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Description This is just one method of making cosplay automail. There are many other options, variations, and different techniques that may or may not work better for you, depending on your budget, skill set, amount of free time, desired result.
You are always free to post any ideas, questions, or alternate methods of making automail. The more resources we all have, the better!


requested by ~Akastuki-sensei
a tutorial for the automail made for ~bloodyjackfaber 's Ed Elric cosplay

if anything isn't explained in the tutorial [and I tried to cover EVERYTHING... x_x ], feel free to ask any questions. :]

how many bottles of fabric paint did you use?
I believe about 4 silver, 2 black [of the 2-oz size].

download for higher resolution.

if you make automail using this tutorial, please post a link to your finished result! I'd love to see what you made.

1/31/10 EDIT: a DD?! O__O
well, THAT was completely unexpected. . . . but I'm really glad you guys are finding this tutorial helpful! ^^
thanks to all of you~~and especially to `Hanratty-Stock & ^Nyiana-Sama !!

Anime Detour 2011 edit: BJ was wearing her automail glove [the same one featured in this tutorial] around Detour this year, and a random passerby said to their friend--"look! it's like the tutorial online!" xD
Amusing as this was, it was a little weird to have someone recognize our automail-glove design from a dA post I made now-years ago. o_o;;
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Comments: 278

k-ee-ran In reply to ??? [2010-11-12 06:12:12 +0000 UTC]

no worries

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TwilightOfDarkness [2010-10-19 00:29:14 +0000 UTC]

freakin' Awesome! Now I can still try to be him for Halloween lol *throws a fangirl fit*

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k-ee-ran In reply to TwilightOfDarkness [2010-11-10 02:22:10 +0000 UTC]

were you able to be Ed for Halloween? ^^ [sorry for the delayed response!]

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TwilightOfDarkness In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-11-16 02:38:27 +0000 UTC]

oh yes! But I couldnt use ur technique perfectly so I just ended up making it look like the anime and not"realistic". Also, leather or older non-cloth gloves work better than cloth, it takes less paint. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

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k-ee-ran In reply to TwilightOfDarkness [2011-12-26 06:24:29 +0000 UTC]

duly noted

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starbuxx In reply to ??? [2010-10-08 22:48:18 +0000 UTC]

wow~~~ this is pretty sick!

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k-ee-ran In reply to starbuxx [2010-10-11 04:49:51 +0000 UTC]

thanks! glad you like :]

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emememe In reply to ??? [2010-09-15 22:28:54 +0000 UTC]

that is the coolest thing ive ever seen!

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k-ee-ran In reply to emememe [2010-10-11 04:50:01 +0000 UTC]

awwww, thanks!

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XD-ness In reply to ??? [2010-08-30 03:33:46 +0000 UTC]

That is SOOOO COOOOOOLLLLL!!! <3<3 I'm totally using this! ((Not for Ed, but for Steampunk... but it works just as well!!))

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k-ee-ran In reply to XD-ness [2010-10-11 04:50:15 +0000 UTC]

o.o !! I'd like to see how your steampunkness turns out!

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XD-ness In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-10-11 22:13:50 +0000 UTC]

I'll send you a link to it when I'm finished.
I still haven't started yet... I can't find any good gloves. But it's Halloween time, I'm sure I'll find some soon.

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k-ee-ran In reply to XD-ness [2010-10-17 06:50:51 +0000 UTC]

kk. sounds good! xD
no worries..I've still got lots of Halloween-ish work to do, too :];;

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XD-ness In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-10-17 18:19:43 +0000 UTC]

Woo!
Same, here. I really want to be a zombie, and I need a costume... xD

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k-ee-ran In reply to XD-ness [2010-10-18 06:39:41 +0000 UTC]

any specific kind/type of zombie? maybe a character AS a zombie? :3

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XD-ness In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-10-20 21:49:58 +0000 UTC]

Just a generic zombie, lol. I think I'm going to make my OWN kind. Cuz I can make this really cool zombie sound-effect, but it doesn't fit the stereotypical slow-moving-brain-eating-zombie. Or like any type of zombie I've encountered in video games/movies/books... so I'm making my own. lol.

Damn, why'd you have to say that?? Now I want to cosplay as random zombie!characters. xD Probably Naruto or Bleach... that'd be awesome. lol.

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k-ee-ran In reply to XD-ness [2010-11-10 02:23:03 +0000 UTC]

oooooh, yay for making own zombie! xD

heeeeey, don't worry--now you have ideas for NEXT year! ;D

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XD-ness In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-11-10 03:07:01 +0000 UTC]

Woot woot!

Ohhh, that is very true.... -excited noises-

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SweetnessnaRose In reply to ??? [2010-08-27 01:35:03 +0000 UTC]

THis is awesome !!!
Tis will be soo much easier for when i do ed, this before i even try anything else

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k-ee-ran In reply to SweetnessnaRose [2010-10-11 04:50:37 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad to help ^^

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DesignsBySloan In reply to ??? [2010-08-13 02:31:32 +0000 UTC]

I wanted to step up my Ed cosplay for next year by making automail, but wasn't really sure how to do it, or how difficult it would be... I thought I'd have to use plastic or something ;_;
I guess I was wrong, though. Thank you for making this tutorial! ^___^

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k-ee-ran In reply to DesignsBySloan [2010-10-11 04:50:58 +0000 UTC]

no worries! glad I could help. :]

sorry for the super-delayed reply! ><;;

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DesignsBySloan In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-10-11 14:10:56 +0000 UTC]

That's okay. ^^

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Kida-Okami In reply to ??? [2010-08-12 18:29:55 +0000 UTC]

O.O WOW!!! This is soooo cool! X3

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k-ee-ran In reply to Kida-Okami [2010-10-11 04:51:04 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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usak0u [2010-07-24 13:15:33 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing!!O_O

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k-ee-ran In reply to usak0u [2010-07-26 20:52:22 +0000 UTC]

thanks, glad you like!

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Rellica-Butterscotch In reply to ??? [2010-07-22 14:04:55 +0000 UTC]

your amazing! thank you thank you!

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k-ee-ran In reply to Rellica-Butterscotch [2010-07-26 20:52:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks muchly. :3

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HakaishiUchiha In reply to ??? [2010-07-14 21:45:15 +0000 UTC]

When I thought of using cloth, I wasn't certain if an automail arm would turn very well at all. But after looking at this, I realized that you proved me wrong! I'm so excited to try this out. I'm thinking of cosplaying as Paninya someday.
Amazing job!

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k-ee-ran In reply to HakaishiUchiha [2010-07-26 20:52:55 +0000 UTC]

Paninya!!!!!!!! I've never seen a cosplay for her before, so I'd love to see how it turns out!

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HakaishiUchiha In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-07-31 16:05:31 +0000 UTC]

Neither have I. I look forward to it sometime. Thanks again for posting this tutorial!

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ginkogirl In reply to ??? [2010-07-08 01:50:17 +0000 UTC]

FINALLY I FOUND A TUTORIAL!!!!!

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k-ee-ran In reply to ginkogirl [2010-07-26 20:57:49 +0000 UTC]

glad to help. xD

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ginkogirl In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-07-27 05:55:52 +0000 UTC]

hehehe

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WarriorRedwaller In reply to ??? [2010-06-17 21:49:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! This is very handy, and yours turned out so well!

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k-ee-ran In reply to WarriorRedwaller [2010-06-20 16:40:32 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much! :3

[and by the way, your username is AWEsome ]

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WarriorRedwaller In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-06-25 00:47:52 +0000 UTC]

No prob.

[and lol, thanks. ^_^]

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EvilLitttleTeddy In reply to ??? [2010-06-16 20:20:06 +0000 UTC]

Im plannig to cosplay as Edward next year :3 I think it will help! Awsome work!

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k-ee-ran In reply to EvilLitttleTeddy [2010-06-20 16:42:04 +0000 UTC]

glad I can help! and thanks!

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ekf501 In reply to ??? [2010-06-10 05:02:08 +0000 UTC]

This is an incredibly helpful, creative and innovative way to make Ed's arm! I am going to seriously consider cosplaying him!

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k-ee-ran In reply to ekf501 [2010-07-26 20:58:44 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much. ^^
yay, I'm glad to hear it!

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VoiceActingChibi In reply to ??? [2010-04-30 04:10:11 +0000 UTC]

WEll, I definitely won't have time to do this for Anime Central this time, but I'll definitely be making one afterwards!

Thank you for this tutorial!

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k-ee-ran In reply to VoiceActingChibi [2010-07-26 20:59:06 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you find it helpful! have fun with your automail!

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VoiceActingChibi In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-07-29 02:35:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Spectreon In reply to ??? [2010-04-24 22:03:46 +0000 UTC]

I have a completed arm nao ^^
Thankye for the tutorial, twas very useful.
[link]

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k-ee-ran In reply to Spectreon [2010-06-10 06:30:03 +0000 UTC]

glad I could help! [sorry for the delayed response >>;; ]
I like how your arm turned out.

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Spectreon In reply to k-ee-ran [2010-06-10 12:36:59 +0000 UTC]

Heh, no problemo ^^
Thanks, it took quite a while, so I'm glad it paid off ^^

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k-ee-ran In reply to Spectreon [2010-07-14 05:13:24 +0000 UTC]

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Kurohisagi In reply to ??? [2010-03-07 16:06:51 +0000 UTC]

oops i posted my coment twice by accident

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