BRIDEZILLA!

Hehe, awesome!

It looks like she might be wearing these plush Godzilla feet, Available Here.

Thanks to Bonniegrrl for the tip.

With Comic Con just around the corner, the good folks at LeiasMetalBikini.com are gearing up for a massive Slave Leia group photo!

July 24, 2009 in the Dealer’s Hall.

Here are a few of the rules:

Costume must be Leia’s bikini
Females only
Must be at least 18 yrs of age
No boy shorts.

Sounds totally awesome. This is one Con tradition that never gets old.

[via LeiasMetalBikini.com]

I’ve done a little time traveling.

Yep, strapped myself into a medieval gown and went to a Renaissance Festival. That’s as far back in time as I go cuz I can’t be without my wet wipes, make up, hot baths, books, my computer and cell phone. I’m a hardcore 21st century gal.

But across the country, more dedicated historians do a little “time travelin” themselves with the help of Historical Reeanactments. There are Civil War reenactments, Fur Trade reenactments, Old West Train Robbery reenactments, 19th century Women’s Education Schools and the Old Time Base-Ball League, to name a few.

In period uniforms and language, the players of the 1860’s baseball league and their fans (called “rooters”), also dressed in the fashion of the day, are devoted to accuracy. The players use real dinner plates as bases which was standard protocol in the late 1800s and the “hurler” pitches underhand. Hand-sewn, leather-bound baseballs are caught with bare hands and you get four strikes before you’re out at the old ball game.

Late night talk show host, Conan O’Brien, caught wind of the league and decided to pay them a visit. Conan said his 1860s Baseball experience was his favorite video clip in Late Night history. Besides being hilarious, this video will give you an idea of what you can expect when you get involved with historical reenactments:

[via Mental Floss]

Captain’s Table Restaurant: 2 Captains, 1 Mission, a New Experience.

It appears Captain Picard and Commander Sisko have opened a restaurant in San Jose, California!

Captain’s Table is a new SciFi-themed restaurant featuring Star Trek lookalikes and a display of authentic costumes and props. Sounds awesome! And it’s not exclusive to Star Trek. The restaurant will also have themes from Star Wars, Dr. Who and superheroes.

An added attraction will be our unique display of original memorabilia consisting of costumes and props which has been carefully assembled over the last two years and costing many thousands of dollars.

We intend to offer fast internet access for all visiting customers, giving them the opportunity to promote us to their friends and acquaintances whilst on-line at our premises.

But best of all — if you come in costume, you get a discount! Wow, a restaurant full of Klingons, stormtroopers and superheroes. That just sounds so fun.

When a customer attends in a recognized publicized Sci-Fi costume, they will receive a discount on their final bill. This will also add to the ambiance of the restaurant, and the experience of fellow customers. In addition, this will ignite the curiosity of passers-by to come in for a look at what is occurring in our establishment.

For more information, please visit: Capt-Table.com.

Thanks to KlingonGuy for the tip!

[via Geekologie]

Aw, look at this cute kid wearing a Mega Man costume. Pew! Pew! Pew! I’m impressed with the accuracy of this costume, especially how it lights up. Totally awesome.

If you’re not familiar with Mega Man, he’s the main character of a hugely popular video game franchise which includes spinoffs into comics and television.

This video is so great. A bunch of zombies get together to play some kickball! I love how they move so slowly. It’s so perfect.

Apparently the good zombies in Portland, Maine do this every year to raise money for the local food bank. How fun!

We have a special post for you today! MyDisguises reader Patrick Neese was kind enough to send us photos of his Terminator costume - along with a detailed description of how he made the costume!

This costume looks so professional and incredibly well made. Very, very impressive, Sir. And now…Heeeere’s Patrick!

The mask I made was a take on Arnold…thought it would be fun to use Arnie even though the story line didn’t call for it.

I started on the costume after seeing the trailer and thinking the t-600 looked like a Quake 2 Strogg zombie character. Then some friends that do marketing at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin said they would like for me to be at the opening night just kinda walking around. So I moved the finishing date from Oct 20th to May.

The ammo backpack is a foam core square on an Alice pack frame. The ammo belt is a PVC rain gutter I made into a square using a heat gun, gloves and a mask.

I then put them into small pieces with a 200 tooth saw blade on a miter saw. Glasses and respirator required.

As in the picture I then laid those down and spaced them apart with Popsicle sticks and hot glued them to a 2×4 for support. I then epoxied a nylon strap to them so they would stay together but move with the mini gun. The mini gun is made up of an old electric scooter (found on craigslist as not working). I cut it apart and welded it back together for the shape I needed.

Then I attached PVC pipe to 4″ PVC caps I drilled holes into. I used epoxy here as well. This PVC was bolted on to the wheel of the scooter and was painted matte black. Then I glued the ammo belt to it. It spins and looks pretty sweet. I’m surprised a cop didn’t pull me over as I transported it in my front seat to the theater.

The masks were sculpted in WED clay (water based clay with glycerin to prevent early drying). I pulled a silicone two part mother mold for the fiberglass endoskeleton. 3-4 layers of fiberglass were poured/laid into the mold, sanded, then painted.

Arnold was cast from a two part hydrocal mold, since I would be pouring latex…and the porous nature helps pull the ammonia and water from the latex so it may dry/cure.

The body parts were PVC, foam core covered with fiberglass and full fiberglass. The chest piece was foam core I hot glued together than covered with fiberglass. I connected this to the all fiberglass shoulder piece that was originally done in foamcore and had body filler smooth out the transitions, molded in silicone then fiberglass poured.

I connected them using a PVC pipe and two ball joint male pieces I picked up at http://www.grainger.com/ locally in Austin. There was a pneumatic piston attached to the bicep area in the front for looks.

The lower right arm was all PVC pipe, cut and glued, then painted. The leg piece was PVC heat gunned to the right size for my leg and only covers the outside and front half. The calf was PVC and had two pneumatic pistons for looks. They moved when I moved my leg, but are for looks only.

The glowing eyes were LEDs with a AA battery pack. I painted the back of them black so no light shinned into my eye directly and had tem bent at a 90 degree angle to point straight out. Works well if people aren’t using flash. If I had more time a 45 degree piece of tinted plexi with the led above would work great.

I wore body tight black clothing under the endoskeleton to hide my light skin to help with the illusion of the endoskeleton being the bottom layer. I had a BDU shirt and a green sweater I sliced with a razor blade and burned. I did this to the latex face too, wearing a respirator and outside.

I think that is it. Overall the cost was probably about $300 including the casting supplies etc. I still have all the molds in a closet.

As a note — I use RTV silicone from Wal-mart. This can be thinned to pour, but I normally do a thin first layer painted, once cured I then pop out a tube of silicone, I dip it in water using latex gloves to remove preservatives and start the curing process. RTV uses humidity to cure(so soaking in water and kneading speeds this up), thick RTV takes DAYS to cure if you do not knead it in water for 10 seconds (watch out for water/air bubbles) then I add a few drops of acrylic and start to spread over the thin layer and really get into the under cuts.

I try to get rid of the undercuts as much as possible so the mother mold doesn’t freeze on. This is no longer workable in about 5-10 minutes time. I use some pinkie sized tubes to make hold points for the mother mold. After that cures I make a mother mold…it is backasswards from how you normally do a matrix mold…but it works for this.

You can use fiberglass or plaster. I like two layers of fiberglass. It holds up under the weight to support the silicone and is semi rigid so if the silicone won’t move with the fiberglass positive in the mold you can tweak it some to help get it off. I don’t know full cure time. I usually demold 3 hours after and let the acetic acid vent outside for a bit…once again…outside…and I still wear a mask.

This byproduct of the curing has an inhalation rating of 2. I learned this silicone trick from some taxidermists. DO NOT use tin cure silicone for anything that is going to touch skin…like masks or prosthetic pieces…use the more expensive platinum cure…trust me your skin is worth the extra 50 bucks.

Always wear the proper respirator. Just because you can’t smell it doesn’t mean it isn’t killing you… RIP Lance Pope.

– Patrick Neese

Follow Patrick on Twitter: @pjneese
 

Thank you so much, Patrick, for taking the time to share your photos and for writing about your awesome costume! Such amazing work. Great job - you totally rock!

LOL, I love this photo. Great costumes, especially the guy in the middle. But I’m at a loss - what sort of cosplay is this?

I don’t recognize the costumes, and I’m hoping one of you will be kind enough to tell me where these costumes originated.

?? Thanks!

Aww, look at this cute kid. He’s the strongest man in the world!

You know, I just can’t get enough Star Wars dancing, so I thought I’d post this awesome Star Wars Dance Off video from last May. This was during the 2009 Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

This year they danced to ’90s music. Heh, so cool!

[via Star Wars Blog]

This Costume Dancing video just popped up on Youtube today, from last weekend’s AdventureCon in Knoxville, TN.

How can you watch this video and not smile? The music is faint but it sounds like they’re dancing to “Staying Alive” by the Bee Gees. Ah, good times.

Ahoy, Matie! The 3rd annual Norcal Pirate Festival is this Father’s Day weekend in Vallejo, California!

Guaranteed to be fun for the whole family - the festival includes pirate costumes, pirate music, and pirate battles! This sounds too good to be true.

• June 20-21, 2009 - Father’s Day Weekend

• Sat from 10am - dusk

• Sun 10am to 6pm

• Pirate Entertainers, Musicians, Singers, Swordfighters, Craftspeople, and more!

• Turn Vallejo’s waterfront into a Pirate Town the likes of which hasn’t been seen since Tortuga!

• Come on out and have a swashbucklin’ great time at the SF Bay Area’s only Pirate Festival!

• Admission: FREE!

Visit NorCalPirateFestival.com for full information and a Photo Gallery!

Here are a few great photos from last year’s festival. This looks like a blast. Arrrrr!

Thanks to Bonniegrrl for the tip!