Tutorials by Vensy on April 17, 2011 at 6:56 pm.

So I notice when a lot of people make props and parts of their cosplays, they’re not exactly to the proper proportional value to the character. This tutorial will be really simple, and just mainly math, but hey it might help someone. :) I’m working on Black Gold Saw and Touhouvania Suika at the moment, and for Black Gold Saw specifically I’m being very anal about proportioning everything correctly. As much as we all hate math (I know I do), it can be really helpful … Read More