and here was a pic he sent me after I had given it to him, he was pretty excited to add it to his collection I ended up just buying a cheap toy sword of omens based off of the 80's show and just gave it a better paint job and added a sheath inside the glove just so it could be more accurate.
Here are some WIP pics from the build. Last year a buddy of mine was talking with me one night about how he had always wanted a life size version of the Lion-O claw shield... since Christmas was coming up at the time... I decided it would make a fitting Christmas present for the guy.
what has really helped me as far as the general shape and dimensions of the faceplate has been the 3 inch action figure Marvel put out not too long ago, seeing what his head looks like in 3 dimensions (even though it is miniature) rather than just basing it off comic book images has been very...
THANK YOU!!! seriously thank you for doing this, this is incredible attention to detail. I LOVED the Police drones in the new Total Recall (those guys were the coolest part of the movie) and just Knew itd be sweet to see someone try and make a costume for em. You sir have done that... almost...
UPDATE* Guardians of the Galaxy: Starlord's suit and helmet
after a trip to Lowes looking for pvc and unique pipe fittings and whatnot to fabricate from scratch Starlord's pistol, I decided that I should look into modeling it on a CAD-like program and getting it 3D printed. That way it would be...
Re: Guardians of the Galaxy: Starlord's suit and helmet
As far as sculpting over a dummy head goes its a lil late for that, The eyes and whatnot however were measured to my face before i began this second version. The 1st sculpt wouldve been too shallow, on V2 this problem is fixed.
Re: Batman comic style costume WIP. Update 12-04-2012
Always wanted to do an all leather Batman, this is incredible sir. watching intently, great start on the cowl!:popcorn
Re: Guardians of the Galaxy: Starlord's suit and helmet
yea well Starlord is no laughing matter. Clearly. :) and the sculpt kinda reflects my anger that the movie seems too far away from now!!:angry
Re: Guardians of the Galaxy: Starlord's suit and helmet
UPDATE!! Ok so the first attempt sculpt ended up being too small for my face and just wasn't what I wanted it to be, that along with the fact that I forgot to cover it and the clay hardened!:facepalm So I started a second one. Starlord's...
Re: Guardians of the Galaxy: Starlord's suit and helmet
Thanks! yea I thought that maybe I was the 1st, I looked around the interwebs for references and whatnot to see what others had done and came up with nothing. So this will be fun. I've decided to reguard this image as the Bible for the...