mmhnc
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Modifying my initial post to include the needed info for the 2015 costume contest!
So it's that time of year again, the time of year where my kids challenge me to build a very specific Holloween costume. (Actually I normally start Holloween costumes in July or August). In the past I have done the Man in the Yellow Hat from Curious George, Ninjas from Lego Ninjago, and last year my first build with foam, Transformers from Rescuebots. So this year my 5 year old asked to be a battle droid from Star Wars.
Construction of the body parts was foam my big accomplishment this year that I have never tried before and really brought this piece to life as the weathering. I really wanted to tell a story of a droid that had been assembled from left over parts of other battle droids that had reached there end in battle. I wanted lots of areas worn down to metal (rub and buff) I wanted areas that had rusted where the paint was gone, and I wanted a few spots that had clear blaster damage. I really was happy with my final result, not just happy but really amazed at how simple this step was compared to how big of an impact it had.
Next will be my finished picture and my proof picture (I only had my phone so I hope it's big enough), please read the rest of the thread for the construction process as it was a lot of fun!
Now after a little research I found they origanly intended to use costumes in the movie and then edit with CG, but as we all know if they had the opertunity in the prequels to use CG instead of practicals they did, but I found some pictures of the "helmet" they were going to use and with that I had the start of a plan! Below are a couple of references and where I am now. The foam I got this year wasn't as dense as the anti-fatigue mat I used last year but after sealing and priming with plasti-dip I think the surface will be ok. I plan to post progress frequently as I am working on this every night!
So it's that time of year again, the time of year where my kids challenge me to build a very specific Holloween costume. (Actually I normally start Holloween costumes in July or August). In the past I have done the Man in the Yellow Hat from Curious George, Ninjas from Lego Ninjago, and last year my first build with foam, Transformers from Rescuebots. So this year my 5 year old asked to be a battle droid from Star Wars.
Construction of the body parts was foam my big accomplishment this year that I have never tried before and really brought this piece to life as the weathering. I really wanted to tell a story of a droid that had been assembled from left over parts of other battle droids that had reached there end in battle. I wanted lots of areas worn down to metal (rub and buff) I wanted areas that had rusted where the paint was gone, and I wanted a few spots that had clear blaster damage. I really was happy with my final result, not just happy but really amazed at how simple this step was compared to how big of an impact it had.
Next will be my finished picture and my proof picture (I only had my phone so I hope it's big enough), please read the rest of the thread for the construction process as it was a lot of fun!
Now after a little research I found they origanly intended to use costumes in the movie and then edit with CG, but as we all know if they had the opertunity in the prequels to use CG instead of practicals they did, but I found some pictures of the "helmet" they were going to use and with that I had the start of a plan! Below are a couple of references and where I am now. The foam I got this year wasn't as dense as the anti-fatigue mat I used last year but after sealing and priming with plasti-dip I think the surface will be ok. I plan to post progress frequently as I am working on this every night!
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