Knight Falcon
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Hey guys! Long time, no see. College has got me down and jam packed with studying so I don't have as much time as I used to for cosplay devotion. Anyway, this has been a long standing side project that is finally, but slowly, starting to look pretty awesome (in my opinion anyway). My main reasoning for this suit was to make an armored suit for Batman that looks more agile and flexible.
The original inspiration was how the New 52 suit is sort of divided by cool looking lines, so I started from there, turning the lines into where the armor was separated.
I didn't want to spend much money, so I am using a lycra jumpsuit that I had already used for a previous, and hastily put together, terrible Batsuit. (I just slapped on a bat symbol.)
I wanted the oval look, rather than the most common black only symbol. The bat will be detachable from the suit so that I can zip up the suit. That also breaks the zip line so that it looks better.
Also I added foam armor pieces since then. and It looks WAY better.
Sorry for my foot being in the picture... I hate that but I'm too lazy to crop.
Multicolored foam packs were cheaper so it starts to look rainbowish.
ALSO note that I am using a mesh under the foam so that it has more dimension. If you look closely. And that was free as it's that window screen/mesh stuff that you use to keep weeds out of your garden. We just had it lying around at my great grandfathers house.
One side is lightly plastidipped. I cover up the zipper so that It doesn't get screwed up.
Now both sides are plastidipped lightly on the torso! I ran out of spray so I'm going to need to add at least another layer on the suit.
Yes I know that the plastidip on the fabric will make it more stiff and less flexible, and probably not as breathable, but it looks awesome. The tape mannequin is my size so it shouldn't be too far off.
I plan on finishing up the legs at some point soon and applying plastidip there as well. The Legs will be a somewhat Dark Knight pattern.
More to come soon.
Any comments, questions, or critiques? I love to hear back from you guys when I'm working on a project!
Thanks for your time!
The original inspiration was how the New 52 suit is sort of divided by cool looking lines, so I started from there, turning the lines into where the armor was separated.
I didn't want to spend much money, so I am using a lycra jumpsuit that I had already used for a previous, and hastily put together, terrible Batsuit. (I just slapped on a bat symbol.)
I wanted the oval look, rather than the most common black only symbol. The bat will be detachable from the suit so that I can zip up the suit. That also breaks the zip line so that it looks better.
Also I added foam armor pieces since then. and It looks WAY better.
Sorry for my foot being in the picture... I hate that but I'm too lazy to crop.
Multicolored foam packs were cheaper so it starts to look rainbowish.
ALSO note that I am using a mesh under the foam so that it has more dimension. If you look closely. And that was free as it's that window screen/mesh stuff that you use to keep weeds out of your garden. We just had it lying around at my great grandfathers house.
One side is lightly plastidipped. I cover up the zipper so that It doesn't get screwed up.
Now both sides are plastidipped lightly on the torso! I ran out of spray so I'm going to need to add at least another layer on the suit.
Yes I know that the plastidip on the fabric will make it more stiff and less flexible, and probably not as breathable, but it looks awesome. The tape mannequin is my size so it shouldn't be too far off.
I plan on finishing up the legs at some point soon and applying plastidip there as well. The Legs will be a somewhat Dark Knight pattern.
More to come soon.
Any comments, questions, or critiques? I love to hear back from you guys when I'm working on a project!
Thanks for your time!
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