Vampire the Masquerade Circle of Crones Box

Vampire the Masquerade Circle of Crones Box

So, it's about time I started LARPing...a local group is running Vampire the Masquerade. One of the players had a box in the shape of a book to hold her items and I thought I'd fancy it up a little. Here's how you can make you own!

Materials:

Box in the shape of a book (Michaels ususally has some)

Acrylic paint (I used black, red, and gold)

Matte clear spray paint

Hot glue gun/hot glue

Gesso

Brushes

Painter's tape

1. Strip the book box (you can skip this step if you don't mind having a shinier texture)

2. Draw the design onto the book with a marker and trace over it with hot glue.

3. Cover the entire box with gesso (do at least two coats to even out the small bumps on the surface)

4. Paint the entire box black then dab on red paint with a dry brush

5. Paint the hot glue parts with gold paint.

6. Add more details with gold paint

And we are done!

Princess Peach Crown

Princess Peach Crown Tutorial!

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Materials:

• Scissors, ruler, pen/marker
• Craft foam
• Worbla (wonderflex would work too)
• Heat gun
• Acrylic paint (black, white, and gold)
• Hot glue gun and glue
• 60mm round acrylic gems (2 red and 2 blue)

Let's get started!

1. Gather materials

2. Draft a rough crown pattern on the foam and cut it out. I cut it into 4 pieces so it'll be easier to heat/reshape for the worbla. You can do it all in once piece if you are using a different material.

3. Roughly cut out pieces of worbla to cover the crown pieces.

4. Use a heat gun to heat up the worbla pieces and seal the foam between the worbla.

5. Connect the worbla-covered pieces together to shape a basic crown.

6. Roughly draw design details onto the basic crown.

7. Add the details with strips of worbla.

8. Spray paint the crown with a black base. *I usually prime the worbla with gesso, I ran out of time and did not do so for this piece, so the texture of the crown came out a little more rough.

9. Dab on a layer of gold paint with a dry brush and a tiny dab of water.

10. Trace the shadows with black paint, and high light with white paint.

11. Hot glue on the gems and we are done!

I put two little hooks on the bottom of the crown so it can be attached to hair/wigs with pins.

Bonus: Princes Kira!

Cat Pendant - More Worbla Fun!

Made this for my best friend (and my favourite crazy cat lady). Here are some progress pics!

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I painted a pretty rock and drew a basic pattern on worbla. (The cat's my signature).

Melt the pieces together to make the back.

Melt a strip around the pretty rock.

Wrapped a piece of worbla around a crochet hook and melt onto the gem.

Heat up the back and attach to the back of the gem.

Added ears to the front.

Primed with gesso.

Primed with black paint.

Painted the worbla part and sealed with an acrylic sealant.

Add ribbons and we are done!

Warhammer 40k Space Wolf Bracers

I actually started on this bracer before making eldritch ones but had to wait for some materials to arrive before I could finish it. In case you are wondering why I am making so many bracers, it is because I just started playing with worbla. Bracers are relatively simple to make and take less material than other pieces of armor if I make a mistake.

As usual, here are some progress shots:

Sketched out a rough design on my iPad, using Paper.

Drew the pattern on a piece of craft foam (the first wolf was too derpy so I had to draw another one).

Cut out the foam and two pieces of worbla that were large enough to cover the foam.

Covered the foam with heated worbla.

It took a couple heating for the details on the wolf to show up.

Curved the entire piece by pacing it on a vodka bottle.

Added details with strips of worbla.

Primed it with many, many, many, many, many layers of gesso.

Primed again with a couple layers of black acrylic paint.

Painted with a rough layer of base colours.

Added some highlights.

Added some "battle scars" and sealed it with an acrylic spray.

Now, for attaching the straps to the back.

Bend some garden wire into little rings (you should take better care of your pliers than I did with mine...poor thing was falling apart with rust).

Attached the rings to the back of bracer with small pieces of heated worbla.

Sew nylon webbing and buckles onto the rings.

And we are done! The straps are adjustable.