So I recently got the itch to make a costume. I started off with just thinking what would be fun and stumbled upon a good looking pepakura file of the Shredder helmet. If I can find the link again I'll share it. So I started making this large paper helmet. (I work nights in a call center so there is alot of down time) Before long I had a very large paper helmet, the face mask, and the blade that wraps around the head.
So one day a friend I work with tells me about a comic book expo not to far from where we live. This puts the thought in the back of my head and I stop just thinking about this as a helmet I'm making and I start thinking of a full costume. I'm a kid that grew up in the 90's so I took a huge influence from the original cartoon, referenced some of the newer cartoons and re-watched the movies (excluding Michael Bay abomination).
I frantically started working on it. Once I made up my mind (and got my wife's approval) the cons was a little more than a month away. There was alot left to do. I started dusting off some old skills. I had to refresh myself with how to do fiberglass work and bondo and I found a new application for my dremel. I was tricked into learned the art of patience with spray paint and that with the right layers of paint you can make paper look like metal. After some failures (I had to remake the helmet blade as the first one warped and twisted very badly) I ended up with something I am very proud of. Here is my Shredder. What do you think?
http://zgarts.tumblr.com/post/128719413503/this-is-me-at-the-river-city-comic-expo-i-think-i
So one day a friend I work with tells me about a comic book expo not to far from where we live. This puts the thought in the back of my head and I stop just thinking about this as a helmet I'm making and I start thinking of a full costume. I'm a kid that grew up in the 90's so I took a huge influence from the original cartoon, referenced some of the newer cartoons and re-watched the movies (excluding Michael Bay abomination).
I frantically started working on it. Once I made up my mind (and got my wife's approval) the cons was a little more than a month away. There was alot left to do. I started dusting off some old skills. I had to refresh myself with how to do fiberglass work and bondo and I found a new application for my dremel. I was tricked into learned the art of patience with spray paint and that with the right layers of paint you can make paper look like metal. After some failures (I had to remake the helmet blade as the first one warped and twisted very badly) I ended up with something I am very proud of. Here is my Shredder. What do you think?
http://zgarts.tumblr.com/post/128719413503/this-is-me-at-the-river-city-comic-expo-i-think-i
