Female Judge build

[JudgeLusk]

As it says on the tin, this is a female Judge build. I fell in love with the movie and decided I just HAD to have a costume!

Now, just to clarify, this is a 'close enough' build. Meaning, 99.5% of people will not be able to spot the differences between my suit and the movie suit. You purists, of course, will be able to spot them right off, lol, but I hope it doesn't detract.

I've ordered a bunch of parts from various makers, but I'm still waiting for them all to arrive. The parts I've ordered are: Helmet (bluerealm) Buckle and shoulders (BlackKaos) Badge (MrPinski) and belt pouches (DavesLeather on Etsy)

Because I'm doing a female costume I needed to make my own pads, which I did out of EVA foam. I accentuated the 'greenness' of the elbows and knees-- there are certain shots in the movie where they look green and others where they look straight black, but I liked the greener look.

For my leathers I've got an old leather jacket-- I've sewn on some holders for the elbow pads that approximate the look of the movie jacket. And since I'd rather not spend $100 on a pair of leather pants, I approximated the look by sewing leather panels onto an old pair of black cargo pants. (I know the knees need to come up, these shots are of the first time I put the rig on)

Boots are just old ones I found at Goodwill, and applied an EVA front plate to. Hopefully you all can appreciate me attempting to save a LITTLE money on the build (I'll still have $1000 into it before I'm done, I'm sure) as I'm not sure about the continued relevancy of this costume.

(practicing my Judge face)

 

[thundrkiss]

looking good so far..

 

[Robmcn]

Lookin bad-ass!

 

[Justover6]

It looks good, how did you get the rises in eva foam?

 

[baron von blondle]

brilliant! good work especially on the armour

 

[JudgeLusk]

It looks good, how did you get the rises in eva foam?

I sanded the ridges into the knees/elbows with a dremel (sanding drum attachment)

For the ab/back plates, I made stamps for the small squares on the back and the trapezoidal insets on the abs, then heated the EVA up and used elbow grease to press the design into the foam. The raised details are just very thin sheets of foam glued on.

It all looks seamless due to about four coats of plasti-dip.

 

[Justover6]

I sanded the ridges into the knees/elbows with a dremel (sanding drum attachment)

For the ab/back plates, I made stamps for the small squares on the back and the trapezoidal insets on the abs, then heated the EVA up and used elbow grease to press the design into the foam. The raised details are just very thin sheets of foam glued on.

It all looks seamless due to about four coats of plasti-dip.

Awesome XD I was really wondering about the abs, I thought you may have sanded that too

 

[JudgeLusk]

Got a "Dredd" badge from Mr.Pinski, and spent this morning destroying it, lol.

 

[Barricade]

Awesome!!!

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[MrPinski]

Nice! Good work Judge Lusk!

 

[JudgeLusk]

Thanks guys! Finished painting this evening.

 

[Nate Jangotat]

Nice work - boy, I wish I had a shorter last name

 

[JudgeLusk]

No joke, you can bet I wouldn't try this if I was Polish!

 

[MisterXero]

Very cool. Nice customization. I would have torn my hair out with such smaller letters... and my last name only has THREE letters! :$

 

[steve13]

Wow this all looks like it will come together brilliantly! Cant wait to see how it turns out!

 

[lokidwargod]

Lookin good, Judge.

 

[Bountys Hunted]

Outstanding work Judge!

 

[JudgeLusk]

More work done! Finished up the vest, found to my dismay (though it was a DUHHHH moment) that plates arranged to fit wee little Judge Anderson aren't quite enough to fit a girl 50 lbs heavier. As a result they ride a little lower on me than they would on her, but I'm not too concerned-- the shoulders will cover up most of that dead space above the plates. Of course, I also noted that the female armor has only three segments to the backplate, but I'm not gonna go tearing everything apart because of that. Again, this is a CLOSE ENOUGH build. I am, however, ditching my previous attempts at elbows and knees... again, the female armor has only three vertical lines in each as opposed to five, and those plates were easy enough to toss and start over. I'll be making the new set once my knee/elbow base pads come in.

You can also see that I'm wearing a new leather jacket. I splurged and bought a new one for myself both for this costume and to wear around normally. The one I had previous was a goodwill find and it was made of crinkly pleather, smelled like an old man, and wasn't slim and flattering through the arms and waist. Now I have a new coat that fixes all these issues.

 

[FZKilla]

Looks BRILLIANT! This is almost the exact same way I am planning on doing mine! Thanks for sharing your tips! Especially about the sanding dremel on the eva foam!

 

[MisterXero]

Cool! The back pieces look really sharp!