"PROMETHEUS" costume build.. Need some suggestions.

[Jathoris]

Couple Q's.. Do they have 2 different suits? In the face cave pics the material almost looks more cloth-like and solid blue. Then in other shots, (Shaw) it's more of plastic scale-like print on something that resembles a wet suit. Also the piping on the arms and torso seems to go from matching blue to that neon color. So, I'm confused. Does anyone have any screen grabs of the other suits that can be seen when the initially set out to explore? There's a quick shot of one character walking down the ramp next to one of the vehicles. To me it looks a lot like the suits worn in armegeddon.

*editing myself.. After a quick look, yes, there seems to be two suits and they have many differences. The entire chest piece and torso areas are very different. *

 

[nicktello94]

about the dome, ive been to the studio where the costumes were built, and they had to do each dome in 2 parts as an all in 2 dome wasn't possible to get anywhere. i believe both halves were vacuum formed. as for the bodysuit, either you could have the design printed for you and sew the bodysuit yourself, or you could try looking at one of these superhero cosplay costume websites, who usually have some blank suits.

looking forward to seeing your work good luck

Very helpful. I was able to find a few sites that explain how to vacuum form plastic in your kitchen, doesn't seem too hard, it's relatively cheap, the most difficult part will be making a base for the pieces.
Vacuumforming Plastic

 

[Temperance]

Some ideas for your dome... try a garden Cloche: Garden Cloches | TheGardenCloche.com

Or here: eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices

 

[wulwhite]

Hi,for the dome,what about to use Optically Clear Liquid Plastic,like Crystal Clear® Optically Clear Casting Resin from Smooth-On, Inc ?

 

[traci559]

I am very curious...how did the pepakura go?

 

[SamBell]

I'm thinking of doing this as my first prop/costume ever. Here's a source I found for some arcyllic domes:

Oval Acrylic Domes

Not sure of the dimensions though. If we had any kind of a reference, I think we'd be in a good spot.

 

[Captain April]

I have seen the film, and I think my model is close to the correct size which is 22" H x 16" W. Those Oval domes look like they could work. Good luck, very cool project.

 

[phase pistol]

Not sure if the helmet gets pin-headed at the top or not, it could just be a trick of perspective.

Odd that Noomi and Charlize are wearing a different type of suit with the short chestplate and the orange cooling tubes. It's not a female thing, because Ford is also wearing the regular blue suit with long chestplate.

 

[Captain April]

I read in an interview with the designer of the suits, that the orange ribbed suit is the under suit and the all blue suit is an extra protective over suit with larger armor parts. Both are cool but I think the blue suit will be easier to reproduce. The helmet is the same for both.

 

[SamBell]

Hi All -

A bit of an update from the manufacturers of that oval dome I had passed on: the maximum height on the 16" x 20" - which according to Captain April best approximates the Prometheus helmet - is 8"

I can't tell for the life of me if that would be enough, as sadly, there exists no head size chart for individual actors....yet.

 

[Soulinertia]

Average human head is 6" x 9". The height of the dome must be half the long dimension to get that perfect circle profile. I estimate the measurements for the helmet somewhere between 11-12" w x 16" t, requiring an 8" height.

I've made quite a few measurements from many various pics and screen grabs. Comes out the same every time.

I'm contemplating building one myself.

Hope this helps you on your endeavor:

 

[SamBell]

That's some great, on-your-feet thinking, Souli.

 

[Jathoris]

Did you ever happen to grab/create pep files?

 

[Riceball]

I read in an interview with the designer of the suits, that the orange ribbed suit is the under suit and the all blue suit is an extra protective over suit with larger armor parts. Both are cool but I think the blue suit will be easier to reproduce. The helmet is the same for both.

I agree, I think that the all blue suit would be easier to reproduce and probably a bit more comfortable too. The orange ribbed suit seems to be made of some sort slick and glossy looking material with a carbon fiber like pattern printed on it. I'm not sure what material it's made of but looking at close ups of it I'm willing to be that it's not all that breathable.

 

[Jathoris]

I agree, I think that the all blue suit would be easier to reproduce and probably a bit more comfortable too. The orange ribbed suit seems to be made of some sort slick and glossy looking material with a carbon fiber like pattern printed on it. I'm not sure what material it's made of but looking at close ups of it I'm willing to be that it's not all that breathable.

Yeah, it's basically a beautiful skin tight rubberish wetsuit and although the actors can move in them because they designed them so well, the material itself doesn't look that friendly to wear so elbows, knees etc, anywhere that bends, they have a different material in that spot. Not to mention, if you're a guy... well.. there's a reason there aren't too many shots of the gents wearing the blue and orange ones. :lol (which I find funny because the boys can and ooh and ahh over the ladies being in a skin tight costume but are kill joys for the ladies...Just sayin). But it is something to keep in mind that there very few shots of males in that particular suit as the all blues are more standard for all crew. Don't let us talk you out of it though. They're fantastic looking suits and would love to see someone take that on but if comfort is something you're considering, go with the blue.

 

[buttface]

anyone thought of how to make the chestpate? would a foam build work for this? I'm making this as my fist costume so its fairly ambitious.. im onna go with the above for the oval dome, as it aint to expensive. can anyone give any advice on how to do the lighting?

 

[Jathoris]

I'm building mine out of foam. I've made a costume with a very similar collar and it's not too difficult to do with the foam mats. Not to mention, it's almost the same thickness and i'm going to do the layers with the standard thin foam sheets. As far as the lighting goes, I'm using the amber (couldn't find a good bright yellow, though white with a small piece of gel over it would work) 96CM LED Flexible Car Strip Light Blue - Tmart.com
Running that from one of the veritcal strips from one side/back of the head, around to the front and back up the other side like field goal posts.

 

[SamBell]

It occurred to me that foam would do a good job as well. I think the tricky part is having your helmet design locked down before you move forward.

This may sound stupid, but is there a good tutorial anywhere about building armor with foam? I know the materials that I need, but I've got no experience whatsoever with construction. I spotted a great Mass Effect N7 suit thread that revealed some good techniques, but I don't know if the RPF has anything "sanctioned" that's a good go-to?

Sorry to have been "that guy" in this thread, but I'm just starting out after lurking here for two years.

 

[Jathoris]

It's no problem. You can do a specific search or look through the some of the pages here in the costume section. There's a ton of helpful tutorials and progress pics/videos of how people work with foam. A number of iron man builds are using pep files and just using the foam as their medium. Basically create your templates, see how you want things to go together, use a sharp, or one of the heated hobby knives and cut out your designs, and most heavy duty glues or hot glue (actually works great) it together, and a heat gun works wonders to shape your pieces and so on. There's also some great advise for sealing the foam different ways to achieve different looks when you go to paint it. Plastidip is frquently used and now that someone has figured out how to hard coat the foam, we can now make things look like they were made out of a completely different medium. There's honestly so much great information on here, if you get stumped on something specific we can point you in a better direction.

 

[buttface]

Thanks for the advice on the lighting
Yeah I think the helmet is gonna be the hardest to nail down but I reckon once you get that the rest will flow easily enough, its my first costume and foam seems to be one of the easier methods of creation for this, I think a garden noche could work really well with this. Cut 2 properly and stick them together.. Has anyone thought of how to attach the helmet securely? And cheaply for that matter?