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Peppita's big bangles

Post by chibi-chan » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:46 pm

hello, i'm having some problems on how to make really chunky bangles because i want to cosplay as Peppita from Star Ocean.
i want to try to make her angelic cape. Here's a picture of it, courtesy of jamescom1

http://student.dpg.devry.edu/~d00752586 ... iccape.jpg[/img]
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Post by Fialchar » Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:52 am

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Post by Sterling » Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:49 am

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I hope that helps, I'm clueless as to what "Bangles" are, aside from the band.
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Post by mindtailor » Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:31 pm

That's what they are, Sterling. The massive bracelets.

I would use either pieces of PVC pipe (look at Home Depot or something to see if they have any that wide), or empty tape rolls (duct or mailing tape).
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:11 pm

Empty tape rolls wouldn't get the exact look she's looking for. Try Sculpey and mold them out like that. It's surprisingly strong...>.>
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Post by mindtailor » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:46 am

I didn't mean just empty tape rolls... I got distracted and posted before mentioning building on to them. I wouldn't suggest using just Sculpey, though, it can be a pain in the ass to work with sometimes.
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Post by Fialchar » Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:25 pm

So can co-workers.. *Cough* Oh, right, bangles >_>;
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:26 am

If worked with right, the bangles would be nice with sculpey. However, there's also the weightless double for scupley.....>.> Foamcore.
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Post by chibi-chan » Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:45 am

hello again, i apologise about the web page... i am really clueless about these things. i found out i add some extra stuff to the url, that's why it didn't work..

http://student.dpg.devry.edu/~d00752586 ... iccape.jpg

Thanks for the help, i was almost planning to make the big bangles out of paper.
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Post by Sterling » Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:15 pm

Use a roll of Duck-tape as a guide, but you really should use sheets of something. Thick Carboard may be the cheapest with lots of wood glue to renforce the sheets. Plexiglass may be the best idea to use since a flimsy peice is incredible durable and use hot glue gun to hold the peices together.

If you feel lazzy, look around for cheap props of Nuts and Bolts around. People notice the extremities, so if the inside is round, not many will notice it.
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Post by chibi-chan » Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:37 pm

nuts and bolts? whoa, that's gotta be a really big nut!
and if i use cardboard, plexiglass or sculpey, should i paint it with poster colour or use sprays?
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Post by Sterling » Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:17 am

Spray, easy and less mess

If any of those scare you, use 1" thick pink insulation, you'll have to use a diffrent paint for Spray will eat through it.
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:25 pm

If sculpey, cardboard or anything else besides foam or pink insulation, use just regular paint like Acrylic. It's much easier and you can paint in your room without worrying about the circulation of air.

Spray paint is pretty dangerous and if the acrylic stuff gets anywhere, you can easily scrap it off. Spray paint is permanent and very picky...and touchy.
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Post by chibi-chan » Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:09 pm

haha, u sound like u have some personal issues with spray paint! :lol:
and yeah, i think paint is more for me. once, i used gold spray and it got all over the floor... but since the floor was already yellow, no one noticed. :)
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:15 pm

I ruined my Mom's driveway with spray paint....>.> So yea, there's my personal issue with it. Unfortunately, that was not yellow.
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Post by Fialchar » Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:23 am

Graffiti artists should use watercolor. :(
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Post by chibi-chan » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:39 pm

oh... that's.. Quite annoying. i should... Not use spray paint...
is it possible to watercolour sculpey and foam? for cardboard, it'd take an agonisingly long time before the colour sets in.
and haha, my graffiti often gets mistaken as an act of vandalism. :?
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Post by Fialchar » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:29 am

Graffiti i-s vandalism >_>
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Post by Sterling » Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:11 am

Watercolor is only for Paper.... White paper, do not use if you are over the age of 5.
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Post by mindtailor » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:37 pm

Watercolour on sculpey and foam? You'd be much better off using acrylic. Not the expensive tube-y kind, but the cheap (dollar-fifty?) bottle kind. Then spray over it or paint over it with clear (nail polish works wonders), because it tends to peel.
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Post by chibi-chan » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:29 am

vandalism is called graffiti if it looks nice.
griffiti is called vandalism if it sucks.

and thanks for the white paper warning, sterling.

?? the acrylic paint i used before's the super expensive kind, and its pink. sigh, what am i gonna tell my dad?...
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Post by Fialchar » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:23 am

Vandalism is vandalism, Graffiti is a type of vandalism.

Even if it looks nice, as long as the property isn't owned by the artist, it's still vandalism.
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Post by Sterling » Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:27 am

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Post by Fialchar » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:09 pm

*Spraypaints Sterling*
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Post by Kitz » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:07 pm

That has nothing to do with this topic!
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Post by Fialchar » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:14 pm

[Sarcasm]Yes, we know how you love to stay on topic all the time ;P[/sarcasm]
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Post by Kitz » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:17 pm

;P wut u get lol
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Post by chibi-chan » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:49 am

erm, the acrylic paint's water-proof right?
and is there any way i can make the bangles look metallic?

and yippie, today i bought the bells for Peppita's shoes!
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Post by Fialchar » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:03 am

Maybe if you mix glitter in with the paint it would give a metallic look? It'd be best to try it out on some piece of scrap material, or ask another person here before you do that though. I'm note sure how it'd turn out
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Post by mindtailor » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:07 pm

EW NO GLITTER. It would just make the paint chunky, because acrylic would coat the shiny bits, unlike if you mixed glitter with watercolour or something.

Yes, acrylic paint is waterproof. It's plastic based, so it may peel off of smooth non-porous (read: plastic or glass) surfaces. It comes in many metallic colours. Go to the craft store, or even a fabric store like Joann's. They have what seems like thousands of colours.
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Post by chibi-chan » Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:11 am

uh... ok, i'll try to find metallic colours.
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Post by Fialchar » Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:25 am

Metallic paint would be much better than glitter ^^

I wonder what kind of an idiot would suggest glitter? >_>; *Hides behind a sign*
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Post by chibi-chan » Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:48 am

... wasn't it you who suggested glitter??
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Post by Fialchar » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:21 am

*Cough* No, no, of course not ^^;
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Post by Sterling » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:23 pm

Anything BUT watercolor is water proof. You just need to let it sit for a while. to get a mettalic look, get some high gloss grey/gray paint, and mix it with Crome paint. This will cause the grey to match a little better to cartoon colors, yet give it a nice luster without looking hokey.

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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:33 pm

Are you idiots besides the poster and mindtailor insane?

You don't need to mix any paints to get the metallic gold or silver or whatever else color. Go to Michaels or even freakin' Meijers and go pick up some -I don't know, metallic colored paints, which are produced by the millions. Even the gold comes in like three different value colors.

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Post by chibi-chan » Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:11 am

erm... help?
the stores i went run out of metallic paint. Some of them didn't even know there was metallic paint.... :P
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:24 pm

Michaels has it. Joanns has it...>.>
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Post by Fialchar » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:27 pm

I'm not sure where to get it in Singapore, but any arts & crafts store should either have it, or be able to get it.

Would one of your parents maybe buy it at an online store and have it shipped to your house?
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>.> Oh...I forgot about online stuff.
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Post by chibi-chan » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:55 am

wow, they'd deliver paint??
oh, okay, i'll go check.
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Post by chibi-chan » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:05 am

:cry:
i used Sculpey for the bangles but its quite deformed-looking... Err, what can i do to smoothen the surface? the bangles have the complexion of the moon right now..
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Post by Kitz » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:19 pm

roll it but not too hard or did u already bake it?
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Post by chibi-chan » Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:45 pm

i haven't baked it yet but its getting kind of flakey. i thought its was drying up so i added a few drops of water to it...
should i roll it into the bangles straight away or put layer over layer? 'Coz i want to make the bangles really thick but i need to wait for the handle to bake first otherwise it'll be very squishy.
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:35 pm

Just for the information, sculpey will never harden unless heat that is close to an oven's is put on it. Like, say, if you left it in your car for a day, it'll become hard.

Here's the thing, I got the sculpey that came in slabs. Small slabs but slabs just the same. I made gauntlets and what I did was -you know how sculpey has ridges in it? Just smooth those out with your finger until they are gone and do the same on the other side. When you flip it over, the one side should be really smooth now. If you need it longer, which I had to do with my armbands, just take out the portion you need to make it longer and do the same thing as above with joining the parts together. No water necessary.

I had pretty thick stuff when I finished doing that but I wanted a thinner look so I used a cup and rolled it out until it was thinner. Made it looong so I cut off a lot of it.

Just be careful with bangles since my wrist ones were very delicate. Yours being thicker probably won't have this problem but if they break, just use superglue to bond it back together.

When I finished, it looked like this:
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Keep in mind that these are also not sanded. After scupley hardens, depending on how strong your structure is, you can sand them to make them smoother. Mine were pretty weak so I couldn't chance it.
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Post by chibi-chan » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:52 am

Your armbands are fabulous. How did you create the carvings? since the armbands looked really fragile.
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:33 am

Before I hooked them together, they laid flat and I put the designs in them using a yarn needle. After, I just hooked them together so they would do the circle and yea, baked 'em.

Below, I told you exactly what I did to create mine since yours and mine are basically the same thing except yours are thicker and different shape.
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Post by chibi-chan » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:14 am

ok! i'm gonna go buy lots more Sculpey!
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:57 pm

Sculpey really is nice but I never buy any except in that big package where it comes with like...maybe, 9 bars? Man, if you go thin, that sculpey lasts quite a while.
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Post by chibi-chan » Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:11 am

will it be alright if i used the sculpey to cover like maybe, styrofoam? because to make the sculpey that thick, its gonna be very heavy. and i think i'll need a lot of sculpey.
but i'm afraid my oven'll get spoilt, just bought recently to replace the one my dad exploded.
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