Decoupaging Feathers

30. May 2010 · by · in Advice & Tutorials

I embellished Zhang He’s gauntlets with real peacock eyes. The process is simple, but it requires some trickery that I only learned by messing up the first attempts.

Basic Armor Patterning

Basic Armor Patterning

30. May 2010 · by · in Advice & Tutorials

The art of patterning costume armor is difficult to teach. It requires a good understanding of how a 3-D shape can be formed from 2-D surfaces, which is best learned by experience. That said, I can share some tips to get you started.