Cool, I'll be after a Zentai undersuit without all the obvious armour attachments soon when I feel ready to start getting this Red Ranger cosplay together. I'd very much like to stay in touch.I design the digital patterns that are to be printed, i can save the skin/undersuit separate without the armour.
New costume shot. Anyone experienced in making retractable helmets?
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Go onto the WTB section in the classifieds and ask there.After much consideration and thinking, I've decided to go ahead with getting the helmet for my Red Ranger cosplay to happen first then making my way down. Can anyone hook me up with people who I can make commissions of this to happen based from reference images?
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Ok I'll send a PM.Go onto the WTB section in the classifieds and ask there.
Try the rocketeer
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Sent a message, he's a little expensive.Go onto the WTB section in the classifieds and ask there.
Try the rocketeer
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He is but if you get someone to do a one off it'll be even moreSent a message, he's a little expensive.
The way I see it 4000 USD is a bit much for a simple helmet. After looking around at other armoured suits like Halo etc, I feel I should be looking to spend 2000-3000 USD for the total suit.
Yeah I suspect so. I think more people will want to get in on the suits after the trailer drops and when real marketing actually happens. I feel that I'm the only one that's getting in on this at the moment(unless there are others out there).A lot of the extra cost comes from being a one-off piece with a very small market to sell to, versus a very broad market that a maker can guarantee sales from.
With Halo suits, Iron Mans, etc, there's enough of a market that casting copies can pay for the initial sculpt and mold and then profit after that. For example, take your standard Iron Man helmet from the most recent movie. Probably far more popular than PR in a broader sense (More people have seen a Marvel movie than have watched MMPR, most likely), so the maker's gonna sell more of them. He only has to sculpt and mold once, then sell a dozen helmets at a lower price to break even.
For a 2017 PR helmet, a maker can't guarantee that a lot of people will want them. Probably 5 people at the most since 1) it's such a niche franchise, and 2) they don't look like the old helmets anymore, so even oldschool fans might not be keen on them. So to break even again on sculpting and molding, the maker has to charge more per helmet, until he knows he has enough of a market for them to lower the price. If the only confirmed buyer is you for a PR helmet, the maker has to defer all of the cost onto just you to break even.
tl;dr: The bigger the market for a product, the cheaper the price of said product to break even. The smaller the market, the more expensive the product must be to cover costs.