n0regret5
Sr Member
hey guys, been on here a week or so and thought i'd best say gudday 
i'm from new zealand, where there isn't a HUGE costume following or availability, so i'm glad i've found you guys to help me out with making some of my own gear!
firstly a quick bit about me..i'm a big fan of batman and iron man and most other comic heroes and such, love action movies, and a transformers geek from way back. huge on motorbikes (i rebuild them in my spare time) so if you've got any motorcycle questions i'd be happy to help. i did a course in special effects a few years back through a cut above in auckland, studying under a guy whose name escapes me but was credited as an SFX artist on anaconda (and many other things), was trying to break into the industry but its fairly hard here! erm..yeh. thats probably all i can think of for now.
anyway to the questions.. i have a party to go to in november, themed 'what you want to be when you grew up'. i'm wanting to make a batman costume on the cheap. i have camping mats and access to vinyl, sewing machines etc, i'm a fairly adept sculptor and whatnot..just pretty much wanting to know, what kind of glue should i use to stick the mats together? generic terms please, i may not be able to get what you guys get in the US etc.
i can get hold of a fairly cheap latex mask so that wouldn't be a problem.
also painting, whats the best stuff to use? and i am on a limited budget.
any help would be greatly appreciated cheers
i'm from new zealand, where there isn't a HUGE costume following or availability, so i'm glad i've found you guys to help me out with making some of my own gear!firstly a quick bit about me..i'm a big fan of batman and iron man and most other comic heroes and such, love action movies, and a transformers geek from way back. huge on motorbikes (i rebuild them in my spare time) so if you've got any motorcycle questions i'd be happy to help. i did a course in special effects a few years back through a cut above in auckland, studying under a guy whose name escapes me but was credited as an SFX artist on anaconda (and many other things), was trying to break into the industry but its fairly hard here! erm..yeh. thats probably all i can think of for now.
anyway to the questions.. i have a party to go to in november, themed 'what you want to be when you grew up'. i'm wanting to make a batman costume on the cheap. i have camping mats and access to vinyl, sewing machines etc, i'm a fairly adept sculptor and whatnot..just pretty much wanting to know, what kind of glue should i use to stick the mats together? generic terms please, i may not be able to get what you guys get in the US etc.
i can get hold of a fairly cheap latex mask so that wouldn't be a problem.
also painting, whats the best stuff to use? and i am on a limited budget.
any help would be greatly appreciated
cheers
