Darranged
Active Member
So, after a year of gathering parts from all four corners of the planet, I'm finally getting stuck into making my favourite batsuit, the TDK version.
It's not my second attempt at a suit, and so far, it's been pretty damn challenging.
Here's how it went down so far:
The box arrived with all the latest goodies, mostly leg pieces, that were in need of some trimming.
So the rough trimming is done, as you can see below, but now the time-consuming work arrives, to get those angles and odd bits cut just right, and smooth.
Even though they probably won't be noticeable at all when they're applied to the mesh material, it bugs me, and I just can't have that.
Right now, I'm also beefing them up, to give them a more solid plate look, so that I can avoid them sagging in the middle.
Bloody liquid rubber, one of the worst smelling substances ever created, in it's raw, liquid form. I could hurl every time I open that jar. Right now, I'm taking my time, doing 2-3 segments a day.
Still quite a bit of work to do though. Can't find a tailor or dressmaker to help me out, so I'm teaching myself to sew, so that I can get the undersuit done. Chest needs the pecs carbon fibred and glued down, and the arm and shoulder pieces need to be attached as well.
But so far, the progress is going nicely. Big thanks to DI Studios, Inkmonkey and Kris from Hells Kitchen for sorting me out and offering some great advice along my costuming quest.
It's not my second attempt at a suit, and so far, it's been pretty damn challenging.
Here's how it went down so far:
The box arrived with all the latest goodies, mostly leg pieces, that were in need of some trimming.
So the rough trimming is done, as you can see below, but now the time-consuming work arrives, to get those angles and odd bits cut just right, and smooth.
Even though they probably won't be noticeable at all when they're applied to the mesh material, it bugs me, and I just can't have that.
Right now, I'm also beefing them up, to give them a more solid plate look, so that I can avoid them sagging in the middle.
Bloody liquid rubber, one of the worst smelling substances ever created, in it's raw, liquid form. I could hurl every time I open that jar. Right now, I'm taking my time, doing 2-3 segments a day.
Still quite a bit of work to do though. Can't find a tailor or dressmaker to help me out, so I'm teaching myself to sew, so that I can get the undersuit done. Chest needs the pecs carbon fibred and glued down, and the arm and shoulder pieces need to be attached as well.
But so far, the progress is going nicely. Big thanks to DI Studios, Inkmonkey and Kris from Hells Kitchen for sorting me out and offering some great advice along my costuming quest.
