DeadPool2
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Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!
I have finally answered the inevitable question of how to create my own shin armor. Which was not as painstaking as I thought it would be although a lot of time went into just this one shin protector. Now I have to do the other ughhh... I do have sintra sign plastic but I went the foamies route with this one just because if I messed up it would be easier to fix than trying to fix a super hard material. I am after all a newb and this is for my first pred. First I created a crappy duct tape dummie of my shin/calf/foot area.
I also reused VinMans Bicep and Shoulder Bell armor to create the base of the shin armor! I enlarged them randomly to be honest there were no exact measurements I printed each on their own piece of paper and cut it out. I fit it to the leg and I was lucky, it fit!
The enlarged bicep armor I slightly customized went in the front. There were four of these that I used. Same with the shoulder armor but that went in the back. I added a lot of my own random shapes and pieces to create a hollow calf armor thats what the sharp piece is sticking out of the back. I thought it looked really cool.
Then came the painting, I started with primer black. Then hammered rust. And I then used hammered silver. This gives it a rusty silver color to give it a great aged look.
I have this, the shoulder bells, and bicep armor done at the moment. The chest armor I will get from Mannowar that is too difficult to create for my ability. Remember this is my first time ever creating something without a template. So I went crazy and I think it came out pretty damn good. The armor does look small I agree but I am only 18 so my shins are skinny...I guess you can say this is a young Celtic predator who has yet to bulk up. Thanks for looking!
I have finally answered the inevitable question of how to create my own shin armor. Which was not as painstaking as I thought it would be although a lot of time went into just this one shin protector. Now I have to do the other ughhh... I do have sintra sign plastic but I went the foamies route with this one just because if I messed up it would be easier to fix than trying to fix a super hard material. I am after all a newb and this is for my first pred. First I created a crappy duct tape dummie of my shin/calf/foot area.
I also reused VinMans Bicep and Shoulder Bell armor to create the base of the shin armor! I enlarged them randomly to be honest there were no exact measurements I printed each on their own piece of paper and cut it out. I fit it to the leg and I was lucky, it fit!
The enlarged bicep armor I slightly customized went in the front. There were four of these that I used. Same with the shoulder armor but that went in the back. I added a lot of my own random shapes and pieces to create a hollow calf armor thats what the sharp piece is sticking out of the back. I thought it looked really cool.
Then came the painting, I started with primer black. Then hammered rust. And I then used hammered silver. This gives it a rusty silver color to give it a great aged look.
I have this, the shoulder bells, and bicep armor done at the moment. The chest armor I will get from Mannowar that is too difficult to create for my ability. Remember this is my first time ever creating something without a template. So I went crazy and I think it came out pretty damn good. The armor does look small I agree but I am only 18 so my shins are skinny...I guess you can say this is a young Celtic predator who has yet to bulk up. Thanks for looking!
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