Doctor Doom, Books of Doom style (now with a hand!)

[stormtrooperguy]

Continuing to work up the arm!



The elbow and gauntlet are painted. Forearm and bicep are getting painted tonight. I still need to pull the shoulder and make the knuckles for the glove.

 

[orhadar]

love it!

 

[Ragz]

I am jealous. If I didn't have so many projects on my plate at the moment, I would build in tandem with you.

Keep up the great work, and looking forward to watching this to completion!

 

[stormtrooperguy]

Thanks!

I've got the upper arm pieces pulled / trimmed / painted. I'm sort of torn on detailing: I want an old school, classic comic look, but at the same time they are a bit plain right now. I sort of want to kick them up a notch... put some rivets/borders/etc... I'll get it all built as-is first though and detail it later.




There's the first prototype of my "magic hands" light kit...



That's taken in a brightly lit room with an iphone... and is exactly the result I had hoped for. I might make a slightly larger ring with more LEDs, but that's a great proof of concept (9 ultra bright green LEDs there.

 

[stormtrooperguy]

I got started on the sewing this weekend. I'm taking a slightly different approach and making the hood part of the tunic, not the cape. In Books of Doom he's shown arriving in Latveria before his takeover wearing the tunic with a hood and tabbed mantle. He then takes the cape from the King along with the country.

I'd like to be able to do that look as well, so putting the hood in the tunic makes that easier.



Under the tunic I'll have a small breastplate to give that armor-like line (and in case anything shows near my neck). I'm not going to wear full body armor under the tunic just for comfort. I thought about it, but then decided against it. For the chest, I used one of my animated style clone trooper chests, cut down and reassembled a bit.

 

[stormtrooperguy]

testing out the cloak/tunic

 

[stormtrooperguy]

I finished up the cloak clasps. This part was fun...

They started life as these:



Which were then molded and done up in cold cast brass:



Which look nice and shiny when polished:



And are now attached to the cape:



I also did the last test fit of the right arm before finishing the parts off:

 

[Gombabomb]

Looks AWESOME with the cloak!
The photos of your process and all the revisions you made along the way are really cool to see. Super helpful for someone new to this kind of thing. : )

 

[Alpha Proto]

Well done!

 

[stormtrooperguy]

I'm marching along at a crazy pace, trying to get done for this Saturday. I've got all of the armor pulled, so I just need to do the painting / strapping. I don't think the Magical Hand Lights of Doom are going to make it out this time, but there are more cons to go to!

 

[stormtrooperguy]

fast forward... the version 1 suit is ready to wear! i tried taking a self portrait this morning and it did NOT go well. hopefully some good pics from the upcoming con this weekend

lots still to do. I ran out of time so I ended up pulling a pair of clonetrooper shins rather than sculpting doom ones. That's going to bug me, so I'll make new ones next. I didn't have time to actually rig up the lights in my hands... next con for that too!

 

[crypto]

This is looking GREAT !

You have tempted me into building Doom myself .............. once my Cyberman is done

 

[stormtrooperguy]

Doom had his first run this weekend at Granite State Comic Con in New Hampshire, and was very well received!





Still a LOT to do, but for the first run I'm happy.

On the punch list before Rhode Island Comic Con in November:

- redo the knuckles on the gloves.
- finish the boot armor
- put a wire in the hood to make it keep its shape better
- finish the Glowing Hands of Magic

 

[Maxphobia]

wow man very nicely done it looks great!!

 

[Dargas]

THIS is hands down the VERY best Doctor Doom Costume I have ever seen!!!

 

[VCGcosplay]

I know my response is late but I absolutely admire this!! I love the Books of Doom Mask, I wish more variants like this one existed for sale on etsy. I keep seeing the same thing over and over.

Im curious to ask, would you consider selling copies of this mask??

 

[Doombot13]

I have been looking for who did this Doom cosplay since I saw a picture float by my screen once - and that was years ago! You have done an awesome job!