regisaugusto
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**************************UPDATE - FINISHED!!! 
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Pics from the test fit of the finished suit below.
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Hello mates!!!!
I always had the wish to make a batsuit with a more "comic book" approach, and when the first image of Affleck in his batsuit debuted, I decided to make something similar. Afflecks's costume seems to be heavily based on Frank Miller's Dark Knight, with a bit of New 52. So, I decided to follow these general guidelines: gray suit / gauntlets with "organic look" / black utility belt / no underpants over the batsuit
This is what I have so far (gauntlets, belt and batsymbol were plastidipped in black to have the same finishing):
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The grey batsuit
I bought some dark gray corrugated grosgrain fabric. A local seamstress did a splendid job making one jumpsuit, with ziper on the back. I have total mobility and it is very comfortable inside.
Gloves/gauntlets
At first, I tried to make something similar to batfleck's gauntlets with EVA foam, by freehand, and the result didn't look any good. I decided to go with a sculpting (oil clay) and cast with latex. I started with an improvised lifecast of my forearms. After casting, I glued elastic band on the wrists.
Urethane rubber is out of question unfortunately, once I live in a place they don't have good quality.
Almost finished 
Finished
First pull with test fit
Finished with latex painting. I thought it was too shiny, and covered with black plastidip after these pics. Much better with plastidip!!!
Utility belt
It is all EVA. I made it freehand from scratch, but instead of using pockets identical to the Affleck's belt, I used functional ones. It has room enough to put documents, cards and a lot of things inside. The pockets have regular pressure buttons, which were installed in a leather goods shop. Finished with black plastidip only.
Batsymbol
Deciding the size of the Batsymbol was one of the most difficult parts. After done, I cut it on EVA foam. I made a little cut on the back of the symbol and inserted a fin stripe of EVA into it, in order to bend the symbol a bitwhen glued. It was plastidipped and then glued on the suit.
Boots, gloves and cape
Boots are regular biker boots, custom made. Gloves are regular motocross gloves. Cape was made by the same skilled seamstress who made my jumpsuit.
Batcowl
I couldn't decide yet.... I found a pepakura pattern (for foam) on a facebook group, and used it for making a cowl. However, I had to make freehand adaptations, because the chin is DAMN HUGE!!!! It doesn't matter how much I scale that file, some measure always goes off..... If I scale down, my nose comes out the mask. If I scale up, the chin is excessively huge..... And the cowl is floating on my shoulders. I will try make some more freehand adaptations, but I have no hope it will work.
This pic may looks nice, but don't be fooled....
After this, I decided to make a bust (oil clay again, work in progress).
View attachment Build pack cowl 01.jpg
That's it for now, thanks for looking!!!!
************************************Pics from the test fit of the finished suit below.
********************************************************************************
Hello mates!!!!
I always had the wish to make a batsuit with a more "comic book" approach, and when the first image of Affleck in his batsuit debuted, I decided to make something similar. Afflecks's costume seems to be heavily based on Frank Miller's Dark Knight, with a bit of New 52. So, I decided to follow these general guidelines: gray suit / gauntlets with "organic look" / black utility belt / no underpants over the batsuit
This is what I have so far (gauntlets, belt and batsymbol were plastidipped in black to have the same finishing):
*********************************************************************************************
The grey batsuit
I bought some dark gray corrugated grosgrain fabric. A local seamstress did a splendid job making one jumpsuit, with ziper on the back. I have total mobility and it is very comfortable inside.
Gloves/gauntlets
At first, I tried to make something similar to batfleck's gauntlets with EVA foam, by freehand, and the result didn't look any good. I decided to go with a sculpting (oil clay) and cast with latex. I started with an improvised lifecast of my forearms. After casting, I glued elastic band on the wrists.
Urethane rubber is out of question unfortunately, once I live in a place they don't have good quality.
Almost finished FinishedFirst pull with test fit Finished with latex painting. I thought it was too shiny, and covered with black plastidip after these pics. Much better with plastidip!!!Utility belt
It is all EVA. I made it freehand from scratch, but instead of using pockets identical to the Affleck's belt, I used functional ones. It has room enough to put documents, cards and a lot of things inside. The pockets have regular pressure buttons, which were installed in a leather goods shop. Finished with black plastidip only.
Batsymbol
Deciding the size of the Batsymbol was one of the most difficult parts. After done, I cut it on EVA foam. I made a little cut on the back of the symbol and inserted a fin stripe of EVA into it, in order to bend the symbol a bitwhen glued. It was plastidipped and then glued on the suit.
Boots, gloves and cape
Boots are regular biker boots, custom made. Gloves are regular motocross gloves. Cape was made by the same skilled seamstress who made my jumpsuit.
Batcowl
I couldn't decide yet.... I found a pepakura pattern (for foam) on a facebook group, and used it for making a cowl. However, I had to make freehand adaptations, because the chin is DAMN HUGE!!!! It doesn't matter how much I scale that file, some measure always goes off..... If I scale down, my nose comes out the mask. If I scale up, the chin is excessively huge..... And the cowl is floating on my shoulders. I will try make some more freehand adaptations, but I have no hope it will work.
This pic may looks nice, but don't be fooled....After this, I decided to make a bust (oil clay again, work in progress).
View attachment Build pack cowl 01.jpg
That's it for now, thanks for looking!!!!
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