{"id":538,"date":"2016-05-20T12:34:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T12:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/?p=538"},"modified":"2018-05-21T02:54:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T02:54:37","slug":"batman-cowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"Batman&#8217;s Cowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"539\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/?attachment_id=539\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/T-in-Cos-as-Batman-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"864,1296\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"T in Cos as Batman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/T-in-Cos-as-Batman--200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/T-in-Cos-as-Batman--683x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-539 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/T-in-Cos-as-Batman-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/T-in-Cos-as-Batman-.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/T-in-Cos-as-Batman--200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/T-in-Cos-as-Batman--768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/T-in-Cos-as-Batman--683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/T-in-Cos-as-Batman--201x302.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/>Working with foam can be\u00a0quite challenging, especially if you&#8217;re trying to Cosplay a Superhero with Abs and a tight cowl.\u00a0Batman, one of our earliest workshop Cosplay builds didn&#8217;t turn out to be too\u00a0bad at all.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">most challenging parts wasn&#8217;t the flowing cape, although this was quite authentic looking. Nor was it the body armour that expanded and contracted with the wearer&#8217;s breathing. Rather it was Batman&#8217;s cowl. Made out of 3 mm foam from a Pepakura template the cowl required a good deal of patience during assembly and a steady hand cutting and gluing the parts together to avoid making joints segment or too obvious.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"540\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/?attachment_id=540\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160525_170426-4-web.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G920I&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1464195865&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20160525_170426 4 web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160525_170426-4-web-169x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160525_170426-4-web-576x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-540 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160525_170426-4-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160525_170426-4-web.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160525_170426-4-web-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160525_170426-4-web-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.tameion.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160525_170426-4-web-197x350.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When finished the cowl did take some some effort to get over the wearer&#8217;s head.<span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">\u00a0Fortunately his\u00a0<\/span>broad chin added strength to the character and improved the overeall impact to the Cosplay.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">Considering this was one of the first foam fabrications in the workshop it was a great effort and a<\/span>s you can see the end results were quite satisfying. In fact you could say the cowl topped\u00a0<span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">off the costume perfectly!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">Sadly over time and with repeated visitors to the workshop all\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">trying to be Batman, the cowl became stretched at the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">seams. The final straw was the day the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-indent: 0em;\">cowl was left in the back of a car in the hot Northland sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working with foam can be\u00a0quite challenging, especially if you&#8217;re trying to Cosplay a Superhero with Abs and a tight cowl.\u00a0Batman, one of our earliest workshop Cosplay builds didn&#8217;t turn out to be too\u00a0bad at all. The\u00a0most challenging parts wasn&#8217;t the flowing cape, although this was quite authentic looking. 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