Miki
New Member
Hello!
I'm newer than new, but I made an account as I have some pressing issues I need help with and no one I know personally could possibly help me out with the dilemmas I'm faced with. (it's hard not having any artist friends).
I am trying to make a full body Costume of Otachi's flight form (arm wings instead of a quad).
I have an aircraft engineer assisting me with the mechanics of the wings, so hopefully those will be okay in the end.
Here is her head nearly completed (just need to add the battery pack to the LEDs and fan in the nose)
My current issue is her tail.
That image is me getting ideas down, so things are not 100% or to scale.
I plan to have a pool-noodle tail which has been bulked up with foam. I have some stretch fabric I'll be using to cover all that before I start to put on the plates and the... underside of the tail (those round things that have the spike and light on each; I've taken to calling them "foam Boobs" because I have no idea what else to call them). So it's the foam boobs I'm worried about. They are sound-ish and bulbus, and the back side of them curve to hug the curve of the tail and there are LOTS of them (a set for each side of the tail) I cannot possibly fathom trying to hand cut foam into these shapes: are they all uniform, how long would that take to make 30, and HOW in the heck am I going to cover the colour of the foam up and still have it look good.
What on earth can I make these things out of that will look good?! I'm so lost. I've only just started making costumes and I think I've maybe bitten off more than I can chew! (won't stop me, but still, Dang!). I've taken to the idea of maybe I'll have to cast my own "foam boobs" using flexfoam probably from Smooth-on. Problem? Cash and NO experience casting ANYTHING. There are so many ways, so many products, so much STUFF it's making my head spin. I'd actually prefer NOT to have to cast stuff and find another way around it. The "foam boobs" need an indent where I can insert the circular LEDs and a slot where I can slip a spike in each. Another issue is these foam boobs are round, there is no flat edge, it would be along the lines of casting a sphere. It might be possible to do two halves and glue them together but I'd prefer not having a seem.
Here is a very nice view of the upcoming otachi toy which I've been trying to roughly reference (I don't think it has to be 100%. I'm an amateur trying to do my best, and I have to work with what I've got or else I'd have made Otachi more of the correct colour. I'm trying).
Otachi Toy----------------------------------> http://i2.wp.com/thefwoosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/NECA-Pacific-Rim-Kaiju-Otachi-1.jpg
I need to brainstorm with some artistic-type folks to maybe get some more ideas out there as to what I can do. I'm really not keen on the idea of the casting.
I'm newer than new, but I made an account as I have some pressing issues I need help with and no one I know personally could possibly help me out with the dilemmas I'm faced with. (it's hard not having any artist friends).
I am trying to make a full body Costume of Otachi's flight form (arm wings instead of a quad).
I have an aircraft engineer assisting me with the mechanics of the wings, so hopefully those will be okay in the end.
Here is her head nearly completed (just need to add the battery pack to the LEDs and fan in the nose)
My current issue is her tail.
That image is me getting ideas down, so things are not 100% or to scale.
I plan to have a pool-noodle tail which has been bulked up with foam. I have some stretch fabric I'll be using to cover all that before I start to put on the plates and the... underside of the tail (those round things that have the spike and light on each; I've taken to calling them "foam Boobs" because I have no idea what else to call them). So it's the foam boobs I'm worried about. They are sound-ish and bulbus, and the back side of them curve to hug the curve of the tail and there are LOTS of them (a set for each side of the tail) I cannot possibly fathom trying to hand cut foam into these shapes: are they all uniform, how long would that take to make 30, and HOW in the heck am I going to cover the colour of the foam up and still have it look good.
What on earth can I make these things out of that will look good?! I'm so lost. I've only just started making costumes and I think I've maybe bitten off more than I can chew! (won't stop me, but still, Dang!). I've taken to the idea of maybe I'll have to cast my own "foam boobs" using flexfoam probably from Smooth-on. Problem? Cash and NO experience casting ANYTHING. There are so many ways, so many products, so much STUFF it's making my head spin. I'd actually prefer NOT to have to cast stuff and find another way around it. The "foam boobs" need an indent where I can insert the circular LEDs and a slot where I can slip a spike in each. Another issue is these foam boobs are round, there is no flat edge, it would be along the lines of casting a sphere. It might be possible to do two halves and glue them together but I'd prefer not having a seem.
Here is a very nice view of the upcoming otachi toy which I've been trying to roughly reference (I don't think it has to be 100%. I'm an amateur trying to do my best, and I have to work with what I've got or else I'd have made Otachi more of the correct colour. I'm trying).
Otachi Toy----------------------------------> http://i2.wp.com/thefwoosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/NECA-Pacific-Rim-Kaiju-Otachi-1.jpg
I need to brainstorm with some artistic-type folks to maybe get some more ideas out there as to what I can do. I'm really not keen on the idea of the casting.