Fallout New Vegas: NCR Veteran Ranger Finished! pg 8

Kommissar

the font was major snafu i think

you've got half a prop there m'laddie,
i would suggest you take some wash to the helmet and try to dirt it up, get black paint into the cracks and deep areas and then wipe the extra off with a towel or something, make it look aged and realistic.
right now you've got a flat silver color to the whole thing, and any detail you've worked into the actual shape of the prop is invisible till you 'antique' it like i said

i'm hoping to start up orders for that soon actually, i'll make sure i contact you about it.

Cal

I figured you would have done that along time ago. You talking about resin kit helmets? I think armors would be cool vacc-formed.

Kommissar

can't vacc form foam, but yeah resin casts, mostly the whole shebang

Cal

No, but you can make a cold caste plaster investment from it

Kommissar

i'd rather keep torso armor a little flexible, its not really a good idea for it to be solid and hard, it's already a little stiff and that prevents some movement, make it harder and you'll be walking like a tin man

terryr

The mask is nice, crisp, and symmetrical side to side. Nice coat too.

The nerf kind of blows the effect.

If you've never been good with it you must have already did some easy stuff for practice.

ugameenough

nice job! naaaaa more lie epic! lol

Kommissar

Yes and no.. i personally have no experience with pepakura, so i was insane for trying out something wild for my first try, (so no i dont have any easy jobs to suggest for you, but i would say you can just keep redoing the same pattern over and over, you'll get better every time) i'm just really familiar with scratch build kits and the like.

as for the second comment, it depends, not all pep files are created equal, some are retardedly difficult, some, easy. i lucked out with hugh's mask, its a solid design in my opinion, but i did modify it in a few areas for my own changes.

Cal

I was thinking, solid plates attached to a vest like Mando armor. With the bomb guard separate. like real riot vests. A half inch gap between the armor would give more movement than soild foam I would think.

Allyson

I wanted to share with you how it all turned out in the end, since you answered some of my questions along the way (MUCH APPRECIATED!) and had this beautiful semi-tutorial to help guide me. I think it came out pretty good Some stuff I want to change, but thats for another time. I hope you dont mind me posting this in your thread D:



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You cant really tell from the pic, but the lights have a switch and do glow, although red is the bottom light and I have a green light on top, because I couldnt find the right LEDs anywhere. Also, I have a mini CPU fan in my mask which greatly helped me breath and cool off while walking around at the con

SqueekinOrka

Great costume and got some amazing photos. Great thread and great work.

Apceros

I joined just so I could make a comment on this. Very well done and I'm impressed. I know you said it took a little over a month, How many hours would you say this build took you? I'm a busy college student and I would like to attempt this for A-Kon in the summer. Oh, and I saw something about placing orders? What kind of price would you charge?

Thanks in advance.

SGBlackjack

Very nice work done by everyone! I am also going to attempt a Fallout New Vegas costume, but I want to do the NCR Ranger Patrol Armor.

dabriko

I'm attempting a ranger helmet a my first foray into props. Thanks for the great information and inspiration!

Kommissar

PM me about it, and we can discuss,
actual sales and stuff are strictly handled in another part of the board

Apceros

I sent a personal message, but I have no idea if you received it because it hasn't appeared in my sent box. I'm not sure if that's normal or not. O_o

Kaden Law

Um...was that you in the new Nuka Break episode, Kommissar?

Teese

You should make up an Anti-Material Rifle to go along with your costume

Cal

I think He loaned it too Zack.

Kommissar

HAHA yeah, well no, that wasn't ME, but it WAS my armor!

i loaned it to Zack Finfrock, it took a beating, but it was not built for stunt work, so that was to be expected.
you'll also notice my armor was a little too small for the actor. so i may have to remake a lot for him in the future.

Kaden Law

Yeah, I noticed the mask was a little loose. It still looked great though, and it was epic to see it action! Those slow-motion bits were awesome.
lad to see you're getting more publicity, and keep up the good work!

treasurekid2

hey, i joined too just for this. i look forward to making this my first large project so far. i already have the pepakura files on my computer and look forward to printing them for the size and dimensions, but im having problems on the torso plate. i've tried sizing it up using the pics but ive failed so far. if you have any templates that you can PM or email me that would be greatly appreciated. im going to try and do my best on this for it will be the first time with fiberglass and bondo. if you have any noob tips and places to get supplies please PM or email me when you can.

thanks

slipshot139

I really like this costume! All attempts I have seen at it have been great. Amazing job guys. I have been using Kommisar's build as a model for mine and the only problems I have had with it are the belts and mounting of the chest piece. Also, what kind of helmets did everybody use? Just out of curiosity. Again excellent job!

Apceros

What I did for the armor was take the image he posted into GIMP 2.0 and measure the distance between the top and the bottom of the image in pixels. I then took my measurement for how long I wanted the armor to be against my body in inches. You then take your pixels/inches to get your ratio (x pixels = 1 inch)

You then draw out the template on a sheet of paper and record various measurements of edges that are of relation to one another and convert them to inches.
After that is done you need to get some large paper and kind of map out your dimensions remembering to keep everything within your dimensional constraints.

Once you have got the paper templates it is just a matter of tracing the template onto the EVA Foam and cutting and sanding.

morfeus345

congratulations, nice work!