If you want to see photos of actual garments from those time periods try the following web sites: http://victorianelegance.com/clothind.html In the "Vintage...
My daughter in NH got hers on Friday. Jeanine ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Hi all! I've got a question. Well, two of them, actually. Firstly, does anybody know where to get that thermoplastic stuff that's moldable with heat? ...
... to make splints. ... The thinner ones are more likely to get slightly bendy with a lot of heat, so you'll need to play around with it to see. I know hotter...
Friendly Plastic softens around 110F (38C) and melts around 140C. So not quite at body temperature, but will indeed soften on a very hot day. That may be the...
I have purchased a type of hot-water thermoplastic from a medical supply -- but it was quite a few years ago. I have also bent and seen SCA armor made from a...
... <snip> I can testify from personal experience, that Friendly Plastic will actually melt in the back seat of a closed car on a reasonably warm (85+ F)...
Greetings, I've used a themoplastic called wonderflex for over five years now. Nothing I have built has degraded in that time. I've had pieces crunched in ...
Is this Wonderflex that Bruce mentioned? Besides the manufacturer-distributor (www.dazian.com), I know that http://www.cosplaysupplies.com/ sells them, but the...
Well, mother nature has been going a bit wild here in northern California. We came back from the snowy cold of Wisconsin to warmer but much wetter weather. As...
WONDERFLEX IS FANSTATIC ! I order mine here : http://www.cosplaysupplies.com/wonderflex/wonderflex.html There is a tutorial on the page as well. :) If you have...
Dear Janice - I've sent you a message offlist re the newsletter - would you mind getting back with me at your earliest opportunity re same? (I'd like to...
Friendly plastic has a shelf life. It gets brittle after a while, and I do not recommend it beyond making small decorative shapes. I have also had friendly...
Can anyone give me a closer date than the "50's" described in this item description for a hat, e.g., late 50s, early 50s, late 40s, etc.? (Have done some...
In a message dated 1/3/2006 1:17:48 AM Central Standard Time, ... You called that cold? That was nothin'! Of course, ironically, it has gotten unseasonably...
Hi everyone, I need to make a pair of Ringwraith gloves and am looking for a moldable material in either plastic or metal that is heat resistant to make the...
Anne We went to a party where someone had used cans (like the ones your baked beans come in) to make the metal part of the gloves. The corrugated surface ...
Looks like what my mother was wearing in the late 40's - early Fifties. I found a page in a Sears Catalog of 1951 hats, and they have a similar look. -- Janice...
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Jan 4, 2006 11:17 pm
I've had a couple of braces made out of the medical plastic stuff, you can probably check with a place that does Occupational Therapy. They have used an ...
In a message dated 1/4/2006 5:32:51 AM Central Standard Time, ... Off hand, I'd say early to mid 50's. Henry Osier Chief Spy CostumeCon 28 Bid in Milwaukee in...
... You can take a file to the edges in order to 'round them out'. We used to do that with printer's tin... Which is another option. Why does it have to be...
To all (with apologies to those who get this more than once...): The e-mail contact for the Costume Con 24 doll contest is (at the moment): MBORZOI@......
