HaphazardTech

Author: jimel

  • Stargate Horus Head

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    The Horus headpiece was Tom’s masterwork. The pepakura model was covered in several layers of paper mache, following by many, many… uh, many… coats of Bondo. The result was a beautiful piece of art. Unfortunately, the Bondo made it fairly heavy we had to come up with a mounting solution. We used a large cell…

  • A New Beginning, Part Deux

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    I spent a month building out the framework for my website. My plan was to simplify and downsize my footprint. That ended up not working out for me and I ended up adapting my design into a WordPress theme, which in and of itself is a slight pain. My plan was to shed the content…

  • Bongo

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    Bongo is a Beanie Baby that I’ve had for a very long time — probably since my 20s, I would say. I used to keep him at the office and he’d guard my desk or stare out the window in Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin a few years ago. This was, essentially, my very first costuming project.  The…

  • General Kael

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    Helmet: EVA Foam, Foam Clay, Styrene, LeatherChest Armor: EVA Foam, Leather, BucklesCape: FleeceSword: EVA Foam with a 3/8″ Metal Core, Leather General Kael’s Helmet & Facemask EVA Foam – 4mm & 6mm, TNT Cosplay SupplyFoam Clay – C4 Foam Clay, TNT Cosplay SupplyStyrene Plastic Sheet – TNT Cosplay SupplyAluminum Chainmail Coif – Split for Kael’s…

  • Queen Bavmorda

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    Crown Materials: Worbla Finest Art, EVA Foam, Steel D-Rings, Nylon Webbing, Black LinenRobe Materials: Linen Cloth Building Bavmorda’s Crown This was my first time using Worbla. It’s incredibly expense to buy in the US, so it’s hard to justify the spend. However, I have a few sample packs I purchased of the different versions of the…

  • Princess Sorsha Helmet

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    6mm EVA Foam, TNT Cosplay Supply C4 Foam Clay, TNT Cosplay Supply Black Leather Styrene Plastic Sheets Aluminum Chainmail Half-Round Pearl Beads Barge TF Contact Cement Pattern Base: Evil Ted’s Samurai Helmet (top section only)Freehanded Parts Sorsha’s Helmet Helmet Materials: EVA Foam, Foam Clay, Styrene, LeatherSword Materials: EVA Foam with a 3/8″ Metal Core, Leather…

  • Willow (1984) Group Cosplay

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  • Klingon Baldric

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    This is a replica of Worf’s Baldric from Star Trek: The Next Generation. I found some information on building this baldric on YouTube. I had been researching the project for quite a while. I was able to source the proper parts to make it. Materials: Aluminum Rings, Square Saddle Rings, Leather Sources: – Aluminum Spacers: AluminumSpacers.com –…

  • A New Beginning

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    Yet another redeployment of my website. My hosting account with InMotion expired last month and the pricing felt steep for what I needed, so I started searching for a new place to host. I looked at: Google Cloud Platform Bootstrap Studio Hostiing AWS Lambda and EC2 Services GCP felt powerful but like a lot of…

  • Ender 3 Enclosure

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    I built an IKEA LACK Enclosure for my Creality Ender 3. This was my compromise instead of buying another 3D printer to collect dust in my craft corner while I neglected to even learn the basics. You got me… I wasn’t really going to buy another printer. I also switched to using PETG Filament which…