Spotlight – Eric Browning Cosplay

Believe it or not, this is Eric’s FIRST cosplay. He works in IT, but has an art degree. He was watching Man of Steel and fell in love with the armor first thing. The armor was very organic and used biomimicry. It took on almost an art nouveau feel. Being a big fan of art nouveau, Eric decided to do it.

The General Zod suit is mostly made of Worbla, but includes foam and epoxy sculpt and also some 3d printed pieces. The 3d pieces were the best option for the costume because of the repetition and size of the parts. They had to fit under the armor plates so they needed to be pretty thin. Eric commissioned the 3d printed pieces at http://makexyz.com. There you can find printers that will bid for your job by the cubic centimeter.

The Zod costume includes an amazing bodysuit. It’s a silicon printed fabric. Then when you put silver underneath, the sheen comes through. The entire armor was built first out of paper patterning. Not pepakura, but used digital calipers until he got the sizes just right. The costume weighs about 35 pounds. He did a lot of epoxy sculpt to fill in a lot of the caps and that dries extremely solid. Use water on the epoxy scupt and it will smooth out very easily.

“I may be 39, but it’s like a second childhood and I’m loving every minute of it.”

You can find more about Eric’s cosplay projects on his Facebook and Twitter pages:

https://www.facebook.com/ericbrowningcosplay

https://twitter.com/ebcosplay

You can also hear the entire interview by listening to our podcast. The specific episode can be found here:

 http://comiccon.tips/whatever-makes-you-weird-youre-both-wrong-and-heres-why-0004/

Trevor Nielson

Writer & Photographer at ComicCon.tips

An avid photographer and con-goer, Trevor has spent the last few years developing great affection towards the cosplay community and comic conventions. Back in the day, Trevor spent all his spare time in the theater designing and building sets and lighting schemes. More recently Trevor has dabbled a little with cosplay by building an elaborate Burger King costume and lit Kevin Flynn. But in relation to cosplay, Trevor is probably most passionate about cosplay photography. Here on CosplayForAll, you'll find many of his spotlight articles and photos of local cosplayers showing off their amazing creations. Feel free to get in touch with him if you have any questions or requests.