Otafest pass and merch acquired!

What's up Calgary nerds, we're headed to Otafest with a car load of fun! See you there this weekend!

Just cos-crunching things.

Here are some wonderful shots from the #CoVaCon cosplay red carpet! My apologies to the photographer, I've forgotten your name, and you're not credited on Facebook. Featuring @mochamage.com, @skookumprops.ca, @hanamaruphotography.ca, @chunkamunk5.bsky.social, and @gencelescosplay.bsky.social

Goshdangit @timmcosfur.bsky.social, you've done it again! Amazing CMV as always 👏

I did my first panel this morning at CoVaCon! It was about 3D modelling for cosplay with Fusion 360. I was a little nervous but I'm glad I pulled it off! I recorded it and will be uploading it to my YouTube channel in a couple of days! #cosplay #viktorarcane

CoVaCon this weekend is fantastic! Today was dominated by the cosplay contest but tomorrow they're handing me a microphone and I'm teaching folks about making props without breaking the bank and running a workshop to make custom Pokeball props.

Cosplay Guest table! I swear @skookumprops.ca @timmcosfur.bsky.social and @mochamage.com are here too I didnt imagine them lol check out everyone's panels too!

Did a funny little Bunny Day stream yesterday (CAD n' Chill streams are back baybee) and worked on the Half Sugar Bunny W-Engine from #ZenlessZoneZero

I'm so excited to share with you all that I'll be at #CoVaCon as a cosplay guest! I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity to participate as a judge in the cosplay contest and to host workshops to share crafting knowledge with the Mid-Island cosplayers. See you there!

I managed to prop myself up in the computer chair for today and sift through the backlog of ZZZ props that were in the 95% state. Ye Shunguang's sword looked shiny enough to get polished up and onto the website. Maybe some Delulu's props next?

@tsukinocon.com 2026 Cosplay Showcase video is up!! #cosplay #cosplayvideo #conventionvideo

Surprise, we've got another Halo Reach helmet to add to the Towering Pillar of Helmets! This time it's the Hazop from #haloreach with a little twist. Since my armour cores are all hot swap modular thought that l'd give it a go on a helmet to do the same.

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I had a bit of a break during the weekend and managed to work on a project I've wanted to get to for quite some time. I'm not sure yet how I'll handle the bells at the top of Lucia's staff but that's a future Chris problem.

Believe it or not, also a physical thing was made. I scrounged up six or so hours to sand and paint the helmet and vacuum form a visor before the midnight launch of Prime 4.

I swear I still exist in the crafting space. The everyday 9-5 has just been eating a lot more of my energy recently. Have a cool Metroid Prime Remastered style Varia Suit helmet as signs of life and proof that I need the Fusion license.

Hopefully this will wake up some sleeper agents

It's that time of year again where we clear our throats, pause dramatically and then bellow a WHAT'S UP GAMERS. Game Day approaches and as always I'll be participating in a 24 hour long live stream in support of BC Children's Hospital. Join in, play games, make a difference! #ExtraLife

The stream theme of the month is masks and in my current addiction of #Silksong I made the Mask and exploded it into Shards. It's a wearable or a display item with lenses that are FDM or SLA print friendly.

One last sword sneaking in under the wire of Swordtember. Here's Soldier 11's Razor Sword from #ZenlessZoneZero. A quick build using the best colour scheme of black, grey and golden yellow.

a spider can fly on a current of air

The whole lineup of swords that we made during the course of Swordtember. Is there any themes you'd be interested in seeing this October? Do I embrace Orctober?

I'm a little under the weather but the show must go on for Swordtember! Was this an excuse to work on props and costume stuff for my most recent fixation of Silksong? Maybe. Here's Hornet's Needle. #HollowKnight #Silksong

Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them. The current climate is especially accelerating this. Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves. Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶

Another entry for #Swordtember goodies is done! This week it's Caliburn from #Sonic and the Black Knight. It was a bit more of a chill stream this week fighting through some unexpected hiccoughs due to a switch over to Windows 11 but hey, new cosplay sword!

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It's a Thursday of missing the long distance friends. Have a Ginyu Force with @foamforgecosplay.bsky.social @hanamaruphotography.ca @studleyavocado.bsky.social and Zettai from @otafest.com this past spring. #haloinfinite #haloreach #dragonball

Today's Swordtember stream was a fun trip down the history of isekai, magical girls and mecha all thanks to Magic Knight Rayearth and those weird early 90s settings from Clamp. I managed to work through Hikaru and Fuu's 4th level swords on stream, I'll complete the set sometime soon (tm)

Happy 15th birthday #HaloReach One of the most serious games where we've been able to make the silliest things. Thanks for everything ❤️

And here it is ready for print. You can see the little Easter egg that was left if you have a sharp eye.

At the close of the stream I wasn't super happy with the glyphs on the blade. Here's after another hour and a bit in inkscape remaking the symbols and re-etching them at a consistent depth.

My first sword for Swordtember is the Crucible from Doom Eternal

So, uh, yeah. Swordtember We make swords. 👍

Hornet #silksong

Do you like Hollow Knight? Are you waiting for the Steam servers to recover after the Silksong launch? I'm just hoping for some time to play on the weekend.

The long weekend was good. I finished up some filepacks, made a lot of barbecue treats and got the Halo Infinite Shikari Helmet onto the printer for testing.

This is the biggest betrayal in gaming history. 🚨

Peak is great and I'm totally addicted. Here's to all the Scouts during Halloween and at conventions getting up to Frisbee related antics.

The stream today was a grab bag of props from media that's recently brought me joy. The arguably most detailed of props from the day was Frieren's Staff from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, if you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it. I'm rereading and it's just as good as the first time.

Because I'm the best at remembering to post everywhere, have some renders from the stream yesterday. The Fallout 3 Power Fist was a fun build in learning how much game models intersect to fudge animations.

So yeah, four filepacks uploaded so far this weekend, a stream tomorrow making something Fallout. Maybe a break for the evening to play some videogames

Some of the burnout may be due to finishing up two filepacks yesterday as a little treat on a Friday off from the usual 9-5 job.

Wasn't feeling the crafting bug today so I crunched out a knee for the MkVII Core just to keep some momentum.

The wonders of hanging out in voicechat, choosing a game for a friend to stream and crunching a prop from it out while they play. I love Transistor. What an all round cool game, great aesthetic and killer soundtrack.

The weekly CAD n' Chill stream is finished and this time we got a cool Ancient Battle Axe from Breath of the Wild. I'll do a few test prints for the battery compartments and cable runs for LED strips before releasing this into the wild but I'm pretty happy with it!

Another for the MkVII Core! UTIL/PGY Pack is here with all the options for holding snacks.

Thanks to the long weekend I got to dig into the dusty pile of 80%+ completed projects. One of the winners to make it out into the wild was the Bunyip Helmet and PROVIS-T-Cam attachment. I think this stayed in the nearly done pile for so long due to me not being certain that it fits Racing Miku.

This is one of those things that I busted out over a couple evenings and then sat in the forever jail of the Fusion file system. Trigger's Phlegethon is out now and fun to play with as a two in one prop with the removable pistol from the rifle body.

CAD n' Chill for the week is done and we have a little D-Ark Digivice to show for our efforts!