I visited the Monster Hunter bar in Tokyo last year and was amazed at the detail of some of the props and recreated armour sets around the entire place. But nothing in that bar impressed me as much as the fact someone is creating an entire, lifesize Seikret as a cosplay.
All of a sudden this puppet had individual scales and electronic eyes that blink, rather than just looking like pieces of foam glued together, and I was amazed at how quickly it was coming together. The sheer amount of detail that had been put into creating the head stopped me in my doomscrolling tracks, even before it was coloured to mirror the creatures in-game.
Much like the first reel, Trine.k.n shared the different elements that went into building the head, including 3D-printed elements, magnetic sheets of foam that clip over the nose section, and a moveable jaw made from PVC piping. The entire decision behind making the eyes blink, alongside the production of a transparent resin eyelid to really make the puppet game accurate was also shared, giving the entire project a documentary-like feel and almost convincing me that I could do the same thing if I put my heart and soul into it.
The next update on the project dropped in early January, with another
But what really impressed me over all of the details is the fact that Trine.k.n actually has no prior experience in creating a suit like this. When you sit and scroll through each of these detailed videos, you'd probably assume their whole career was built around this exact niche: creating wearable suits for raptor-like creatures. But it's not. In the description of the reel showing the frame process, the creator subtly drops the fact they had "never made anything like this before."
My disbelief was only reinforced in the
Honestly, watching these reels is nothing short of inspiring, and makes the entire process look so easy I thought about giving it a go. But, I just know I'd fall at the first hurdle and my Seikret would look absolutely nothing like it's meant to. I think for now it's best to leave it to the professionals, and maybe I'll start with some sort of smaller prop in the meantime. If I can even get that far.
