Pacific Rim Jaeger Suits?

[Ozma]

Pacific Rim - the RPF Gallery

We took thes photos of the suits at Comic Con last year. Hope they help. They should give you all the details you need.

Thank you so much! Have been away from the forums for a while and had to check out therpf after watching the film. I'm hoping to build Mako's pilot suit and the reference pics really help. Looks like the gloves are from Peregrine:
http://theperegrine.com/product/

compared to:
http://www.therpf.com/gallery/pacific-rim/p2797-pacific-rim-jaege.html

 

[GinaC]

Dawn and I made our own off duty Jaeger pilot costumes, just to get us a Pacific rim fix while we work on the armor parts.

 

[Annisse]

Pacific Rim - the RPF Gallery

We took thes photos of the suits at Comic Con last year. Hope they help. They should give you all the details you need.

Art thank you so much for posting this gallery! Have been scoring the internet for good Mako's pics, can't seem to find any decent ones let alone high-res ones. THESE ARE SO PERFECT!!!! This is exactly how I got my SSII latex suit so close to the movies, taking a billion close up high res pics when the suit was on display at the theater at the time!

 

[Annisse]

Does anyone know where to get the what looks like carbon fiber paint or possibly laminate to add onto the armor? As seen in this photo? It's seen all throughout the suit. Better yet, anyone have any info. what this textured look was made from exactly and how it was applied?

http://www.therpf.com/gallery/pacific-rim/p2781-pacific-rim-jaege.html


Something like this maybe for automobiles....
Carbon fiber repair, wrapping, and manufacturing about us

 

[deserthunter]

Hydrodipping places sell the films. There is one here in EL Paso.

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They have several on there web site in different pattern and colors of carbon. Think it is like $49 a sheet

 

[InCOGnito B2TE]

Does anyone know where to get the what looks like carbon fiber paint or possibly laminate to add onto the armor? As seen in this photo? It's seen all throughout the suit. Better yet, anyone have any info. what this textured look was made from exactly and how it was applied?

http://www.therpf.com/gallery/pacific-rim/p2781-pacific-rim-jaege.html


Something like this maybe for automobiles....
Carbon fiber repair, wrapping, and manufacturing about us

What they seem to do with effects like this is spray an under coat, in this case the charcoal black, then they place a stencil on top and spray a light silver coat.

 

[Annisse]

I really want to go with a film laminate overlay approach but dang at those prices yeah, I might need to go with the stencil route.

 

[laellee]

You can look into patterned leggings (fishnets).... I've used different styles to mimic everything from dragon scales to rattlesnake skin. It's just a matter of spraying your base color, then stretching the fabric over the piece, followed by spraying on your accent color(s). It can take some experimenting, but the results can be pretty stunning.
If you look in that posted pic, the pattern changes size, being larger around the upper leg while still fairly tight at the ankle. That's exactly what can happen when you pull the nylons over an unevenly-shaped object; the bigger the piece, the more the stretch, the bigger the pattern. Anyways, just a suggestion.

 

[Annisse]

You can look into patterned leggings (fishnets).... I've used different styles to mimic everything from dragon scales to rattlesnake skin. It's just a matter of spraying your base color, then stretching the fabric over the piece, followed by spraying on your accent color(s). It can take some experimenting, but the results can be pretty stunning.
If you look in that posted pic, the pattern changes size, being larger around the upper leg while still fairly tight at the ankle. That's exactly what can happen when you pull the nylons over an unevenly-shaped object; the bigger the piece, the more the stretch, the bigger the pattern. Anyways, just a suggestion.

That's an excellent idea! Thank you!

 

[laellee]

That's an excellent idea! Thank you!

It turns out somebody has also made an instructables with the technique as well; it's got some good examples of the achievable effects:

"UPDATED w/Videos" How to spray paint snake skin scales on anything

 

[Annisse]

Very nice! Thanks for the link!

It turns out somebody has also made an instructables with the technique as well; it's got some good examples of the achievable effects:

"UPDATED w/Videos" How to spray paint snake skin scales on anything

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