Upcycling and weathering :
Princess Mononoke was an exciting upccling project of my own design. It’s made mainly with given materials by my family, followers and colleagues and myself. The materials come from Mali, Benin, Germany, Mexico, Bolivia, France, Brazil, Spain… I wanted to upcycle as much as possible, and succeded nearly on everything.
The resin parts are run and the blue fabric is one I fell in love with. The rest are sheets, boned, orange peels, avocados, snail shells, feathers, stone/wood/clay pearls and MUCH more….
I love weathering very much, so I chose a badass version of an alternative story of Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke : What if the humains won, what if everything turned wrong etc.
The design wasn’t set fully, the drawings were just an accumulation of ideas : Tribe-ish influences, post apocalypsic, voodoo, hippie, Horizon, Vikings, Maya, Manusia-no-31, Hannah Alexander Artwork... many sources enriched small details in this idea still in development.
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More images of Mononoke details very close-up on : Facebook and Instagram
Credits :
This gorgeous wig is given by Arda Wigs and I still and will always love it ! Comfy and natural.
The germ is run by Iska Cosplay, I added the electronics and attachments to her beautiful work.
bakka cosplay’s Princess Mononoke, photo : TobiasSchmelzer
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bakka cosplay’s Princess Mononoke, photo : eosAndy
bakka cosplay’s Princess Mononoke, photo : eosAndy. With Nutshell Cosplay who got inspired making her costume after mine and wears my earrings as belt buckle
bakka cosplay’s Princess Mononoke, photo : eosAndy
bakka cosplay’s Princess Mononoke, photo : Tobias Schmelzer
bakka cosplay’s Princess Mononoke, photo : eosAndy
bakka cosplay’s Princess Mononoke, photo : eosAndy. With Nutshell Cosplay who got inspired making her costume after mine and wears my earrings as belt buckle
The Making-of :
Freely searching for ideas
Sculpted mother piece for the earrings
Sculpted mother pieces and negative molds for the necklace, earrings and another project
In resin casted pieces for the earrings
In resin casted pieces for the earrings
Sculpted mother piece for the necklace
Pattering the mask
Unfinished mask : Foam core and Black Art covering (not recommended, It’s not shock proof!)
Unfinished mask
Unfinished speer piece
3 hours for just assembling the upper arm band
More found pieces for more details
Smell is another level of cosplay. Junkrat smelled smoke, Mononoke smells dogs… MUCH.
Dewn fake fur
Ears which nobody sees made of foam, sealed with GummiDip and painted with acylics
Ears which nobody sees made of foam, sealed with GummiDip and pre-painted with acylics
Weathering and texture tests
Details and weathering (Africain pearls)
Details and weathering
Details and weathering
Details and weathering
Details and weathering
Details and weathering
Pouch for my visiting cards
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Glowing Forest Spirit figurines as an additional effect for darker set-ups, donated by a follower :