jacobzking
Well-Known Member
so I just recently got my mask from the prop shop site... my first piece of my turtle costume, so my next step was to make some elbow pads.
why? because its something i can almost do my self, its cheap, and if I'm EVER going to get a suit together, I can at least start small. it will just be one less "piece of the pie" to worry about if I ever do get the rest of the pieces.
lol, I'm banking on Dericrew ... or Jester FX finishing a suit.
so I was mostly going by the Don Spina pads. His aren't 100% movie accurate, but they look good. by the time I'm finished, they may look closer to the movie pads than spina's... we'll see.
I used the famous Ghostbusters defender elbow pads as a template. i ripped the actual pad off the elastic band, cut the pad in to 3 pieces where the creases are, then wrapped the individual pieces with real leather.
pretty simple so far. I havent decided exactly how I'm going to adhere the leather to the pads. I hand sewed one piece but it was time consuming, lol. real leather doesnt puncture too easy but even if I do all 6 pieces that way, not too much work. I may also try hot glue.
the last part is to figure out how to reconnect the 3 pieces together (to make a circle again from the pads), and also how to attach them to the arm band (a matching vinyl... got lucky and found a near perfect match to the real leather).
while I was at it, I went ahead and made my wrist bands; i made them loose enough to fit around a turtle wrist.
total cost:
$3.47 for some scrap leather from hobby lobby
$2.99 for a long strip of leather "lacing" to tie the wrist bands together
$17.99 for a 36x54" piece of "leather" vinyl
$15.99 (+$7.99 shipping) for the elbow pads
$47.44 total
I'll eventually post a photo of the completed pads. i also plan on weather the leather to make it look more "believable"
why? because its something i can almost do my self, its cheap, and if I'm EVER going to get a suit together, I can at least start small. it will just be one less "piece of the pie" to worry about if I ever do get the rest of the pieces.
lol, I'm banking on Dericrew ... or Jester FX finishing a suit.
so I was mostly going by the Don Spina pads. His aren't 100% movie accurate, but they look good. by the time I'm finished, they may look closer to the movie pads than spina's... we'll see.
I used the famous Ghostbusters defender elbow pads as a template. i ripped the actual pad off the elastic band, cut the pad in to 3 pieces where the creases are, then wrapped the individual pieces with real leather.
pretty simple so far. I havent decided exactly how I'm going to adhere the leather to the pads. I hand sewed one piece but it was time consuming, lol. real leather doesnt puncture too easy but even if I do all 6 pieces that way, not too much work. I may also try hot glue.
the last part is to figure out how to reconnect the 3 pieces together (to make a circle again from the pads), and also how to attach them to the arm band (a matching vinyl... got lucky and found a near perfect match to the real leather).
while I was at it, I went ahead and made my wrist bands; i made them loose enough to fit around a turtle wrist.
total cost:
$3.47 for some scrap leather from hobby lobby
$2.99 for a long strip of leather "lacing" to tie the wrist bands together
$17.99 for a 36x54" piece of "leather" vinyl
$15.99 (+$7.99 shipping) for the elbow pads
$47.44 total
I'll eventually post a photo of the completed pads. i also plan on weather the leather to make it look more "believable"