Got the suit back from the seamstress on Friday. I have been a puff painting manic. I have the front finished now I'm moving on to the mask. There are quite a few seams in the Taylor print where the webbing does not line up. I'm using the puff painting as a opportunity to cover up the mismatches. The mask will be a challenge in that department.
The first party of the season is the 20th! So I will have to have it complete by then. I will try to post daily updates of my progress.
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On another note, I purchased one of DamnGoodPaul's masks and puff painted it while I was waiting for my suit to be sewn. I love the darker color but it is not as thick as the Taylor print. Here is a pic of it with a set of lenses from joalai009. Now if I can figure out how to sew it together myself. :/
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Nice job on the front area! Will you puff paint the blue area as well?
There are two black lines running down from the nose area. Don't forget to puff that. Make sure you have the top seam line sew right on the black line because the seam line should become one black line, you don't want any of the red to show. You are really good at doing puffy paint. Awesome work.:thumbsup by the way, can you take some pictures of the thumb and palm area? I am still a bit confused. Thanks bro.
how did you puff the front spider so neat? looks awesome !
Jeff, can you do me a favor and a upload a photo of the back of the suit including the belt? My seamstress is having some difficulties. Not serious,she wants to see a photo just for clarification... Thank you![]()
Here you go. Hope it helps.
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I like the mask! Nice work! Does the red color match the Taylor print? Could you wear them together without noticing the difference?
I wish! No, the don't look similar enough.
One thing I have to do is make new lenses. The frames are curved to be used with a face shell. They don't sit quite right on your face and I don't really think I need a face shell. Time to take a crash course on casting! I taught myself how to sew in the last week so how bad can casting be? :/
Awesome looking mask! Great job with it!
Have you seen the way I made my lenses? They're made of sculpy, which actually turned out to be an excellent material to use. Because even after it's cooked and hardened it's still slightly flexible. So if you back it with a solid flexible metal like the mesh from a speaker front I used, not only does it make them very durable, it basically gives you lenses that can be bent and curved however you want them.
Plus it's fairly easy and super cheap. You can get a huge block of sculpy for about 6 bucks, and then it's just a matter of finding a cheap speaker or something with metal mesh on it.
Just thought you might want to give that a shot to save time and money. You can check out exactly how I made mine in my build thread.![]()