ThePred2012
New Member
First off, again thanks for all the advice and tips I have received in such a short time as a NOOB! I really am truely greatful.
So lets begin. I have decided I am going to do the spandex suit, as I have a spandex blue-man suit at home already. i was planning on stuffing the suit with paper to give it the full size I need. I was going to take some foam/cushions and cut out a "Mr Incredible"/ Predator type muscle design and attach it to the blue suit and then give it 8-10 coats of flesh colored liquid latex and let it cure for 24 hrs between coats. Then I was going to see about getting it painted, since I have no airbrush experience. I was leaning towards a desert type clan as I have not seen that here and want to have an original idea. I am thinking a simple paint scheme for now.
Due to time constraints, I am going to just do a Bio helmet for this Halloween. I have the pepakura program and have researched the resin and bondo that I can use on the pepakura design. I have found a lot of people use the foam caulk rods for dreads as I think that will be my best approach for the time constraints as well.
I am actually having my wife ship me a hot glue gun and some foam craft sheets so I can get my cannon started while I am here in Afghanistan for the last 2 months. I have also downloaded a ton of reference photos to assist me.
I was thinking of spraying my boots with the expanding foam and then modeling/sanding them to make feet. The issue I am having with this, is I am using my old 6 inch goth boots I used on my Gene Simmons Destroyer outfit. I am sure I can get it to work, It just getting the foam done to make sure half the sole is feet, the other half is built up armor and that the feet are proportionate to the rest of the outfit. I think the lift will add some much needed height as I am only 5'9".
Now for the armor, I have researched a few options, SINTRA seems to be the most lightweight and preferred method I have found, But I also found a video where a costumer uses the garage floor interlocking tiles and shapes them to his outfit. He uses templates of thick stock paper and cuts out the template on to the tiles. Then heats the tiles so they are more flexible to shape them. A little heavier, but gives great chance to cut designs onto the armor with a router or a dremel, as the are about 1/2 inch thick. I noticed VINMAN has posted a lot of templates and they look incredible. I believe I am leaning towards a combo of tiles and sintra for shoulder and thigh/calf armor.
The shoulder cannon is a big concern, as it may look corny. I want to mount it on a fake security cam mount that I have in the parts/junk box in my garage that scans back and forth constantly. I will have to see how that looks and if I want to take it off and have it stationary. The backpack may have to wait till after Halloween as again I am limited on time.
The accessories/weapons and gauntlets I am planning on sintra and craft foam, coated in latex and painted. I saw a video of an artist using an old DVD player to eject the blades. I will dig more into that if I have the time.
That is the plan so far, any advice or tips will be greatly appreciated. Of course, I will take pictures as I go to show and ask for advice on as well. Thanks for looking and good hunting!
So lets begin. I have decided I am going to do the spandex suit, as I have a spandex blue-man suit at home already. i was planning on stuffing the suit with paper to give it the full size I need. I was going to take some foam/cushions and cut out a "Mr Incredible"/ Predator type muscle design and attach it to the blue suit and then give it 8-10 coats of flesh colored liquid latex and let it cure for 24 hrs between coats. Then I was going to see about getting it painted, since I have no airbrush experience. I was leaning towards a desert type clan as I have not seen that here and want to have an original idea. I am thinking a simple paint scheme for now.
Due to time constraints, I am going to just do a Bio helmet for this Halloween. I have the pepakura program and have researched the resin and bondo that I can use on the pepakura design. I have found a lot of people use the foam caulk rods for dreads as I think that will be my best approach for the time constraints as well.
I am actually having my wife ship me a hot glue gun and some foam craft sheets so I can get my cannon started while I am here in Afghanistan for the last 2 months. I have also downloaded a ton of reference photos to assist me.
I was thinking of spraying my boots with the expanding foam and then modeling/sanding them to make feet. The issue I am having with this, is I am using my old 6 inch goth boots I used on my Gene Simmons Destroyer outfit. I am sure I can get it to work, It just getting the foam done to make sure half the sole is feet, the other half is built up armor and that the feet are proportionate to the rest of the outfit. I think the lift will add some much needed height as I am only 5'9".
Now for the armor, I have researched a few options, SINTRA seems to be the most lightweight and preferred method I have found, But I also found a video where a costumer uses the garage floor interlocking tiles and shapes them to his outfit. He uses templates of thick stock paper and cuts out the template on to the tiles. Then heats the tiles so they are more flexible to shape them. A little heavier, but gives great chance to cut designs onto the armor with a router or a dremel, as the are about 1/2 inch thick. I noticed VINMAN has posted a lot of templates and they look incredible. I believe I am leaning towards a combo of tiles and sintra for shoulder and thigh/calf armor.
The shoulder cannon is a big concern, as it may look corny. I want to mount it on a fake security cam mount that I have in the parts/junk box in my garage that scans back and forth constantly. I will have to see how that looks and if I want to take it off and have it stationary. The backpack may have to wait till after Halloween as again I am limited on time.
The accessories/weapons and gauntlets I am planning on sintra and craft foam, coated in latex and painted. I saw a video of an artist using an old DVD player to eject the blades. I will dig more into that if I have the time.
That is the plan so far, any advice or tips will be greatly appreciated. Of course, I will take pictures as I go to show and ask for advice on as well. Thanks for looking and good hunting!
