Two Articles, One New, One old (but recently rediscovered)
The first is an article about Pixie from X-men. The second is an old photo article by Laura of her Arwen Costume.
lord of the rings
Sponsorship Article – Galadriel from The Lord of the Rings, by Lopti
As always, Lopti has taken one of our products and made something amazing with them. Please click on the image (or right here!) to read the entire article of how she made and brought together all the components to this beautiful costume: the dress, the wig, the make-up.
Video – Painting Thorin’s Armor
I posted a quick video of how I am painting my armor plates for my Thorin Costume.
Thorin Armor Update – Armor plates molded
I got the first prototypes molded and cast. Well cast a couple of times. I think these will work great! I fixed up a new positive today from one of these casts, made the sides smoother and less “wobbly”. Also sculpted the final armor plate. More to come!
Bilbo Baggins Cosplay Article by JadeKat
We have another wonderful submission from our Sponsored Cosplayer program, this time from a friend from the Ohio Renaissance Festival, JadeKat. She came up to the booth to get a pair of halfling ears to complete her ensemble, and we really thought it was a great take on a classic fantasy character, Bilbo Baggins from … Read more
New Elf Ears ! Wood Elf Small Ear Tips
Last night I attended the midnight showing of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and it was a lot of fun! So what better day to release our new style of elf ears than today! While we all discuss our new Hobbit costumes ( I am working on A Thorin costume and Sara and Laura … Read more
New ears will be in production next week!
So the new ears have been sculpted, molded and cast. They will start their production run next week! I have dubbed it the “Wood Elf” ear!
New ears in the works.
We don’t rest very long around this studio! We have recovered from the rush of Halloween, and Paul and I just returned from a painting retreat with Larry Elmore, so now it is time to make lots of new stuff! This summer we brought out the new Dwarf Ears, and now I am working on … Read more
Dwarven Ears are in production!
I have finished two plaster molds and they are in the drying rack. We ran one pair of ears to see how they look and well, judge for yourself! [singlepic id=1613 w=320 h=240 float=center] We have also put up a page for our upcoming dwarf costumes which can be found following the link below (but … Read more
Dorkiest way to get engaged… my Lord of the Rings Proposal.
So I asked Laura to marry me yesterday. We drove out to Joshua Tree national park while we were visiting in Los Angeles. We went up on top of the Little San Bernardino Mountains and I launched my plan to ask her. I gave her a hardcover Fellowship of the Rings book which had been hollowed … Read more