aimeekitty
Active Member
Hey guys, I'm mostly a soft costumer but I do a little minor modding and some resin and casting work and a little foam armor work.
I'd like to learn more about other techniques for doing armor to attach to a suit. I'm curious, since you guys do a lot of armor suits and batman-style suits, what you would recommend me to consider. I'm talking about things like bicep-musculature-looking armor... or calf-peices, or abdominal musculature armor,... that sort of thing. I'd love to learn some new methods if they're within my means, but I'm not sure what direction to look in.
I'm slowly working on a Vampire Hunter D Amano-style outfit.
SIDENOTE: I'm a girl.
I'd love some advice on making this costume WORK for me even though I'm relatively hippy. I'm hoping that perhaps the armor and cape, etc, will help with the overall look, though I'm not expecting to really PASS as a guy (though I will be strapping down the ladies.)
Here's a couple inspiration pics to start off:
A few pics of my progress so far.
This is the original sculpt I did for left hand
and then this is the hollow latex final
This is the resin cast belt buckle I did based on the image below it.
This is the resin cast "charm" for D's hat.
based on this image:
Then here is the WIP fosshape hat and part of the arm jewelry
Here is the mostly completed breastplates (resin cast + gems), arm jewelry and hat.
how the same hand guard (arm jewelry) looks like on:
Shoulder paldron, resin. (first try with this method, (ie using stiffer rtv brushed onto the original + mother mold.... and then using stiffer resin brushed into the mold))
This is part of the WIP cape. silk painted by me.
based on this image:
Then lastly, this is the sword that my good friend Derek made for me. I adore it.
WIP with me. (i'm 6' tall, so you can imagine the size of the sword...)
and then the mostly completed sword:
I'd like to learn more about other techniques for doing armor to attach to a suit. I'm curious, since you guys do a lot of armor suits and batman-style suits, what you would recommend me to consider. I'm talking about things like bicep-musculature-looking armor... or calf-peices, or abdominal musculature armor,... that sort of thing. I'd love to learn some new methods if they're within my means, but I'm not sure what direction to look in.
I'm slowly working on a Vampire Hunter D Amano-style outfit.
SIDENOTE: I'm a girl.
I'd love some advice on making this costume WORK for me even though I'm relatively hippy. I'm hoping that perhaps the armor and cape, etc, will help with the overall look, though I'm not expecting to really PASS as a guy (though I will be strapping down the ladies.)Here's a couple inspiration pics to start off:
A few pics of my progress so far.
This is the original sculpt I did for left hand
and then this is the hollow latex final
This is the resin cast belt buckle I did based on the image below it.
This is the resin cast "charm" for D's hat.
based on this image:
Then here is the WIP fosshape hat and part of the arm jewelry
Here is the mostly completed breastplates (resin cast + gems), arm jewelry and hat.
how the same hand guard (arm jewelry) looks like on:
Shoulder paldron, resin. (first try with this method, (ie using stiffer rtv brushed onto the original + mother mold.... and then using stiffer resin brushed into the mold))
This is part of the WIP cape. silk painted by me.
based on this image:
Then lastly, this is the sword that my good friend Derek made for me. I adore it.
WIP with me. (i'm 6' tall, so you can imagine the size of the sword...)
and then the mostly completed sword:
