Recent content by dbowker3d

Definitely on my list to build too!

Moisture resistant fabric was utilized (via chemicals) since the 1800s, most commonly with a process called Mercerizing, though that is applied at the thread stage. Previously boiled fat, oils or waxes were used to impregnate the textile, including leather, to make it resistant to water. The...

This looks amazing; great job! My only comment would be that it's in a desert, right? The surface would be blasted to a fairly matte finish I'd think. If it were me the final step would be to hit the whole thing with a dull matte clear coat and as it's drying maybe toss some fine grain sand on...

This is all really looking great! My only comment is that I feel certain that the original had a thin layer of quilting under the surface (or between the outer layer and lining. All the stills posted (to me) indicate this. I see this serving two purposes: bulks up the profile a bit but doesn’t...

Really incredible work! Love this whole project.

It could be they looked a lot better for the actual production. By the time they pop up on auction or whatever they'd seen a fair degree of usage. But it's also true that they mostly got seen in near dark with a ton of other "stuff" around them. But you're right, it most comes down to budget...

Nice! Been wanting to make one of those things myself! I agree with others that having the ability to have the halves rotate and align is key to this prop. That's literally the signature move when anyone uses it in S3. Given that the cylinders pop out after that I'd for sure look for ways to...

Nice

Re: robo3687's Officer K Coat Build - Blade Runner 2049 (New pics 3/15) This is incredible work! When I was in design school I had a few friends in the Fashion/Apparel Design dept. and the work that goes into projects like this is huge. Anything tailored really a complex endeavor... I love the...

This project was completed a while back but I thought it'd be good to post it anyway, as the Harry Potter is pretty much a perennial phenomenon as each generation of kids grows up with it. These masks are especially featured towards the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and in...

Thanks! Yeah, I was wondering what to do with the minigun too for awhile. Really cool, and you want to somehow display it, but is very large. So since October it's been in various slightly inconvenient places in the house, looking for a home. However, I hit upon a decent solution just this...

I made this as part of our whole family (myself, my wife and son) going all out in a Terminator 2 theme for Halloween this past October. I'd meant to post a little sooner but... Anyway, I bought some minigun replica plans to get me started, but I ended up using several references as well as some...

Great start you already have on this project! I think I wanted to make one of these the day after I saw it! I assume you already have on hand the Cinefex magazine article that features the movie? They detailed quite a bit of the suits and the overall fabrication. And yes, it's gonna be heavy...