New Vegas NCR Veteran Ranger WIP

[qckslvr546]

Hey, been wanting to make this character for a while but couldn't figure out how since I've never used pepakura, foam, rondo or any of that stuff lol. But then I saw Kommissar' s build (http://www.therpf.com/f24/fallout-new-vegas-ncr-veteran-ranger-finished-pg-8-a-101257/) and it really helped so I decided to try my hand at it. This is my first build and like I said first time using pepakura, foam, resin so it should be interesting lol I can usually only work on it on weekends so it's going to be kind of a slow build but my main hope is that anyone also doing this or their first build will be able to learn from my most likely many mistakes lol. Here's the character for reference.

Starting with the mask first. Cut it out using xacto knife and hot glued it together.

And made my first mistake lol Folded the ends mountain instead of valley and you end up with this

I ended up just cutting sections out to make them fit flat

Pieces all put together

Like Kommissar, I wanted to make some parts out of real stuff instead of paper so I put paper over some of the sections and added to the forehead a little so I would have to some extra room if my helmet moves around

 

[qckslvr546]

Thought I'd show some of the materials I'll be using while my resin dries.

Here's the fiberglass helmet liner Im using as the helmet instead of a paper one. Got it at an army surplus store for $10

The foam for the armor from Harbor Freight

The 1/4" foam that will be wrapped around my chest and have the armor pieces glued to it. I think it's called car roof liner foam or something.

Dark brown duck cloth for the duster. Will show a pic of the pattern when it comes in.

 

[CaptainSmith]

Good stuff so far. I'm starting to consider doing this one for myself.

 

[qckslvr546]

Good stuff so far. I'm starting to consider doing this one for myself.

Cool thanks and you should, its alot of fun.

For learning to resin or rondo I highly recommend these videos How To Make A Helmet From Pep To Finish
Since I've never used resin or rondo before and I didn't want to ruin a mask that took 2 days to make I made a quick practice one. A splicer mask from bioshock, which I've wanted to make anyway lol, and used it to practice resining and applying rondo to. Only took about 3 hours to put together but I've heard people make a shoulder pad or something small from a halo armor as a practice piece. I highly recommend doing this to get your resin/hardner, resin/bondo/hardner combinations figured out.

Here's my practice mask all resined and rondod

Everything seems to be pretty sturdy although I did add too much hardener to my first batch of rondo and it completely hardened in 10 minutes lol

Will update this weekend with a hopefully fully resined and rondod gas mask and going to try to get all the armor cut and put together.

 

[Kommissar]

nice, glad alot of my tricks i used are providing you with the right stuff to get it done.
i used around 4 1/2 yards of the duck for my coat. so depending on size, you may want around 5 yards

 

[StaggzCosplay]

nice im making one too the same way!

 

[qckslvr546]

Resined mask, rondod mask and hopefully armor tomorrow

Was going to wrap the mask around my face and put electrical wire as a hold to make it fit but decided to do it during the rondo fase instead, hope it works out lol

 

[kaffemustasj]

This is going to be exciting to follow!
I am very much looking forward to seeing your pattern for the duster!
I really want to make one of those coats

 

[iOneUpMyFriends]

Ummmm.....hey guys. Im new to anything involving costumes, but will be attending a Fallout LARP soon, and have a surplus of time on my hands due to being in highschool, and thought this would be a fun project... any suggestions on where to start?

 

[Kommissar]

Ummmm.....hey guys. Im new to anything involving costumes, but will be attending a Fallout LARP soon, and have a surplus of time on my hands due to being in highschool, and thought this would be a fun project... any suggestions on where to start?

checking my thread that's linked on the first post in this thread is a good start, i've got links to the papercraft i used for the mask, as well as places i got some of my materials.

 

[iOneUpMyFriends]

checking my thread that's linked on the first post in this thread is a good start, i've got links to the papercraft i used for the mask, as well as places i got some of my materials.

alright. how do i go about printing or whatever i do with the papercraft layout?

 

[burningman]

this is the papercraft viewer I'm using to do my NCR ranger
Pepakura Designer

 

[iOneUpMyFriends]

ok. so i got it printed and put together, what the heck next??