I love this build. The pic next to batman is hilarious. If you don't mind the questions, what thickness of styrene did you use, and does it have to be reinforced where you riveted it?
This is great work! Me and my friend are just about to try and tackle this costume and are debating what to do it with...
The weakest part of the Rivets are the rivets themselves falling out. The plastic isn't hard enough to make a solid hold so eventually I started using Rivets with Washers. Which is what I would recommend if you can.
It was the thinest styrene. I think an eighth of an inch.
Also, that Batman is a fellow rpf'er, he is on here somewhere.
Great piece of work, and hope to see it in person someday. If I had seen your thread earlier, I would have recommended you use black sentra instead of styrene, which would be thicker but still easy to mold with your heat gun process. It would be a lot stronger, and look like real metal plates (thicker).
I m just starting my full scale Sauron now. I have access to a 4'x4' vac-u-form" so I think I will be able to pull it off. It should be ready for next year's Dragon Con. He may even ride a 'dragon' converted from the full size dewback I'm trying to finish now for this year's dragon-con!
Thanks for posting your WIP. It is very inspiring!
where did you find the pattern to make the robe/cloak? I am about to rip my hair out trying to figure out how to put it together