コスプレが大きすぎたせいでPAXに追い出された！ – エイリアンモンスターコスプレ最終回

コスプレが大きすぎたせいでPAXに追い出された！ – エイリアンモンスターコスプレ最終回

Hello, I’m Jazza Brooks, author of the Thread Wiger series. In a few minutes, you’re about to see a terrifying creature come alive. So stay tuned because the payoff to this project is insane. We got kicked out of the convention. My costume actually spilled blood and the entire event was evacuated. This video is the fourth and final part of one of the most ambitious builds I’ve ever worked on and is a project I started because I recently released my debut novel, The Ascendants. A gritty science fantasy story of survival following the siblings Samantha and Aiden Weaver as they try and escape the alien infestation on the mining colony they work on. Gdan way, also referred to as the roaches, are an unstoppable force of hunger. So, I decided one of the best ways to get people interested in my book and bring it to life a little bit would be to bring one of the monsters from my book to life in the form of a life-size cosplay. I saw Paxos coming around the corner, and I thought that would be a fantastic opportunity to terrorize and intimidate convention goers into reading my book. Not in the least part because of how much bloody work this took to bring to life. Starting off with the frame, because a life-size adult roach would be minimally over 2 and a half meters tall. So, I teamed up with Lumen’s Workshop to build a frame out of pipe and aluminum for the body. And I welded steel legs for my alien legs and ended up with something that made us hopeful that we might actually pull this off. Oh my god, you guys. This might work. But the real work was about to begin. I was working with foam for my very first time. Maggie and her team from Luna’s Workshop jumped in head first with my team and I to build this giant alien monster carropus piece by piece. The more it came together, the more epic and big this creature was becoming. But it also became heavier. By the time we finished most of the foam foundation, I struggled to walk around in the thing for more than a few minutes. Oh my god. Can you get me that step ladder? It’s Yep. It’s something. So, I had to go back to the drawing board to figure out how to make it more practical. Gutting back the steel in the legs and cutting off as much as I could to reduce its weight and installing a retractable seat so I could give myself a break from the constant squatting and weightbearing. Then after moving a few steps back, we moved many steps forward by throwing ourselves into the final weeks of work, sculpting the foam and my body to be in the best shape they could possibly be. Then finally, with texture, paint, fabric, and lights, the giant gad truly came to life. The only problem was I couldn’t see outside of the costume. I built a mech that I was blind in. So, I have to figure out how to navigate a crowded convention without being able to see outside the suit. Most of the rigging is done. No, don’t worry, Benny. Got you sorted cuz we’re filming in here. I’m going to have my GoPro filming my setup so that during packs, we can capture all my pain and suffering and make an entertaining video for you. This is a full-on mech. I’ve got two monitors for me to see the two cameras. Got my little camera hole down here for my feet, my footsie cam. I haven’t yet mounted the the the top crowd cam. Before I do that, I actually wanted to show you this very cool thing, which we haven’t even talked about yet because it’s not going to be cool to just sort of walk around silently moving my mouth. And nah, we need sound. So, I’ve made this little uh speaker mount. So, we’re aiming right at the head out the mouth. This is like a Cosox or something. Yeah. You plug it in USB, you put on the sounds you want, and you press these buttons, and sounds come out. I can plug into that speaker and get something a little more effective. Oh god. Okay. Takes a little latency for the speaker to wake up, but we got like a a default sound. This is like the reset, and it’s just got like little chitters that go in the background. This is for while I’m moving around, which is good enough for me to like focus on other stuff. And then I can press one of the other buttons to trigger a chitter. Then there’s something sort of more medium. It’s not medium, it’s big. We had we had little and big, didn’t we? Yeah. So, we have two big ones. Now, even with hidden cameras to see where I’m going, what if I need to clear the crowd? I mean, I can’t rely on my roars sending people out of my way or giving me space to walk. I mean, what if I trip and roll over on my back and I can’t get up like a felled turtle? Mari and Dave were on board to help me out. But we decided that they could cosplay as workers from the SMY9 mining colony. Then they can give me a hand when needed and also add to the vibe of the world that we’re bringing to life. So, in this novel, there’s various ranks of the sort of citizenry ship within the mine itself. and I have been assigned the the bottom the dregs as it were. So, of course, we need a mining outfit. So, we found an actual orange boiler suit. It’s absolutely perfect. We added a high viz tape. We got an actual helmet. Good boots are very expensive. So, we went to Kmart and got some women’s shoes. They were great. One thing we did grab was from one of the other ranks, the kinetics. They had a sort of a harness, which will be around the waist and the shoulders of the miners. And it’ll add a lot more visual interest. You know, some black bands going down. Everything was filthy. It was great. I loved it. The final touch was of course the band of the bracelet. And when that done, my suit is complete. So, when Jazza pitched the idea of making a costume to help him, I had read the book. So, I immediately said, “Bastion, they’re the coolest. They’re the security force.” And it meant a little bit more of an involved cosplay. Bastion had these reflective black helmet and face visors, and Jazza had bought a cheap little mask off Teimu, so it was my job to make a helmet that fit around that. This started with a 3D scan of my head so I could bring that into Blender and use my own proportions to make a helmet that actually fit me properly. I marked about with a few designs bouncing between Cobra Commando and Darth Vader in the kind of vibe of the helmet shape. The rest of the suit came together really easily. I bought a little camel back backpack. The black jumpsuit was just ordered online as well as some gloves. And then Jazza suggested we make some custom foam armor. We had half a day to do this and it was my first time working with patterns. And after being beautifully wrapped up by Jazzer in Glad Wrap and masking tape, it really proved to be relatively easy to throw together a pretty okay suit of sci-fi armor. So, with our cosplays ready to go, it was finally time to go to packs and bring the Thread Weavers universe to life. The time has finally come. Everything’s led up to here. This is four, part four of this big project, and it could all fall at the end. Literally, I don’t know if I’m going to be able to walk in this thing, let alone stand, but we’ll find out. We’re going to carry it all up and suit up. We’ve allowed for an hour for that, just to take our time and do the steps properly. Audio is going to be atrocious, so I’m going to wear a headset mic. And I’ve got my helpers here. We’re all in theme. You’re going to want to angle it this way. Pivot. Pivot. The birth of the giant prawn. It’s a beautiful thing. I reckon I can just carry this. You need help? Maybe. It’s actually balanced. Okay. I think we look weird already. Little more conspicuous now. Wow, this looks silly. Are you guys okay? I don’t have enough limbs. We nestled into a nook behind the stairs and started bringing up the monster cosplay suit one piece at a time. And I was delighted to start meeting some of you who were already on the lookout for us. Let’s go over first. All right. So, we need to go back towards me and then back towards you. All right. That’s good. Man, it is uh it is concerning me how much I’m sweating already. And I’m not in an interior. I catch up eventually. Bit by bit, we pieced the costume together. One, two, three. And I’m certainly glad I arranged to have help with me because this was an outfit I definitely could not set up on my own. Starting to hold heat in here, which is which is concerning. I got fans and bloody fans, if you know what I mean. Oh, it’s Maggie. Hi, Maggie. You’re on camera. Hi. There’s going to be some gaps that I would love your help patching. Okay. Hello. How you going? Yeah, I’m all right. Now, with Maggie on hand to also help with the costume cosmetic fixes and my sweaty head buried in the tech, the pressure was building as the crowd was also building in front of us, eagerly anticipating my promises of glorious horror to be honest. Yay! Oh my god, that’s a lot of people. I don’t even know if I can walk yet. I will take at least one step. I I really don’t I don’t know if I can take a step honestly. Now, if you’ve ever performed in front of an audience before, you know that moment before showtime is pretty nerve-wracking. Usually, you’re like behind a curtain or side stage and you get those sort of pre-show jitters. This was like that except there was no curtain or side stage. We were just in front of everyone building up in the corridor and trying to figure ourit out. So, while you’re watching a fun little montage of our preparatory chaos, in reality, this was like 45 minutes of scrambling around trying to piece this beast together and figure out the tech and make sure it was all working while the everpresent crowd just kept growing. And so did the pressure to, you know, do something. But what are you waiting for? I don’t know. Something amazing, I guess. All right, fans. I need fans immediately. One fan, two fan, red fan, blue fan. Now we need that carropus bottom. This goes on the side. You really do go in the uh of the bees. Yeah, I’m getting thirsty already. Can you grab my bolt and grab grab my nuts? All right. Pass her through. When I choose to do something this stupid and tell people where I’m going to be when I do it, I genuinely don’t think people will come. It raises the stakes somewhat. So, we were feeling pretty close and it was mostly assembled. So, I decided to put on my roach pants and put on the gym clothes on my upper body because I knew I was about to be in for a workout. Have fun. Let’s suit up. But the only suit that awaited me was potentially a lawsuit as we were informed we had created a safety hazard in the middle of a large public event. We need you to move this away. Oh, there’s minor space that’s been like I was told that cosplay you can wear cosplay until it’s 2 and 1 half by two and a half. You know, setting it up. That’s the problem. All of this going off. Completely uns. So, for health and safety reasons, we can’t walk inside the venue, which there’s I guess layers of reasons. Maybe I fall apart and they’re proven right because I can’t even take a step and it is too dangerous. So, fair enough. This is where I have to say I get it. Like, if anyone who organized backs happens to watch this, I apologize for not planning this out a little more carefully. I underestimated how many people would actually come to watch this thing and I underestimated the impact of something this size in a corridor which in hindsight seems obvious. As far as safety is concerned, admittedly I’m the one who built it and at that point I still didn’t even know if I could walk in it. So if I were in the suit and there was say, I don’t know, a fire or an evacuation of some kind, I would of course be impacting the safety of myself and many other people if I were in the corridor in this suit. So, while we could no longer set up where we were, we were told that we could put on the costume just outside the entry doors, which was just around the corner. So, all we had to do was take this giant semi-assembled monster outside the doors. Simple, right? All right, we’re carrying it out. This is a good chance to test the cameras cuz I can’t see where I’m going. Okay, so this is my practice run of walking using only this fisheye lens as my sight. I’m uh I’m beginning to understand why they wanted to kick us out. Oh, a breeze. Glorious air. Oh god. Okay, cool. In the end, wearing this costume outside would be much more comfortable anyways, as there was a lovely cool breeze to enjoy, and it would be better for all the attendees since there was much more room to gather around and watch us gear up for the impending show. So, whose idea is this? Tight as humanly possible. You ready? This is a stupid idea. I have to get I have to get in character. So, here’s where as a content creator, I have a few ways I could frame this next bit. I could show you the epic version or the horrifyingly clumsy version. So, I’ve decided since they’re both equally valid and technically the truth, I’ll show you both versions. So, let’s start with the epic version where after hundreds of people hours of work, I finally dawned the Gdan away suit and unleashed chaos upon thousands of innocent people. Everyone was blown away, but nobody was prepared. My costume was so believable, so intense that it sent people scrambling in fear. So fearsome in fact that confusion and chaos abounded as Pax was evacuated. Pretty epic, huh? And it’s almost true. Pax actually was evacuated, but it had nothing to do with me, admittedly. Apparently, a bunch of idiots egged each other on and pulled the fire alarm and ruined the good time for a lot of people for a brief period of time. And it does make you think like, what if I actually was in the suit when that happened during the evacuation? It would have been a safety hazard. So, thank you safety people for saving me from my worst instincts. With all that said, the uh alarm and evacuation worked out pretty well for me in the end, he said selfishly. Because not only did I get a bunch of great footage from other people who posted videos on social media during the evacuation, but it’s also perfect because in my book in the first few chapters, a similar alarm is triggered, creating chaos and confusion throughout level 12 of SMY9. So, it’s uh poetically thematically appropriate. I had nothing to do with it. I swear to God. But speaking of my novel, before I share the horrifically clumsy version of what happened, now is actually the perfect time to encourage you to go check out the paperback or ebook of The Ascendance, because at this point of the video is probably like the most chance I have for you to trust and maybe think that I am capable of making really cool things. The Ascendants has been a massive labor of love for a long time, and I think you’re going to love it. I’ve gotten some amazing feedback so far, and I’m already planning the next three books. So, you can bet that I am in it for the long haul. And I can’t wait for you to come on this adventure of horror and cosmic powers and emotional trauma and characters you care about with me. Check it out with the links in the description. By the way, we have officially finished the audio book. I have submitted it and it’s going to be released very soon, but I don’t know exactly when. So, if you want the audio book, make sure to sign up to my newsletter at jazzabbrooks.com so you can sign up and be told exactly when the audio book is launched. It’s really cool. Now, as promised, I will share the horrifyingly clumsy version of what happened, aka the truth. As soon as I got in the suit, a bunch more of my underestimations kicked in. I underestimated how much time I would need to finish fine-tuning the sap inside the suit. But I also underestimated how far everything would be from my reach when I was strapped in. So I couldn’t fix or plug in the cables. I couldn’t reposition anything because I was firmly strapped in. I couldn’t turn the lights on in the eyes. It was all out of reach. I also underestimated the pressure I would feel as soon as I was in that suit to put on the show. Not just because I was very aware of the crowd that had gathered expectantly, but also because the longer I got ready, the more my legs started reminding me that I had a very limited time because this thing is heavy and really, really uncomfortable. Now, here’s where things started falling apart. like quite literally here because I made this Velcro attachment for the knee where the front of the leg attaches to my knee and the back velcro attaches to the hip which swivels so that as I walk it’s attached at both points but it connects the body to the legs and flexibly rotates. Problem was I underestimated the angle or the pressure or the amount of hold it needed to have. Maybe I should have permanently attached it. But every time I went to walk my bum popped out. Your ass is falling off a little bit. To the point where most of the work my two helpers were set to was trying to keep my alien bum somewhat assembled. I have to admit when I wrote this I did not picture the miners of SMY9 would be so close to the Gdan way and live to tell the tale. I took a few steps and with every step my costume kept plopping apart. mainly at the hips and in my neck flaps which had been hastily constructed 20 minutes earlier to try and fill the gap between the head and the body. I really wanted to be like immersed in puppeteering this beast which I could have done even though it was like heavy and difficult if everything held together. And to add injury to insult, the stupid cheap grabby thing cut my hand towards the end of my scramble. Hey, there was a band-aid in the chip. Now, obviously through this whole process, a lot of pressure is being put on this frame, which at the end of the day is pipes and glue. And uh well, your ass is falling out a little bit. I heard a crack. Put simply, one of my pipes popped. So, the frame was effectively broken. Oh, there’s my frame. I lost a leg. And for safety reasons, I really needed to get out of the suit as soon as possible. Yeah, that’s it. I think this is falling apart. I’m going to fall. Hold the front. Every arm. Every arm. Every arm. Every arm. All right. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Yeah. I’m glad we didn’t get out. Just lift it over. I can’t walk. Don’t get me wrong, it there was a lot of coolness about it. We did get some cool animated moments and some really cool payoff shots that you saw us use in the epic version. But the fact that I never had time to test walk this thing and spend that little bit of extra time, you know, fixing these very, very solvable problems means that the variety of footage and moments we captured go equally well with epic music as they go with goofy music. But you know what? Regardless of the imperfections and mishaps, everyone who came seemed to really enjoy the show and we had still pulled off something truly spectacular. I took four steps. Now, calamity aside, there really were some awesome triumphs as a result of this whole project. And the first one I want to note was you guys. Not only have you joined me for this whole journey, but everyone who came along was so helpful and friendly to the point that after our performance, everyone volunteered to help us carry the pieces of the suit upstairs to his designated display area. And it really just showed that this community is filled with enthusiastic, honest, kind people. given that I never once had to worry for a second if any of my costume or tech would be damaged or stolen. Everyone just pitched in, came together to celebrate this shamelessly over ambitious creative project together. So, I just want to take this moment to sincerely thank everyone who gave me a hand. Thank you. Oh, brother, this guy stinks. Look, mishaps aside, this project was a little too ambitious from the beginning to ever work flawlessly, especially with the insanely limited time we had to build this thing. And yet, we did. We made something cool and huge and fun and you got to be a part of it, even with your comments influencing and helping me make this better. and those of you who came in person where after we set him up in his home where he would be for the next few days of packs, I got to sign some of my books and take photos with you guys and really just share the joy with like-minded creative people who love diving in the deep end with me. This project was so damn fun. And if you’ve been curious about this process, this cosplay foam smithing process as I’ve been making this series, you should try it out. Check it out for yourself. It really is way more forgiving and approachable than you might expect. You don’t have to build a 3 m tall alien monster. Murray and Dave’s costumes show how much can be achieved with a small budget and limited time and little experience. Thank you, Maggie, John, Jason. You guys are incredible and I can’t wait to work with you again in the future. Go check out Lumen’s Workshop. If you’re curious to get foam smithing or crafting yourself, they have so much you can check out there. You can get a discount with the code Jazza 10 or you can get starter bundles which are on their own heavily discounted. Links in the description. Thank you, Luna’s Workshop. This has been so fun. not only as a project but also as a creator to have a four-part series that each part has performed well and you guys have come back for more is really cool for me because it shows me that I can tackle bigger projects without it all being one overwhelming task to knock out in a week. This gives me a lot more license to be creative and different in bigger ways in future videos. So subscribe for that of course and let me know in the comments what you’d like to see me make. Maybe my next cosplay could be bigger. No. Someone think of the children. Maybe not. And last but not least, this was all an idea to create a publicity stud, which I hope has worked because I really want you to check out my book. I have fallen in love with writing. Like, as cool and big as this is, it’s hard to explain how big this feels to me. Even though it’s just a regular old book in my hands, it really is the beginning of a whole new chapter of passion in my life that I spending every day still writing and planning and uh falling in love with writing. So, I would love if you’d be willing to go on that journey with me. And uh that is it for this video, this four-part series. Oh my god, so much. Anyways, that is it for now. Thank you so much for watching and until next time, I’ll see you later. Now I got to figure out where to put this thing.

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