Well its November 1st and i have tons more pictures to up load so please bear with the load times :) I learned a lot from this costume, probably more than i learned from my Starcraft costume from last year. The main idea that i found was that fiberglass is not always the best option ><. The...
Yesterday i started to pre-fit the fiberglass material to the costume to make it easier to apply the resin. I forgot how much i HATE working with fiberglass >< . I just have to cut and glue the strips on the chest piece then i can begin resin. It will be nice to take a break from the bike...
This year I've decided to do a character from my Favourite video game, "Metroid". Since i don't have the sexy build for Samus I decided to go for Dark Samus from "Metroid Prime 3 Corruption" as it was never determined what gender Dark Samus was:)
Follow the link below to view my build thread...
Fabrication is in the final stage! I just have to make a hip piece as well as final tweaks then i can start fiberglasing! Its going to be cut very very close for Halloween but I'm hoping with the power sander I'll be able to knock the sanding out in a day. I also stooped by an electronics...
I haven't forgotten about posting my wip :P I'm just fully engulfed in this project right now. Its about 9 days till Halloween and I'll have all the pieces made by tonight! So the rest of the week is flabberglassing and sanding. I just did a test of the lighting for the chest. I cut a hole in...
Well I started this concept back in March with the helmet and then summer hit and it was just too busy for me to keep working on it. But now that Halloween is fast approaching i think it’s time for me to get back on the ball. I've been a fan of the Metroid series ever since the original came...
I guess I would be reffering to the Irom Man style.
Here is a link to my build
http://www.therpf.com/f24/phantomdgns-2012-halloween-costume-contest-entry-starcraft-165287/
But where do you get the storm trooper shoes?
ok my last costume I was not able to get the feet/shoes how i wanted so i ended up hot gluing foam core to a boot to make it alittle beefier but I wont want to destroy a pair of shoes with every costume.
My question is how are you making the shoes for your costumes and attaching them so that...