Fallout New Vegas: NCR Veteran Ranger Finished! pg 8
Supercostumes
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What did you make the helmet out of?
Kommissar
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give the thread a read, i've answered that one before
Cal
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Just go to lowe's and get a thick plastic sign. They are thick enough and polystyrene. Here is the Styrene that I used for my vaccu formed helmet and mask. High Impact Styrene Sheet | U.S. Plastic Corp. .060 around the thickness of a us quarter.
Kommissar
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does foam melt if you put fiberglass on it? yes.
if you insist on using fiberglass on foam.. though i have no idea why you would want too.. then do it the other way around, glue foam onto the fiberglass after it has cured.
craft foam is essentially the same thing as eva foam, its just usually thinner, so really use what you like.
and as i have said before, this is how i done the costume, don't take this as a tutorial, if you have a better way? do it.
i didnt do this the easy way for anyone but myself, my easy way may involve you learning new materials.
there is never only one way to do these things.
so i would encourage you to try the cardstock pepakura stuff before you try my styrene build, because building it all out from styrene is pretty advanced and very time consuming.
if you insist on using fiberglass on foam.. though i have no idea why you would want too.. then do it the other way around, glue foam onto the fiberglass after it has cured.
craft foam is essentially the same thing as eva foam, its just usually thinner, so really use what you like.
and as i have said before, this is how i done the costume, don't take this as a tutorial, if you have a better way? do it.
i didnt do this the easy way for anyone but myself, my easy way may involve you learning new materials.
there is never only one way to do these things.
so i would encourage you to try the cardstock pepakura stuff before you try my styrene build, because building it all out from styrene is pretty advanced and very time consuming.
Kommissar
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Oh thank god, someone edited out that stupid pink safety zip tie they made me attach during the con'
Looks friggin awesome, great work!! i need to get my suit back so i can do all the things i have planned, including:
Mass producing a full costume for people interested, and constructing a 'kit'.
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Couple of photoshoots, one at an abandoned refinement plant, as well as one in the cali desert.
i'm putting a shot of this onto the front page of the build
Looks friggin awesome, great work!! i need to get my suit back so i can do all the things i have planned, including:
Mass producing a full costume for people interested, and constructing a 'kit'.
&
Couple of photoshoots, one at an abandoned refinement plant, as well as one in the cali desert.
i'm putting a shot of this onto the front page of the build
That location is at the Salton Sea. Want to talk about a wasteland befitting your costume! My daughter and I went there earlier this year and shot that photo there. I have a bunch of others that would work well too. I'll edit more and show them to you.
Here's a color version of it...
Cultentacle
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InfiniteHunter
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I know it's a week after Halloween, but here's my take on the costume. Not the best, but I still think it came out pretty well, considering it's my first time working on anything like this.
DemBones
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I have never been good with pepakura. Do you have any advice for an easy helmet i could work on to get some practice? It would really help me out.i would suggest typing in pepakura wiki into google, and browsing the halo pepakura files and website 405th.com for some great examples of what you can do with papercraft designs ripped from games.
