Recent content by TheRealTalon

Hey all! It's been a whiiilllle since I made a post here as I have not been doing cosplay the last couple years (though I miss it dearly and want to get back to it). But I have taken up blacksmithing and with that came armouring. For my first attempt at real armor I thought I would improve on my...

That's awesome man, let me know when you're done!

Thanks a bunch for the advice, but I don't actually have access to a vacuum forming machine. The helmet will be one of the last things I do, right now I'm planning out the jacket and muscle suit, but If I come by a vac form before the end of this project, maybe I will.

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. I'll give it a try on some smaller test pieces before making an entire helmet, but if you can tell through the paint that there is a clear section, I might just make the clear portions shaped really cool so that if someone does see it, it would look...

Thanks so much, that really means a lot.

I was thinking I could make it in one part, but have a viewport section that was one way see through. I thought maybe when I was laying the fibreglass or carbon fibre with the resin, I could put in a sheet of something clear and put the Fiberglas around it and the resin would cure and make it...

Thanks for the advice. I’ve seen the slits before but the reason I was thinking of making a one way see through helmet was because I want to try and make a two part modular helmet, like in the video game. A red hood underneath with the Arkham knight overtop. They could both be worn at the same...

Does anyone know if it's possible to 3d print molds for composite casting? I've only ever used machined molds and epoxy gel molds but they are expensive. I'm thinking of 3d printing the molds and casting into them, but I don't know if the curing would melt the ABS.

So I'm thinking of making an arkham knight/red hood build, but I need to be able to see through the red hood helmet, which has no eyeholes. Ill be 3d printing the hemet most likely, so I could leave some holes to put some acrylic lenses in or something, but when I paint it, I don't want to be...

Thanks man!

Thanks! I took lots of things, like the gauntlet, knives up the ribs, breastplate, and sword from the movie. The headpiece is loosely based off of the court of owls comic. The rest was just me having fun!

Hey guys, This is my finished pictures for my very first costume, Talon. I took bits and pieces from the animated movie and some comics, as well as coming up with some of my own designs. Anything that looks like it's made of leather is made of leather. The Gauntlet is brass and steel, the fins...

I decided the legs were a bit bare, so I made these leg knife sheaths for my calves. I made three sheaths because I'll be putting the third one on the back of the belt. The sheaths themselves are just two pieces of 6oz leather sewed together then cemented to a strip of leather with a couple...

I wanted to have the fins on the vambrace, like batman has, so I cut them from some steel plate and bent some tabs around on the bottom, so I could slide them through slots in the leather vambrace. I also found out about a brassing technique on Man at Arms, with a torch and a brass brush on a...

There are two belts on this suit, one around my waist (urethane) and one around my leg (printed ABS). There is a leather strap that joins the two and that is where ive attached the dagger on my leg. I originally wanted to make the belt in steel as well, but to make sure each link is completely...