Cosplay

My buddy is really into Hellsing, and he wanted to do a group cosplay after his first DragonCon in 2022, so here we are!

This was my first time doing 3D printing, and I think it turned out mostly good. My cannon is basically a PVC pipe with 3D printed parts Barge-cemented on it. Link to the file below (not my model). I printed the pieces, retuned the printer, printed again, and repeat many times lol. Then for each piece I'd sand it, spray it with primer/filler spray, sand again, possibly repeat, and paint it. Then glued them all on.

For the "foot" of the gun, I didn't want it sliding around on the tile floors, so I tried Smooth-On's Ure-Coat urethane coating. One, that stuff is a pain in the ass to use lol. It's simultaneously goopy and sticky, and I had a helluva time getting a smooth finish. But two, the "stickiness" is great! No slipping at all! But it does pick up every little piece of dust and debris from the floor.

The model on Thingiverse was apparently designed for a European size of PVC? So I had to do a bunch of test prints and resizing to get to fit on the 3" pipe you can readily get in the US. Also needed to model the pieces to attach the legs to the body. Details in my Thingiverse "make" linked below.

My friend was short on time, so I made his pistols too. Same print/primer-filler/sand/paint process. Model links below.

Hallconnen: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1718666

My Hallconnen make with build notes: https://www.thingiverse.com/make:1125630

Jackal: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1676009

454 Casull: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1675987

I commissioned Seras' wig from @aoka_amelie on IG. Really happy with how that turned out! (Especially after my attempts at wig styling all ended hilariously poorly)

I got the shirt from Aliexpress as part of a whole Seras costume--my sewing skills are functional but very ugly lol--but ended up only using the shirt from the set. I ended up using fabric from the skirt from the Aliexpress set to make more belt loops on the shirt. I also added some small snaps to keep the sleeve collars high and tight.

The skirt is a tennis skort from Amazon that I hemmed up some to give more of a peek of my getaway sticks. The gloves and boots are just off Amazon also. The socks, also off Amazon, are high compression socks, like the kind you'd use to avoid embolisms I guess? They were the only ones I could find that were opaque, flat textured, and didn't slide down my legs with walking and moving around. We do a lot of walking at DragonCon!

I also made my friend's hat--he's got a monster gourd, so the included hat and premade ones for sale online were all too small haha. It's just high density EVA foam, cut, heat shaped, Plasti-dip primer, and paint. He also had a wig, but I didn't make the hat big enough to fit his head + the thickness of the wig. So he went without a wig. Womp womp

Overall I'm really happy with how it turned out! Didn't get that many people recognizing us from a 20-year old anime, but we had a fantastic time at con!