Success!

A very successful cosplay of Rayne I must say, and I will definitely cosplay her again in the same costume at regular intervals I think. To find my pictures, go to - SlimDefinition - BloodRayne Photos (Flickr).

Blades (stage 5) part 1

The final stage of the blade-making.
Take a look at the following pictures...

1.) Blade braces (not yet sprayed).
I sprayed one side, but dad needed to cut and shape them.

2.) Blades (facing right).

3.) Pattern (facing right).

4.) Pattern (facing left).

Dad is in the process of making the circles for the mounts. They are looking GOOD.

Blades (stage 4) Part 3 - Attaching Handles

The handles have been stuck on. Dad reckons he has to drill through the ball to MAKE SURE it all stays in place. It should be alright, but he wants to do that to be safe rather than sorry. However, I just hope that goes to plan. There's a lot of hoping involved in cosplaying it seems... -_-'

1.) Handle (on shed floor).
It looks precarious, I know.

2.) Handle on blade (side).
It's attached this time.

3.) Handle on blade (from above).
Attached of course.

4.) Handle with U piece shown (not attached yet).
Those U pieces have been re-painted since I took that picture.

5.) Holding the blade.
Without any support underneath there.

Leggings + Blades (stage 4) Part 2

Alright, finally I have something positive to say about the leggings. Well, the FRONT at least. The back is yet to come and it's yet another worrying aspect of this costume. I'm confident we'll get it to at least acceptable standard though.

Please note, the yellow thread you can see is where mum tacked the panels on beforehand. Those will be taken out.

Ok, pictures...
1.) Front - distance.
2.) Front - side.
3.) Front - close.

On picture 3 you can see clearly they do bag a bit, but there's really no other way we can do it.
I still think they look good on these photos though.

BLADES!

1.) Oval handle additions.
On Rayne's blades, the handles at the bulb end are rounded, but also form into a slightly more oval shape at the bottom. The gaps will be filled in and painted that chrome colour to try and mask how they've been joined a bit.

2.) Painted plastic template for the braces.
The size may need to be altered slightly. Also, the plastic has been spray painted.

3.) Blades - painted.
Theoretically they should now be ready for the handles to be attached, and then for the pattern to be drawn on.

It's coming along.

Blades (stage 4) Part 1 - Handles

We're getting the handles done now. They're only partially made at the moment, but they'll be fixed in place soon enough. Here are a few pictures...

1.) Handle piece with screw.
2.) Handle piece screwed to ball.
3.) Handle with ball placed over blade.

As you can see in the third picture, the blade is painted. Both of them need painting again before I try and draw the pattern on them, but they're looking good so far.

Blades (stage 3) Part 2

Here are a few more pictures of the blades in stage 3. The transfer of the pattern is temporary at this stage as the wood still has to be sanded. I transferred it to see how it looked.

1.) Pattern
2.) Front end (angled to show how it's planed) - the hole at the front there will be filled in. Dad put it in there to hold the two blades together whilst he shaped them to be pretty much identical.
3.) Front end (tip angle to show planing).

Unfortunately I can't show you a picture of what the engraving looks like literally. Readers will just have to trust me it's right. It's a little rough right now, but I'll make sure it looks good on the real thing.

Blades (stage 3) + Leggings (part 1)

Alright, I have some more pics of the progress on the blades...

1.) Dad planes the shape of the blades
2.) Dad planing the blade shapes again
3.) Full length - blades facing left (central markings drawn)
4.) Full length - blades facing right (central markings drawn)
5.) Blades (front end) with central markings
6.) Blades (back end) with central markings

The marking shown are where dad will be planing them to shape as the wood is quite thick at the moment. He'll round off the corners to make them safer to carry around.

I also have a few things on the way from eBay: 55mm wooden balls (don't laugh) for the bulb end of the blade handles, wooden circles (which may or may not be suitable - will have to see on arrival - what are you going to do for £3.40 including p&p?), and Hammerite smooth metal silver paint (can't find the gunmetal grey one anywhere - yes Hammerite works on wood as well).

Regarding the leggings...I DID get burnt. Nevermind. Me and mum are looking at another way of getting the red panels on. She'll be home tomorrow after her weekend away and we're aiming to get them done and looking as they should by the end of this week.

1.) Legging panels (front)
2.) Legging panels (back)
3.) Legging panel (front - left leg)

The finished BloodRayne costume is nigh.