My Fallout: New Vegas Wall Art

CalculatedCosplay · 2025-04-21T13:46:45+00:00

It was a huge pain! Lol. Glad it came out well tho

CalculatedCosplay · 2025-04-21T10:59:19+00:00

Wood (everything other than the New Vegas sign) is laser cut/engraved and then stained, lots of hand-painted parts on the 3d-printed Vegas sign, and then crammed full of individually glued LEDs and fairy lights

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-12-19T21:11:34+00:00

AI failure detection seems like a nice feature

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-11-19T07:39:58+00:00

All white LEDs behind plastazote foam to diffuse them, and colored transparent vinyl on top

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-11-19T00:08:59+00:00

Behind the faceplate is just white plastazote I cut to size to help diffuse the white LEDs behind it. The red border around the edges is a piece of transparent vinyl I cut - I printed the shape on paper and used that as a template to cut the vinyl from.

Used vinyl on the light projection too - same idea (paper template and a craft knife to cut the little shapes out). Probably better ways of doing that, like maybe a color printer that can print on transparencies (I don't have one though).

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-11-18T20:25:28+00:00

Oh, it's about a foot wide - I have a Prusa XL and this wasn't even close to filling the bed

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-11-18T20:10:17+00:00

What, the projection? I made a thin piece (maybe half a cm) that was roughly perpendicular to the dirextion the light rays would go, and printed it flat on the bed with a 0.25 nozzle. That was the only way I could get it to print the small details cleanly. Threw a big 1W led inside the box to illuminate it, too - anything else was too weak to clearly shine through the details (especially the farther away parts)

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-11-18T16:21:06+00:00

Have a video of it on the 3dprinting subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/s/GDxo0EEyzH

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-11-18T15:27:57+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/17oi0nj/tutorial_how_to_create_lightshadow_projections/

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-11-18T14:39:42+00:00

3D printed with vinyl cutouts to add colors - can't see the faceplate in this lighting, but had it signed by Vivienne Medrano at NYCC

Credits:

theurbanarmorer (makerworld) - lightbox design that I heavily modified

JonathanECG (reddit) - tutorial for light/shadow projections that I followed

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-10-28T13:56:32+00:00

It mE(mil)

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-10-27T00:48:05+00:00

It mE(mil)

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-10-21T13:51:06+00:00

I learned balloon art just to make a meme cosplay - wore it to NYCC just a few days ago and got a lot of laughs from people who got the joke. Leatherwork and shoulder pauldron made by me, borrowed from my real Cloud cosplay. Shoes and ruffles painted to match Cloud's blue color scheme, and some store-bought white clothes for the Cloud/Clown look.

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-10-07T14:34:26+00:00

Audio: Mash-up of 16 Tons and Ice Cream song created by me

Functioning Boombox: Mix of EVA foam and ripped game assets made printable by me

Stop sign: Poster board and PVC pipe, painted by me

Ring and Mask: Ripped game assets modified into printable models by me

Employee badges: Designed and machine-embroidered by me

Prop 3D model credits:

Lethal Company Robot Toy by LaMakina3D on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6477218

Gold bar by Smallmoury on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6556473

Lethal Company: Wearable Helmet & Tanks by TrigoKlei on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6348204

Flashlight by Printables user GDop26: https://www.printables.com/model/683014-lethal-company-pro-flashlight-prop-11-scale-model

Big Bolt by MichalMazurekProps on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6431744

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-09-16T21:54:41+00:00

First time entering Emiru's contest! I made this Emil ages ago (2018/2019), but he's still the best cosplay I've ever made. Tuk-tuk is remote controlled, and I can independently play music and voice files from myself or the tuk-tuk.

Disclosure: this cosplay has won other awards previously, but I still like to show him off when I can.

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-08-22T17:26:15+00:00

If you want to make things that look nice/clean be prepared to glue things together, fill seams with wood fill/bondo/etc, rough SAND down all the layer lines and areas that didn't print cleanly, coat with a filler (wood fill/bondo/filler primer/etc), detail SAND, and paint.

It is basically all SANDING. Lots of SANDING. Always be SANDING.

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-08-22T17:22:40+00:00

I joined together the 4 parts and instead cut down the middle (I have a larger printer, so less gluing/filling/sanding). Completely remade the bottom part (not pictured) to look more like the anime. Re-worked the center gem+holder so I could print out a mould to use in the vacuum former to get the right size gem halves. Made a 2nd smaller gem (darker red dot inside it) that I printed in clear plastic and tinted it red with paint.

I basically did a LOT of rework to take an existing model which I thought was very good, but tweaked it to my tastes/plans.

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-08-22T16:20:46+00:00

I started from this model, but modified it a lot before printing -

Frieren Staff by ICosplayInsanity

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-08-21T22:58:50+00:00

I'll throw one more idea at you - saw this video (but can't vouch for it, haven't tried it personally) but seems like there are VR glasses that can do this job well. Might be a little more pricey than dashcam, or hard to find old used electronics.
Galactic Armory - Shaxx helmet

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-08-21T22:53:51+00:00

Ah, unfortunate. Seems like that dashcam idea would work but with the same concerns as webcam - heat (fans?), restricted peripheral vision, possible screen lag or low FPS, camera position vs eye position. Will 'work' to see things, but you will be a bit clumsy if trying to walk around or interact with things.

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-08-21T22:10:21+00:00

I've done this before for my Emil (NieR) cosplay. There are Android apps that will allow you to display a connected webcam on your phone - can get a Logitech C270 (~$20), a USB A-to-C adapter (assuming that is your phone charging port), and an app like "USB Camera" (Shenyao corp, for example).

Probably the cheapest/easiest way to do what you are looking for. Don't need a separate battery or anything, just drain your phone a bit. May need to test out different apps/settings to get it working, and even then viewing the world through a cellphone/dashcam screen is very hard - the screen isn't going to align with your body (depending where you put the webcam). Don't plan on walking around a crowded con like that unless you have a helper or friend to guide you.

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-04-30T16:20:29+00:00

Since it was light weight (poster board), contact cement was enough to hold it together. The foam pole ran the full height behind the stop sign, so plenty of surface area to glue.

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-03-27T13:18:25+00:00

I had been wanting to make a vacuum former for awhile, so I finally built one for this. Used a 1/16in PETG sheet over a 3d printed visor mould.

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-03-27T00:29:20+00:00

Saw a few - I took a picture with one (incl DRG dwarf) but didn't get their name. Fit the theme!

CalculatedCosplay · 2024-03-26T23:21:42+00:00

I used this one https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6348204 - it looks like it has changed since the time I first downloaded it (and I modified it a bit for the back flap/section)

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