Billy's Gauntlet of the Hero from Adventure Time

[Billy the Hero]

So I've started a build of Billy's sentient gauntlet in Adventure Time, scaled to fit Finn's hand, not Billy's as shown here. Here are my initial clay sculpts.


In terms of design, in bringing something from a cartoon over to real life, it was a matter of accomplishing a delicate balance between believeability and staying faithful to the designs in the cartoon.Design was not an issue for me as I am a concept artist by profession! So here was my design philosophy:

1. The Gauntlet should remain a solid piece to keep its true aesthetics, despite how it can bend to impossible lengths in the show since it's lacking joints on the palm.
2. As a result it will not be a wearable prop.
3. Since the gauntlet is magically form-fitting (it shrinks to match Finn's hand size) and a living being in and of itself, it should looks somewhat organic. In the design I included knuckles and kept an organic shape with a smoother center where I will insert its eye.
4. Since it will not be wearable, I figure there is enough room to work with to let me install animatronics for the eye. Preferably motion tracking using Arduino and Pixy. I may know C++ but it will be an interesting challenge regardless.

The arm guard and fingers of the gauntlets can be cast later on, so I will take care of those later.


I was an idiot and forgot to take pictures of me brushing on the silicone onto my clay sculpt, but by now I've created a fiberglass mothermold.

This is me getting ready to brush on aluminum powder into my silicone mold, which I kept colorless so I could see the aluminum powder better. I will be performing a combination of cold casting+rotocasting with the gauntlet's center piece, and right now I'm making sure I get it right. Since the mold is so deep and a 1-part mold, I need to do a lot of planning before I begin pouring in my urethane. I chose Smooth-On's Onyx Slow, since I'm almost guaranteed to require a long work time with such a deep cold cast.

Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated!

Will post updates!

 

[The Schlitzie]

Billy's Gauntlet has been on my to do list for far too long. I'm glad to see someone finally tackle it! I was thinking of making a wearable one and having the eye movable with the back of my hand. or at the least a wall hanger that lights up.

I can't wait to see more bud!

 

[Billy the Hero]

Hey, you're the guy who made Lemongrab's electric sword awhile back right? Neat!

Anyways, thanks! I'm making every component of the build hollow in case I ever want to install LEDs between the joints. I'll have to see how it will look in the end though, I'm not sure about that at the moment.

Yes, my eye will move on a simple 2-axis and have an eyelid through 3 servos total. Thankfully I can most likely fit all my electronics in the arm guard, and the base for the gauntlet.

 

[propmaster2000]

Have you made any progress in this build?
Watching with interest

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