![]() I should have hacked off most of this eye piece. Wheatley’s eye was based on a random plumbing part. Styrofoam would have to be covered in Resin, then Bondo, then sanded for a billion years. Pros: The plastic sphere provided a strong support structure to attach the rest of Wheatley’s pieces.Ĭons: None, I’d use the plastic sphere over a styrofoam sphere for this project. I should have skipped the smaller sphere and just carved out Wheatley’s interior by hand. What really happened is I got covered in extra expanding foam and the inner acrylic sphere ended up rising out of place, so I had to rip it out. I poured expanding foam into a sphere half and held the smaller sphere in place while the foam expanded–to create a hollow core. The website I purchased from doesn’t exist anymore, but they looked like this. The globes were designed to be those giant ornaments hanging in department stores for the holidays. Use Bill’s tutorial to make your own Chell boots.įor Wheatley’s body, I purchased two plastic, different-sized spheres online. Boots that uncomfortable are only good for photo shoots and, at that point, you might as well photoshop out the acrylic heel.Ĭons: The rest of my boots–crafted with layers upon layers of mistakes. A few years later, Bill was commissioned for Chell boots and they look awesome. She was also sitting down the whole time I saw her because the balance and pain were too great to stand for more than a few minutes. I saw another Chell cosplayer at DragonCon who had real-working, spring boot supports. ![]() ![]() The only recommendation I have from my Chell boots build, is to use clear acrylic high heeled shoes. This was the only down side, so if you’re putting a decal on non-stretchy cloth, go for it. The transfer began to crack from stretching, so I had to carefully pull the shirt over my head and only hand wash it. Pros: You can make the exact size you want and place it just like the reference image.Ĭons: I got the “won’t crack on stretchy cloth” kind, but that was full of lies. Print it out on this special transfer paper and iron it onto your clothing! I learned a ton of things not to do and also a few techniques I still use today. Before we get to Wheatley, I want to highlight two bits of my Chell costume.Ĭreate your design in a photoshop program, or just look for a pre-made vector on Google Images. DragonCon is a costume paradise! That year, Bill met Harrison, from Volpin Props, who gave Bill sage advice that went something like “dude, just quit your day job and make props for a living.” That’s when it all started. After our first DragonCon, we decided, as cosplayers, that we would pick DragonCon over PAX for future years. In 2011, PAX was a week before Labor Day, so the convention didn’t overlap with DragonCon! We decided to hit up both conventions–because we’re crazy. Living in Seattle, we would go to PAX Prime each year.
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