Dark Souls DrakeBlood Armor Set

[blafftat]

Hello and welcome to my first non-Halo cosplay!

First I'd like to say that, if you don't know me, I'm a beginner cosplayer and I've made 2 cosplays before. I made a Mark V (b) Operator set from Halo reach and a desert themed Mirage set from Halo Infinite that I am building with a few other friends. I'm saying this to let y'all know that I am very open to constructive criticism and help in any way possible.

Actually starting now, I've made a build document that will contain all the processes, plans, and progress on the build.

Here's the document in case you'd want to see it: DrakeBlood Armor Plans

Here's also my other 2 cosplay threads if you'd like to see that too:
blafftats Mark V(b) Build
(The other one doesn't have a build thread, but you can see it on my Instagram "blafftat1_")

I'd also like to say that I am going based of of the concept art and NOT the in game models. I prefer the design of the concept art because the decals are more flowy and it has a few other aspects that I like.

Well thanks for reading the beginning of this build thread. Follow it, or not, but I hope you'll stay long enough to see the finished product!

 

[blafftat]

I’ve made some great progress in the past couple days! So to have a “base” of sorts for the helmet, I used the PrimeProps knight helmet kit and just made the base helmet with a few modifications such as a neck extender and a chin strap.

After that, I began on the visor with some hand made templates for the lower and upper sections. It’s wasn’t that hard and I already had them on hand so all I did was just cut them up and put them together!

Here’s the base helmet with the visor temporarily taped on for photos.

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Next I intend to smooth the helmet and begin decals and then do the same for the visor. It’ll take me a while but I’ll see you in a couple days!

 

[devuljuice]

Been watching the progress on the helmet on Insta and in the discord. Can't wait to see everything put together!

 

[KaeSpoon]

I am so excited to see this completed. Maybe that will motivate me to resume my Runescape armor.

 

[blafftat]

So I’ve completed the base helmet and created a way of rigging to my head and a magnet to take the visor on and off.

I saved all my custom templates so that other people can use them too. I’ve also been using contact cement for everything and backing my seams with hot glue.

So I had a few problems either the foam clay because I tried sealing all the seams using it but then found out that when I sanded them it peeled them back up. This wasn’t a problem at the moment but when I heat sealed it, it swelled the foam and undid all the previous work I had just completed. I am now going to use silicon caulk to seal all of the seams AFTER I heat seal it.

So following this new method, I plan to fully complete the helmet by next week.

Here's some photos of the helmet so far. All I need to do to finish the helmet is finish the embellishments (Which will take forever for all the little things), seal the seams, and then Plasti-Dip it.

*Thanks for reading!*

 

[blafftat]

So I know it's been a while, but update is here!

I finished sculpting the embellishments all around the helmet and also caulked and sprayed it down. It's completely ready for painting now and I can't wait for that time to come. Here's some pics.

I took the entire Thanksgiving off just to spend time with family, relax, and just enjoy myself and other. However, this evening, I have begun working on the neck guard that consists of rings.

I'll definitely have them done by the end of this coming week so stay tuned!!

Expect another update next week. Happy Thanksgiving to all and I couldn't explain how grateful I am for this community.