5 Mortal Kombat 9 Masks (WIP)

Hello everyone, I'm working on some costumes for a somewhat local con in march 2013 and decided that I was going to do MK costumes. I've got the same build on another forum but I'm hoping to generate a little more discussion here because talking about it just keeps me motivated.

If you have any questions feel free to ask

This is how they started:







Scorpions Shoulder pads:


Scorpions gauntlet(made this for reference of possible foam ones)






Masks painted as of a couple days ago:


One of Scorpions Swords:







The blade for the sword:

Before


After


One last pic of the sword before I attempt to mold the handle...I'm worried about this part!(This was done today 8-4-2012)


Scorpions shoulder pads finished:



The last 2 pics were taken of today's progress. Well there it is, Hope everyone likes what I've got soo far!

Got an update from today. I spent the morning applying liquid latex to the sword handle and got a good mold of it made. I just have to wait for some more resin to get here before I can cast it now because my other stuff ran out of shelf life...

Here's a few pics:

Latex applied and cured on the handle


And a successful release!

That all looks EPIC dude!! Loving the Scorpion shoulders and swords, the masks look great too!!! Keep up the great work!!!

SDUK said:

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That all looks EPIC dude!! Loving the Scorpion shoulders and swords, the masks look great too!!! Keep up the great work!!!

Thank you

Update: Well, Now that I've got the latex mold pulled I find it very hard that it is going to work like I want so I took the liberty of sculpting out another handle this morning. This time, I split the handle pieces with fishing line right down the middle, glue them to some parchment paper with hotglue and then applied the last of my resin for now.

The reason for splitting and re-doing the handle is so that when I get some more supplies ordered I can work with what I know...Silicone Molds and Resin Casting. I like them a LOT better and can't wait to be able to order the needed supplies.

Here are a few pics of the process as of now.

Finished Handle


Split pieces




Being glued down



I tried to apply hotglue to the foam but because it's so fine it wouldn't stick. I then traced the pieces out on the paper and applied the glue to that and then stuck them down, problem solved

Here's a quick pic my daughter took while I went to get the glue gun...She made a face!


Here are the pieces with resin on them

very nice sir. Where did you find the pep files? I'm new to the pep world and only have done a couple things. Right now I'm working on my second New 52 red hood helmet, and I'm going to attempt to do the gods from the Immortals movie battle helmets for halloween. Look forward to seeing how your project turns out.

FlawlessWrite said:

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very nice sir. Where did you find the pep files? I'm new to the pep world and only have done a couple things. Right now I'm working on my second New 52 red hood helmet, and I'm going to attempt to do the gods from the Immortals movie battle helmets for halloween. Look forward to seeing how your project turns out.

Thank you You can get the mask files (and I think the sword)from the pepakura gallery. Some of the other pep files are ones I've created.

That is very nice foam sculpting. May I ask how you are cutting it? It look too good to be an electric carving knife.

Is that green florist foam or upholstery foam?

Loving your work.

Keith

Shades said:

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That is very nice foam sculpting. May I ask how you are cutting it? It look too good to be an electric carving knife.

Is that green florist foam or upholstery foam?

Loving your work.

Keith

Thank you very much It's the green florists foam and it's so fine/sensitive that all I do is rub my finger across it to shape it. It can be scary working with it though because if you grasp it even a little too hard it will leave a finger dent in the surface, too thin and you break it.




I've got another small update. My wife told me she admired the masks and work I was doing on them and she would like to go as frost, a female apprentice of sub zero (this was said to me about last week). I scoured the internet for Frost's mask or even a detailed 3d model of it and can't find it anywhere. So then, using my very limited modelling skills I tried to make it in blender to no avail. Then I said screw it and today I made the mouthpiece in the florists foam so that I can make a negative mold and just cast the detail on the front with latex.

Here's a pic of it after about 5 minutes of work. I'm still trying to get it cleaned up a bit but even if I don't succeed I can always clean up the molded piece.

I had a request to make a pep mask, They wanted Smokes first mask from MK9. Here's what I've got after a few hours.




you can get it HERE

OUTSTANDING! MK in-jokes aside, love the look of your Scorpion kostume. Looks like it was ripped straight from the game itself.

That is awesome. What software do you use?

Darranged said:

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OUTSTANDING! MK in-jokes aside, love the look of your Scorpion kostume. Looks like it was ripped straight from the game itself.

Thank you!

FlawlessWrite said:

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That is awesome. What software do you use?

Thanks I use blender for touching up 3d models and general modelling and pepakura to print out and make the parts.

Where did you find those great PEP files? I've been looking everywhere for the MK9 Scorpion mask!

Could you help me out?

BTW your build is coming out amazing!

FunkPunkTwang said:

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Where did you find those great PEP files? I've been looking everywhere for the MK9 Scorpion mask!

Could you help me out?

BTW your build is coming out amazing!

Thank you

The scorpion and sword/ smoke alternate/ sub zero/ reptile and noob saibot masks can all be found on on the pepakura gallery. All the others are made by me.

Z0M8I3 said:

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Thank you

The scorpion and sword/ smoke alternate/ sub zero/ reptile and noob saibot masks can all be found on on the pepakura gallery. All the others are made by me.

I think the files are gone, anyway I can get them from you?

FunkPunkTwang said:

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I think the files are gone, anyway I can get them from you?

I replied to your PM

Thank's again for smoke, the Alternate smoke was aggravating me, the mouth piece is such a pain... This one is going smooth so far!

DarthSpear said:

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Thank's again for smoke, the Alternate smoke was aggravating me, the mouth piece is such a pain... This one is going smooth so far!

My pleasure I was wanting to assemble it today but it's soo darn humid and I'm out of resin that I didn't want it to sit around and warp for a week..lol Can't wait to see it!

I've got somewhat of an update I guess...I made a low poly frost mask today... Took quite a long time since I'm not very good at modelling, I was just aiming for a base to make the mask my wife wants...What do you think?

Render:



Pep:

Do you mind if you can send me the scorpion armour Pep?

awesome work mate !!

Stark05 said:

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awesome work mate !!

Thanks I think it looks horrible to be honest but even for a noob modeler I guess it's ok..lol.

I'm going to be assembling the pep of it today...Here's to hoping it works out!

Small update. Finally had some time to pep the mask for my wife. Gonna have her try it out and see if it needs adjusting but until then, Here's the finished pep.