Mega Man .

My son had a cool request for Halloween this year and he wanted to dress as Mega Man.

I started with his boots using foam sheets.
I heated them using my heating gun to shape a little more.
For the rest of the boots I used cardboard and painted blue.

The helmet and the blaster were made from a material that molds into anything when heated. I used the brand Thibra, but there is also Worbla, used a lot by cosplay artists (I lost all my pictures from making these parts). But the round attachments on the side of his ears were juice bottle caps.

Also Mega Man has a different color little "speedos" on top of his pants. So I decided to make a belt to make it look like that part. I used a old floor mat for that.
And here is the complete costume.
Happy Mega Man.

Calamity Ganon.

Every year I do my best to make my sons a Halloween costume of their choice. But this year my youngest son requested a creature that I could not see the entire shape even in the pictures.
The name is Calamity Ganon from Legends of Zelda, a game from Nintendo Switch.
So I had to do it together with my son, to find out what I was looking at. He sketched the face and I shaped the mask using a material that cosplay artists use a lot, called Thibra. .

We ordered some fur to make his hair, or fire, or whatever it is.
Next was a blaster he has in one of his arms. I used an old piece of floor mat made out of foam. Using a heating gun, I was able to shape it to make the body.
The rest I used craft foam and leftover Thibra I had for the mask.

Then I used spray paint.

The creature has a bunch of arms, so I made this little body using wire and foam.
I decided to make it like a pack pack, so I attached these elastic bands.
I covered them with foam sheets, too.
Ganon has claws or things in the end of its arms, we made them all in foam sheets too.

And there it is, our best version of Calamity Ganon.

Baby Cake Topper.

My friend asked me to make a cake topper for her little friend who was turning 1 year-old.
Since I never know how my work is going to come out, I gave myself plenty of time to correct mistakes and to work slowly.
The first piece to make are the eyeballs. I cut pieces of white baking clay and made extra in case they don't come out the same size.
After was baked and dried, I painted the eyes.
After a few hours that I worked to make the perfect eyes, sure enough there was a mistake. I made the wrong color eyes!
Instead of blue I made green eyes. So then I had to start from point zero and made the correct color.
After that I started to work on the body.
After the body was all complete, I went to work in the head.
After being unhappy with a couple of faces I made, I finally settled on one.
And finally I finished with the hair and the details on the dress and the birthday hat.
She does not look exactly like the baby I was trying to portrait.
But I guess it made everyone happy for this first celebration.
Happy birthday baby Noella.

Rose Candle

I saw somewhere that Christmas is 100 days from now, so I need to speed up to think about gifts for my kids teachers.

I saw one video on how to make this type of candle. It looked very simple on the video.
I just needed a regular candle, candle wicks, parchment paper and a little glass jar.
First step was to melt the candle. I did in double boiler (be careful because it gets very hot).
Then using the melted wax, I made the petals using a spoon, dropping the wax on top of the parchment paper. This step got to be harder than I thought. It is messy and you have to keep pouring more wax to get the petal a little thicker. Otherwise the petals will break.
Then rolled the paper so the petals will be a little curled. I realized that this had to be done after the wax is not liquid anymore, or it will loose the shape. But the petals could not be completely solid, or they will break. It took me a few trials to be able to get some petals.
They cool off after a few minutes, depending on the room temperature.
Using the same melted wax, I dipped the bottom of the wick to stand up in parchment paper.
Then dipping the bottom of the petals in wax, stick to the bottom of the wick. I added more wax to secure the petals.
The first petals had to be propped so they wouldn't fall, until the wax had cooled off and become solid.
Then gradually adding petals around, dripping more wax on the base.
And going around with more petals, using the smallest ones in the center.
Making sure that the entire rose will fit through the opening of the glass jar.
I need to get a little more practice, but this is probably a good gift for my kids teachers.
I will be back for this project.