Have you seen my bear Tibbers?

My first ever Cosplay as Annie and Tibbers from The League of Legends. The bear was handmade by myself and the Annie costume by Silantre Cogan. It took a couple of weeks to make but overall for my first creation I am so very proud, I even came 2nd place at the costume competition held at Multiplay's insomnia 46.

As you can see the eyes even glow, which looked amazing during the show.

He almost knocked over a tv as the stage was so narrow...

So proud of my baby bear Tibbers.

There are more images here, and if you are unsure who Annie and Tibbers are heres a little link.

How Was He Made?

I have been pretty inactive on the blog however, I am going to try and change this! So for those who have emailed me asking how he was made heres a brief overview!

Foam! Using spray glue, scalpels and scissors I was able to slowly carve the head and body from upholstery foam, however if I was to make this again I would personnaly reccommend using plastazote and evostick as it is a lighter material and a lot easier to carve and stick together. However, foam from a sofa (which I used) was the cheaper option at the time.

The nose and teeth were handmade using sculpey, you can reduce the weight by sculping it in a bowl shape so that it is hollow. I also used a dremal to thin it out a lot more once it had been cooked and set.
To get the wet nose/teeth look, I used abot three or four layers of sculpey gloss both of which are sold in most craft stores.

A lot of the foam I aquired was quite cheap due to it being remnants (dirty/already glued in placed) however because it is being covered I wasn't too worried.

The glowing eyes were ordered from Silantre (see above link), I also added two fans to the back of the head. The last stage was spraying the whole head in spray glue and hand sewing the fur to the costume. Ensure that the fur is the correct way for each piece you sew on.

Inside the head was a headcap made from plastazote, see images below. This was cut from 15mm sheets and stuck together using evostick.

A finished headcap which will go inside the head to add height.

Side of the headcap, you will need to measure the side of your actors head. This is cut flat from the plastazote sheets, the three lines are created from triangles which are glued together to form a curve.

 The top layer which is added to the length of the inside of the side headcap pieces.

Side with top sheet attached (Image #1)

Back of image #1

Inside of Image #1

Front of image #1

Top of Image #1

Once both side pieces are glued on to the top sheet, to ensure extra strength you can add a strip of plastazote to the back of the headcap.

And at the front.

  Top of the headcap

Finished Product.

Elastic straps run down the chin area, 

Pieces of extra material that was used to secure the glue lines of the headcap.

Pipe tubing, glued to the top ( adjust heaight for costume)

I also added pads to the forehead and ear areas of the inside of the headcap for comfort.

This is a rough guide, and any questions can be sent to me at :
chloejones12@googlemail.com