Rebuilding Rapture

Hi there!  FishyBob here to show you all of the hard work that went into our (Mumbles and I)  Bioshock cosplays.  Both the Subject Delta and Big Sister cosplays were a group effort, and would not have been possible without everyone working together.  Now, before I delve into the pictures, I would like to inform you all as to why the title of this post is "Rebuilding Rapture".  These cosplays were quickly made in only two months, and came out great, but we were both dissatisfied and knew that we could do better.  So this year we will be remaking most of the cosplays.

I'll start with some of the progress pictures of each cosplay, and the process of what's going on in them.  I'll start with my cosplay, Big Sister.

First of all, the helmet.  I started with a globe as the base, then used a knife and Dremel to cut out a face hold and hole to put my head in.  For the porthole, I used a random piece of pipe from the plumbing section at Lowe's, and fish tubing for the raised surface.  Afterwards, I spray painted the globe with white paint.  Next, I used craft foam for the raised rectangles behind the porthole, and an air freshener for the vent.  The metal coil was randomly found at Hudsons.  The three smaller portholes were made from cardboard and paper mache.  Lastly, I painted the helmet with a mixture of blue, green, and black acrylic paint.

The first shoulder piece was made from cardboard with a craft foam covering, then the borders were made using fish tube.  The circles are made from thread spools cut in half with a craft foam circle on top.  The second shoulder piece was made from paper mache and resin, formed over a balloon.  Fish tube and thread spools were also used on it.

This monstrous cage was made from a cement tube and thin metal found at Lowe's.  The cost was roughly $30.  Anyway, we drilled holes into the tube and metal, then bent and attached each piece.  It took an entire day because the metal was uncooperative, but the final product turned out to only weigh 10 pounds.

The outfit itself took FOREVER to sew.  I cheated and used white leggings and a white long sleeved shirt for the under suit, but the rest was all sewn.  I used brown vinyl, which is a bitch to sew with unless you have tissue paper sitting over where you want to sew.  The shorts alone, I do not kid, took 6 hours.  The shoes were made from a pair of old wedge dress shoes I had and I just covered them with vinyl, belts, and craft foam.

Now, onto Mumbles' Subject Delta.

Lol my foot is randomly in that picture.  BUT I DIGRESS.  The Subject Delta helmet started as a construction hat with a cardboard skeleton.  After that, hours of labor went into adding layers of paper mache and resin, until the helmet was hard enough.  Then, the Bondo was added, bringing the helmet to a whopping 25-30 pounds (I'm sure you can guess one thing that will be being rebuilt).  Lastly, craft foam, fish tube, card board, and plastic rivets were added and then painted to bring the final product.  The helmet also lights up with the help of push lights!

One of the back tubes, shown here, was made from camping mat foam, which can be found at your local Wal-Mart in the camping section.  All of the dots are made from "googly eyes" and the borders underneath those are fish tubing.  The other, large back tube is made from concrete tubing, and the two smaller ones are PVC pipe.

The drill, in all of its glory, was made from the metal garden piece that is used to let tomatoes grow on.  He duct taped it toget to a point, and then used thick foam and cardboard to form the center circles.  Next, it was covered in duct tape, then Bondo.  The center rod inserts to a small handheld drill, which causes the whole thing to spin, as shown in the final picture.

If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask!