Meathead316
Active Member
Hi
Ever since I was a kid ive always had a thing for robots, in particular the terminator and robocop. Now Ive already build a 1:1 scale endo out of cardboard (you can see if in the background of one of the pics later), so now its time I make some Robocop armour.
But why cardboard? Because its cheap (FREE!!) easy to cut with a knife or scissors, easily bent to shape, lightweight, sticks very easy and fast with a glue gun, is strong, and is just awesome! Here is my stock pile:
I chose pizza boxes because they are thinner than normal corrigated card, so its just as strong but thinner, or if i layer it, just as thick but stronger.
Now the plan is black thermal underwear as an undersuit, and then the armour attached to it with velcro straps where needed.
Right so i started this a while ago and have been posting on the robocop archive but wanna get views from people on the RPF too.
So You are about to see the build from the beginning up to what i finished today in a hell of a lot of pics.
here we go |) <--- awesome robocop smiley i invented
Firstly Robo needs a gun, so i took my electric blowbkc airsoft beretta, and an auto9 lookalike toy i found on ebay for £2 and combined them:
then i added a bit of paint:
So thats Robos trusty side arm sorted, now onto the good stuff. First I made each part roughly out of cardboard, using my 18" nec robocop figure as a referance. Its here where i encountered my first problem. The robocop suit was built around the actor that played him, peter weller, and if you remember him from the film, you will note tht weller is about 5'10" and skinny, Im 6'1" and weigh 210lbs..... so all of the parts would need to be scaled to fit my body. This is what i ended up with:
So at this stage it was all very rough, but it showed me that even though its scaled differently, it wont majorly affect the proportions and make robo look short and dumpy.
After this i started roughly on the torso and abdominal area:
and then onto the robo-diaper:
Robo fans may notice that some details are missing, that is because im going to build all the parts in this fashion, then try it all on. if it all fits then great, but if not and some parts need to be trimmed down a bit, it will be easier to do if the edges are unfinished as they are now.
anyways, i then started on the thighs:
very basic, and the circle things had to protrude by 20mm so i can build ound them to have them set back far enough making the legs even fatter... i started to worry about dumpycop at this point and the only way i will know if the proportions will look right is to finish the upper and lower legs and try it on, so the build continued.
as the left and right legs are pretty much identical (basic shape anyway) i built them at the same time, so that way i would measure out and cut one piece, then flip it over trace round it and have the same piece for the other leg, thus saving time and effort. (also ensured both sides were identical)
each piece is at least 3 layers thick, that is becuse all of the details are carved two layers deep so that they stand out enough as the cardboard is quite thin.
a quick test fit (no im not camera shy, i was just pulling a weird face at the time the pic was taken, wifes fault) from this pic its all lookin good, the thighs re supposed to be ever so slightly wider tht the torso, and they are
I then started building up the fronts of the thighs
So the thighs were looking good so i moved onto the lower legs
in this pic the nkles were just resting in place (man they took aaaaaaages to build)
i then added all of the details to the lower legs, and i am very please with how they turned out:
And tht was todays work! So after having the leg done i just had to lay it all out for a pic:
and while i had it all together, and i had the camera, i thought may as well try it on, see if i do look like dumpy-cop:
now even though its being held on with an old belt, some shoe laces, my hands and a bit of luck, it doesnt look half bad, and most importantly, not dumpy!
So thats where im at now, going to start work on the feet tomorrow.
bye bye for now
|)
Ever since I was a kid ive always had a thing for robots, in particular the terminator and robocop. Now Ive already build a 1:1 scale endo out of cardboard (you can see if in the background of one of the pics later), so now its time I make some Robocop armour.
But why cardboard? Because its cheap (FREE!!) easy to cut with a knife or scissors, easily bent to shape, lightweight, sticks very easy and fast with a glue gun, is strong, and is just awesome! Here is my stock pile:
I chose pizza boxes because they are thinner than normal corrigated card, so its just as strong but thinner, or if i layer it, just as thick but stronger.
Now the plan is black thermal underwear as an undersuit, and then the armour attached to it with velcro straps where needed.
Right so i started this a while ago and have been posting on the robocop archive but wanna get views from people on the RPF too.
So You are about to see the build from the beginning up to what i finished today in a hell of a lot of pics.
here we go |) <--- awesome robocop smiley i invented
Firstly Robo needs a gun, so i took my electric blowbkc airsoft beretta, and an auto9 lookalike toy i found on ebay for £2 and combined them:
then i added a bit of paint:
So thats Robos trusty side arm sorted, now onto the good stuff. First I made each part roughly out of cardboard, using my 18" nec robocop figure as a referance. Its here where i encountered my first problem. The robocop suit was built around the actor that played him, peter weller, and if you remember him from the film, you will note tht weller is about 5'10" and skinny, Im 6'1" and weigh 210lbs..... so all of the parts would need to be scaled to fit my body. This is what i ended up with:
So at this stage it was all very rough, but it showed me that even though its scaled differently, it wont majorly affect the proportions and make robo look short and dumpy.
After this i started roughly on the torso and abdominal area:
and then onto the robo-diaper:
Robo fans may notice that some details are missing, that is because im going to build all the parts in this fashion, then try it all on. if it all fits then great, but if not and some parts need to be trimmed down a bit, it will be easier to do if the edges are unfinished as they are now.
anyways, i then started on the thighs:
very basic, and the circle things had to protrude by 20mm so i can build ound them to have them set back far enough making the legs even fatter... i started to worry about dumpycop at this point and the only way i will know if the proportions will look right is to finish the upper and lower legs and try it on, so the build continued.
as the left and right legs are pretty much identical (basic shape anyway) i built them at the same time, so that way i would measure out and cut one piece, then flip it over trace round it and have the same piece for the other leg, thus saving time and effort. (also ensured both sides were identical)
each piece is at least 3 layers thick, that is becuse all of the details are carved two layers deep so that they stand out enough as the cardboard is quite thin.
a quick test fit (no im not camera shy, i was just pulling a weird face at the time the pic was taken, wifes fault) from this pic its all lookin good, the thighs re supposed to be ever so slightly wider tht the torso, and they are
I then started building up the fronts of the thighs
So the thighs were looking good so i moved onto the lower legs
in this pic the nkles were just resting in place (man they took aaaaaaages to build)
i then added all of the details to the lower legs, and i am very please with how they turned out:
And tht was todays work! So after having the leg done i just had to lay it all out for a pic:
and while i had it all together, and i had the camera, i thought may as well try it on, see if i do look like dumpy-cop:
now even though its being held on with an old belt, some shoe laces, my hands and a bit of luck, it doesnt look half bad, and most importantly, not dumpy!
So thats where im at now, going to start work on the feet tomorrow.
bye bye for now
|)
