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First, thank you to Rinzler_l for the advice he gave to help me make this in the first place. The original post of his own handmade NCR ranger cosplay was so good.

This is another step in my eventual Courier 6 cosplay, and this should be the final cardboard prop made as part of that.

I started this project over a year ago, and took many months long breaks from it before finally deciding to work on finishing it the last couple months.

This this is amazing to get to wear, it does get pretty hot up top but their is plenty of ventilation in the mask itself.

The craziest part is that you can still see clearly through the lenses while they are lit up. You can actually see that in one of the photos. Basically its only red in the edges but while you wear it, the light reflects off of your face so people looking from the front see it as all red.

I plan on trying to improve it in the future, seeing if I can install a fan or add more ventilation holes in the helmet like I did with those claw marks holes.

Hi everyone! I wanted to share my latest DIY project. I built this miniature rustic cottage completely from scratch using recycled cardboard, crafting the stone textures, chimney, and bay windows by hand.

It took me quite a while to get the brick textures right, but working with simple materials is always so therapeutic. Let me know what you think or if you have any questions about the process!

(Optional: Jika ingin menaruh link tutorial tanpa terlihat promosi, tambahkan di akhir): If anyone is interested in seeing how I built it step-by-step, I documented the process on my YouTube channel (Kreator Design Craft).

I finished making this right before I left for a weekend trip! My wife liked it, she almost threw up because it still smelled like paint but she liked it😬

It was pretty straight fowards how I made it. I just eyeballed the general shape (made a cardboard ruler and my box opener) and made 2 copies of the handle and 3 copies of the head (i would've made 3 handles in hindsight). I glued chopsticks to reinforce the inside of both main pieces. How I did it was I hollowed out one of the head pieces and filled it with chop sticks and hot glue, I also put about 15 pennies to make it head heavy. I did the same with the handle but I just cut strips of cardboard to outline the chopsticks. Then once both main parts were made I then started on the main stick part. I got a wrapping paper tube and made a spine to reinforce it with a long X shape of cardboard running the full length of the tube. I then inserted the handle into the tube with wood glue. After that I attached the head by cutting a rectangle into the tube exactly the shape of the head. Glued all that together then I realized the connection for the handle and tube was only supported by 2 chopsticks and some cardboard so I cut 4 metal coat hangers and glued the metal wire on each corner of the handle. After that I realized the keyblade handle has 2 bits that are like round tube like things, this stumped me on how id fit 2 tubes of cardboard neatly onto the handle. I just winged it and made 2 tubes of cardboard (one slightly bigger than the other) and cut them in half and just started chopping until it fit. It looked poopy so I came up with a solution, put painters tape over the gaps and soak it with wood glue to harden and secure it. I realized all the edges of the head and handle had exposed ridges from the cardboard and it would look horrible when I paint it so I had an idea; what if I cut strips of cardboard exactly as thick as the handle and head, then just line every edge and glue it on and cut it to fit perfectly. Thats exactly what I did and it somehow turned out great lmao so I lined every edge with cardboard, taped over it, then glued over all the tape and cardboard... literally all of it except for the tube part because I would've ran out of glue lol. The glue gave the handle and head a nice slick finish that made it look like legit metal after I painted it. Right before painting I realized an issue, the handle looked terrible with exposed, unever cardboard and exposed wire. I have scrap rags from work so I cut a long 1/2 inch strip of cloth and wrapped the handle tennis racket style and covered all the cloth with glue to harden/lock it in. After that I was ready to paint!!! Easiest part lol I just used killz primer on the whole thing (I have a ton of it from work and its good paint from what I know) then I masked the handle and used silver/chrome on the whole tube/blade. Then I masked the blade and sprayed the grip wrap black, then masked the grip and painted the handle/hand guard gold. This morning I did the final clear gloss finish!!!!! When I get back ima make the tape on the handguard look less wrinkly probably with more glue and a repaint but I think it came out alright. Oh and I forgot I have to add the mickey mouse chain thing too

Next project my daughter said she wants me to make her a rainbow. What does that mean? Idk lmao she just says she wants a rainbow... I think ima try to make something that I can hang over her bed or something ill take any ideas lmao, shes 5 and one of her special interests currently is rainbows and Mario lmao

the first armor set I’ve finished that is more than 2 pieces, not the greatest looking, not the greatest mobility, but I feel as a first real set it’s decent