Immortan Joe costume from Mad Max, Fury Road
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Hot off the... sewing machines? PATCHES - I'm a little unreasonably excited about these - maybe because I expected the patch company to do a bad job, but they're really pretty sweet!
Yes, they say "SHERIEE'S" department - legality concerns with producing 'law enforcement' patches without proper authorization, this was the best workaround I could come up with. A couple swishes with the xacto and it's a Sheriff's patch.
A bit of sanding, some sharpie scribbles in the lower ribbon and chappie's in the car. Limited qtys of each are available for anybody interested. EDIT: Listing is up in the junkyard. PM me y'all.
Yes, they say "SHERIEE'S" department - legality concerns with producing 'law enforcement' patches without proper authorization, this was the best workaround I could come up with. A couple swishes with the xacto and it's a Sheriff's patch.
A bit of sanding, some sharpie scribbles in the lower ribbon and chappie's in the car. Limited qtys of each are available for anybody interested. EDIT: Listing is up in the junkyard. PM me y'all.
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TrapperBlu
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**** ya. I'm interested
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Bigboss1o1
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TrapperBlu
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My mask was just shipped
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Astroman1138
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I am also quite interested!!
HenchmanJoe
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Hi guys,
I just started working on my own Immortan Joe cosplay and was wondering what you guys use as steel tips for the boots?
I just started working on my own Immortan Joe cosplay and was wondering what you guys use as steel tips for the boots?
TrapperBlu
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They are car pistons cut in half
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HenchmanJoe
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That does not sound easy...
For what engine?
For what engine?
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EndTimesProfit
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Hey all. New to the RPF forum. I'm working on an Immortan Joe costume of my own and I stumbled across this thread cruising for pics and such. There is some really impressive stuff here. The pains some of y'all go to for detail work are really something. I am by no means a serious cosplayer, or even really much of a crafter. I have always enjoyed making costumes, however, and when I saw Fury Road I made up my mind I was going to be Joe for Halloween this year. Upon further reflection, a bit of a challenge! I'm sure my end result won't be anything near as good as some of the great stuff I've seen here, but I've thrown myself into the project anyhow.
I ordered a mask, and mostly painted it. Pretty pleased with the results. Besides the respirator, the centerpiece of the costume is obviously the translucent body armor and pauldrons, and I really want to get that part right. I've found some great information in this thread. I've basically synthesised the approach a few of you had of using a set of contoured armor as a mold and shaping thermoplastic over/under it. Not really knowing much about the materials except what I've learned here, I decided to go with PETG. So now I have a big sheet of PETG, some costume armor, and a heat gun sitting on my floor. Things are about to get serious, before I dive in and start shaping pieces over the next few days I thought I'd be a shameless newbie and ply you a guys a bit for tips.
So, any just quick general advice you might give somebody who's about to try molding thermoplastic for the first time? I've watched a few vids and read most of this thread, and that's about all I know about it. I know I'll probably need gloves and some kind of release agent. What works well for that? Just cooking spray or something? I think I will mold the plastic over the top of the armor (positive), but I'm not totally sure. Who tried each and how were the results? I also know the PETG may be a bit tougher to work with than some other materials, but I'm rolling with it now. I'm sure the best way to learn is to just try using a test piece, but since there are so many experienced folks here I thought there was no harm in asking for quick pointers. Sorry to be that guy!
I ordered a mask, and mostly painted it. Pretty pleased with the results. Besides the respirator, the centerpiece of the costume is obviously the translucent body armor and pauldrons, and I really want to get that part right. I've found some great information in this thread. I've basically synthesised the approach a few of you had of using a set of contoured armor as a mold and shaping thermoplastic over/under it. Not really knowing much about the materials except what I've learned here, I decided to go with PETG. So now I have a big sheet of PETG, some costume armor, and a heat gun sitting on my floor. Things are about to get serious, before I dive in and start shaping pieces over the next few days I thought I'd be a shameless newbie and ply you a guys a bit for tips.
So, any just quick general advice you might give somebody who's about to try molding thermoplastic for the first time? I've watched a few vids and read most of this thread, and that's about all I know about it. I know I'll probably need gloves and some kind of release agent. What works well for that? Just cooking spray or something? I think I will mold the plastic over the top of the armor (positive), but I'm not totally sure. Who tried each and how were the results? I also know the PETG may be a bit tougher to work with than some other materials, but I'm rolling with it now. I'm sure the best way to learn is to just try using a test piece, but since there are so many experienced folks here I thought there was no harm in asking for quick pointers. Sorry to be that guy!
TrapperBlu
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Welcome fellow joe. Big boss 1o1 is really good at it. What I've gathered is don't peal the plastic off till after molding and use water to quickly finalize the process. And use gloves. Don't get the heat gun 2 close. That's what I've gathered for info sounds not bad to work with. I'm actually diving into the shoulders and pauldrons today
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TrapperBlu
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mask came today. Hey guys I thought my mask had black hoses but they came with the tan ones so now I have extra tan hoses. Let me know if your interested in buying them. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
Do a search through Ein's posts, he's got the closest thing to a full tutorial writeup on molding torsos by hand. Ein got good by results building a rudimentary heater for the plastic - You'll have a bear of a time molding compound curves that size with nothing but a heat gun - just to raise that flag for ya.
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EndTimesProfit
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My first attempt at molding pauldron (or anything else) is far from perfect, but not as laughable as I feared it might be. The chest is a whole 'nother beast, of course, but I'm encouraged. Thirty days to do this damn thing! So if I can get 3% of the costume done per day, I'll make it, right? Haha.
Odd tidbit: Incredibly, I already have a piston head, cut in half, in my home that would be quite suitable for the toe piece. The catch is it's a WWII artifact I had from my grandfather and I'm loath to use it for a costume. But how weird is that?
I think there would be a lot of interest in this idea, myself included!
Bigboss1o1
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Well orders are flying in for the immortan Joe armor just so you know November 1 is the cut off for orders because at that point I'm deploying so get it before it's too late!
P.s. After November 1 orders won't start up again till around January or February
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