Halloween budget build

[ninjabrad]

Thought I would add some pictures and progress of my attempt to finish before Halloween!

Muscleman suit

Ice Hockey Pads

Cod Piece and Thigh Armour

Shoulder, Chest and cod piece Painted

Computer gauntlet (No pockets so need some storage!)

Painted blade gauntlet

Shoulder Cannon


Still have a long way to go but I have a long weekend to get the majority of the things done. I have other bits done but haven't had a chance to get pictures.

Things to do:
Weather armour (Shoulders, cod piece, thighs, chest plate.
Finish backpack (paint and weather)
Attach armour to hockey pads.
Paint top half of muscleman suit.
Latex and paint bottom half.
Paint hands
Bio should be here from mysteria in the next coulple of days so cut and paint that.
Make Dreads.
Acquire/make some feet
Fine details on gauntlets.

I know, a long list but after last years rush, I managed to get my Ghostbusters proton pack finished on time!

Any comments/criticisms are welcome.

Brad

 

[LordOderus]

Seems we have a similar goal! Things are looking good on your end! Did you buy a set of latex hands or are you planning on making them from gloves or something? I've been having a bit of a tough time with the hands and feet. I'm basing my hands off a pair of kitchen gloves. Still not sure what I'm going to do about feet.

Looks like you've got a killer start going! It will be tight, but I think you can get it ready by Halloween! Now I just hope I am as lucky!

 

[knuckledragger]

Are those blades metal or is that a piece of plastic diamond plate you used...??

 

[MoviesColin]

Lol what's with the Marlboro box?

Looks cool BTW. Very good start...

 

[ninjabrad]

Seems we have a similar goal! Things are looking good on your end! Did you buy a set of latex hands or are you planning on making them from gloves or something? I've been having a bit of a tough time with the hands and feet. I'm basing my hands off a pair of kitchen gloves. Still not sure what I'm going to do about feet.

Looks like you've got a killer start going! It will be tight, but I think you can get it ready by Halloween! Now I just hope I am as lucky!

I've got some "monster" hands which I'll paint, still don't know what I'm going to do about feet. Looking for some vinyl skeleton feet to cover my shoes but everywhere is out of stock except in the US. So I may just make some armour to cover my shoes, we'll see!

 

[ninjabrad]

Are those blades metal or is that a piece of plastic diamond plate you used...??

It's thick foam tiles made to look like diamond plate. I think I'm going to have to cut them off or sand them down. I'll see how much time I have left over.

 

[ninjabrad]

Lol what's with the Marlboro box?

Looks cool BTW. Very good start...

Preds have a need for nicotine too!

 

[Tetsuo]

im LOVING that storage idea XD

 

[Kinon]

Seems we have a similar goal! Things are looking good on your end! Did you buy a set of latex hands or are you planning on making them from gloves or something? I've been having a bit of a tough time with the hands and feet. I'm basing my hands off a pair of kitchen gloves. Still not sure what I'm going to do about feet.

Looks like you've got a killer start going! It will be tight, but I think you can get it ready by Halloween! Now I just hope I am as lucky!

I hear you on the gloves... its tough... i want to eventually build my own gauntlets from scratch... the worst thing is.... i didnt like the look of the premade pred gauntlets online so i got some cheap rubber knight gauntlets... only problem was that when I started spraypainting them the paint wouldnt cure... WORST MISTAKE EVER!!! ugh.. now i have to get me some paint thinner and try to get it all off...

 

[LordOderus]

I hear you on the gloves... its tough... i want to eventually build my own gauntlets from scratch... the worst thing is.... i didnt like the look of the premade pred gauntlets online so i got some cheap rubber knight gauntlets... only problem was that when I started spraypainting them the paint wouldnt cure... WORST MISTAKE EVER!!! ugh.. now i have to get me some paint thinner and try to get it all off...

Get krylon paint. That usually sticks to just about anything. I used it on some rubber and plexiglass when I did a gambit costume a few years back.

Gotta keep it somewhere warm and dry while it cures though, and use several mist coats instead of 1 or 2 wet coats, it will dry much faster that way.

And yeah, I'm still spinning my wheels on the hands and feet. Going to a few Halloween stores near me tomorrow to see if I can find anything I can use.

Good luck!

 

[ninjabrad]

The armour doesn't sit right due to it being stuck on a coat hanger

Bio needs some more weathering. Bought the smaller bio from Mysteria before reading ALL the forum topics so will have to try and fudge a solution to cover parts of my face that the bio doesn't cover.

 

[mortenharket]

Good effort on the buget suit build, your showing some real creativity. Have you thought about heating your foam so you can mould it more into shape? Looks like your going for a Borg style skin, cool Keep it up only a few nights left.

 

[ninjabrad]

It's actually some old lino I had lying around and not foam. i did have some old coat hanger wire to keep the shape but the missus threw that away so I'll see what it looks like on and maybe get some more wire for it

 

[mortenharket]

Ahh, good resource usage there

 

[Kinon]

Get krylon paint. That usually sticks to just about anything. I used it on some rubber and plexiglass when I did a gambit costume a few years back.

Gotta keep it somewhere warm and dry while it cures though, and use several mist coats instead of 1 or 2 wet coats, it will dry much faster that way.

And yeah, I'm still spinning my wheels on the hands and feet. Going to a few Halloween stores near me tomorrow to see if I can find anything I can use.

Good luck!

Well here's how it turned out.... what do you think?

Ric

http://www.thehunterslair.com/index.php?showtopic=14645

 

[LordOderus]

Well here's how it turned out.... what do you think?

Ric

http://www.thehunterslair.com/index.php?showtopic=14645

Looks really good! The skin came out great! Did you have any trouble painting it?

 

[Kinon]

Looks really good! The skin came out great! Did you have any trouble painting it?

The Skin was no trouble painting as it is all cloth... i just used acrylics... the gauntlets which were rubber didnt mix well with the spray paint and stayed sticky for days... no i had to clean it off with paint thinner and them prime them first with acrylic.. THEN spray them.. well... I guess I learned the hard way.