loose bolts
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Love William Gibson and Neuromancer. I found a lot of concept art around the internet with generally three variants of Henry Case's appearance. all but one of them has some sort of satchel bag for gear or goods.i would like to make the entire costume but that's a ways off.
So i started with a gas mask bag and acrylic paint. i practiced on a few things to perfect the technique but i wanted to turn this bag into a WW III surplus Japanese gas mask bag. I imagined they would be cheap and avaliable after WW3.
My granddad had a Japanese rifle from WW2 and i copied the arsenal markings and the acceptance stamps on to the bag. the four circles and the nearly divided circle is the logo for Toyo kogyo co. ltd know modern day as Mazda co. the katakana character Se is stamped all over so i assume it was a acceptance stamp. i have that plus beneath the arsenal mark i wrote: Fuchu japan 203* (year) to the get look of a runny ink stamp i blotted the tacky acrylic paint with a kitchen sponge repeatedly.
on the front to the best of my ability i wrote: gas mask ( Lit. respirator face) type 5.
on the back in sharpy i wrote Case Henry and the address of a capsule hotel in Chiba city that i found on google maps and that is the sort of places Case lived.
now the sad part :wacko most of this is going to wash off, i managed to dial in my technique that that gets that dated look with acrylic paints and a few goes around in the washing machine. still in the world of neuromancer its old, worn and cheap so and i imagine it is what Case would have around his waist. so this is my first pass before weather, but afterwards i will add oil stains and perhaps a few buttons for a personal touch although nothing too flashy because he was a back alley dweller.
also going to get some Japanese phone cards and things that Case would have in it, he probably lived out of a satchel any how given how much of a broke transient he was. although this is just the beginning of the project i wanted to share and get some feed back.
also has any one used old plastic G3 pouches before? i was going to get one or two to hold a power supply for some LED's for the goggles and implants.
So i started with a gas mask bag and acrylic paint. i practiced on a few things to perfect the technique but i wanted to turn this bag into a WW III surplus Japanese gas mask bag. I imagined they would be cheap and avaliable after WW3.
My granddad had a Japanese rifle from WW2 and i copied the arsenal markings and the acceptance stamps on to the bag. the four circles and the nearly divided circle is the logo for Toyo kogyo co. ltd know modern day as Mazda co. the katakana character Se is stamped all over so i assume it was a acceptance stamp. i have that plus beneath the arsenal mark i wrote: Fuchu japan 203* (year) to the get look of a runny ink stamp i blotted the tacky acrylic paint with a kitchen sponge repeatedly.
on the front to the best of my ability i wrote: gas mask ( Lit. respirator face) type 5.
on the back in sharpy i wrote Case Henry and the address of a capsule hotel in Chiba city that i found on google maps and that is the sort of places Case lived.
now the sad part :wacko most of this is going to wash off, i managed to dial in my technique that that gets that dated look with acrylic paints and a few goes around in the washing machine. still in the world of neuromancer its old, worn and cheap so and i imagine it is what Case would have around his waist. so this is my first pass before weather, but afterwards i will add oil stains and perhaps a few buttons for a personal touch although nothing too flashy because he was a back alley dweller.
also going to get some Japanese phone cards and things that Case would have in it, he probably lived out of a satchel any how given how much of a broke transient he was. although this is just the beginning of the project i wanted to share and get some feed back.
also has any one used old plastic G3 pouches before? i was going to get one or two to hold a power supply for some LED's for the goggles and implants.
