Recent content by LastRaven

I actually used the Replicator for some work I did. I don't want to toot my own horn, but I have made at least one decent object from this, but if you're hoping to do a "run" of things, then I'd say don't buy it. It was super slow doing the simple figure I did and making large objects doesn't...

I think you can do this in GIMP. Just scale the pasted image to the right size and save it to a file readable by your local printer / kinkos and it should be fine. Edit: I copied and pasted this into gimp and scaled it to 84.528 x 129.722 inches (72pix/in) so that I could match the size of...

Ok, so I ran out of (practical) waiting time for stuff to show up on the 'Bay or craigslist. I ended up ordering a cheap set of boots (Motocross stuff is expensive...) and gloves from Chapparal Racing Ocelot SX3 Boot - Chaparral Motorsports Just hope it comes in on time.... One thing I...

Yep... Just do whatever you like. I personally went with obscure things no one appeared to have had an interest in, but do what makes you happy, even if it's that. Just DO SOMETHING. The point is that you'll learn a lot no matter what you do (unless you just buy stuff off the rack... then yea...

I'm sure there are a lot of different types of gels you could use for this and probably some little air bubbles would make it look pretty convincing. Personally, for work (micro-fluidic stuff / devices) I use Sylguard 184 (Amazon), but it's super expensive though it can harden in the oven at 80C...

Re: Kaiju Big Battel Build Quick update, so here it goes: 1) Placed an order for some BMX "crash pads" which are similar in style to the pants worn by Sentai. Not exactly the same thing, but they're pretty close and with changing styles of pads, I think it's a fairly good match: Crash Pads...

Re: Batman TDK Cowl Pepakura File If you ever get the Bane mask, please post the .stl or cad files too please! I want to print it out for a friend. :)

Re: Kaiju Big Battel Build Here's a rough mockup of the shoulder pads in Inventor. I think they're the right dimensions, but hopefully it'll come out ok when I print it on the Makerbot Replicator. Currently I'm printing out the smaller "pushers" as I'm calling them (sortof look like air...

Hi all, In an effort to get a few birds killed with several stones, I'm making a few costumes for Halloween / Cons at the same time to just move things along a bit as I like keeping several pots on the fire at once. Anyways, so my current build is creating a costume of one of the fighters...

Does anyone know if any techniques to create these kinds of "vests"? Like a faux bulletproof vest or potentially something that's like foam inserts? I know the references aren't that great. I believe that the better suit that I can find that looks fairly similar is this: Survival Armor...

Hi all, I'm new here to the RPF, so I'm looking for some advice on a costume I'd like to build. It doesn't seem very complex to me, but I need some leads on various costuming affects. I'd like to remake the costumes from the STAAR team in Area 51. Video reference of the...

Re: ** New Members: Please Introduce Yourselves Here! ** Hi everybody! I just saw this forum and was guided here after seeing Adam Savage's really neat work on the Bourne props. I really hope to make some neat stuff of my own and I think I'd like to really get into this hobby a bit more. I made...