Masks and armor on the wall, tools on the bench, the builds, free.
Fresh from the shop
App notes, new build sheets, what the along is building, the store sells; this is the knowledge side.
New: the workshop site is open, free build sheets, the costume lab, and why sound makes a costume read.
Now printing: the LED battery cheat, the build log, the weathering checklist and the parts list.
First Friday of the month, one prop build, everybody. next drop: loading…
Interactive: the LED fade curve, the servo sweep, the gesture flash, animated, with step controls.
The wall
The build crafts, hung where you can see them. The app, CosNFX, is the performance side, thirty character kits free, Pro for custom sounds, timelines and linked props.
Long-form, tested, the tools and settings that work, and the fixes for the parts that go wrong.
Foam choice, heat forming, bevels and the glue that holds, plus priming and the metal paint job.
Read the guide →Strip types, diffusing, the battery math, and wiring that survives a con floor.
Read the guide →Shape and budget decide it, plus the foam-sandwich hybrid and the finishing either way.
Read the guide →The fiber pick, the lace melt, the hairline cut, a wig that reads all day.
Read the guide →What's here
The store sells the app seat and the gear. This side is the craft: free sheets, video, tools and games.
The LED math that keeps a build lit: strip runtimes and battery plans, free in the browser.
Real shops cutting foam and wiring props on nine channels, and two workshop games that drill the timing.
Guides, the wiki, and the electronics: volts, amps, latency, the physics that makes effects land.
Email with LIST in the subject, build sheets and notes as they land. No spam; there's a build schedule to keep.
The app: cosnfx.store, free with character kits; Pro is one purchase.
The bench family
Costumebench sits with the maker apps, the costume bench of the family: foam and props here, fabric and bands next door, ferments in the cellar.
The app: gestures fire sounds and visuals on a Wear OS watch, 30 character kits free.
🫧Kandi cuffs to rivoli bezels, eleven bead crafts with real charts.
🧶Capes and robe bands: tablet weaving, macramé, alphas, real drafts.
🫙Ferments and brews with the math on every label, "12% salt" says 12% of what.
🌍The live Earth on a desk globe, and the day/night terminator for a Tron build.
🫧The slime & squishy site that started the family, recipes, games, curriculum.