How-to: Digimon's Tai Goggles by Colt-kun

How-to: Digimon's Tai Goggles by Colt-kun

I'm doing a Digimon cosplay group with Bad Wolf Productions, and I'm cosplaying Tai. My problem was I could NOT find a pair of goggles that looked anything like his to save my life. One guy made them as commissions, but they were way too much money.

So I decided I had to make my own, and share a how-to. These are a PROP, and in no way are functional goggles.

Pictures of the costume to come!

SailorRainbowStar Featured By Owner Apr 26, 2016 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

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My cosplay ^ Your tutorial really helped me! Though i couldnt find white waterbottles, i found two hard plastic coffee mugs and had my dad cut an inch off the top. I gurilla glued the elastic to the rim of the cups and it suprisingly worked! Lol!

superpower-pnut Featured By Owner Dec 19, 2018

I'd wager some plastic primer spray would work

LightspeedPhoenix Featured By Owner Aug 29, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

www.animenewsnetwork.com/inter… Yeah. Now they exist. :3

Naruhinafan00 Featured By Owner Dec 31, 2014

how big around are the bottles you used?

Colt-kun Featured By Owner Dec 31, 2014

2.5-3 inches across. Dunno about around. (I may have literally held them to my head to see if they were the right size...)

Naruhinafan00 Featured By Owner Jan 2, 2015

One more question. What size elastic? 1in, 3/4in etc.

Colt-kun Featured By Owner Jan 10, 2015

it's up to you, really. I used one inch wide, but it might look better to you if it was smaller.

Naruhinafan00 Featured By Owner Jan 2, 2015

One more question. What size elastic. 1in, 3/4, etc.?

Naruhinafan00 Featured By Owner Jan 1, 2015

OK thanks.

KyleWhisper4 Featured By Owner Sep 18, 2014

Hmm since I didnt have a hot glue gun, I had to go make due with super glue, which works just as fine

KyleWhisper4 Featured By Owner Sep 18, 2014

Thanks I didnt make Tais, cause Im going as Takato instead

SethKirklandJones Featured By Owner Sep 15, 2014 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

this is great im thinking about cosplaying ticci tobyand this is what i need

mgg-thunder Featured By Owner Jun 1, 2014

Pardon my french but you sir are a fucking genius

dragonballgotim101 Featured By Owner May 18, 2014

Great tutorial, used this as a base for making takato's goggles

ZekealSquirrel Featured By Owner Jun 4, 2013

LOVE IT

Paganfox Featured By Owner Apr 6, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

This was an awesome find one of my besties is cosplay as Tai. I was just looking for goggles and this was an awesome find! Thank you for making this!

senordunut Featured By Owner Aug 22, 2012

Awesome! I'm so makeing them.

Hea-and-Skailer Featured By Owner Aug 4, 2012

Sweet, just what I needed! Thanks! 8D

Marsipilami Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks a lot! I didin't know that this would be so easy to do XDD

Toxicated-kisame52 Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Ahahahahaha Jeez this is amazing
_{like seriously it feels like a big f*ck you to all those expensive ass cosplay ones XDD}

Totally making if not for the cosplaying, then for the amazing simplicity of it all xDD

thanks a bundle for the shareee~

Conflicted-X Featured By Owner Nov 6, 2011

Goodness, I'll have to try this out. Thank you!

SCTE3 Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2011

Would like having.

Just need blue elastic for perfect imitation. XD

Colt-kun Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2011

the elastic holding the goggles is black, the headband is blue. They're separate parts, as seen in season 2 when he gives them to Daisuke.

SCTE3 Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2011

Aw I see then. Would still buy a commission pair if selling.

Colt-kun Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2011

I do sell them for 20 plus shipping (usually a few bucks in the states, more to other countries).

SCTE3 Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2011

Yay, then I can has goggles, out of curiosity though, would it be possible to make a second pair modified to be more like sunglasses? D:

Colt-kun Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2011

like sunglasses? You mean with the plastic side pieces to go over your ears instead of the strap? Hmm. A challenge. I shall have to see if it is possible. I think so...

SCTE3 Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2011

Naw, just like the original but with darker vinyl for the seeing part. D:

Colt-kun Featured By Owner Nov 1, 2011

sorry it took so long to get back to you, I was checking on supplies for tinted goggles. Yes, I can make them P: Do you want them a true black, or just darker?

The regular pair would be 20, and the tinted pair 25, plus shipping.

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