WIP Aquaman (Batman v Superman)

harmfulAdam

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Going to take advantage of my beard and long hair and put together this costume.

Scene from BvS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Rz4NSHGL0

Reference Photos:


The image everyone knows:
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DC Direct Action figure:
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Making Of from Batman v Superman: https://youtu.be/m_XdmCl1VHU
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it looks like he's got shin guards w/ shoes from these shots


Also using the Mattel Multiverse Aquaman action figure for reference

Parts Breakdown
Upperbody / tattoos: Since I don't want to draw tattoos on every time, I'm getting a shirt printed by ZentaiZone based on the design by Mark here: http://4neodesigns.com/product/aquaman-dawn-of-justice-v1-shirt/

Pants: gotta go thrift store hunting, and use a permanent marker to draw on the designs.

Trident: I'm going to get a Rubies one and cut the top and bottom off and attach them onto a PVC pipe so I can scale properly and repaint.

Armour Pieces: foam for now, maybe upgrade to Worbla in the future.

Beard/hair: That's how I normally look. :lol
 
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It most definitely would, but I'm not ready to drop $150 on an airbrush setup at this point. Plus my painting skills are extremely limited.
I bought a cheap airbrush not too long ago from harbor freight and it's lasted me over 3 years. I think I paid like $20 for it. It came with the airbrush, the hoses, and the 2 paint tanks.

Alex
 
TRIDENT


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From looking at the figure for scaling I could see that I needed the bottom set of prongs to be approximately at the top of my head.


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The Rubies Trident barely is 4ft long, but can be lengthed by adding 3/4" sch40 PVC pipe.


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I cut the top and bottom off of the original so I can begin to mount it on the new pipe.


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With the help of a heat gun, the top and bottom pieces fit PERFECTLY over 3/4" (1.050" OD) schedule 40 pipe.

Since it began as a 10ft length I figured out how far I could stick the pipe into the headpiece (3-5/8"), then took that off and glued the bottom part to that end of the pipe. I was then able to lay the pipe and headpiece on the floor and figure out where the bottom of the headpiece would be and add the 3-5/8" to that and cut the pipe down.

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After gluing the parts together I sanded all the mold seams and any "funny marks" in the parts.

On to priming and paint!!

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I can't say enough how happy I am with the awesome finish this Rustoleum one produces! I've tried so many different brands, etc, but nothing has been as brilliant as this one.


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Next step will be weathering.


...TBC
 

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following !! damn wish i had acces to rubies sometimes their stuff looks not bad


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following !! damn wish i had acces to rubies sometimes their stuff looks not bad

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It's great for the price. Headpiece underscaled for an adult, yes, but close enough for me. I'm no Jason Momoa anyway :lol


btw could you take a closer pic of the bottom of the trident

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Here's some pics of the bottom end:
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GAUNTLETS

I started off by making a generic cone shape. I modeled it in Inventor, flattened and printed it as a template, then cut away the parts to get the correct shapes as used in the movie.

I flipped that over and used that one as a template for the other arm and cut valleys in the inside to create the accented ridges without the scale pattern.

Not much to look at yet, but here they are:

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Should get to painting them soon.
 
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Finally got some motivation to get back on this project.

I used some pieces of scrap foam and plastic to make a stamp to put the scale patterns on.

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Next I'm gonna try and tackle the straps for the shoulder/arms.
 
I ended up saving the rest of the stuff for a week before the con :facepalm so there wasn't much for documentation of the build. The rest was basically more saran wrap templates and foam stuff as you can see.

SHOES

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AQUAMURSE
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SHINGUARDS
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Very fun costume to wear in the end.

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Future Upgrade Plans:

I'll be replacing all the vinyl straps/belts with actual leather.
Armour will be 3D printed.
Adding patterns to pants.
 
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