Judge Spartan
Sr Member
Just Beautiful! other than that I'm speechless...
Monster hunter - Barioth
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pandamajik
Member
But boy does it look great. I know that it's been a lot of work but geez you make working with sintra look easy.
AD craftworks
Member
absolutely fantastic job so far. on a side note if I remember correctly isn't the barioth a frost/snow wyvern, so wouldn't it be a little whiter?(not saying do it over or anything mean but I'm just wondering)
Kommissar
Well-Known Member
Correct, the Barioth is a giant sabertooth snowwyvern tiger thing, i've been going for a slightly more realistic approach, so i'm going for a partially aged bone look.
also, i wanted to have it look perhaps closer to a concept that most of the armor plates are actual bone, rather than scales, so the darker color would not be all that unusual, since its not surface armor of the monster, and thus not really environmentally camouflaged
AD craftworks
Member
Thanks for the clarification, and again fantastic job.
Judge Spartan
Sr Member
I finally bought some apoxie sculpt and have worked a little with it and absolutely LOVE this stuff! I think your work is fantastic and the paint job is outstanding. I'm in the process of looking more into Monster Hunter because of your build and may have to try one myself.
Kommissar
Well-Known Member
So we got started on trimming the horse hair loin cloths..
man this made a mess, and boy do small pieces of horse hair turn out to be killer spiky!
i'm very quickly coming to ADORE rivets as my go to attachment method.
i need to have armored hand plates attached to gloves? RIVETS!
works a charm (sadly the paint caused issue when i was wearing the full armor, but ive gotten some advice and i know a good chemical sealer now
quick test shot i took to see how the glove matched the arm and shoulder.
next up.. rather important, the wig that needs to be attached to the helmet.
Zip ties worked out really well for securing the hair,
the wife went to cutting up the hair when i had attached a few "wefts" to the front of the helmet of horse hair,
why add wefts? the wig covered about 3/4th of the helmet, we needed some hair at the front to cover this bald spot right by the visor/jawbone armor. it turned out really well though.
and im really glad she styled it and not me.
next up, i needed to make these damn weird kunai bandoleers, i expected this to be a 2 hr job.. a full day later.. i proved myself wrong.
4 kunai for each bandoleer? yeesh im glad i only have to hold these on my belt.
they turned out well enough, the front had a series of rings attached to a snap based belt loop.
and the back was a straight snap, and the other side was set into the belt directly.
being pretty concerned with all the articulated areas rubbing, i took some measures to prevent as much of that as possible.
so after all that.. i was pretty ready to suit up at the convention. but i didn't have a weapon ready!
i did a test run before i left, and the armor pieces worked out fine and well proportioned, and Volpin sent me a package in the mail,
it was the mold of his infamous FF11 Kracken club,
he, no longer having any real use for it, passed it onto me, of which i am honored.
so i cast up a copy and gave it a quick paintjob to give me SOMETHING to take to the con,
i felt a little bad it wasnt accurate, but the club looked great and no one seemed to mind.
i forgot to mention that i done some airbrushing on the horns of the armor, but i was too rushed to take photos of that
man this made a mess, and boy do small pieces of horse hair turn out to be killer spiky!
i'm very quickly coming to ADORE rivets as my go to attachment method.
i need to have armored hand plates attached to gloves? RIVETS!
works a charm (sadly the paint caused issue when i was wearing the full armor, but ive gotten some advice and i know a good chemical sealer now
quick test shot i took to see how the glove matched the arm and shoulder.
next up.. rather important, the wig that needs to be attached to the helmet.
Zip ties worked out really well for securing the hair,
the wife went to cutting up the hair when i had attached a few "wefts" to the front of the helmet of horse hair,
why add wefts? the wig covered about 3/4th of the helmet, we needed some hair at the front to cover this bald spot right by the visor/jawbone armor. it turned out really well though.
and im really glad she styled it and not me.
next up, i needed to make these damn weird kunai bandoleers, i expected this to be a 2 hr job.. a full day later.. i proved myself wrong.
4 kunai for each bandoleer? yeesh im glad i only have to hold these on my belt.
they turned out well enough, the front had a series of rings attached to a snap based belt loop.
and the back was a straight snap, and the other side was set into the belt directly.
being pretty concerned with all the articulated areas rubbing, i took some measures to prevent as much of that as possible.
so after all that.. i was pretty ready to suit up at the convention. but i didn't have a weapon ready!
i did a test run before i left, and the armor pieces worked out fine and well proportioned, and Volpin sent me a package in the mail,
it was the mold of his infamous FF11 Kracken club,
he, no longer having any real use for it, passed it onto me, of which i am honored.
so i cast up a copy and gave it a quick paintjob to give me SOMETHING to take to the con,
i felt a little bad it wasnt accurate, but the club looked great and no one seemed to mind.
i forgot to mention that i done some airbrushing on the horns of the armor, but i was too rushed to take photos of that
Kommissar
Well-Known Member
Well, the costume was really successful, and came together really well.
minimal wear and tear, i wore it for about 3-4 hours one day, and 8 hours straight the second day.
Anime LA 2012 (DD) - 01 - YouTube
this youtube link shows off some of the nicer parts, watch out for the gaining volume of the music though.
so i figure you may wonder how i put this all on?
well i start with the pants
vest
belt and bandoleers
gorget
shin armor and then the foot plates
arm armor and sleeves
jaw and shoulders
and finally the helmet and gloves.. !
for some additional pics there are a few direct links and galleries.
Anime Los Angeles 2012 - a set on Flickr
Monster Hunter | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.327038787317642.79164.181144498573739&type=1
i'll add more when i get ahold of them,
the first flickr gallery will have some more uploaded to it soon, once my wife in finished editing them
minimal wear and tear, i wore it for about 3-4 hours one day, and 8 hours straight the second day.
Anime LA 2012 (DD) - 01 - YouTube
this youtube link shows off some of the nicer parts, watch out for the gaining volume of the music though.
so i figure you may wonder how i put this all on?
well i start with the pants
vest
belt and bandoleers
gorget
shin armor and then the foot plates
arm armor and sleeves
jaw and shoulders
and finally the helmet and gloves.. !
for some additional pics there are a few direct links and galleries.
Anime Los Angeles 2012 - a set on Flickr
Monster Hunter | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.327038787317642.79164.181144498573739&type=1
i'll add more when i get ahold of them,
the first flickr gallery will have some more uploaded to it soon, once my wife in finished editing them
Judge Spartan
Sr Member
Flat out FANTASTIC!!! I saw you in a video clip walking around with 2 other characters and you looked amazing.. Great work sir.
AD craftworks
Member
Now I'm regretting not taking my friends invite to ALA. darn
DesertKnight
New Member
Simply ridiculous, no other comments necessary. Amazing.
event
Active Member
Reviving this to ask a couple questions.
I'm currently making a Zero/Samurai cosplay and was hoping I could get some insight before I get to the painting process. Could you be more specific about the issues you had with paint. Also, did you have any problems with the sintra changing sizes due to temperatures?
Amazing work btw. Loved it enough to tackle the build I'm doing now with sintra.
Reference image and CREDIT:
I'm currently making a Zero/Samurai cosplay and was hoping I could get some insight before I get to the painting process. Could you be more specific about the issues you had with paint. Also, did you have any problems with the sintra changing sizes due to temperatures?
Amazing work btw. Loved it enough to tackle the build I'm doing now with sintra.
Reference image and CREDIT:
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