![Costume Shop: There’s no [censored] like Cuirass](https://i0.wp.com/gamingballistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pef_6003_03-1.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
I had this wild notion that the clothes-hangar trick that I figured out for The Lorica Project would work for larger pieces. As I was driving home the other day – and that’s when crazy thoughts occur to me – I wondered if I could make a simple but awesome breastplate/cuirass that would retain it’s shape….
Oh, sure. Lots of people draw heavier bows. But this one is the heaviest I’ve been able to even attempt – mostly due to lack of opportunity. It’s an 85-lb handmade longbow. Well, not that long. The form makes a big difference. If you hold the bow out and simply pull, it’s a lot harder than…
If you recall this past Minneapolis Wizard World Comic Con (2015), I took it upon myself to make my daughter a Wonder Woman costume, but as if she were an historical Greek rather than the usual outfit. So over cardboard 100 scales, three rolls or more of hockey tape, and several helmets later, we arrived…