Ninja turtle suit, working mouth

[zen aku]

sir by far this is the best costume ive seen made ever and from any form of props building i hope yo get these finished and worked out ied totaly order one if you get a price tag on these babies keep up the awsome work

 

[Max Jenius]

I hope to see this new suit finished soon too! Looks amazing!

 

[Deck star]

Here is the beginning of the muscle suit sculpt, I am making patterns and building a few at once, in case anyone wants one of these costumes or they're bound to be useful for other costume builds.

I'm doing a Batman next so I will use a similar muscle pattern for him.

 

[EyeofSauron]

what are those muscle pads made out of? just curious

your build is awesome btw

 

[Deck star]

Thanks, I carve the muscles out of upholstery foam.

 

[TigerStoneFX]

I love seeing turtle suits! Especially done with so much attention to detail. Great texturing on the sculpts. Can't wait to see one of these painted up!

Nat.

 

[Deck star]

Here is another shot of the arm muscles after some more carving,

 

[Deck star]

Here is the making of the shell, quite an enjoyable process.

It starts with foam that I glue to be the shape.

Then I carve the edge details and shell sections.

I add a bit more foam to raise the individual sections,

Then after I carve in the rest of the details it is ready to be coated in latex.

 

[thegreatgalling]

Simply amazing, great job as always man.

 

[Darkson]

That shell is amazing. Great work.

 

[TigerStoneFX]

Using upholstery foam instead of foam latex is very inventive and seems to work just as well for mobility and look. This is a great costume man, thanks for the WIP pics!

Nat.

 

[Deck star]

This was a moment I was looking forward to, the first fitting of the hands and trying the finger movement. Check out this video!
hands - YouTube
Very excited to get these painted up now.

 

[Eisso]

This is incredible, reading through the thread I saw about the earth quakes. I was only visiting there from the western Island (Australia) a week before the quakes hit and so considered myself very fortunate. You can be sure that I've subscribed to this thread. Amazing work

 

[Eisso]

Sorry meant to also ask if you sell the eyes separate, I have a turtle head like the 6:13 concepts one and for display would love some eyes?

 

[Deck star]

Thanks guys, it's all happening quite fast now, here is the shell after painting,

I'll be making more eyes very soon and will take pics, I'm happy to discuss making them available for RPF members. Also I came up with a new idea to update the teeth so I'm looking forward to trying that out soon.

P.S it is still shaking here 1 year after the 1st quake hit. It is more unusual to have a day where there is not an aftershock that rattles the walls. I'm just glad I am making rubber suits not blowing glass or shooting stop motion. :lol

 

[TigerStoneFX]

Fantastic!

 

[Deck star]

ok as promised here is how I make the eyes, starting with a sheet of clear acrylic then blow forming into a dome.

nturtleeyes - YouTube

Then I stick in a flat iris from behind with putty so as to give the impression of a cornea.

This gives the eyes a depth and is just another detail that helps sell the whole fantasy.

 

[Eisso]

Cheers for that, Deck Star

 

[Deck star]

And here is how I made the teeth, using a buck to vacuform the teeth in one piece then trim them out and attach into place.

 

[TMNT VAN]

This is AWESOME!!!