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Hello Internet and welcome to a new episode of Ge[Blogged]
Today we craft again but this time i have a guest!
This is Boris from Cast4Art -Hello
Cast4Art is an onlineshop specialised in craftingmaterials.
Alot of them are very good for Cosplay. What do you got for us today?
-KOBRACAST Art
And he invented it! -no he didn't..
But it's made out of Snakes! -No it isn't.
So why its named Kobracast Art?
-To Explain the Material; it's this new modern plastic cast which athletes wear
Out of snakes. -no, not out of snakes. Just let me explain.
The Company is called K.O.B. and they thought KOBRA would be a nice name.
i don't know why but its called that way! It's a cast, thats why KOBRACAST --
is it poisonous? -Nope.
Cobras are poisonous.
Yeah but it has nothing to do with snakes! it's KOB-RA, its really just a --
But its from Egypt!
-thats not true either, it's from my corner of the country, from Wolfsstein!
Should i say something about the material?
Yes please tell us more!
The Material is nontoxic and has nothing to do with snakes
-except for cobras!
yeah..except for cobras.. its a thermoplastic, that means you heat it up and it gets moldable.
-just like styrene Sheets or Wonderflex!
Like wonderflex, yes it just has a different structure because it's no sheet.
it has a knitten fabric beneath --
yeah the people can't see your arm!
- with that weave fabric you can pull and stretch the thermoplastic into alot of forms!
You know it from sheets that you can't bend it that good around the edges without wrinkles
but this material is very elastic.
Yay. we won't build something explicit out of it today;
instead we want to show you all the possibilies of the material.
Now an insight of KOBRACAST Art..with snakes! and he invented it!
This is the material.Grid weaving, flexible, wonderful!
There are multiple ways to heat it.
You can put it into 80°C hot waterand after a few seconds its bendable
It's not very hot and you can touch it safely!
and if you ruined the material you can just throw it back into the water using some water.
The second way to heat it is with a heatgun just like wonderflex and Worblas Finest Art.
it gets sticky when heated this way but you can avoid that effect by using some water.
Let it cool off for 5 minutes before taking it out of the form!
As you can see its very acurat and durable!
And still: put it into hot water and it's back in it's basic shape!
And here another example: A very detailed mask.
we just heat the Kobracast with water to prevent the stickyness
Just work your way from the inside to the outside because of the stretchable nature of Kobracast Art!
Inbetween we heat it again partially, this way you can take your time.
But please dont put hot water on your body!
You can pull it off the form after it dried.
And then cut away the leftovers with some scissors
We will show you some finishing techniques in a later episode!
Here you can see some finished pieces with Kobracast Art.
This Hanibal mask has leather glued onto its surface
This mask has a modelling clay finish
The horn is hollow on the inside and therefore pretty lightweight.
Ok, this were a lot of informations but you get the idea!
Personally i like it more then Wonderflex because if you busted a piece
you can just put it back into hot water and start over!
with Wonderflex you would need to take a whole new piece.
What i don't like about Kobracast is the rough surface.
You need to put some effort into it to get a clean finish
But i generally like it! And we well be doing some more crafting it.
But now you get "Blogged" and we see you next time!
-Ciao!
He invented it!!