Entice's Gray Fox build

Entice · May 23, 2013

Greetings everyone! After a semi-failed attempt at a Space Marine a few years ago, I've decided to build something a bit less complicated for a beginner costume.

I will be making Gray Fox from the Metal Gear series using the pepakura file from BlackKaos to make the helmet; and will be making laellee's foam armor suit.

Any comments or feedback is appreciated!

Entice · May 23, 2013

After 4 attempts, I finally got the right scale on the helmet (dubbed the Mk.4). The original scaling it came as was far too small, and I'm not sure someone with a 22" head could fit into it (mine is ~24").

Got most of it glued up in a few hours and taped the different sections together to make sure everything was fitting right. I'll be using the Mk.1 and 3 as test subjects for the resin/fiberglass steps as this will be my first time working with those materials. Mk.2 was far too big, almost chibi sized :wacko

Guille · May 24, 2013

mate what measures did you use? Kinda having the same issue here lol

Entice · May 24, 2013

I used an 8.55 scale, it starts out at ~7.9 iirc.

Entice · May 19, 2015

Hah, I didn't realize until now that it has been almost exactly 2 years since I first posted this.

Anyways - laellee finished his pep file and am now hard at work on this again!

I grabbed what seemed like the easiest first. Pep file printed, cut, and laid out.

I learned the hard way that I should probably bevel the first time around, rather than just cutting them all out with a flat edge...but anyways, this was about 80% cut out, ready for gluing:

And I didn't take any pics in the middle because I was too excited and just kept gluing it together. Woo, it fits! (kinda, see below)

My foot didn't quite fit in there, so I had to make an incision to allow my heel enough room to get through. Thinking about it now, it may be better to make the cut on the back instead of the side. I'm going to re-glue this back together and cut the back to see if it can be smaller.

I plan on having some kind of snap or something that will hold the parts together once the suit is on. I don't think the seam should be too big of a deal.

funboy1013xx · May 19, 2015

all im getting is invalid attachments.............

Jonbre · May 20, 2015

Me, too! I hope the attachments get fixed, soon! I can't wait to see what this turned out like!

Entice · May 20, 2015

Hmm, that's really odd. They were working when I posted it. Also, when I try to edit the post, the images show up fine.

Testing images again. If they don't show up, I'll just use imgur or something.
Got the 2nd shin done:

Edit: So I posted it, worked fine. Hit the refresh button and boom, they're gone. However, I can see them just fine as I'm editing this post. :boggle:

KidHaru · May 22, 2015

Yea, still broken links over here.

Entice · May 22, 2015

Uploaded to imgur.

laellee · May 22, 2015

Looking great so far! Glad to see you're still tackling this. :thumbsup

funboy1013xx · May 22, 2015

nice so far! and HEY pictures are working woo hoo!!

Entice · May 26, 2015

I got the left shin finished last night and forgot to take a picture...whoops. I'll grab one tonight after I finish the right shin.

Anyways - I was thinking about the foam sealer and paint last night and did some googling and was hit and miss on finding help. It seems like everyone does it different.
I've tested the smooth-on sealant on a few scraps that I have, and it seems to work great. It has a lot of flex to it, but is still tough and protects the foam. How do I go about painting on top of that without the paint cracking with every little movement? I don't expect much of my suit to be bending a lot, but the worst part is going to be the lower part of the shin where it warps quite a bit when trying to fit my foot through it.

I did find a few people suggesting a paint called Liquitex (http://www.liquitex.com/), but they have a few different types of paint and nobody mentioned exactly which one to use. Anyone have experience with this? Any other types of paint that work well? What kind of paint sealant should I use? It will need to be just as pliable as the paint.

funboy1013xx · May 26, 2015

ive used the liquitex acrylic's for airbrushing the inside of R.C. car body's and I love it. easy thinning and mixing, stays nice and flexible for wrecks and crashes. but like I said that's inside the shell. TONS of color's which is great. Im thinking it would work very similar to plastidip just not as "tough". one more thing....MORE PICTURES MAN! :lol

Entice · May 28, 2015

Shins done! Abs/codpiece next. Going to need a bit more trimming in pepakura before I can print it out. Also probably the last piece I can make till I order more foam.

laellee · May 28, 2015

IT WORKS!!!! Bad ASS!

Diegator · May 29, 2015

That looks pretty badass!! I know you were using black Kaos' fox pep file, but have you seen darkside's unfold? It's straight from the game.

Entice · May 29, 2015

Thanks!

Yeah, I did see his. I prefer the version I have though. Plus, I've already made this one 4 times. I don't want to have to resize that one a bunch too. :lol

Entice · Jul 12, 2015

Sorry for the hiatus! I got the abs done and ran into a problem...and all my motivation disappeared.

All done, looking good so far...

And it's way too small. I have a 31" waist, so I'm really not sure who's supposed to fit in this thing. I'm not sure whether I want to try and extend it to make it fit, or redo it and scale the whole thing up.

Anyways, I did start sealing up all the cracks on the shins and touching up some missed areas. Gonna try plastidipping them after it dries and see how that goes.

George · Jul 13, 2015

It is my understanding that,eventhough a design is said to be scaled to a certain size,you should always check and possibly test-build it in paper/cardstock before foam building.
Maybe consider rescaling? Foam is never lost; you can always cut it up and re-use it

Now,pick yourself up,dust yourself off...and try again :cool the suit is worth it,bro
Motivate yourself by looking at the pictures of the suit,again and again,remembering that you want to make this suit so bad.That has helped me thusfar.

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