Goodnight29
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Hello everyone!
I have been working on this project for a few weeks now. I got it in my head to make a Batman inspired Sith suit. I have seen the Darth Vader/Batman combination and wanted to try something a little different. I see this as a combination of Kylo Ren/Batman (Maybe Batman Beyond??) as well as a few other elements thrown in.
I started at the cowl. I found a file for a futuristic Batman and thought this would serve my purposes well. The sides and back are foam. My original thought was to get a higher quality plastic and dye it black for the visor. But I am on a budget and didn't know how well I could do it. So I took a leap and made the visor out of a 2 liter bottle cut and formed to shape. To make it black I put a black layer of window film. (I apologize I don't have any pictures before this initial part was complete.)
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It might be be hard to tell from the pics, but I didn't like how the edges met up with the visor. It was a bit rough. So to fix this I decided to add a thinner layer of foam on top to even it up.




I also cut a design into the sides to make it a little more interesting. Unfortunately, this would come back to bite me as I also decided to color those lines red. This made it a bit difficult to color the cowl black and only those lines red. I was stubborn and decided I wasn't going to start over. It actually came out pretty sharp and clean.




I added plasti-dip and then went to work on the color. I went with a shinier black instead of a matte black. For the paint I used a black and red car spray paint intended for a Honda. I like the shinier look to it myself. Gives it more of a reflection.
With the cowl done I started working on the rest of the armor. I found a file that was fairly sleek and that I liked. I made the chest pieces out of a ticker foam and the abs out of a thinner foam. I finished those today and plan on adding plasti-dip soon.

I've also made the shoulder armor and will add pics of that soon as well. After I pasti-dip everything I'm also going to be making some gauntlets.
I will add more as I finish it up.
I have been working on this project for a few weeks now. I got it in my head to make a Batman inspired Sith suit. I have seen the Darth Vader/Batman combination and wanted to try something a little different. I see this as a combination of Kylo Ren/Batman (Maybe Batman Beyond??) as well as a few other elements thrown in.
I started at the cowl. I found a file for a futuristic Batman and thought this would serve my purposes well. The sides and back are foam. My original thought was to get a higher quality plastic and dye it black for the visor. But I am on a budget and didn't know how well I could do it. So I took a leap and made the visor out of a 2 liter bottle cut and formed to shape. To make it black I put a black layer of window film. (I apologize I don't have any pictures before this initial part was complete.)
.


It might be be hard to tell from the pics, but I didn't like how the edges met up with the visor. It was a bit rough. So to fix this I decided to add a thinner layer of foam on top to even it up.




I also cut a design into the sides to make it a little more interesting. Unfortunately, this would come back to bite me as I also decided to color those lines red. This made it a bit difficult to color the cowl black and only those lines red. I was stubborn and decided I wasn't going to start over. It actually came out pretty sharp and clean.




I added plasti-dip and then went to work on the color. I went with a shinier black instead of a matte black. For the paint I used a black and red car spray paint intended for a Honda. I like the shinier look to it myself. Gives it more of a reflection.
With the cowl done I started working on the rest of the armor. I found a file that was fairly sleek and that I liked. I made the chest pieces out of a ticker foam and the abs out of a thinner foam. I finished those today and plan on adding plasti-dip soon.

I've also made the shoulder armor and will add pics of that soon as well. After I pasti-dip everything I'm also going to be making some gauntlets.
I will add more as I finish it up.
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