merquise13
New Member
Good day everyone, First post to theRPF, but i've frequented in here looking for build tips and techniques. I have a few costumes to my name including a deadpool, 501st approved Biker scout, as well almost completed Tusken Raider and a custom mandalorian. (as you can tell, i like star wars )
I was planning on sticking to the 501st at the upcoming FanEx in Salt Lake City in april. Well come to find out, we're not doing a large presence like we did at Salt Lake Comic con last year (had a huge booth and did several events including blast a trooper).
So not wanting to walk around in my 501st gear, and my deadpool needs serious upgrades to look nice, i have decided to make an attempt at doing the Suckerpunch Colossal Samurai, the one with the gatling gun.
Will be a monumental undertaking, but i think i can pull off something decent for the con, with possible upgrades in the future.
So right now, i'm researching materials that i'll probably need, as well how i'll want to do this. With being a short amount of time (3 months) to do this, i probably wont go into MEGA detail yet, but it'll still look decent.
In looking at the armor pieces, i'm thinking of either going with EVA foam mats, or just using a 3 or 6mm sintra plastic. I've used sintra plenty, but never tried the mats. Any thoughts or tips on that?
The gatling, i'm sure i can whip out pretty easily using random piping and accessories found at lowes or my garage.
The one part i'm stuck on right now is the helmet/mask. The mask will hopefully be not too hard, was thinking of either buying a close replica online, or molding my own and casting it. But the helmet, yeah, i might need ideas.
My ideas are running anywhere from taking a baseball helmet or german surplus helmet and modifying and adding to the top with bondo or something and adding the horns, etc etc.
Much planning i have ahead of me to ensure i can and will do this before the con, but any suggestions etc would be much appreciated.
Here's some pics of that particular char. Of course this is just a model, but i like how well you can see detail and seems to match the on screen.
I was planning on sticking to the 501st at the upcoming FanEx in Salt Lake City in april. Well come to find out, we're not doing a large presence like we did at Salt Lake Comic con last year (had a huge booth and did several events including blast a trooper).
So not wanting to walk around in my 501st gear, and my deadpool needs serious upgrades to look nice, i have decided to make an attempt at doing the Suckerpunch Colossal Samurai, the one with the gatling gun.
Will be a monumental undertaking, but i think i can pull off something decent for the con, with possible upgrades in the future.
So right now, i'm researching materials that i'll probably need, as well how i'll want to do this. With being a short amount of time (3 months) to do this, i probably wont go into MEGA detail yet, but it'll still look decent.
In looking at the armor pieces, i'm thinking of either going with EVA foam mats, or just using a 3 or 6mm sintra plastic. I've used sintra plenty, but never tried the mats. Any thoughts or tips on that?
The gatling, i'm sure i can whip out pretty easily using random piping and accessories found at lowes or my garage.
The one part i'm stuck on right now is the helmet/mask. The mask will hopefully be not too hard, was thinking of either buying a close replica online, or molding my own and casting it. But the helmet, yeah, i might need ideas.
My ideas are running anywhere from taking a baseball helmet or german surplus helmet and modifying and adding to the top with bondo or something and adding the horns, etc etc.
Much planning i have ahead of me to ensure i can and will do this before the con, but any suggestions etc would be much appreciated.
Here's some pics of that particular char. Of course this is just a model, but i like how well you can see detail and seems to match the on screen.