jmw121
New Member
Hello fellow members. I saw elysium and i loved Sharlto Copley's performance as Kruger so i decided to make a Kruger halloween costume. i have re worked this costume several times trying to make it as accurate as possible i had 10 days to make it from start to finish so i am happy with how it turned out with the time constraints. so here is the process of the costume from start to finish (sorry for not taking as many pics as i should have, when i work i get lost in it)
so it started out with the materials (as most projects do :lol
my materials were
1. Eva foam sheets
2. craft foam (for detail work)
3. 3 different colors of spray paint (military green, silver and matte black
and hot glue to put it all together
my total cost was around $45
i started by drawing out the shapes on the EVA foam using picture reference of the suit
then i put it together and painted (didn't take pictures :facepalm
so after the first coat of paint everything was pretty much silver (not accurate) so onto another few coats of paint and some reworking
2nd reworking: paint more accurate, clips added and pained and lights as an extra addition
3rd reworking: actuators sized down for more accuracy and room made for more movement with the arms, and front chest plate reworked to be more screen accurate. only problem is chest actuators at the end arent attached to anything so they move freely
4th and final change: i was looking at pictures of the suit in the film and i realized the perfect solution to the problem with the actuators, in the film the bottom actuators are slightly angled and move when kruger's arms move, all i did was simply attached the bottom actuators to the top ones and then attached a strip of EVA foam to the top actuator, then i connected it to the arm giving it accurate movement and an accurate look.
sadly i didn't have the time to do the leg pieces but i would like to eventually. but overall i think it turned out alright, next time there are several things i would like to rework and do differently, but i would like to hear what you guys and gals think
thanks for checking out my build
so it started out with the materials (as most projects do :lol
my materials were
1. Eva foam sheets
2. craft foam (for detail work)
3. 3 different colors of spray paint (military green, silver and matte black
and hot glue to put it all together
my total cost was around $45
i started by drawing out the shapes on the EVA foam using picture reference of the suit
then i put it together and painted (didn't take pictures :facepalm
so after the first coat of paint everything was pretty much silver (not accurate) so onto another few coats of paint and some reworking
2nd reworking: paint more accurate, clips added and pained and lights as an extra addition
3rd reworking: actuators sized down for more accuracy and room made for more movement with the arms, and front chest plate reworked to be more screen accurate. only problem is chest actuators at the end arent attached to anything so they move freely
4th and final change: i was looking at pictures of the suit in the film and i realized the perfect solution to the problem with the actuators, in the film the bottom actuators are slightly angled and move when kruger's arms move, all i did was simply attached the bottom actuators to the top ones and then attached a strip of EVA foam to the top actuator, then i connected it to the arm giving it accurate movement and an accurate look.
sadly i didn't have the time to do the leg pieces but i would like to eventually. but overall i think it turned out alright, next time there are several things i would like to rework and do differently, but i would like to hear what you guys and gals think
thanks for checking out my build
