Flash Dixon
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Hey everyone. First, please excuse the large photos. I should have resized them.
This post is a long time coming, but here are some of my progress pictures and completed Dark Knight Returns Anti-Superman armor that old man Wayne wears for his final confrontation with Superman.
I have several photos of the helmet build, but woefully few of the rest of the suit as I was rushing to complete it by Dragon Con last year.
In fact, the final electronics in the helmet were completed in the hotel room.
I'm normally not that guy that does a last minute build, but I had some delays and was running out of time.
Anyway, here's a handful of photos for you.
If you want to see more, go to my Facebook page Thecapeandthecowl for the full set.
It sarted with the base, which was a telecommunications pedestal that I cut down to the correct height.
Next we laser cut some rings to mock up the shape and then filled with styrofoam and sanded to shape.
Then lots and lots of Bondo, sanding and primer.
I used a Lazy Susan to connect the helmet to the neck ring so I could have movement.
Then came the cuts for the openings and the ear placements.
The ears aren't quite cannon size, but they look better larger as the original test set based on the comic's size didn't translate well to the real world.
I was able to use resin copies of the ears I made for my leather cowl.
The helemet is test fit to the neck ring and blocked in. Ready to mold.
Several layers of RTV later and the jacket mold.
Three pieces are what it takes to make the resin cast. The master, the RTV skin, and the jacket mold.
The finished resin pull.
And the finished helmet, complete with lights.
Here's the famous hob-nailed boot to the armor. The boot has a 3.25 inch sole and I covered it with foam floor mats to smooth the look out.
The spikes are resin pieces I cast and glued under the edge of the foam and against the actual boot sole.
The spikes don't actually make contact with the ground, but they fake the effect well.
I got really lucky with the gloves and found a set that were almost an exact match to the comic art.
All I had to do was cover the back with a piece of leather.
Because the suit is so enormous, I had to wear a padded shirt and pants under the suit coveralls to get the right size.
The shoulder pads are gutted motorcycle helmets I cut in half. Shown is the test fit of a helemt before it was cut.
And a test fit with the shoulder armor and helmet to gauge overall size.
And that's regretably all of the build pictures I have. But enjoy the finished product.
After the Dragon Con trip, I had to readjust the thigh and bicep rings and pad the legs better.
The upside is that I found a great Carrie Kelley to have a photo with.
And here are a couple more photos at Archon in St. Louis after the adjustments were made.
That's my little 5' tall wife standing off to the side.
This was really tough because of Miller's wandering and inconsistent art style.
Proportions and designs change from panel to panel, so I took what looked good to me and went with it.
There's a lot I want to rework on it, as well as build the sonic gun, but it's off to a good start I think.
I hope you enjoyed it.
This post is a long time coming, but here are some of my progress pictures and completed Dark Knight Returns Anti-Superman armor that old man Wayne wears for his final confrontation with Superman.
I have several photos of the helmet build, but woefully few of the rest of the suit as I was rushing to complete it by Dragon Con last year.
In fact, the final electronics in the helmet were completed in the hotel room.
I'm normally not that guy that does a last minute build, but I had some delays and was running out of time.
Anyway, here's a handful of photos for you.
If you want to see more, go to my Facebook page Thecapeandthecowl for the full set.
It sarted with the base, which was a telecommunications pedestal that I cut down to the correct height.
Next we laser cut some rings to mock up the shape and then filled with styrofoam and sanded to shape.
Then lots and lots of Bondo, sanding and primer.
I used a Lazy Susan to connect the helmet to the neck ring so I could have movement.
Then came the cuts for the openings and the ear placements.
The ears aren't quite cannon size, but they look better larger as the original test set based on the comic's size didn't translate well to the real world.
I was able to use resin copies of the ears I made for my leather cowl.
The helemet is test fit to the neck ring and blocked in. Ready to mold.
Several layers of RTV later and the jacket mold.
Three pieces are what it takes to make the resin cast. The master, the RTV skin, and the jacket mold.
The finished resin pull.
And the finished helmet, complete with lights.
Here's the famous hob-nailed boot to the armor. The boot has a 3.25 inch sole and I covered it with foam floor mats to smooth the look out.
The spikes are resin pieces I cast and glued under the edge of the foam and against the actual boot sole.
The spikes don't actually make contact with the ground, but they fake the effect well.
I got really lucky with the gloves and found a set that were almost an exact match to the comic art.
All I had to do was cover the back with a piece of leather.
Because the suit is so enormous, I had to wear a padded shirt and pants under the suit coveralls to get the right size.
The shoulder pads are gutted motorcycle helmets I cut in half. Shown is the test fit of a helemt before it was cut.
And a test fit with the shoulder armor and helmet to gauge overall size.
And that's regretably all of the build pictures I have. But enjoy the finished product.
After the Dragon Con trip, I had to readjust the thigh and bicep rings and pad the legs better.
The upside is that I found a great Carrie Kelley to have a photo with.
And here are a couple more photos at Archon in St. Louis after the adjustments were made.
That's my little 5' tall wife standing off to the side.
This was really tough because of Miller's wandering and inconsistent art style.
Proportions and designs change from panel to panel, so I took what looked good to me and went with it.
There's a lot I want to rework on it, as well as build the sonic gun, but it's off to a good start I think.
I hope you enjoyed it.
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