re: ** New Members: Please Introduce Yourselves Here! **
Hi, all...
First, I want to admit to being guilty of "posting before lurking". My enthusiasm got the best of me!
I'm a graphic artist (web designer) that's always had an interest in movies and special effects. My "expertise" lies in the area of special makeup effects - mainly because it's a lot easier to create a convincing rotting zombie than create an accurate full-body costume. Also, my propensity to ignore the "measure twice, cut once" method (I'm more the "eyeball it, and adjust as you proceed") has *not* served me well for accurate renditions.
My one foray into an actual costume build was to create a C-3PO costume a loooong time ago. I fabricated the entire thing from "found" materials, using a few blurry snapshots from the movie as reference. All in all, it was acceptable for the time period it was build (pre-Jurassic).
I found this place via Google, looking for a Geordie LeForge visor - and when I started browsing around I was literally blown away. I'm hoping to learn a lot from you guys, and hopefully I'll discover something I can share as I make my builds.
Halloween has always been a favorite holiday for us. We have the reputation in our town for having the "Coolest House in Town". I was wondering what we could do to out-do last year. I can always fall back on the horror stuff - but if I can build an Iron Man costume, how cool will that be?
Thanks to the owners of this board for creating it! I wish I had found it a long time ago!
WarPig