DWVinny
Well-Known Member
I made this costume for my son about 5 years ago, and It came about in what I would call. An amazing dad moment sort of way.
I asked my son what he wanted to be for Halloween, he told me, "Lego Sonic". First of all. How does a 4 year old even come up with something like Lego Sonic? I replied. "Lego Sonic ? There is no such thing as Lego Sonic." He fires right back without missing a beat. "Well you' can make it." I say "Oh really ? What makes you think that ?" He tells me " Because you are awesome, and you can make anything!"
Seriously .. Who can say no to that ?
(Sadly Many of the build pics were lost in a computer crash but I managed to salvage a few I had saved elsewhere.)
I started by getting as many reference shots and measurements I could find. After I had the scale to where it looked somewhat correct to his height. I started laying out the body in polystyrene. The original idea was to use my (then) newly built vacuum table for the majority of the costume but it wasnt quite working out. So I went a different route.
At that time I couldnt find much reference to costumes other people had made. The majority of the ones I did find, The people used fabric for the legs, and I really wasnt fond of how it looked..
I wanted to make him look as plastic as possible, so I made the legs solid styrene, then cut them at the knees. To make them flexible. I left gaps and covered the outside in sticker vinyl. Wasnt the greatest for mobility, but still fairly easy for him to walk. The head I made In multiple stages. The face is made out of fiberglass The hair spikes are Styrofoam coated in Elmers glue an painted. I used a cardboard tube and a mixing bowl to get the basic shape of the lego head. Only to realize he couldnt fit his head in it after attaching the neck portion. After much trial and error I ended up cutting the majority of the fiberglass away. Leaving just the face, and shaping foam for the rear section. Once the foam carving was finished it was fairly light but still huge and awkward so I added a chinstrap to the inside. I used window tint for the eyes. Time was running very short and he kept complaining about the arms hurting him so I used a tan shirt in place of them much to my chagrin. The hands were cut from pvc pipe. The legs were attached to the torso via velcro on the mid section. And I used a long bolt to tie the legs together as well as hold them up. All in all There are a few things I might do differently if I ever make another but, years later. Im still happy with the result over all.
I asked my son what he wanted to be for Halloween, he told me, "Lego Sonic". First of all. How does a 4 year old even come up with something like Lego Sonic? I replied. "Lego Sonic ? There is no such thing as Lego Sonic." He fires right back without missing a beat. "Well you' can make it." I say "Oh really ? What makes you think that ?" He tells me " Because you are awesome, and you can make anything!"
Seriously .. Who can say no to that ?
(Sadly Many of the build pics were lost in a computer crash but I managed to salvage a few I had saved elsewhere.)
I started by getting as many reference shots and measurements I could find. After I had the scale to where it looked somewhat correct to his height. I started laying out the body in polystyrene. The original idea was to use my (then) newly built vacuum table for the majority of the costume but it wasnt quite working out. So I went a different route.
At that time I couldnt find much reference to costumes other people had made. The majority of the ones I did find, The people used fabric for the legs, and I really wasnt fond of how it looked..
I wanted to make him look as plastic as possible, so I made the legs solid styrene, then cut them at the knees. To make them flexible. I left gaps and covered the outside in sticker vinyl. Wasnt the greatest for mobility, but still fairly easy for him to walk. The head I made In multiple stages. The face is made out of fiberglass The hair spikes are Styrofoam coated in Elmers glue an painted. I used a cardboard tube and a mixing bowl to get the basic shape of the lego head. Only to realize he couldnt fit his head in it after attaching the neck portion. After much trial and error I ended up cutting the majority of the fiberglass away. Leaving just the face, and shaping foam for the rear section. Once the foam carving was finished it was fairly light but still huge and awkward so I added a chinstrap to the inside. I used window tint for the eyes. Time was running very short and he kept complaining about the arms hurting him so I used a tan shirt in place of them much to my chagrin. The hands were cut from pvc pipe. The legs were attached to the torso via velcro on the mid section. And I used a long bolt to tie the legs together as well as hold them up. All in all There are a few things I might do differently if I ever make another but, years later. Im still happy with the result over all.
And Indeed that is still an incredibly terrific memory. Smarter than a 4 year old? Nope, he suckered me good LOL HAHA!
