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Infrequent nonsense

@vaimetanyx / vaimetanyx.tumblr.com

Vai's art blog. I draw a lot and post it rarely. I want to disappear into the forest and become a horrifying cryptid
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Enjoying a few short moments in the sunlight before returning to the House of Hades

Photos by the amazing Shutter_light_photography (on Instagram) who did an absolutely incredible job and was great to work with!

Cosplay breakdown posts can be found here:

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#zagreus#hades game#zagreus cosplay#did I totally forget to make this post for over a month? maybe#shout out to shutter light for being so lovely and dealing with my complete inability to pose for photos
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Much later than I thought it'd be done, it's Stygius v2! Not absolutely perfect, but much better than my first attempt

(Full process under the cut)

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#cosplay props#stygius#NEW AND IMPROVED#I had a year to remake this but still only got it done the week before the con why am I like this
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Decided to practice a simpler comic style with something that happened last week

Remember: don't mess with snakes if you don't know what kind they are, and even then you should only interact with them if you have experience and are unable to get professional assistance!

#my art#original comic#i do actually have experience catching snakes because this exact thing has happened a dozen times#it's just that I usually don't have to do it alone#venomous snakes should always be left alone unless your stupid cat has brought small ones into the house and you have to catch them#because he put them in front of your bedroom door#sometimes I forget other people don't live near national park and constantly dealing with local wildlife is not standard#anyway: keep your cats indoors bc all this shit has happened within a fenced in 10 square meter ish yard so they would absolutely devastate#the local wildlife population if they weren't kept in a restricted area
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Sorry to laugh at my own joke but imagining bingge referring to all of his 100+ wives as "the ol' balls and chains" is making me hysterical

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vaimetanyx

I usually hate the phrase "the ol' ball and chains" but being used in this context got me with a strong enough death grip that I tried to figure out 3 point perspective

#lots of chains one ball (where the ball is expectations or toxic masculinity or something idk)#I once saw a customer with a tattoo of a ball and chain on the back of his hand#leading to a tattooed ring around his finger. insane.#anyway xin mo is the only thing close to him bc despite constantly searching for love and genuine care#he can only keep forging more of the same bond of power and lust which is why none of his wives are present#unable to climb up the pedestal he has trapped himself on in the search for love and safety#and in turn has been stuck only with admiration fear lust and power that can't fill the same void#hi sorry to hijack your joke post im mentally ill about him and everything pidw represents and svsss subverts#my art#svsss#luo bingge
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Ah nectar, the drink of the Gods

Also known as potion of burn your fingers because you're bad at using lighters and refuse to turn your ceiling fan off

(Full process under the cut)

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#cosplay props#nectar#a few people have asked me why I don't sell these and why I go to so much effort and spend money on something I'm giving out for free#and the answer is because its fun it makes me happy and it makes the recipients happy#who cares if I'm 'losing money' when I can make someone's day#and still be in character to make my cosplay even better#I don't roleplay and I'm a shit actor but it's about having fun and making connections and keeping up that sense of community#bc we're choosing to be at the convention and be enthusiastic about the things we love#and that is so unbelievably special to me#anyway that's it for the tag rant and these damn process posts thanks to anyone that actually reads all this word vomit
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"...Stygius, the Blade of the Underworld, must have been amongst the finest weapons ever wielded..." - Stygian Blade entry, Codex of the Underworld.

Unfortunately this one isn't so fine and needs a remake, but here's how it was made while I work on Stygius 2

(Full process under the cut)

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#cosplay prop#stygius#first time making a sword not too shabby but I am unfortunately a perfectionist#shout out to my sister for helping with both the painting of stygius and the wax seals on the bottles of nectar#also to my dad for the base of styg and allowing me to steal a bunch of his tools and miscellaneous shed stuff for my EVA foam accessories
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There are two bags that appear in Hades (to my memory), and because I'm pedantic I had to choose one of the canon bags to carry my stuff around while at the con. I could have gone with Hermes' bag, but it has too many little details and not enough room.

So I went with the sack of disgusting meat

(Full process under the cut)

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#had to play until I reached the satyr sack to actually get a reference image since even the wiki doesn't have a picture of it#which was fine bc I then got to see my good boy cerberus and get my ass kicked by hades bc I'm not very good at video games lmao
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I wanted rain so I decided to make god cry

Either you love or hate these things, I have had no other reaction

(Full process under the cut)

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#con rules say you have to wear shoes. I could have gone the easy way and bought yellow thongs and painted my feet#but I refuse to do that I ain't having my toes out at a con#I AM AUSTRALIAN BY THONGS I MEAN FLIP FLOPS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM IN YOUR REGION#but yeah I like to cause psychological damage to my friends with my toe socks#by making toe shoes I can afflict that same damage onto everyone at the con#and still follow con rules
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Finally shorter process post! To think I almost considered applying glue directly to my arms for this part

(Full process under the cut)

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#my apologies to anyone following the hades game tag and the zagreus cosplay tag and just getting these massive posts of mine#they're not even good tutorials they're more like warnings of what not to do lmao
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Every time I put this thing on I'm scared I'm going to take someone's eye out with these spikes. However with this much glue in a wig it means I have to do very little upkeep between cons!

(Full process under the cut)

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#yall my hands were so covered in glue working with that wig#like i actually couldn't fully wash it off at some points it was that bad#fusing with my skin. becoming one with the glue. they always warn your about hot glue guns but the hairspray was much more persistent#also art credits for the prints in the bg of the last photo is hawberries/sid stone/iguanamouth/artepaca and my friends vi and ravel
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"I know how to sew!" I said. "I've made my own patterns before, this doesn't even have sleeves so it'll be easy, right?" I thought.

It turned out great in the end but I definitely underestimated how much trouble I'd have with it

(Full process under the cut)

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#look I made this mostly through trial and error and trying it on repeatedly while making adjustments#so there's no easy measurements I can share#but if you want exact size details I can give them to you
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Part three - refusal of the call

Because, and I can't stress this enough, there is no way these greaves can be worn without stabbing your own feet when you move, let alone dash. So here's my non-foot destroying version!

(Full process under the cut)

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#and this folks is why we make sure out closures are straight so we don't watch full seasons of dropout's game changer#just trying to get the seams to sit flat
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Part 2 of my cosplay breakdown - Zagreus' skull belt

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[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#if I were braver I could wear this out and about in my daily life but alas I don't have that confidence nor style to pull that off#also sorry for the lack of photos in this one and the shittier quality of the ones I do have#I take most of my photos when complaining so since this one went really smoothly I don't have a lot of documentation of the process
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Alright I've been sitting on some of this stuff for over a year, but here's the first part in a series of cosplay breakdowns! Starting with my most ambitious part of my Zagreus cosplay - the skull pauldron

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[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

#my cosplay#cosplay process#hades game#zagreus cosplay#all the official art isn't consistent and that gives me both creative liberty and a headache trying to decide which direction to go in#god this may be my longest post in the 7 years I've been posting on this site#anyway if anyone wants the pattern for the skulls let me know!
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More painting practice! I've been trying to limit these paintings to an hour, only to immediately break my own rules and work on them for about 2 hours instead

All photos used for these studies by Lukasz Palka @tokyostreetphoto (1 2 3), please check out the originals!

#my art#painting#photo studies#unfinished since I'm using these to improve my technical knowledge rather than produce something polished#thank you to tokyostreetphoto for letting me post these studies based on his photos!
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