sketchman1981
Active Member
As I stated when I posted the original thread for this, I am making the sub structure/exo skeleton first and foremost. I want to know it functions before wasting my time putting skin to it. I will be likely making it in two halves, along with a prosthetic mask that I will put on before slipping my head through the kneck. The upper half will have a backpack type support so that a majority of the upper weight will be supported by my body. the lower half will be mainly the stiltsand will strap to my legs once I've slid them in. Once the legs are on, I plan to have attach points to attach the upper and lower halves (from the inside of course) to achieve extra stability. that and so the pieces don't bounce around. For the Muscles I will be using anchor points that will attach to the substructures, My goal is to make this as hollow as possible for weight and cooling purposes. So the muscles will basically be just a "fairing" similar to the skin panels on a car. Looks solid, but if you know anything about cars, you know that it's actually just a thin layer. But I will be sculpting the muscles from foam and attaching them as seperate pieces. My theory is that this will allow them to somewhat move as I move giving somewhat of a muscle ripple effect. So long as I can get the silicone skin thick enough to resist ripping and stick to major parts. like the knee caps, elbows, wrists. Then the flexing of everything else should give a pretty cool effect. What do you think?