BATMAN: Combination/Custom Armor

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Sep 27, 2015

• #1

Hey guys,

thought id start my thread as I've started work on my costume for Halloween, me and the other half are attending our annual Halloween party as The Joker and Batman, I'll be going as Batman...I've been studying everyone's techniques, online tutorials and literally everything I can get my hands on as I really want to do a good job of this build, with that in mind I didn't want to make an existing armor or at least one that was recognisable as one, sooooo I've decided to do a sort of combo/custom armor...

Armor made up from different designs, cowl and neck from Dark Knight, gauntlets from arkham city, shoulder, arm, leg, shin and utility belt arkham origins, chest and ab armor batman live and logo doj...

ive done some designs to give myself an idea of the look and for the first time I'm using templates, most of the templates I got from the foam cave, cowl I have purchased from hero wares on eBay and cape I'll be purchasing from onpleatherwings...

hope you like, progress pics below, more to follow:

 

Last edited: Sep 27, 2015

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Sep 27, 2015

• #2

Already started so here's some progress pics:

 

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Sep 27, 2015

• #3

Oh and cowl arrived the other day and looks awesome:

 

Last edited: Sep 29, 2015

Lightslinger

Member

• Sep 28, 2015

• #4

Very cool looking so far TG, I'm excited to watch this build progress! Love the BvS emblem on the Arkham style armor, nice!

 

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Sep 28, 2015

• #5

Thanks...I really like the new doj logo, can't wait to see how it looks too... Also going to create a functional utility belt, going to fill it with homemade batarangs, laser pointer, smoke bombs, I have the arkham origins grapple gun which I'm going to create a holster for...my bat bank card and marbles (to represent his bat bombs) I'm also going to try and make the left gauntlet fit my iPhone so I have an actual functional tech gauntlet, not sure those that's going to pan out though...

 

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Sep 29, 2015

• #6

So gauntlets are done:

 

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WhipMan

New Member

• Sep 29, 2015

• #7

This is a really neat take on Batman - I like what you've got going on so far!

 

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Sep 29, 2015

• #8

WhipMan said:

This is a really neat take on Batman - I like what you've got going on so far!

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Thanks, I've honestly never worked with foam on this level so I'm learning as I go, luckily there's loads of great builds on here and tutorials on YouTube so im
muddling through, hopefully it'll come off, I just need to find some black paint that'll make the gauntlets and shins look like metal, so any suggestions would be great...

 

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WhipMan

New Member

• Sep 30, 2015

• #9

There's a Rustoleum paint that gives a metal texture, if that's the kind of thing you're after - just check the spray paint section at your local Wal-Mart, hardware store, etc. Hope that's of some help!

 

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Oct 1, 2015

• #10

WhipMan said:

There's a Rustoleum paint that gives a metal texture, if that's the kind of thing you're after - just check the spray paint section at your local Wal-Mart, hardware store, etc. Hope that's of some help!

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Haha I wish we had a Walmart in the UK, would make my life soooooo much easier, I managed to get some rustoleum...it's a direct to plastic black gloss (couldn't find any metal effect) but it's given a nice and cleared shine and makes it look less rubbery so I'm happy with the effect...

 

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WhipMan

New Member

• Oct 1, 2015

• #11

My bad - didn't notice your location lol....Glad you found a suitable paint, though. The gauntlets look great!

 

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Oct 2, 2015

• #12

Update shin Guards are done next into the utility belt:

 

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Jroymosman

New Member

• Oct 8, 2015

• #13

Looking good! I'm anxious to see how you do the legs.

 

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Oct 9, 2015

• #14

Jroymosman said:

Looking good! I'm anxious to see how you do the legs.

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Yeah I still need to work that out...Ive actually run out of foam so need to get some more...I was considering getting some foam stuffing and covering in faux leather than spraying it with the armor colour...but we'll see...

Update on this build Ive started the belt, half done so far but coming out good I think:

 

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Oct 18, 2015

• #15

Update, capes arrived and it is a thing of beauty:



Also so belt is made just need to put final colour coat of paint on it...

 

Reznor9

Sr Member

• Oct 19, 2015

• #16

Awesome progress. The cape and everything looks great so far!

 

Thorlief Golmen

Active Member

• Oct 19, 2015

• #17

Reznor9 said:

Awesome progress. The cape and everything looks great so far!

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thanks man, I've still got a lot to do in 2 weeks so fingers crossed I get it finished

 

The14thDr

Sr Member

• Aug 27, 2018

• #18

Been a while but I wonder if you ever completed this project?