Grave Digger (not the monster truck lol) Halloween costume *pic heavy*

[Mully]

done with weathering this took way longer than i thought but it turned out well.

time well spent!!!!

 

[Maxphobia]

Very nice time well spent indeed can't wait to see it all together ur foam skills are epic.

 

[quixotic5891]

Shovel time

 

[Gombabomb]

Uhhuhu. That weathering is amazing!
Can't wait to see the whole thing finished!

 

[howlingwind13]

Man this is great! That distressing and detail is awesome. Really nice work. Looking forward to seeing this finished.
mike

 

[Alpha Proto]

Wow, the wonderful things foam can do!
This all free hand too. :cool

 

[quixotic5891]

Thanks guys/gals your praise means alot! Now for a funny pic with my shovel doing my best Gandalf "you shall not pass!"

 

[quixotic5891]

Now time to redeem myself for that last picture. I started painting to so far so good. Still worried about attaching everything.

 

[Alpha Proto]

Great craftsmanship!

 

[thundercrats]

Pretty amazing stuff.

 

[quixotic5891]

Some more pieces getting a paint job. Once I get everything painted what would be a good sealer or would it be fine as is?

 

[quixotic5891]

More done on the boot still lots to paint but a good start.

 

[Gombabomb]

Ohh. Those textures are so gritty. Looks great!

One question though... the "rivets" on the boot plates are indented holes. Are you going to fill them in with something to make them rounded like actual rivets? Either way everything is looking awesome! Each new post better than the last.

 

[quixotic5891]

I want to fill it with something but I won't worry about it till I'm finished since it doesn't look to bad. I'm still going to add carriage bolts that I've rusted with apple cider vinegar, bleach and salt. I've counted each bolt and it adds up to 79 give or take a few. If I do all the rivets it's around 40. I'm trying to stay fairly accurate. The sand and glue worked great for adding texture plus it didn't really cost me anything extra since I had both already.

 

[smashterlink]

I just can't get over the texturing you are doing. It's insane. Each post continues to amaze me!!!

 

[quixotic5891]

Mostly done painting minus two pieces. Still have to add foam bolt heads to the large boot. Fabric parts are next.

Here is a close up of the sand and glue texture

 

[Alpha Proto]

I am going to try and remember that glue and sand technique.

Have you considered a dry brushing of silver paint on some of the edges/corners?

 

[quixotic5891]

Yeah I still might add some... I did a little silver on the shovel edges and it turned out decent.

 

[Beer_Money_Props]

So very rad for such a simple technique.

I'm a fan!

I see a head armature, are you doing a clay sculpt too?

 

[quixotic5891]

No I am using that to put the fabric mask on so I can use a fabric stiffener to shape the fabric and weather it. I should be starting the mask today.