After the “let’s print legs out of TPU” experiment failed, I moved forward to other parts of the costume. Starting with the head. Continue Reading... "Charr cosplay: head design"
Category: Projects
The Charr Cosplay: designing the frame
After a ridiculously long pause on my charr cosplay project, the efforts are resumed — and after a long while of only vaguely thinking about it, I actually start designing the thing. Continue Reading... "The Charr Cosplay: designing the frame"
Turns Out You DO Need To Harass Users of Your App
As is becoming tradition, Amulet D20 — a fantasy community club I’m a part of — has been handed the execution of the mini painting contest on local convention (Na Meji Nevidnega; NMN) for the second year. Because we like public participation, public gets to have a say in who’s the winner. In practice, the competition looks like this: you come and sign up… Continue Reading... "Turns Out You DO Need To Harass Users of Your App"
How to print your Guild Wars 2 character (or any game, really)
2025 update v2: I made a tool that fixes distortions introduced by Intel GPA, and that tool made few sections of this blog obsolete. As such, they’ve been deleted. Old version is still available here.2025 update. This blog post now also exists as a youtube video. Yes, the video is 1 hour 20, so about twice as long as it takes to read this… Continue Reading... "How to print your Guild Wars 2 character (or any game, really)"
That’s Right, And I’ll do it Again — Branded Charr Mini
Remember that one time when I printed myself my Guild Wars 2 character in the most pleb way possible? Well … turns out that our club decided to do a Lovecraft-themed event, which means there’s going to be another mini painting contest, with a Lovecraftian / horror theme. This thematic is one that I highly dislike, but it does highly overlap with “things getting… Continue Reading... "That’s Right, And I’ll do it Again — Branded Charr Mini"
The Charr Cosplay: The Matter of Size
Tamius spends a lot of words talking about whether to make his charr costume big or small, debating pros and cons of each option. Continue Reading... "The Charr Cosplay: The Matter of Size"
The Charr Cosplay, Part 0: Motivation, Requirements, and Ideas
It was autumn 2012 and I was making my Steam account. It turned out that my standard username at the time has already been taken by someone else, meaning I had to pick a new name. Fortunately for me, the final Guild Wars 2 beta weekend happened just a few months earlier. I’ve played out all five races the game has to offer, and… Continue Reading... "The Charr Cosplay, Part 0: Motivation, Requirements, and Ideas"
Robe of Archmagi: The Result
Well, took me a while to come around to writing this post. I’ll try to be brief: I wasn’t very satisfied with the NMN version of the robe. However, about a month later, our club (Amulet D20) had a thematic evening, which has seen some adjustments: You may have also noticed that the introductory post promised a chapter on props and cooling. Unfortunately, there… Continue Reading... "Robe of Archmagi: The Result"
3D printing my Guild Wars 2 character
2024 update: If you’re looking for a tutorial — this post has little value as a tutorial. Click here for a more up-to-date version that attempts to give you a more accurate run-down of Blender. Now with 90% less of “I tried X and it didn’t work.” Back in 2012, I was kinda into Guild Wars 2. Because of reasons, around 2012 I also… Continue Reading... "3D printing my Guild Wars 2 character"
Robe of Archmagi R&D: The Trim
Just by looking at the reference picture, golden trims look like a major paint in the ass. It actually appears to have a 3D shape to it, meaning my usual tactics of “just painting on” probably isn’t going to work. Or is it? Paint selection For a very nice price of 6.9€, I bought myself a R&D sample of proper gold paint for fabric.… Continue Reading... "Robe of Archmagi R&D: The Trim"