(Part 2) Top products from r/CosplayHelp

Sorry for the delay, I've been looking around a bit.

If the shape of the mask is just a rounded surface, there's a fairly cheap featureless chrome mask showcased in this video. They bring up painting the masks with transparent paint, so there shouldn't be much issue if you need a specific color.

Another option is vacuforming, but this one would take a bit more work and is more costly. If you don't have a vacuform machine, here is a video for making a simple one, and here is a tutorial for vacuforming a mask (for the shrike skin, funnily enough). There is also a video here for tinting a vacuformed visor if you want a bit more information on that aspect. You can use a number of plastics for vacuforming, but people tend to use PETG plastic for masks and the like because it's clear.

 

I'm unfortunately not too knowledgable when it comes to fabric paint, but I'll help where I can. This website and this video have tutorials for painting on denim using acrylic paints. If you can get glow in the dark acrylics, that method might work for you. There's also this fabric paint, but I can't personally vouch for it since I've never really done any fabric painting. Those seem like good starting points, but I would suggest doing a bit more in-depth research before starting

I recommend getting some roll on body adhesive. Put a little test spot on your arm or a small bit on your face to make sure you don't have an allergic reaction to the adhesive.

If you plan on wearing the mask all day, make sure to bring the adhesive with you in case you start sweating it off. As to where to put the adhesive, I'd suggest putting a line just underneath your hairline, and another line going along your jawline. If you feel like that doesn't work, then apply a line on the bridge of your nose too.

This product does have antiseptic alchohol type odor to it, so make sure to let the smell diminish some before applying the mask if you are sensitive to strong chemical smells.

Make sure when you apply the mask to the adhesive on your face not to make it too tight, you still want some wiggle room for when you make facial expressions when you talk (even if no one sees your face).

It should easily come off with water and a wash rag, just be careful to keep it out of your eyes.

Amazon sells grills. You can either paint the words (food safe paint recommended) or engrave them with a small piece of sandpaper. My friend used the sandpaper method and it didn’t look as good as I’ve seen others do.

There is also a good tutorial here

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019O203C4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_LJzFDbS0SFCXM

If you want the face shield to be more accurate then you can use
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001VXVSZ6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_OLzFDbF5BA6BP

As a replacement with some slight modifications to the border but thats really simple i can walk you through that if you need help

Finding a replica is near impossible and even if you do you have to be prepared to drop 500-800 on it

As for the ear defenders i just used some small plastic bowls (that i got at a dollar store) that i shaped to fit using a dremel tool

Then just scuff up the paint on the helm and spray paint it green

It worked ok for me

The pants would probably just be cargo pants here is a pair that might work with a bit of weathering I think https://www.amazon.ca/Dickies-Occupational-2112372DS-Polyester-Industrial/dp/B00GTQ2UJS/ref=mp_s_a_1_23?dchild=1&keywords=cargo+pants+man&qid=1571622209&sprefix=corgo&sr=8-23
Also what would be a cool idea is to have a Yoda backpack like this https://www.amazon.ca/Star-Wars-Yoda-Plush-Backpack/dp/B017T98H0Y/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=yoda+backpack&qid=1571622325&sr=8-2
But that is more money and you might not want that just a funny idea and for the boots that might be hard maybe check around perhaps a goodwill if you are ok with that

Just so you know I ordered this dremel for $20 on Amazon and it works great. Time is money!! Halloween approacheth! https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003BYRFH8?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Jewelers polishing compounds. Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/1-Ounce-Polishing-Compound-Jewelers-Plastic/dp/B00I8Z26GK


If you have a rotary tool with a soft wheel, this will take all of ten minutes to fix. If you're doing it by hand, it'll work as well, just take longer. For a rust spot like that, I'd say the order of operations should be Black, White, Green. The black will get rid of the rust, the white will smooth the area to match it's surroundings (go light on that, you don't want to mess up the grain) and the green will polish it back up and leave a little protection on it so it takes longer to damage later.

Look up clear plastic globes, make sure you get one big enough for your head, and just use some foam for the neck area.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00435DYNS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_FccEDb5TMSVK5

You could get something like this
https://www.etsy.com/listing/693287601/blank-featureless-mask?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_b-accessories-costume_accessories-masks_and_prosthetics-masks&utm_custom1=_kenshoo_clickid_&utm_content=go_304498955_40319409302_196666015397_aud-301856855998:pla-316241687664_m__693287601&gclid=Cj0KCQjwla7nBRDxARIsADll0kCAAreso1g0FvF1SXGOfJxUda-iGvArt9XEBXyUDn-rFJKJF43uDecaAgOdEALw_wcB

And fill the eye holes with something like this so that you can see.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DYSVS0A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_4vb7Cb6HBPSKP

Then just use some foam and soldering wire for the rest. And paint of course


If you don't care about being able to see, you should be able to find just a blank slate mask out there somewhere

Maybe like this one but just paint it white https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007S016WQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_aAb7CbVHD6SS1