Garo Predator
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Looks great julie! Soo thats who bought those painted gaunts lol. Can't wait to see this costume completed!
The Lady Arbitrator's new AVP suit for 2009
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Ei luj
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Ronin, Garo, Martin, TiaJa,
Many thanks gonna need luck on some parts (latexing!), but it will all work out.
Garo, interesting story...
I saw those painted gauntlets and somebody else got them, then that buyer later on had the armor set for sale, and those gaunts were in with it.. what caught my eye was the wicked blades
gotta get back to work
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Ei'luj
Many thanks gonna need luck on some parts (latexing!), but it will all work out.
Garo, interesting story...
I saw those painted gauntlets and somebody else got them, then that buyer later on had the armor set for sale, and those gaunts were in with it.. what caught my eye was the wicked blades
gotta get back to work
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Ei'luj
TuaCathach
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looks good.. best of luck with finishing it off...
Ei luj
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Many thanks, Tuath
I started on the mask, I'm using this one because I can't find a bio to fit the other one I have...
Many thanks to Silverado for the mask, Bovine13 for the bone dreads, and Bambooie for the foam dreads & dread rings
It came with backer rods in it, and some foam dreads (Casey's?), so I am taking the backer rod off and installing the bone dreads and 'booies....
Here's a couple "before" pictures, first one has a bone dread set there for reference... I'm also gonna take the mandibles off to paint them and do a little dentistry on 'em
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Ei'luj
Ei luj
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its a good feeling, having backup; I got a whole army wit' me.... Bad Bloods beware yup, feels like my birfday every time I get a package, more Pred goodies
Hands coming in from Britain, many thanks to Tuath for being the advance scout and putting the notice up in Online Auctions
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Ei'luj
strugglingrunt
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Ei luj
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They're a little stiffer than Bambooies, so they will go on certain spots on the mask where there isn't a small bend radius....
Maybe I could put stiff wire in them near the root so they would bend right.
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Ei'luj
Ei luj
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Ok, heres a small update
I got all the dreads out of the mask; the trick to removing dreads is cut it as close as possible to the head with an exacto knife, then push the stub through to the inside.
There was very little area that needed filling, maybe an inch at most, so I scrounged around for foam and found a couple 3/8" thick pieces.
I used Dap Weldwood to glue them together and then stuck it in the mask.....
I tried it on and it fit like a glove
BUT...... my hearing aids started a chorus loud enough to wake the dead
I'm deaf without 'em, so leaving them out is not an option
So I thought and stewed and thought and.... AHA, I remembered UltimateHunter's thread about "Do Preds have ears", and thanks to Roninpred's post and pix, I had the solution... cut an oval and put some brown fabric behind it and touch up the cut edges with brown paint.
I know it should be pinkish, so I'll scrounge around for that color material.
I still have to tweak it, make the holes larger... those little stinkers still squeal
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Ei'luj
I got all the dreads out of the mask; the trick to removing dreads is cut it as close as possible to the head with an exacto knife, then push the stub through to the inside.
There was very little area that needed filling, maybe an inch at most, so I scrounged around for foam and found a couple 3/8" thick pieces.
I used Dap Weldwood to glue them together and then stuck it in the mask.....
I tried it on and it fit like a glove
BUT...... my hearing aids started a chorus loud enough to wake the dead
I'm deaf without 'em, so leaving them out is not an option
So I thought and stewed and thought and.... AHA, I remembered UltimateHunter's thread about "Do Preds have ears", and thanks to Roninpred's post and pix, I had the solution... cut an oval and put some brown fabric behind it and touch up the cut edges with brown paint.
I know it should be pinkish, so I'll scrounge around for that color material.
I still have to tweak it, make the holes larger... those little stinkers still squeal
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Ei'luj
predator666
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Clever idea! Like the look of the elongated manibles.
Paintninja
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Fantastic, can't wait to see it in person!
Ei luj
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Paintinja,
the gods willing, you shall.... even if I have to drive crosscountry to do it (am nutty enuf to do it too )
I've got an update, it was nice and sunny this weekend for a change (errgh, the three days before were misty and rainy) so I started the larger paint job... the skin...
(yeh, I chickened out (bawk, bawk, baaaaawk) and didn't latex it)
Here's the sequence of the paintup, all the paints are Createx Transparent Airbrush paints, that are heat-settable.
I didn't dilute them this time, I wanted the colors to show thru the mesh better
Sand base color, Light Brown stripes, back view It took 12 ounces total of the Sand
front view
Dark Brown added, plus LOTSA DOTS, front view
Back view
Added orange to match the mask, back view
Front
I finished up just as it was getting dusk, now I have to let it dry for 48 hours, then peel it off and heat set it.
(To do this, you turn it inside out, stuff it loosely with terry towels from Home Depot, then put another terry towel over the spot to be treated, then iron it for two minutes.
Move on to the next spot and repeat till you've done the WHOOOOLE thing.... )
While its drying I will experiment on a scrap piece of material (sleeves are too long and need trimming) to see if I can figure a way of adding texture
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Ei'luj
the gods willing, you shall.... even if I have to drive crosscountry to do it
(am nutty enuf to do it too )I've got an update, it was nice and sunny this weekend for a change (errgh, the three days before were misty and rainy) so I started the larger paint job... the skin...
(yeh, I chickened out (bawk, bawk, baaaaawk) and didn't latex it)
Here's the sequence of the paintup, all the paints are Createx Transparent Airbrush paints, that are heat-settable.
I didn't dilute them this time, I wanted the colors to show thru the mesh better
Sand base color, Light Brown stripes, back view It took 12 ounces total of the Sand
front view
Dark Brown added, plus LOTSA DOTS, front view
Back view
Added orange to match the mask, back view
Front
I finished up just as it was getting dusk, now I have to let it dry for 48 hours, then peel it off and heat set it.
(To do this, you turn it inside out, stuff it loosely with terry towels from Home Depot, then put another terry towel over the spot to be treated, then iron it for two minutes.
Move on to the next spot and repeat till you've done the WHOOOOLE thing.... )
While its drying I will experiment on a scrap piece of material (sleeves are too long and need trimming) to see if I can figure a way of adding texture
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Ei'luj
Garo Predator
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Ooh nice! Costume is coming along well!
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