CHAINSAW MAN IS COMPLETE!!
Added 2022-10-06 23:53:13 +0000 UTCWhew!! This guy was quite the project… there was a lot to consider with the colors and the structure, how much gore I wanted, etc etc~ Thankfully a lot of people have attempted this project already (I got a lot of my inspiration from SKS Props build 👍), so I didn’t have to do it too much guesswork when it came to sizing 😗💕
The 3D print is from Habiteer Workshop, and this was their THIRD ATTEMPT!! 😱 I have a big fat head so it was difficult for them to get the sizing right 😅 I opted to have them print it instead because their printers are HUGE!! This helmet was only 2 pieces, whereas it might have been 6 or more on my tiny 200mm printers.
Everything was assembled, primed, filled and sanded multiple times, and primed with a flat black. All colors were just good old spray paint except for the teeth. I have a specific acrylic color mix I like to use for bone 🦴 The helmet was sealed with a satin varnish, and I added highlights and scratches with a silver sharpie. I’ve tried all kinds of silver acrylic and wax paints to add highlights, but I found silver sharpie works best! It’s easy to work with and you don’t have to worry about sealing it 👍💖
The chainsaw teeth… OOOOOO THE TEETH!!! 😫😭😭 At times like this I wish I had a laser cutter!! It was such a pain to pattern, cut, and sand 300+ teeth, which were 3 pieces each, so 900+ TOTAL BY HAND (not to mention I didn’t like how the first set of teeth I made looked, so I scrapped them and started over… 🙃)!!
The blades themselves have a mix of wooden and acrylic core rods inside to help keep them sturdy. And once the teeth were glued on, everything was sealed with plastidip, painted with a light layer of silver spray paint, then splashed with a lot of black acrylics to create a greasy, old gore look. Then it was sealed with a satin varnish.
The blood was my favorite part!! I mixed some red and brown acrylics with some 5min expoxy, that way the blood would still look shiny and sticky once it cured 🥰
I’ll be throwing on the whole costume this week in Vegas! I’ll be doing lots of photoshoots and creating a whole bunch of content with Mariah, so get hyped~ 🤗
PS: I know I don’t go much into the tutorial side of things anymore, but would you guys like me to go more in-depth with my crafting progress? Or are you more like “meh” and like seeing WIP pictures? 🤔 let me know!! 💕
Comments
Confirmed Akemi has more than one brain! She's a super duper genius🤣😘❤
2022-10-09 06:32:48 +0000 UTCHEHHEHEE, thank you!! And yes, my fat head is to hold all my juicy brains 🤣💕
Akemikun
2022-10-07 19:55:14 +0000 UTC
