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Category Archives: Cosplay & Characters
Custom Queen of Hearts: Perfectly Posh
Custom costumes for some of our favorite corporate ladies:) Plus by Hraefn Wulfson, a fantastic, lighted custom prop scepter of cut and sculpted sintra and acrylic.
Custom Queen of Hearts costume, ready to go to the Perfectly Posh convention. Silk velvet and silk organza. Lighted custom prop scepter of cut and sculpted sintra and acrylic.
Custom Queen of Hearts costume, ready to go to the Perfectly Posh convention. Silk velvet and silk organza. Lighted custom prop scepter of cut and sculpted sintra and acrylic.
Custom Queen of Hearts costume, ready to go to the Perfectly Posh convention. Silk velvet and silk organza. Lighted custom prop scepter of cut and sculpted sintra and acrylic. Steel stays throughout corset with steel lacing stays and brass grommets at center back.
Lighted custom prop Queen of Hearts scepter with Perfectly Posh logo, of cut and sculpted sintra and acrylic.
Lighted custom prop Queen of Hearts scepter with Perfectly Posh logo, of cut and sculpted sintra and acrylic.
McGrew Studios, 2019.
Custom Alice in Wonderland: Perfectly Posh
Custom costumes for some of my favorite corporate ladies:)
McGrew Studios, 2019.
Custom Mosquito Mascot: Spartan Mosquito
Fantastic, fun build for thinkwebstore.com ‘s client, Spartan Mosquito.
A custom mosquito mascot, custom Spartan tunics and capes plus a dead mosquito prop.
Custom welded internal framework and fittings with polyethylene foam, fabrics, vinyl, Worbla, 3D printed and vacuum formed parts plus cool lighting effects!
Unimpressed with the mosquito costume offerings out there in the wild, Bryan Carter of ThinkWebStore came to us. Discussions resulted in an agreement to create an oversize, realistic but definitely xenomorphic critter that would enthrall onlookers at its live convention performances plus Spartan Mosquito’s fun online videos.
Many thanks to Bryan Carter for hiring us and for your fantastic marketing idea that juxtaposes against the typical landscape. It’s brilliant.
National hardware conventions are typically about tile, plumbing and home improvement products. They rarely, if ever, are costume-focused events. ThinkWebStore’s parade of great looking models in custom Spartan garb and weapons, escorting their big captured mosquito around the convention floor is a sight that no one can ever forget!
The Spartan Mosquito Eradicator product itself is ingenious and supplies have been pre-sold out for months. Check it out: https://spartanmosquito.com/mosquito-control/
Hraefn Wulfson, meditating on the layout of the new custom mosquito mascot legs
Crit Killen and Hraefn Wulfson discuss attachment and arrangement methods for the new custom mosquito mascot chassis
Hraefn Wulfson cuts and sands forms that will be used to vacuum form clear plastic wings for the new custom mosquito mascot
Isaac Doubek’s handiwork- He’s made custom 3D printed eyes for the new custom mosquito prop
Hraefn Wulfson has the mosquito wing bucks ready for vacuum forming in clear plastic
Isaac Doubek’s handiwork- He’s rewired a multi effect lighting element to portable battery unit for the new custom mosquito mascot
Crit Killen and Hraefn Wulfson discuss attachment and arrangement methods for the new custom mosquito mascot chassis. Each leg slides into a custom fitting for clarity and speedy assembly
Crit Killen measures for wing attachment mount on mosquito mascot’s welded steel shoulder frame and chassis
Details of welded steel shoulder frame and chassis for new custom mosquito mascot on a dress dummy the same size as the five foot tall performer
Crit Killen and Hraefn Wulfson with the welded steel shoulder frame and chassis for new custom mosquito mascot on a dress dummy the same size as the five foot tall performer
Detail of each custom fitting for leg assembly in the new custom mosquito mascot
Hraefn Wulfson wearing the new shoulder chassis of custom mosquito mascot with legs attached, casting an interesting shadow
Hraefn Wulfson wearing the new shoulder chassis of custom mosquito mascot with legs attached
Detail: Spartan Mosquito logo heat transfers on red linen Spartan cape backs and wagon banners
Hraefn Wulfson arranges the new dead mosquito prop on the convention-safe Spartan spear
Hraefn Wulfson adding a few final touches to the dead mosquito prop
Spooky even in the daylight, the new mosquito mascot is ready to be disassembled for travel
Bryan Carter, Jennifer McGrew and Hraefn Wulfson in a selfie with new mosquito mascot costume
Spooky at night in the McGrew Studios parking lot- the new mosquito mascot costume
Mosquito mascot’s internal lighting has several effects and glows red with blood through its vinyl side abdomen “windows”
Some late night parking lot painting on the new mosquito mascot. Isaac Doubek and Hraefn Wulfson
Mosquito mascot’s inner steel armature visible through the newly cut abdomen “windows”
Ready to go to several national hardware shows on great looking models: Custom Spartan tunics, belts and capes. Red and white linen, jute, fun trims and brooches
Spartan Mosquito custom mascot scale pre-viz
A BIG 2019 project for us involving the team effort and mighty
talents of Hraefn Wulfson, Crit Killen, Isaac Doubek, Carolyn Richardson, Uptown Embroidery and Jennifer McGrew
Custom Tailoring: Royal Manticoran Navy Uniforms
2017. Custom Costume for Dakota
Fans of the Royal Manticoran Navy and Honor Harrington Fan Association celebrate author David Weber’s detailed universe with specific uniforms. We tailored this one for Dakota in a beautiful wool with gold trim, piping and all his military insignia specific to his rank and character in this universe.
Costume Restoration: Vintage Mr. Peanut
2018:
Melissa’s vintage treasure needed some help. Hraefn Wulfson restored and repainted her beloved Mr. Peanut costume and now her family can enjoy him for generations!
Before: Mr. Peanut’s paint is worn and his internal load-bearing areas need strengthening because of splits and cracks!
First, all of his broken armseye edges, glue and foam remnants have to be removed-
Next, Hraefn fabricates new ABS plastic support structures and installs them into the armseyes using brand new rivets plus comfy new foam where this costume rests on the wearer’s shoulders-
Owning the urban landscape and ready to go home:) Freshly repainted and structural integrity saved! Plus, he gets a brand new monacle and his old scratchy metal screens replaced with new soft fiberglass screens.
Melissa, lookin’ like a Boss Mr. Peanut, ready to greet the trick-or-treaters on Halloween!
PENNYWISE: CUSTOM COSTUME
2017:
Victor V. asked us for a custom Pennywise costume for the premiere of IT, and this was a very cool project with some swell fabrics: Two colors of silk dupioni with great rouching and piping details all over the place, then garnished with wool yarn pom poms plus some great paisley trimmings and tassel fringe. His makeup is by one of the artists at the Fear Factory right here in Salt Lake. Victor tells us he will be resurrecting Pennywise when the IT sequel hits the theaters in 2019:)
custom fitting- in the shop
custom fitting – in the shop
Custom clown spats in white canvas and black leather over platform shoes!
making some nifty custom spats
Pennywise- fabrics and trim: Silk dupioni and wool yarns
Fresh costume – looks a bit cleaner than a monster who’s been living in the sewers and caverns for a millenia:)
on the tracks outside out shop in the Granary District, Salt Lake City
Pennywise- waiting patiently for the IT sequel
Juno, Wife of Jupiter: Custom Costume for USU’s Ludi Romani Games
Goddess Juno Costume- USU’s Ludi Romani games
Classics’ Ludi Romani Games, a 20-Year Tradition, Casts Alumni as Roman Gods
Thursday, Apr. 05, 2018
A fun costume we made in 2012 for Utah State University Classics professor, Francis Titchener.
Frances Titchener appeared as the goddess Juno in the 2016 Ludi Romani games hosted by Classics. Alumna Teri Gee portrays Venus, a role she will recreate this year as well. Juno’s sacred animal was the peacock, which is reflected in Titchener’s goddess robes. Photo: USU.edu
CFO SUPERHERO: PLURALSIGHT
Pluralsight’s popular Chief Revenue Officer, Joe DiBartolomeo.
On stage in Florida at their January 2018 sales kickoff event-
Concept art: Adam Gunn, Pluralsight Creative Director.
Fitting day: Joe and Adam at Pluralsight’s Kaysville, Utah offices-
A base-layer batman suit, about to be cannibalized/customized-
Custom dye sub printed fabric in Pluralsight’s orange-to-pink gradient, fashioned into a superhero cape-
Cape pleating-
More custom dye sub fabric-
Prepping lighting elements for Joe’s chest piece-
Ready now for color change on its outer gasket-
Prepping chest feature with binding around circumference and velcro mounting surface-
Custom Futuristic Costumes: Pluralsight video and Pluralsight Live 2017
Meet “Zero” and “One,” Pluralsight’s “future people”.
Appearing first in the stunning video (above) shown during Pluralsight Live’s opening session, they then arrived in person periodically throughout all three days of the event, intriguing and mingling with enthusiastic conference goers.
A full spectrum of colors enhanced the actors’ first set of costumes. A series of creative in-camera effects captured actors Phillip Istomin and Alexis Chanel being doused with paints and powders during the high frame-rate filming.
A great team includes the creators of the Pluralsight promo video, JMills Entertainment. Art direction and marketing by Adam Gunn, John Jensen and their colleagues at Pluralsight. Two sets of identical costumes for Zero and One custom built by Jennifer McGrew with Kelly Hawthorne. Behind-the-scenes shots of the video shoot by Dee and Cory. Live performance scheduling logistics at the Grand America by Webb Event Production and the lovely Xenia Maritsas. On-location wardrobe tech and dressing by Jennifer McGrew.
Pluralsight Live User Conference, Salt Lake’s Grand America Hotel, Sept 19-21, 2017.
https://www.pluralsight.com/
http://www.jmillsent.com/
http://www.webbproduction.com/
https://mcgrewstudios.com/
http://www.deeandcory.com/
‘Future People’ concept art: Pluralsight’s Adam Gunn
Prior to all the paint and color that doused them during the filming… One and Zero in their snappy new white future suits.
Initial paint splash on the costumes. Model Phillip Istomin gets some great air on that paint while smashing the ceramic container with a white sledgehammer. Model Alexis Chanel calmly observes.
A ‘before’ and ‘after’ set of custom costumes in the shop. All ready to head to the Grand America Hotel for Pluralsight Live