Two major commissions came to light recently. At the end of August, the House of Black debuted the 3 gauntlets that I worked with Kiril of Flux Tide Designs on. And during DragonCon, Kyle of Cute Monster Props debuted his Lies of P cosplay. Both involved working in 3d for use on a person's body. Which is soo much different than just making something that the hands interact with, like a weapon.
For the House of Black gauntlets, I did the concepts with art direction by Flux Tide Designs, as well as all of the 3d work. The base was started on the arm that can be found in Zbrush, then adjusted for real world proportions. I was also provided the base gloves to get a better measurement of what the clients would wear and their respective size.
For the House of Black gauntlets, I did the concepts with art direction by Flux Tide Designs, as well as all of the 3d work. The base was started on the arm that can be found in Zbrush, then adjusted for real world proportions. I was also provided the base gloves to get a better measurement of what the clients would wear and their respective size.
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Feathers replaced with real feathers in final piece, along with channels for real leather.
Each of the 3 break apart/connect with magnets for easy removal.
Kiril handled the printing, sanding, painting and finishing of the trio. Some of the printing was done via FDM and others via resin.
Kiril handled the printing, sanding, painting and finishing of the trio. Some of the printing was done via FDM and others via resin.
Along with those, I worked on an arm for Kyle. He provided two scans of his arm, with one focusing on this hand. He'd also attached a piece of plastic to his forearm for use in scaling. I had to do a bit of clean up and combining because neither scan would have worked as is.
Final sculpt of the arm
To keep it comfortable, Kyle cast the bicep and parts of the hands out of a flexible material and managed to make them look metallic, which can be pretty difficult but turned out beautifully.
3D of the arm by me, everything else by Kyle and Storytellercosplay, pic by Kyle
If you're interested in more in-depth look at how they made the rest of these projects, you should check out their other socials. They both post great stuff.
https://x.com/FluxTideDesigns
https://www.instagram.com/fluxtidedesigns/
https://x.com/cutemonsterprop
https://www.instagram.com/cutemonsterprops/
On my part, I learned I need to be extra precise with the fingers. Both projects needed them adjusted/reprinted. I'm hoping to add a higher detail 3d scanned male hand to my library for future projects, just to make sure mistakes like this don't happen again.
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