Recent content by Cathat

Oo - well for the price thats hard to beat for a cheap creative thing. I Bet with a little work, those could look ten times better

I can't imagine why anyone would find it difficult to locate information here. It's incredibly easy to find tutorials, pics and just about anything on the boards here. The SEARCH feature works well when you put in the right keywords, and the categories are neatly organized into relevant topics...

Oh - I forgot -- There is a plastic telescopic sword blade - an optimus prime sword from toys r us - its blue with some detail - kinda thinck but has a more sword edge to it. Cleaned up and with a few accents added - ti could do the job like the Tai Chi swords - only its definatly non lethal...

I got a cheap generic halloween lightsaber and squeesed both sides so it would appear to have an edge - the hot glued a foamie tip to it togive ti that wicked end.. not movie accurate - but it worked about the same. I was going to apply the same design princaple of a telescoping blade to...

Damn thats a fine looking skin! is that foam latex appliances afixed to a lycra bodysuit? thats not a 100% latex cast or a Mr Incredible suit from the looks of it.

Your neckring solution is brilliant ! I'm so going to have to try that technique sometime too Thanks for sharing!

WElLL DONE! The armor is all really nicely weathered and aged If I might make a suggestion -- but the loincloth fabric looks pretty new in comparison to your armor. I had the same issue on my costume. So this weekend I actually took my pred loincloth material outside - gave it a few...

1 coat of latex - just to make it behave some and strech less. Then I cut mine in half - then on the inside - I sewed in some cut off jean shorts for the waistband and pockets so the legs would stay on well. Then it went back on my duct tape dummy for the rest of the latex coating and finsihing

Clearly a new brush is the best solution - but when I do have to salvage a brush with SOME latex on it --- I've just dipped the wet brush into powdered laundry machine detergent, careful not to get it in the ferrule of the brush - (where the brush hairs are glued into the metal band)- and...

I'm reallyfeeling the love and hard work put into that project. Hope it turns out well.

I use white glue and sometimes flexible polyester resin coating over foamies - then paint with plasti dip and acrylics. HOWEVER I still had a lot of trouble with multicolored foamies base colors still showing through after a lot of wear and tear (moving through crowds and tight spaces)- so I...

Thanks for posting the link - that thing is badass - demonstrates great documentation too

For your starter airbrush - go cheap - its easy to damage the more delicate airburshes. Go with a starter Iwata, Pasche or some basic 'kit' or ' airbursh T-shirt kit." just a suggestion - try to find a cheap (used is ok) air compressor and don't use canned air - that runs out too fast when...

If you're making your own suit--- You have your choice - design 100 % movie accurate and cover every little detail with latex, or design for long term wear and do some design changes to make it easier to vent some of that heat out of your suit so you can wear it longer. Try to 'ventilate' a...

I found mine online - I think I used bizrate - just a site where they compare misc prices and you pick whats lowest. There's a half dozen sites that do the same thing of finding lowest prices. I wanted inch or inch and a 1/4 thick for the new preds so I had to look harder for it.