I've been watching playthroughs of FNaF on youtube - I've got anxiety so I can't play it myself but I love the series and all the fan theories and stuff. So much fun! I want to do a quick build of Nightmare Fredbear (character reference here) since I can concievably fit into his silhouette and I've been wanting a less cute costume for a while, so here we go!
To start off, here's a basic proportion sketch.
The arms are off since mine were too close to my body when I had the photo taken, but it kinds works, and I can adjust once I'm building. Need to enlarge the head a bit more too.
I've not done a heap yet, though I have put his eyes together, my first little foray into LEDs since school. I'd forgotten everything but thanks to help from a couple of lovely members of my local cosplay community I managed to whack together a couple of these, which I have named the Spiderweb Doom Circuits, AKA Fredbear's eyes.
Back, front and diffused. They're built inside little plastic shot glasses with the LEDs set in with epoxy putty.
I'm currently casting heaps of teeth because the costume demands a bucketload of the things, so I sculpted one, made a silicone mould, cast heaps, sanded down and filled the best six and made a box mould of them. I'm not getting many really good casts but with the number of teeth I need I'm more focused on repairing the ones I have than casting them all perfect!
Pile O' Teefs:
The rest of the costume is being built on a plain black bodysuit using EVA foam with spray rubber coating. Not sure what kind of finish I'll go for, probably just add some texture and lay the peel coat spray on heavy so it creates more imperfections. After it's all slashed up and has holes in of course. This guy will be an exercise for me in letting go of my annoying perfectionism a bit and letting it be ragged. Learning experience!
For the head, I'll have the bottom jaw resting on my shoulders and have the mouth open using my head movement. I want the jaw area to be quite rigid, I'll probably use thermoplastic for the "metal" parts. I want to have the inner jaw be visible when I open the "mouth" by tilting my head back and the inner jaw will be under my chin, so double creepy factor!
Wish me luck, eh?
To start off, here's a basic proportion sketch.
The arms are off since mine were too close to my body when I had the photo taken, but it kinds works, and I can adjust once I'm building. Need to enlarge the head a bit more too.
I've not done a heap yet, though I have put his eyes together, my first little foray into LEDs since school. I'd forgotten everything but thanks to help from a couple of lovely members of my local cosplay community I managed to whack together a couple of these, which I have named the Spiderweb Doom Circuits, AKA Fredbear's eyes.
Back, front and diffused. They're built inside little plastic shot glasses with the LEDs set in with epoxy putty.
I'm currently casting heaps of teeth because the costume demands a bucketload of the things, so I sculpted one, made a silicone mould, cast heaps, sanded down and filled the best six and made a box mould of them. I'm not getting many really good casts but with the number of teeth I need I'm more focused on repairing the ones I have than casting them all perfect!
Pile O' Teefs:
The rest of the costume is being built on a plain black bodysuit using EVA foam with spray rubber coating. Not sure what kind of finish I'll go for, probably just add some texture and lay the peel coat spray on heavy so it creates more imperfections. After it's all slashed up and has holes in of course. This guy will be an exercise for me in letting go of my annoying perfectionism a bit and letting it be ragged. Learning experience!
For the head, I'll have the bottom jaw resting on my shoulders and have the mouth open using my head movement. I want the jaw area to be quite rigid, I'll probably use thermoplastic for the "metal" parts. I want to have the inner jaw be visible when I open the "mouth" by tilting my head back and the inner jaw will be under my chin, so double creepy factor!
Wish me luck, eh?
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