Cowboys & Aliens - Jake Lonergan Gauntlet Weapon

[Hobo Wan Kenobi]

It looks like it's an antique brass color. That's been tarnished.

 

[PirateDude]

ok whats the official opinion on what would look better/ what you would do.just want opinions

should I get one cup & re-paint,add lights,attach handle,etc
or
should I get two cups & attach the 2 for a double light look,re-paint,lights,handle,etc

1 cup mod VS 2 cup mod

 

[Ares5000]

So random question, everyone that uses foam for making props, where do you find it?! I've been looking for the pink insulation foam sheets everywhere. 3 Home Depots, 1 OSH and a Lowes later I've returned with some green styrofoam and a can of expanding spray foam to cut a block out of.

On that note, I think I'll start my own thread after trying the Papercraft method which failed miserably due to all the little bitty details on it...

Thought these might be helpful to a few people for scale and size:

How to split open the 7-11 cups on the seam. A flat head crew driver with a light twist at these seams will break 4 small plastic pegs and split it open:

 

[kimncris]

still no LEDs in the mail - I was getting antsy so I kept on painting. This will be tricky since there is still a lot of work to do, and I don't want to have to repaint too much. Must be careful from here on out...


DSC04967 by kimncris, on Flickr

 

[Hobo Wan Kenobi]

That looks great

 

[Gareee]

Ares: I recall someone in another forum saying that the insulation foam you are looking for is not sold in stores in California for some reason.

BTW, sent you a reply back via pm yesterday.

 

[LeMarchand]

Can someone score an old propper from the Netherlands 2 of these slurpee cups (all expenses paid ofcoarse)

 

[Sundowner]

i've got two extras

Can someone score an old propper from the Netherlands 2 of these slurpee cups (all expenses paid ofcoarse)

 

[Sundowner]

Same here, waiting on gorram LEDs to show up!!

still no LEDs in the mail - I was getting antsy so I kept on painting. This will be tricky since there is still a lot of work to do, and I don't want to have to repaint too much. Must be careful from here on out...


DSC04967 by kimncris, on Flickr

 

[Honus]

Well Ive got my little LED boards done and I found some micro servos. Now I need to start building the prototype mechanism to see if I can make it work.

 

[kimncris]

that's pretty sweet. I'm just going to hot glue a bunch of LEDS in the guns lol

 

[LeMarchand]

Thanks for your offer, but i was already contacted earlier by someone willing to help me with this. Still i appreciate you were willing to help as well

i've got two extras

 

[Risu]

Ares, they sell the 2" thick pink foam sheets at a Home Depot in San Pedro (or at least they did when I was searching). That's the only place in SoCal that I was able to find any. I had my sister in CO cut some up and mail it to me.

 

[kimncris]

I use floral foam or expanding foam sometimes to make quick sculpts.

On this one I used expanding foam poured around my arm cast and started sculpting from there. The foam is easy at first, but then there is a hell of a lot of sanding and bondoing that needs to be done. I don't know in the end if it was worth it, but there you have it. at least there is a gauntlet to be worn at CC which was all we wanted in the end anyway...

 

[Ares5000]

Thanks for the heads up on the expanding foam and pink foam everywhere else but CA!

I'm carving a few pieces from floral foam and modifying several cups to get a CC decent prop. After the movie comes out I'll get one 3D printed and pull casts from that...

Anyone have any leads on his vest or shirt?

I found this complete costume but it looks pretty cheap: Cowboys And Aliens - Jake Lonergan Adult Costume - Costumes

 

[Soulinertia]

Looks like they photoshopped the slurpee cup on his arm.

 

[kimncris]

you can get some pretty inexpensive (relative) expanding foam at Sil Pak in burbank. You can also get blocks of foam to carve at Foam mart in Burbank but it is really expensive.

anyway - this is how my gauntlet started life... there's a plaster arm inside that mess.

 

[ADarkly]

I was in JC Penney today and saw vests in young men's that might work for Jake. Was i a hurry and didn't get a good look at them, really, not sure if they had the right color... but worth checking? I'll look if I'm back over there. Does mean you might have a shot in a store, style-wise.

Hobo Wan Kenobi thanks for those measurements. Think I can make it work.

Ares thanks for the seam disassembly pics. Nice to know what you're getting into

 

[karlbhere]

Yup, my first thought was Pipboy 3000 and second thought was Boba Fett.

Here is one more photo from a still released at Comic Con.


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i think it looks just like the pip boy

 

[renegadecow]

Check out the patina action on the hero prop. :cool

Ain't patina on the surface. That's case color hardening, an alchemic technique in creating a glass-hard, high-carbon protective surface on low-carbon steel, commonly used on firearms at the time and is still used today. The rainbow of colors is just a byproduct and is often simulated cheaply using chemical etching. On non-ferrous materials, it can only be done through a laborious paintjob with air brushing and wet sanding. However I've a cheap way of simulating it with spray paint using several layers of base color paints (silver,gold,black optional red and blue) half dried then swirled around with a thinner soaked cotton ball. Shown below in my half-assed attempt without dry brushing all the grime and accents yet.