#mechanical hand

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I am starting to get done with my Sweet Autumn cosplay and this is all the armor pieces I have made for it (except the spine I forgot in this photo). It is many pieces and, since I had before this never made armor or worked with worbla, a huge challenge.

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I have really learned a lot through all the time I spend on it and all the errors and remakes I have made. 

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REX, Sweet’s rapid-fire missile cannon, is finally done. It is really big and quite heavy for me but I am pretty happy with it. It is a mix between the concept art version and the in-game version.

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I have repainted the mechanical hand four times so I am very happy to be done with it. The fingers can move but if I would make it again I would have made it a bit different.

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All the armor is fastened to the bodysuit with magnets, snap fasteners, velcro and ribbons. The first time I primed everything I was in a real hurry and used a polyester putty primer that totally ruined the whole armor, so in the end I had to try to save it and I ended up with the result I have today, but that error took me months of work and I really regret not taking the time to do more research and try first on a separate piece.

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The shoes are the one piece I really don’t like. I was stupid enough to use plastic on the inside which makes it really really warm to wear them, but it is to late to fix it and the rest of the cosplay is not so warm so that is something at least.

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The backpack was one of the pieces I had to remake after I accidentally melted the plastic inside it and totally deformed the worbla. I was also the hardest part to fastened to the suit since it does not have any visible straps or simular. The solution to the problem was a harness with a plate of worbla were magnets was fastened. I wear the harness under the bodysuit and that way I can fastened the backpack directly to my back.

Through the time I have worked with the armor pieces I have learned tons and I have really gotten better at working with worbla. I am not super happy with the end result but for being the first armor I have made I suppose it is good enough. 

~Bubblefish

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