Silas Quinlivan
Silas Quinlivan

Silas Quinlivan

Props and Cosplay

 
 
 
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Gold Coast Supanova 2020

 

A very costume heavy cosplay. I haven’t cut my hair since 2016 so I felt it appropriate that I do a cosplay with long hair.

Very limited reference photos for this specific costume so I just worked with what I had and could find!

Working with circles and ovals in fabric was difficult and confusing. But managed to get this completed. It involved a lot of beading and pattern making that I’m very new to.

This shoulder piece is made of an aluminium sheet, thin EVA foam for thickness and black vinyl to look like leather.
The ‘orbs’ are made with resin and thin craft foam for the gold details. The ‘sun’ is acrylic sheets painted in clear orange with EVA foam spikes on the supports.
The cape is attached with velcro for easy removal and transport. (All still had to fit inside a suitcase)

I struggled a bit with reference photos for this cosplay so I kind of made up this part. The ‘belt’ is detailed with gold fabric paint and beads. This task was also very new to me. (Ignore the part at the top that I leant on and smudged, in true cosplay nature I finished this hours before the con began)

 

Ma’Tok Staff Weapon

Get Into Gate- October 2019

 

Each large piece started as a giant chunk of foam, they were carved down with a stanley knife, sand paper and a belt sander.

This T-Joint was permanently glued into place so that the base would be strong enough to hold the weight of the whole staff.

Grooves were cut out to fit the bent PVC into place. (PVC was filled with sand and heated up so they would bend easily around a template)

I predrew the indented lines on the main blaster to be as accurate as possible to the reference material.

Full scale length of the whole staff before adding the base foam. I since shortened the length of the top part as it was well over 2.2m long at this stage.

I cut in half the parts with the PVC pipe that ran through to carve out space for it as ‘drilling’ out a hole was too difficult and dangerous with this material. Reglued together with contact glue and gaps filled with a gap filler.

Close up of the mechanical parts before painting. These were just made up of random bits and pieces found around the place.

Jaffa, Kree!

 

The Cabbage Merchant

Sydney Supanova 2019

 

Avatar Aang, at it again. Destroying my cabbages…

Princess Azula! Please!

I love my cabbages!

MY CABBAGES!!!

 

Doctor Strange

Starlight Week Belconnen 2019

 

I wonder what would happen?

Time travelling while time travelling.

 

The Champion of Earth

RTX Sydney 2018

 

Excited to see it all come together.

The cannon is a PVC pipe and 3D printed tip covered in EVA foam with an aluminium sheet cover.

LED lights inside the cover of the cannon and gauntlet.

The gauntlet is an ice hockey glove, covered in EVA foam and attached to a PVC pipe.

No spin, no light.

Spin! Light!

The tip of the cannon has a spinning motor and light that is activated by a button on the inside.

I used the insides and face shield of an old motorcycle helmet.

 

Aragorn

Perth Supanova 2017

 

Return Of The King Aragorn.

EVA Foam and cardboard, covered in Mod Podge with metallic paint.

The tree is made of separate strips of ribbon glued to a traced outline.

Made a friend at the Weta booth.

A very dangerous contraption I printed to help get the wire wrapped around the tube quicker. It did save a lot of time.

The first small square to see how it all works.

Wrapping wire around 10mm aluminium tube.

Final test fit after weeks of ring weaving.

The process of figuring out how to make chain armour.

Tools used to open and close all the rings.

 

Christoph Weiss and Boomerang Geoff

RTX Sydney 2017

 

Christoph Weiss and Boomerang Geoff with The Sex Von Shaukel Boyz from Eleven Little Roosters

I tried my best to mimic the exact boomerang used by Boomerang Geoff.

 

Hiccup

Oz Comic-Con 2016

 

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, dragon trainer with The Mother of Dragons

Ruby Rose

RTX Australia 2016

Winning 1st place in the Cosplay Competition. Exciting times!

Total height compared to myself.

Partially painted and assembled ‘sniper’ part of the Crescent Rose.

Me and Chief.

Partially put together. When fully disassembled it needs to fit inside one large suitcase, along with all my other costumes and props for that event.

Original source artwork.

Sketched scale drawing.

3D design of main section.

Unpainted parts glued together. Multiple parts due to limited size of 3D printer.

‘Blade’ made from EVA foam and acrylic sheets.

Designing, printing and finishing the Crescent Rose

It’s also a gun

 

Blake Belladonna

RTX Australia 2016

 

First full costume and prop test.

Strips of Velcro to keep blade and cover together.

Gambol Shroud printed in multiple parts due to limited size of the 3D printer.

Lots of gap filling, sanding and touch ups required.

Gap filling on cover.

Blade ready to be painted.

 

Yang Xiao Long

RTX Australia 2016

 

Full costume with Ember Celica.

The top cover is EVA foam, everything else is 3D printed.

Inner section of gauntlets.

These gauntlets were designed in two parts to make it easier to remove to get full access to my hands.

3D design of Ember Celica.

I BURN!

 

Sokka

Perth Supanova 2015

 

My first ever attempt at 3D design, I had this file sent to a friend to print before I had my own printer.

EVA foam and cardboard boomerang.

EVA foam handle with paper mache club.

Blade is made from sections of diamond shaped cardboard cutouts filled with expanding foam.

Metal cupboard knob, PVC pipes and 3D printed hilt.

 

Weiss Schnee

Perth Oz Comic-Con 2015

 

Ice Queen of the Seven Kingdoms

Parts from a Maverick Nerf gun had the perfect shape. A threaded rod runs through the middle of the handle which attaches the blade.

Weiss’ Myrtenaster has a revolving section activated by pushing and pulling the black button.

Mostly PVC handle with acrylic sheet fins, detachable for transport.

Modified Nerf gun mechanics glued into PVC pipe housing.

 

Models

 

Sepecat Jaguar GR Mk.1/A, Hasegawa 1/72

 
 

P-51D Mustang, Revell 1/48

 

DHC-3 Otter, Hobbycraft 1/72

 

UH-1 “HUEY HOG”, Revell 1/48

 

P-38J Lightning, Revell 1/48