AmitKer
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Hi everyone! In honor of Bucky's new actual hero suit (really, his costume in Civil War was just a disappointing black jacket) and BEAUTIFUL wakandan arm, I decided to attempt a build of the character for the opening night of the much-anticipated Avengers: Infinity War (Hell yeah, it's so close). It's been a while but Bucky has been a favourite of mine to revamp and rebuild in the last few years, every time trying new techniques in order to perfect the (arm's, mostly) movie look and mobilty. So this is gonna be rather fun.
(These are of my most recent build, back in, I believe, 2015.)
This time, first of all, it was brought to my attention that the suit is comprised of a jumpsuit (pants, a torso piece with breathable mesh and sleeves all-connected), and on top of it a sleeveless vest, to allow the arms to move up and down more freely, without causing the whole vest to move with them (and by that make the performer feel and look more comfortable during action scenes). So that's a thing I'm going to convey this time around.
My main fabrics are going to be these three - the sturdy brown one for the pants, the black pleather-y one for the shoulder and arm guards, and the blue nylon fabric for the suit itself, which has got a kind-of-a-weird "fabric designed especially for the production" vibes. Gotta work with what is within my budget.
The pattern I'll be using is a civil-war soldier pattern of McCalls' with an overlapping front-section, much like Bucky's, that will be revamped where needed, in all hopes that it will be even slightly helpful (I'll be damned, I'm awful with patterns).
https://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m4745
As for the arm, my previous one I built was a worbla on a spandex sleeve, and it was quite good in my opinion - only problems are that it was always falling of my shoulder, and that the texture of the worbla was way too rough and it was really hard to make it smooth while retaining it's flexible traits. This time, I'm keeping the spandex sleeve, but planning to sculpt the pieces out of clay and make a cast with semi-flexible polyurethane resin, in order to get a smooth look AND flexibility/durability; and after it's done and painted, attach it to the jumpsuit itself, whether it will be with strong glue or with some kind of a harness. I'll decide when I get there.
For now, all I've done is cut a cardboard core and covered it with expanding polyurethane foam, that i carved into the general shape, and then wrapped with a layer of cheap plaster bandages to block up the big holes; Nothing exciting or picture-worthy, but that'll be the base for the clay sculpture (probably next week).
I've also ordered a new lace-front wig from Amazon for a more accurate, realistic and appealing look when in costume.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0739NB36P/
And lastly, for good measure, here are all the helpful references I could find, in the best available resolution (like, a 15MB file):
...Here we go.
(These are of my most recent build, back in, I believe, 2015.)
This time, first of all, it was brought to my attention that the suit is comprised of a jumpsuit (pants, a torso piece with breathable mesh and sleeves all-connected), and on top of it a sleeveless vest, to allow the arms to move up and down more freely, without causing the whole vest to move with them (and by that make the performer feel and look more comfortable during action scenes). So that's a thing I'm going to convey this time around.
My main fabrics are going to be these three - the sturdy brown one for the pants, the black pleather-y one for the shoulder and arm guards, and the blue nylon fabric for the suit itself, which has got a kind-of-a-weird "fabric designed especially for the production" vibes. Gotta work with what is within my budget.
The pattern I'll be using is a civil-war soldier pattern of McCalls' with an overlapping front-section, much like Bucky's, that will be revamped where needed, in all hopes that it will be even slightly helpful (I'll be damned, I'm awful with patterns).
https://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m4745
As for the arm, my previous one I built was a worbla on a spandex sleeve, and it was quite good in my opinion - only problems are that it was always falling of my shoulder, and that the texture of the worbla was way too rough and it was really hard to make it smooth while retaining it's flexible traits. This time, I'm keeping the spandex sleeve, but planning to sculpt the pieces out of clay and make a cast with semi-flexible polyurethane resin, in order to get a smooth look AND flexibility/durability; and after it's done and painted, attach it to the jumpsuit itself, whether it will be with strong glue or with some kind of a harness. I'll decide when I get there.
For now, all I've done is cut a cardboard core and covered it with expanding polyurethane foam, that i carved into the general shape, and then wrapped with a layer of cheap plaster bandages to block up the big holes; Nothing exciting or picture-worthy, but that'll be the base for the clay sculpture (probably next week).
I've also ordered a new lace-front wig from Amazon for a more accurate, realistic and appealing look when in costume.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0739NB36P/
And lastly, for good measure, here are all the helpful references I could find, in the best available resolution (like, a 15MB file):
...Here we go.
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