Godislikeamoth
New Member
So I've been lurking on the these boards for around 6 months and finally got a membership a month ago. After doing some more perusing through various aspects of this wonderful site I've decided to make my first post. First of all, I guess I should introduce myself and tell my story... 
...don't worry. I'll keep it short.
I've been kicking around the idea of building a Predator costume for about 2 years now. I was at work during a remodel and saw a guy walking around on construction stilts putting up ceiling tiles. My first thought was that he was about Predator height and how awesome it would be to build a full Predator costume. So I planned on buying some used football pads, then buying a mask, and gloves and then making it all somehow work. That's when I turned to the internet and, one way or the other, I ended up on a gentleman named Shawn Thorsson's website blog thingy.
Here's a link: Shawn Thorsson King of Inspiration
Lo and behold, his link led me here and to Monster Makers and thus I began my journey of creation.
Wasn't too bad was it? Anywho...I basically took his duct tape dummy idea and started there on my skin. So far I have the upper torso and finished yet unpainted. I hope to have the legs done and the torso painted soon. I'm gonna try and do everything as step-by-step as possible for my own edification and to hopefully inspire or help out a fellow Hunter....ooo...it's just cool referring to myself as a Hunter....ooooo....aaahhhh. Anywho...now on to the pics.
As you can see from the above. I put on my little leotard (must say I got some odd looks when picking up a box of liquid latex and a package that said CHEERLEADING.COM on the front from my local UPS outpost) then marked how I wanted the muscles to go in relation to my own for orientation purposes.
Then I used some foam pad and Fabri-Tac to cover the suit in the muscles to my liking.
Here's the pad that I used (from Wal-mart):
And the Fabri-Tac (also from Wal-mart):
And here's the semi-final product before adding liquid latex (Monster Makers white mask making latex):
Finally, here's after adding 5 layers or one entire gallon of liquid latex:
Next time...or when I start work on the legs...I'll use a hot glue gun (Fabri-Tac is around $7 per 4 oz bottle) and maybe seal the foam with some thinned Elmer's glue to try and reduce the amount of latex used.
That's it for now...any comments or criticisms are welcome....I'll be painting it by the end of the month if all goes well.
Thanks for reading.
P.S.: After being around this place and going through dozens of threads I must say that this place has thoroughly impressed me. Everyone seems very helpful, intelligent, and mature with a nearly complete lack of trolling and in appropriate comments. Cheers to you all and to my fellow Hunters...HUZZAH. It's good to be here.
...don't worry. I'll keep it short.I've been kicking around the idea of building a Predator costume for about 2 years now. I was at work during a remodel and saw a guy walking around on construction stilts putting up ceiling tiles. My first thought was that he was about Predator height and how awesome it would be to build a full Predator costume. So I planned on buying some used football pads, then buying a mask, and gloves and then making it all somehow work. That's when I turned to the internet and, one way or the other, I ended up on a gentleman named Shawn Thorsson's website blog thingy.
Here's a link: Shawn Thorsson King of Inspiration
Lo and behold, his link led me here and to Monster Makers and thus I began my journey of creation.
Wasn't too bad was it? Anywho...I basically took his duct tape dummy idea and started there on my skin. So far I have the upper torso and finished yet unpainted. I hope to have the legs done and the torso painted soon. I'm gonna try and do everything as step-by-step as possible for my own edification and to hopefully inspire or help out a fellow Hunter....ooo...it's just cool referring to myself as a Hunter....ooooo....aaahhhh. Anywho...now on to the pics.
As you can see from the above. I put on my little leotard (must say I got some odd looks when picking up a box of liquid latex and a package that said CHEERLEADING.COM on the front from my local UPS outpost) then marked how I wanted the muscles to go in relation to my own for orientation purposes.
Then I used some foam pad and Fabri-Tac to cover the suit in the muscles to my liking.
Here's the pad that I used (from Wal-mart):
And the Fabri-Tac (also from Wal-mart):
And here's the semi-final product before adding liquid latex (Monster Makers white mask making latex):
Finally, here's after adding 5 layers or one entire gallon of liquid latex:
Next time...or when I start work on the legs...I'll use a hot glue gun (Fabri-Tac is around $7 per 4 oz bottle) and maybe seal the foam with some thinned Elmer's glue to try and reduce the amount of latex used.
That's it for now...any comments or criticisms are welcome....I'll be painting it by the end of the month if all goes well.
Thanks for reading.
P.S.: After being around this place and going through dozens of threads I must say that this place has thoroughly impressed me. Everyone seems very helpful, intelligent, and mature with a nearly complete lack of trolling and in appropriate comments. Cheers to you all and to my fellow Hunters...HUZZAH. It's good to be here.
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