Immortan Joe costume from Mad Max, Fury Road

Ein said:
@scottishpinata Really nice work - what did you end up making the baffles out of? The airbag behind the neck, I mean.
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Thank you! I made a thick wire frame and sewed a cover to pull over it out of car upholstery vinyl, then spraypainted it orange. I realize there's supposed to be two parts to the baffle but I couldn't quite figure it out from the reference pics, so I settled for the top piece. The fixtures are hose connectors for a drip irrigation system. My original goal was to have the tubing system set up so that when my husband breathed into the mask and tubes, it would inflate the baffle. But I ran outta time. May try to rework it sometime after D*C.
 
I am completely sewing-inept. I have no idea how you would even sew that, if it's with a machine, or what. I just don't know any of the technique. That said, if I can bounce a few more questions off you:

Is it actually possible to sew something airtight enough to inflate and deflate, as you've described?

How do you rough out the fabric over the frame? Do you just drape it over, pin it together, turn it inside out and hit the seams with a sewing machine?

The airbag is seriously the part I'm dreading most out of this, more than even the clear armor, because it's all skillsets I don't understand. I have, however, modeled my own joe mask up to be airtight and circulate air through the hoses, so I wanted to get more of an idea about what you've made. In theory, I was hoping I could put fans in the back baffles that would blow air through the hoses into the mask interior and keep me cooler, but I haven't really considered how all of this works yet.
 
Trickier than it seems. I used a plastic "dead blow" hammer with a face that is a lot bigger than a bottle cap. Hitting the underside of the cap seemed to work better with less tendency to crumple the edge. Drill the holes accurately in one and then use it as a template to quickly drill the others. I hot glued all mine down but, in retrospect, leaving the interior caps free to shift a little would have been better. Hopefully, only you Immortan scholars" will notice I am one row and one column short so as to fit on my smallish pauldron.!


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ahoudini said:
Trickier than it seems. I used a plastic "dead blow" hammer with a face that is a lot bigger than a bottle cap. Hitting the underside of the cap seemed to work better with less tendency to crumple the edge. Drill the holes accurately in one and then use it as a template to quickly drill the others. I hot glued all mine down but, in retrospect, leaving the interior caps free to shift a little would have been better. Hopefully, only you Immortan scholars" will notice I am one row and one column short so as to fit on my smallish pauldron.!


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Awesome, thanks again for the info! And yes, hahahah, I did notice that your mesh of caps was only 3 rows by 4 rows, instead of 4 rows by 5, but who cares, it looks great regardless! :)
 
Okay, I keep scrolling and scrolling and trying to find my answer, but can't seem to see where it was mentioned - which gun has the white handle, and which has the black? Set the other half the task of finding me workable pistols since he is waiting in the middle of nowhere for parts for a system, and I can't remember which had which.
 
immortanjoanna said:
Okay, I keep scrolling and scrolling and trying to find my answer, but can't seem to see where it was mentioned - which gun has the white handle, and which has the black? Set the other half the task of finding me workable pistols since he is waiting in the middle of nowhere for parts for a system, and I can't remember which had which.
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The Vaquero old fashion six shooter has the ivory handle. The other which if I remember correctly as a colt Python has the black handle I got this one off of Amazon for 10 bucks and it's pretty legit The scope is removable and it's a pretty large size
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immortanjoanna said:
Okay, I keep scrolling and scrolling and trying to find my answer, but can't seem to see where it was mentioned - which gun has the white handle, and which has the black? Set the other half the task of finding me workable pistols since he is waiting in the middle of nowhere for parts for a system, and I can't remember which had which.
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Here's a shot of Joe's guns in their holster:
joe.jpg

and here's the pic that ahoudini shared of the airguns he found, they match the models that Joe used as far as I know.
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Ein said:
I am completely sewing-inept. I have no idea how you would even sew that, if it's with a machine, or what. I just don't know any of the technique. That said, if I can bounce a few more questions off you:

Is it actually possible to sew something airtight enough to inflate and deflate, as you've described?

How do you rough out the fabric over the frame? Do you just drape it over, pin it together, turn it inside out and hit the seams with a sewing machine?

The airbag is seriously the part I'm dreading most out of this, more than even the clear armor, because it's all skillsets I don't understand. I have, however, modeled my own joe mask up to be airtight and circulate air through the hoses, so I wanted to get more of an idea about what you've made. In theory, I was hoping I could put fans in the back baffles that would blow air through the hoses into the mask interior and keep me cooler, but I haven't really considered how all of this works yet.
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I should have taken progress pics!

Yes, if you sew vinyl tight enough at the seams, I think you could get a bag that would inflate and deflate with air going in and out. If you sealed up the seams (my mind immediately jumps to a brushdab of rubber cement on the insides of the bag), it might be even more tight. The material I used was difficult to sew; you'll want a good vinyl needle for a machine and potentially a vinyl/leather foot to help ease the material along.

I had an idea of how the baffle should be shaped, so I cut a pattern out of mock-up muslin and sewed it together until I got a shape and a look that I liked. It resembled an old fashioned bellows. After working with the mockup, I cut out the pattern in the vinyl and sewed it up halfway; with the top and bottom part open, I fitted some 9-gauge multipurpose wire (the kind you can get at Lowe's in the picture-hanging/decor aisle) into the bag and taped it to the top and bottom seams to give it shape. I stitched a few loops around the seams that kept the wire held in place, and then made a few struts of wire between the top and bottom frame to make the baffle stand up/have shape. The combo of tape + vinyl + wire was very durable and sturdy and lightweight. I used a little pillow stuffing to give the bag some more shape and lumpiness and then sewed up the final seam to close off the bag. Then I taped up the bag "pipes" that hook into the air filters (tucking the bag material into sections of pvc pipe and then taping over it).

I will say that this was the most frustrating part of the costume overall, but probably because I didn't do enough sketching or spend as much time working out prototypes. By the time the movie came out digitally, I was already pretty much done and didn't feel like going back to re-do it.
 
Does anyone know exactly what the strip of metal that's used to secure the bicep armor to the shoulder is called? Is there a specific name, or is it just a strip of metal? Anyone know where a good place to find these would be?

joe.jpg
 
I studied this at length and even bought a strip of aluminum to use before deciding that a piece of leather would work better and be easier. A piece of aluminum tape stuck to the top surface of the leather under the pauldron will simulate the aluminum nicely, I think. Otherwise you will have to shape the aluminum to the curve of the pauldron.


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ahoudini said:
I studied this at length and even bought a strip of aluminum to use before deciding that a piece of leather would work better and be easier. A piece of aluminum tape stuck to the top surface of the leather under the pauldron will simulate the aluminum nicely, I think. Otherwise you will have to shape the aluminum to the curve of the pauldron.


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great idea. thanks! yeah, i was thinking that all of the trial and error trying to shape a piece of metal like that would be a real pain in the ass.
 
Regular Worbla won't take the wiggling back and forth for long, I don't think. The clear might…


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scottishpinata said:
I should have taken progress pics!

Yes, if you sew vinyl tight enough at the seams, I think you could get a bag that would inflate and deflate with air going in and out. If you sealed up the seams (my mind immediately jumps to a brushdab of rubber cement on the insides of the bag), it might be even more tight. The material I used was difficult to sew; you'll want a good vinyl needle for a machine and potentially a vinyl/leather foot to help ease the material along.

I had an idea of how the baffle should be shaped, so I cut a pattern out of mock-up muslin and sewed it together until I got a shape and a look that I liked. It resembled an old fashioned bellows. After working with the mockup, I cut out the pattern in the vinyl and sewed it up halfway; with the top and bottom part open, I fitted some 9-gauge multipurpose wire (the kind you can get at Lowe's in the picture-hanging/decor aisle) into the bag and taped it to the top and bottom seams to give it shape. I stitched a few loops around the seams that kept the wire held in place, and then made a few struts of wire between the top and bottom frame to make the baffle stand up/have shape. The combo of tape + vinyl + wire was very durable and sturdy and lightweight. I used a little pillow stuffing to give the bag some more shape and lumpiness and then sewed up the final seam to close off the bag. Then I taped up the bag "pipes" that hook into the air filters (tucking the bag material into sections of pvc pipe and then taping over it).

I will say that this was the most frustrating part of the costume overall, but probably because I didn't do enough sketching or spend as much time working out prototypes. By the time the movie came out digitally, I was already pretty much done and didn't feel like going back to re-do it.
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Don't you hate people that can really sew?[emoji6]



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