Hey I haven't had much to show yet on the forums been mostly basking in the glory of other people's amazing suits, accumulating ideas and getting prepared. I'm starting now on what will be my 2010 Halloween costume.
This is by far my most ambitious costume undertaking ever. I've done some cool ones like Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil, The Crow, etc... but nothing like this.
Anyway I've decided to start from the head down and I'll be posting my progress throughout the year.
I've followed a couple of guides put together for us noobs. I bought a Mysteria P2 3/4 Bio which was painted copperish...
Liked the P2 shape but I've always liked the P1 color scheme. Maybe the copper tones remind me of Danny Glover. *shudder*. So I learned from some of the painting guides. I painted it flat black with cheapy walmart paint then added a coat of pure Krylon Silver Metallic paint....
So a couple of dollar store sponge brushes all tore up with a needle nose pliers. About 3 more coats of silver and 2 coats of black in the recesses this is my "Weathered" look. I may update this weathering more later but this is going to be the color theme I'll continue to follow. I've since cleaned up the eye mesh more since this shot but you get the idea of what I'm going for.
There is much more in the works, I've already got my backer rod tapered and heat gunned. Some have already been dipped in Latex paint. I have Rigid EMT conduit for my dread rings and Plastidip to finish the coating so I should have some dread pics in the next week. Also picked up a pair of hockey shoulder pads for 10 bucks that I'll be adding some sintra plates to.
I finally feel like I'm part of the lair now
This is by far my most ambitious costume undertaking ever. I've done some cool ones like Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil, The Crow, etc... but nothing like this.
Anyway I've decided to start from the head down and I'll be posting my progress throughout the year.
I've followed a couple of guides put together for us noobs. I bought a Mysteria P2 3/4 Bio which was painted copperish...
Liked the P2 shape but I've always liked the P1 color scheme. Maybe the copper tones remind me of Danny Glover. *shudder*. So I learned from some of the painting guides. I painted it flat black with cheapy walmart paint then added a coat of pure Krylon Silver Metallic paint....
So a couple of dollar store sponge brushes all tore up with a needle nose pliers. About 3 more coats of silver and 2 coats of black in the recesses this is my "Weathered" look. I may update this weathering more later but this is going to be the color theme I'll continue to follow. I've since cleaned up the eye mesh more since this shot but you get the idea of what I'm going for.
There is much more in the works, I've already got my backer rod tapered and heat gunned. Some have already been dipped in Latex paint. I have Rigid EMT conduit for my dread rings and Plastidip to finish the coating so I should have some dread pics in the next week. Also picked up a pair of hockey shoulder pads for 10 bucks that I'll be adding some sintra plates to.
I finally feel like I'm part of the lair now
