This is what the biceps are looking like right now. 
I just have to finish up the boots which I hope to finish up mostly tonight and figure out how to put this thing together. The stomach piece actually needs elastic on it, but i can't put alot or else it won't fit like it should. I was going to connect one side to the rest of the abs and chest but I didn't want to have such a fixed torso area. All the pieces are pretty flexible just did want to put more stress on things if I didn't have to.
I just have to finish up the boots which I hope to finish up mostly tonight and figure out how to put this thing together. The stomach piece actually needs elastic on it, but i can't put alot or else it won't fit like it should. I was going to connect one side to the rest of the abs and chest but I didn't want to have such a fixed torso area. All the pieces are pretty flexible just did want to put more stress on things if I didn't have to.
vaderlbc
New Member
Are your latex/black suit pieces covering foam too? What did you use or do to get the musculature/sturdy look besides the latex?
This looks superbly awesome BTW (as many have stated) - nightwing's the best of the Bat-protégés.
thanks
and yeah there's foam underneath everything from 2mm to 6mm depending on the area
batmanbeyond96
Active Member
Any updates?
skittle76
Jr Member
It would be hard to make the sticks compress due to the shape of the end pieces, there is no room for them to slide into and still have an accuarate look to them. The nightwing set by TriForce that comes out next year and they have two different sets, one compressed and one extended. I had an idea to get them to compress some, but they wouldn't go all the way.
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batmanbeyond96
Active Member
Updates?
redhood 00
New Member
Any updates on this? Its looking great.
Yeah I still was playing around with the idea and think I figured something, but didn't get to play with it as I liked.
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Awesome man I look forward to it
More people need to try and tackle this costume.I did have an upper torso and boots that were wearable, but I wasn't exactly happy with the whole thing, as some things got rushed and I didn't meet my goal weight. So I took a break from this build to focus more on my fitness and I think by this halloween I'll have a much better version. I was happy with top, but I found better ways to do the other parts which I'll share when I have enough done. I did get a little distracted though with a dream build of mine. Heh Boba Fett kind of took over and then I just got swamped with work things. Now everything's settled out and I'm back on track I'll most likely pick this build up in the next few weeks.
As far as the latex goes I got it from mjtrends. You can get sample swatches which is great cause lets you feel it and see what kind of color you'll get as well.
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Thanks I kinda responded up earlier to gledar on this. I'm really grateful for cosplay as it's motivated me to get into better shape. I've been kind of stocky and now I'm going towards that super lean super hero look. At times I didn't feel like working on things though knowing I wouldn't look how I wanted to in them so I took a break. Plus I may rebuild some pieces as I felt like I was wearing iron man armor almost. Sculpting a full body and casting in latex would be ideal but isn't exactly in my realm right now. It's a little tough to figure how to make things sleek while using so many layers of things. I'm also trying to add strength to the costume without fiberglassing anything which involves ALOT of elastic straps everywhere on the inside so the pieces would snap back to where they were supposed to.
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