Dancin_Fools Halloween 2014 Costume Entry - Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

[Dancin_Fool]

Hi everyone,

Its that time of year to start working on Halloween. This year I'm doing ghostbusters themed costumes for my family. I'm planning a full sized pack for my wife, a miniature one for my son, a lime green onesie( slimer ) for our upcoming new arrival and I'm hopefully going to do Stay Puft for myself.

First up is the pack and wand for my son. I'll be 3d printing all of the pack parts. I started printing the first piece last night. Since this thread would be useless without pictures, heres a shot of the pack model i've been working on.

I'll upload some pictures of the printed parts tonight.




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[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbusters Costume for 2.5 year old

Printed out a few of the parts. Still quite a bit of cleanup needed. They snagged a bit on the second layer so i had to do some patching. Nothing a little filler and sanding wont fix.



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[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbusters Costume for 2.5 year old

I printed a few more pieces. It's really starting to come together. Need to get the backboard made so I can see how it sizes up on my son.

 

[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbusters Costume for 2.5 year old

I started working on the model for my costume. This should make for some really fun photos.

My plan right now is to build it using upholstery foam wrapped with white fabric and air brush in between the parts with a light blue. I'm hoping that the upholstery foam has a bit more give to it than the EVA foam I used on last years bowser costume.

Here's the current model and a shot of how the pack is progressing.

 

[TurboTrey03]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

Wow! That's just not fair! Awesome stuff!

 

[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

Thanks TurboTrey!

Here's another little update. I did some work on the hands, really ties the model together. I think I'm going to rework the arms though. I was going for something that would give me some mobility but stay pufts arms are very close and tucked into his sides.

I'm also trying to figure out whether I want to stick with the happy face pose or go for his more sinister looking face.

 

[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

Been going a bit slow the last week. Haven't printed out much new stuff. I prepped a few more pieces though so I'll get on printing those tonight.

I've also been searching for a kids size tan flightsuit for my son without much luck. I think I'll probably wind up going with more of an olive color for him. That seems to be the easiest to find. I'm sure it'll be alright once all the patches are sewn on and he's all suited up. Besides it won't really matter to him.

I played around with doing the more angry face on stay puft. I think I prefer it over the happy face. I'm planning on trying to start building the arm this weekend to see how it works with the foam and fabric. Here's a render of what the angry face looks like. Hopefully I'll have some more interesting pictures after this weekend!

 

[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

Got a few more pieces of the pack printed. Pretty much down to the little details and then I'll start printing the wand. Still a lot of sanding and filling to do.




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[ShadoWorx]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

Very nice. Congrats on the new team member too.

 

[Dancin_Fool]

Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

I'm still continuing to chip away at this. I've started to build stay puft and he's progressing nicely. I might have to add some foam supports though, it doesn't hold it's shape too well on its own.



I've also started working on my sons proton wand. For now I've hot glued the pieces together. I'm still not sure i that will be my final method of attachment. I've got all the screw holes modeled in so I could use actual screws.

 

[g k]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

can't wait to see the rest of mr stay puft. the arm alone looks like the best i've ever seen.

 

[TSC88mph]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

Love it. My five year old son is hooked on Ghostbusters, very envious of your mini proton pack!

 

[JBuretta]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

That pack looks great. I'm also loving the marshmallow man. I can't wait to see how that looks completed.

 

[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

Thanks for the comments guys! I haven't had much time to work on the costume the last couple weeks with the birth of my daughter but I am starting to get back into the build.

Ordered a flight suit and patches for my son. Printed a few more parts for the wand. It's really taking shape.




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[darthsideous]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

What material is that made out of, it looks great!

I'm still continuing to chip away at this. I've started to build stay puft and he's progressing nicely. I might have to add some foam supports though, it doesn't hold it's shape too well on its own.
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I've also started working on my sons proton wand. For now I've hot glued the pieces together. I'm still not sure i that will be my final method of attachment. I've got all the screw holes modeled in so I could use actual screws.
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[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

Thanks! It's just open cell foam I got from an upholstery store. It's a half inch thick. I think I might have to add some EVA foam inserts though to give it more support.


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[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

Still slowly making progress on the packs. I've started attaching the pieces of my sons pack together. I did a quick weigh in and it weighs about 1.1 lbs. I think the final weight will be between 1.5 and 2 lbs. I've also gotten quite a few pieces for my wife's pack printed out. I've got a few pictures showing off the difference in size.

Really need to pick up some more foam this week and get busy on stay puft. He's starting to lag behind now.




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[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been firing on all cylinders to get everything finished for Halloween. The packs are both almost ready for painting just a few little things left to print for both.

Most of my times been devoted to stay puft. I ran into problems trying to skin it with fabric so I switched things up and am going with the same coating I used on my Bowser costume. I also had to reinforce all the parts with a bit of a cardboard skeleton. In hindsight I probably should have just used EVA foam for everything. Here's some pics though. Just started printing the face today.





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[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

One more piece to print.



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[Dancin_Fool]

Re: Ghostbuster Family, 2 Proton Packs and a Marshmallow Man

I've got everything printed and glued together on stay puft so now it's just a race to get everything finished for Halloween.




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