Camaro91
Well-Known Member
Minor Threat
Start Date: 5/22/10
End Date:
After years of wanting to do this I finally decided that as a college student home for the summer how else could I fill my time, other than building my dream costume. I am going for the AVP style look of armor and am not particular about the mask itself. I asked a lot of people and saw some awesome masks but I was in contact with Vinman about a P2 full mask with dreads, beads, and an awesome paint job so I pulled the trigger on it, and got it. I will have photos of the mask up once I get it.
So I decided that I would make my armor and skin. Not sure what to do for the hands or feet yet but I will cross that bridge when I come to it.
First off was a lot of research I scanned the forms for days before actually making an account. I stumbled upon Vinman’s excellent templates for the AVP armor and I have created most of it so far out of foamies. The few pieces that I am still working on are the chest, gauntlets, shin armor, and backpack.
Here is a picture of the armor as is. I will of course be painting it but I have not yet decided on a paint scheme. I might also cover them in laytex to seal it all up but have not purchased any yet.
I started making my gauntlets with the Pringles can idea but when I completed the bottom I did not like the look. (not trying to step on any toes but I did not like how mine turned out, I have seen some on this form that turned out great)
I bought four pairs of shin guards to use as gauntlets. Two adult sizes and two youth sizes. I cut the Velcro off and placed one adult and one youth together to get the gauntlet look. I placed the adult on top and the youth on bottom as this gives better wrist and hand movement and more area to put blades or a bomb plate. The blades are made out of an Open House sign as this was a cheap way of doing it and the material should hold up. I have placed the blades on as of now and will cover the foam holding the blades in with foamies tomorrow.
Here are some photos:
The two shin guards together with nothing on them
Remember that Pringles can idea. It came in handy today when I placed it on top of the blades to cover them. It fits perfectly and does not look to bad.
I then started to try and cover the sides up and did a slant design, which I think will turn out pretty well. I will post some photos when I finish this phase.
I also will be starting on my bomb gauntlet today. It is however going to be slightly different in design. I will explain more when I have it done.
I thought of another way to make a duct tape dummy instead of just using old shirt/pants. I went to Home Depot and bought a full painters suit for under $10. They are huge and can accommodate almost anyone and I am only 5’8” so it was even bigger on me, but it works really well. I would suggest that you start taping the under arms so that you keep the shoulders form and once you do both of those then you can resize and tape the waist area as this is where most of the suits material is, but if you are taller you need not worry about this step.
While I was working on getting my duct tape dummy I laid strips of duct tape on my table and had a friend place them on me. While the strips were being applied my cat decided to jump on the table. I do not know if any of you have seen a cat jump onto about thirty strips of duct tape before but he was off of the table in under a half second. All the tape was wasted to as it attached to my cat and came off when he started to run out of the room… I thought it was funny but then realized that I would have to spend more time in the suit and I was already heating up.
Here is a photo of being tired and working to long and thinking something would make a good photo via its own shadow.
*I decided to call my Pred Minor Threat for a few reasons. I am only 5'8" and 140 lbs so it sort of fits. I am the guy everyone tends to underestimate and in the end I can compete with almost anyone even guys that have a half foot or more on me. And while I was typing this WIP up Rise Againsts remake of the song Minor Threat played off my itunes so it became the name. If anyone already has this name please let me know as I do not want to take someone elses name.
**Comments and criticism are helpfl beyond belief. If you do not like something and think that I can do better please let me know as I find this type of criticism most helpful.
Enjoy
Start Date: 5/22/10
End Date:
After years of wanting to do this I finally decided that as a college student home for the summer how else could I fill my time, other than building my dream costume. I am going for the AVP style look of armor and am not particular about the mask itself. I asked a lot of people and saw some awesome masks but I was in contact with Vinman about a P2 full mask with dreads, beads, and an awesome paint job so I pulled the trigger on it, and got it. I will have photos of the mask up once I get it.
So I decided that I would make my armor and skin. Not sure what to do for the hands or feet yet but I will cross that bridge when I come to it.
First off was a lot of research I scanned the forms for days before actually making an account. I stumbled upon Vinman’s excellent templates for the AVP armor and I have created most of it so far out of foamies. The few pieces that I am still working on are the chest, gauntlets, shin armor, and backpack.
Here is a picture of the armor as is. I will of course be painting it but I have not yet decided on a paint scheme. I might also cover them in laytex to seal it all up but have not purchased any yet.
I started making my gauntlets with the Pringles can idea but when I completed the bottom I did not like the look. (not trying to step on any toes but I did not like how mine turned out, I have seen some on this form that turned out great)
I bought four pairs of shin guards to use as gauntlets. Two adult sizes and two youth sizes. I cut the Velcro off and placed one adult and one youth together to get the gauntlet look. I placed the adult on top and the youth on bottom as this gives better wrist and hand movement and more area to put blades or a bomb plate. The blades are made out of an Open House sign as this was a cheap way of doing it and the material should hold up. I have placed the blades on as of now and will cover the foam holding the blades in with foamies tomorrow.
Here are some photos:
The two shin guards together with nothing on them
Remember that Pringles can idea. It came in handy today when I placed it on top of the blades to cover them. It fits perfectly and does not look to bad.
I then started to try and cover the sides up and did a slant design, which I think will turn out pretty well. I will post some photos when I finish this phase.
I also will be starting on my bomb gauntlet today. It is however going to be slightly different in design. I will explain more when I have it done.
I thought of another way to make a duct tape dummy instead of just using old shirt/pants. I went to Home Depot and bought a full painters suit for under $10. They are huge and can accommodate almost anyone and I am only 5’8” so it was even bigger on me, but it works really well. I would suggest that you start taping the under arms so that you keep the shoulders form and once you do both of those then you can resize and tape the waist area as this is where most of the suits material is, but if you are taller you need not worry about this step.
While I was working on getting my duct tape dummy I laid strips of duct tape on my table and had a friend place them on me. While the strips were being applied my cat decided to jump on the table. I do not know if any of you have seen a cat jump onto about thirty strips of duct tape before but he was off of the table in under a half second. All the tape was wasted to as it attached to my cat and came off when he started to run out of the room… I thought it was funny but then realized that I would have to spend more time in the suit and I was already heating up.
Here is a photo of being tired and working to long and thinking something would make a good photo via its own shadow.
*I decided to call my Pred Minor Threat for a few reasons. I am only 5'8" and 140 lbs so it sort of fits. I am the guy everyone tends to underestimate and in the end I can compete with almost anyone even guys that have a half foot or more on me. And while I was typing this WIP up Rise Againsts remake of the song Minor Threat played off my itunes so it became the name. If anyone already has this name please let me know as I do not want to take someone elses name.
**Comments and criticism are helpfl beyond belief. If you do not like something and think that I can do better please let me know as I find this type of criticism most helpful.
Enjoy
its hard to see... could you fix it somehow (they are really tiny for me anyway)?
