Yet another item of yours I'm in the process of copying
That would be a movie to see. Freddy VS Hellboy: The fight to the finish.GRINCH said:
Since Freddy IS a supernaturally powered being if falls right up the BPRD's alley.
More and more awesome. Can't wait to see the whole thing together!!
Thanks! As soon as I get the boots back, I'm planning to put the whole thing on to see how things look...assuming I get the RHOD done by then. Hoping to work on it this weekend.booksandcorsets said:
LOL!greylocke said:
So I wasn't happy with the tail I had made. It just looked weird the way I built it. So I'm starting over. I bought a huge piece of foam from the fabric store ($40), and will start cutting it out tomorrow. Then it will need a LOT of shaping and smoothing, and then it will get a coat of rubber. On the first tail I made I used silicone to coat it, but I didn't like the way it looked. So I will pigment my urethane and give it a shot that way.
WOW! What an amazing progress thread! I'm totally blown away by your sculpting skills and your tenacity to get this outfit completed!
Did a HellBoy myself, several years ago! It's a real crowd maker!
For my tail, I drew up a full size pattern and cut it out of red material. My mom stitched it together. (Thanks, Ma'!) We turned it insideout and I fashioned a long metal wire to run the length and placed it inside. Then we stuffed it tight with stuffing and sewed it closed. Made an internal loop at the top, so a belt could go through it. The tail can be bent to any shape we liked. (I couldn't "wag" it though!) Painted it to look like red skin. Works great!
I'll post pics of it if you'd like.
You've done an outstanding job and this is a very entertaining thread! I'm going to watch this one!
Michael
Thanks!
I picked up my boots today. I'm very pleased with how they turned out. They were a bit pricey at a total cost of $220, but they give me the extra height I need. I still need to give them some scuffing with a fine grit sandpaper, but that shouldn't be too hard.
I also finished the shirt. I opted to use a burgandy 3-D fabric paint instead of having it tailored.
On tap for this upcoming weekend - the Right Hand of Doom!
I'm in love with this build. One of my favourites!
So far today I have finished the reliquary. I began by getting a vial with decorative ends on Etsy. I made the bone out of Super Sculpey, and filled the vial with colored water before sealing. Not completely happy with it (the epoxy dripped inside, setting the bone in a fixed place), but it's such a minor detail I'm considering it good enough. I have about $30 invested in it.
So I officially gave up on making the Right Hand of Doom have movable fingers. I could have pulled it off with more time and the proper equipment. So now I'm in the process of reassembling it using WAY too much epoxy putty.
LESSON LEARNED: MAKE SURE YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THE FEAT BEFORE CUTTING THE FINGERS OFF A $250 PROP.
Surely it only ever needs to be in a fist?tonykch said:
That would be way too hard to pull off at this juncture. I put it back into the configuration the original Sideshow RHOD came in.madmanmoe64 said:
Just wow! Going to keep an eye on this!
Took it out for a test run today in downtown Minneapolis.
I'm going to have to tweak a few things; the tail is hanging low and drags, and the dentures get really uncomfortable after a while.
The contacts work well. I need to work on getting the makeup on my eyes done better.
All in all a pretty good test run. The entire thing gets packed up and shipped to Florida this week!
Very Cool!! Congrats on a job well done.
This has got to be one of the best builds i've seen on RPF. I absolultely love it - fantastic work
Very nice. On the tail, do you have an armature in it?
Negative. It's a foam core, which is covered in tinted rubber, which is covered in stretchy nylon, and covered in tinted rubber. I'm not completely happy with it, but I simply ran out of time. I know the proper way to do it will be to do a sculpt, make a mold, and cast in silicone with an armature (probably wire of some sort) in the middle, but that will have to wait until after Halloween.greylocke said:
The entire costume has been shipped to Florida. I'll be wearing it next weekend at Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend, where I will also be raffling off a copy of the silicone mask to raise money for Team Robin to help a girl with Cerebral Palsy get a power chair. I know some of you will be there, so please, come say hi!
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