Manuelzinho
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Hi guys! I had this idea cause this year is Mazinger Z 45th anniversary (there will be a movie!) and that gave me the idea. I belong to Mazinger Z generation (he is just 5 years younger than me 
), and used to watch the cartoons on TV when I was a child, they were so popular in Spain!!
Here is him at the Gran Via of Madrid, causing some mess around :lol
I have done only a few replica props (got just one post here at the RPF, a Captain America cosplay and a Thor costume for my 3 years old son) I am very proud of my eva foam & epoxy Captain shield, was a total success at Jerez Comic Con.
So I thought I wanted to do some giant cosplay and Mazinger Z seems not as complicate as other chars (not many details, flat parts, etc...) So I started to search around but could not find a decent cosplay of the giant robot and that encorauged me even more to go for it. Now I spent all day absent-minded thinking about ways to get my goal. Always happens to me when I am in the middle of a project, get very obssesed and every time I go into a shop or similar I am always looking for stuff that could help me achieve my goal.
So this is the plan:
That should be my position inside the robot. I am waiting for those stilts to arrive: http://www.stelzen-shop.de/es/zancos-consumer-line-tamao-m.html
I plan to use the minimun height of the stilts, 38 cm, I consider that would be enough. I will wear the neck and head of the costume as a hat, on top of my head with a helmet belt. That way when I move my head inside the chest, the head of the robot will move too. My arms will get out through holes on the sides of his trunk and will get into the robot forearms. I will be wearing a black long sleeves shirt (got this idea from last year awesome Hulkbuster cosplay that you all must have seen) The chest part will rest on my shoulders and on my head. And my hands inside the forearms will help supporting total weight of chest, arms and head (all eva foam). I will wear a harness to hold all parts in their places.
So, with stilts (38 cm), my own height (172 cm) and robot´s head and neck height (around 40 cm), we get a total height of 250 cm!! (pretty impressive, right? :eek)
As for effects I want to set lights on Mazinger eyes, with 2 modes: regular light always on and stroboscopic light so they pretend to be laser beams like in the old japanese cartoons way. For this I got 2 flashlights having those modes. I want to set lights too inside the 2 red things on the chest, as those are Mazinger Z main weapon. They fire very high temperature rays wich melt his enemies in seconds.
For sound effects, I got this: https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B010M8UNG0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I already got big robot steps sounds and laser beams sounds too, to use them when I walk and when I will turn on the stroboscopic eyes lights respectively. Will set the speakers inside the chest at the back of it, making a few small holes in the eva foam to allow the sound to get out. Switches for light and sound will be inside of the forearms.
Between the 2 red things on the chest and under his neck, I want to put a window so I can see, and close it with some see-through stuff covered with this: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B018O2GD5Q...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=6E3SNVS8YGEPR3WF1WWF this stuff will allow me to see and it will be black as the robot chest, so hopefully people will not be able to see my face. I will try to make this window able to open, for me to take some fresh air from time to time.
So this is the general idea. Please, feel free to advise and show me if my ideas are totally crazy :wacko
I will be updating this post with my progress, thank you all for taking time in reading my plans.
), and used to watch the cartoons on TV when I was a child, they were so popular in Spain!! Here is him at the Gran Via of Madrid, causing some mess around :lolI have done only a few replica props (got just one post here at the RPF, a Captain America cosplay and a Thor costume for my 3 years old son) I am very proud of my eva foam & epoxy Captain shield, was a total success at Jerez Comic Con.
So I thought I wanted to do some giant cosplay and Mazinger Z seems not as complicate as other chars (not many details, flat parts, etc...) So I started to search around but could not find a decent cosplay of the giant robot and that encorauged me even more to go for it. Now I spent all day absent-minded thinking about ways to get my goal. Always happens to me when I am in the middle of a project, get very obssesed and every time I go into a shop or similar I am always looking for stuff that could help me achieve my goal.
So this is the plan:
That should be my position inside the robot. I am waiting for those stilts to arrive: http://www.stelzen-shop.de/es/zancos-consumer-line-tamao-m.html I plan to use the minimun height of the stilts, 38 cm, I consider that would be enough. I will wear the neck and head of the costume as a hat, on top of my head with a helmet belt. That way when I move my head inside the chest, the head of the robot will move too. My arms will get out through holes on the sides of his trunk and will get into the robot forearms. I will be wearing a black long sleeves shirt (got this idea from last year awesome Hulkbuster cosplay that you all must have seen) The chest part will rest on my shoulders and on my head. And my hands inside the forearms will help supporting total weight of chest, arms and head (all eva foam). I will wear a harness to hold all parts in their places.
So, with stilts (38 cm), my own height (172 cm) and robot´s head and neck height (around 40 cm), we get a total height of 250 cm!! (pretty impressive, right? :eek)
As for effects I want to set lights on Mazinger eyes, with 2 modes: regular light always on and stroboscopic light so they pretend to be laser beams like in the old japanese cartoons way. For this I got 2 flashlights having those modes. I want to set lights too inside the 2 red things on the chest, as those are Mazinger Z main weapon. They fire very high temperature rays wich melt his enemies in seconds.
For sound effects, I got this: https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B010M8UNG0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I already got big robot steps sounds and laser beams sounds too, to use them when I walk and when I will turn on the stroboscopic eyes lights respectively. Will set the speakers inside the chest at the back of it, making a few small holes in the eva foam to allow the sound to get out. Switches for light and sound will be inside of the forearms.
Between the 2 red things on the chest and under his neck, I want to put a window so I can see, and close it with some see-through stuff covered with this: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B018O2GD5Q...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=6E3SNVS8YGEPR3WF1WWF this stuff will allow me to see and it will be black as the robot chest, so hopefully people will not be able to see my face. I will try to make this window able to open, for me to take some fresh air from time to time.
So this is the general idea. Please, feel free to advise and show me if my ideas are totally crazy :wacko
I will be updating this post with my progress, thank you all for taking time in reading my plans.
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