Fangirl mode: on

Have I ever shown you the pics of all the props I made for the BG3 fan stand? Cause pretty much all of Shadowheart's zone is done by me.

Photos by ExZE Photography ...One day I will even care enough to actually steam the tent before the con. The last 10-ish cons were not that day though. But one day...

Photos, editing: ExZE Photography More pics coming later! Reference:

Guess who's finally getting around to posting the photos from my Shadowheart outdoors cosplay photoshoot!

Well, not mine, there's plenly of other people too, but I'll post the other photos slowly as I'm also trying to fill out my bluesky profile. And I can't as of yet make more than one pic per post look good. I'm bad with social media -__-

Finally a silly little dream of mine came true, and here we are, in a forest, doing a bg3 photoshoot! Just in time before the end of the summer! Not present here, but present elsewhere: three tents with their props and a very fluffy Scatch, alongside with many more pics, to come later! Karlack is svizee Gale is LadyNatala Shadowheart is me Astarion is @ivolgacosplay Rolan is @angivarrrre Dammon is @znaniebroda

Photos by Belka

As promised, I'll start uploading tutorials for my Shadowheart cosplay. I'll start small: a few words on the tadpoles. What you need (no link since you'll probably have different brands available) :

a 3d printed tadpole; I printed it myself, took Dark Nyarl's model, but there will probably be other models soon if there aren't already;

everything you need to paint a 3d miniature (primer, purple and gray paints; optionally, some vanish);

a round glass jar with a cork stopper. Those key words gave me nothing in my region, but it got easier once I figured out that the required volume is around 120 ml;

2 component resin. Important: it needs to allow for thick layers; measure the height of your jar - the resin should be poured in in one layer;

greenish resin color pigment. Important: it needs to say that the pigment is translucent. Semi-translucent will not do.

Here are some details:

I modified the 3d model's size. The tadpole on the left was 5 cm high and turned out to be too small, so I printed several more 6 cm big. If you can print something at home, I don't need to explain to you how to print and paint it, but if you're asking someone else to print one for you, remember that a miniature needs to be primed before you paint it (there are liquid primers you brush on, and there are spray cans). Here are the colors I used:

You don't NEED varnish after, but the paint will crumple somewhat in the resin later on. It's not really noticeable with a naked eye, but keep that in mind anyway.

Glue your tadpole to the jar from the inside if you want it to stay in a specific position. Be warned that it'll look very chonky once there's resin around it. Follow the instructions for the resin: mix the components as suggested (use a kitchen scale if you have one), add your color pigment and mix it in. It took me 10 drops to get the color you see above.

I tried pouring in several 2cm layers of the most standard reson, and it didn't work out for me, I could see the layers. A pro might know how to avoid it, but a newbie should try to find the kind of resin that can be poured in a 5cm layer of thicker. Here's the old version:

More is on the way, and I'll sit myself down to make posts with some in-progress/tutorials too.

Photos by Belka While I'm planning to craft my own, the spear is borrowed from Hehidna