The head... basic fitting using card
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Home brew silicone mold,
bucket of Ice cold water, 100% clear ''construction'' silicone, washing up liquid to act as a catalyser it sets the silicone in about an hour..
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Pollycraft SG2000 I used for the cast
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for the neck seal I used cellophane to wrap round my neck and side of my head, covered that in duct tape, pulled it off and cut into fabric templates I can used to transfer to suede fabric
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I used a zipper on the back that will be hidden by the rear head plate and neck scarf
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rear back plate thingy, just a collection of parts thrown together
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held on with magnets on the inside of the neck seal.
The leather coat was one I found on e-bay for £40 genuine leather and broke my heart to cut it all up!
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Sadly I don's have pictures as I modded it due to Photobucket not letting me have them back????? I also have no original pictures left
but what I can tell you is the screen used one looks kind of blue(ish)? I found that when you used a foam backed 120 grit bit of sand paper it removes the dye and roughs up the leather to the point it goes fluffy and ......blue! (ish) so I did that all over and it took all day!!!
I also removed all the buttons, button holes, lapels and collar, I have to make a new hem line after cutting it all up, this I had to do on a fabric sewing machine as I don't have a sewing machine for leather, to avoid damage to the machine I hand cracked the whole lot..... this to a life time but worth the extra effort..
The two tube part of it was tricky.... plastic pipe was to big and would not sit right so I didnt even bother trying with it, what I did note is rope hands nicely? so I will be using that a s a 'core'
but first I cut up 80 small sections of pipe from an old shower rail with a little pipe cutter..
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covered the rope in insulation tape (crude yes) but given the close proximity of each pipe section the tape will never be that visible and after its been weathered and matt clear coated you would never know..
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for the connecting ends I simply increased the size of each pipe section and made it thicker with the tape..
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I bonded the whole lot together and used a simple nut and bolt to hold the tubes in place that can be removed for storage... the end result is two pipes that bend nicely and also hang nicely..
Can you guess what it is yet!!
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moving on...
Boots were easy...
a pair of high top chelsea boots with the pull tabs moved to the sides
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The trousers were another difficult one, they seem quite puffy on screen not like combats or khaki type trousers...
So I used a pair of skiers trousers as they are padded and long, this will have nice over all look, I simply added the knee pad area and painted the whole lot, sealed and weathered
the only pic I have is of the knee pad....
thanks again Photobucket..
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The hands/gloves were also simple, a pair of sure grip type cloves with PVC pip cut up into half's and chipped away to look crab/bone like and bonded
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The tunic-
again.... PhotoBucket have screwed me... I didnt use parachute silk as that seems to be the source material, instead I used a silk variant mixed with polyester, its shiny and it will take weathering a lot better..
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The Blaster-
I managed to scale up a picture of the blaster after a long slog round the internet..
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I used the connecting part of a pool cue to attatch to the barrel, this way I can take it apart and trabsport it, its a long thing is this!
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Scope, to be filled and fitted
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The Belt-
Sadly more pictures missing....
I used PVC leather, it ages easy, can run it through a machine and inexpensive.
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Not a lot to see on that really, I wish PhotoBucket would let me have all my pictures back,,,, it's getting anoying!!!!!!
Back Pack-
No pictures....... can you guess why....
Gas Grenade-
made from, card pipe, ring from a folder book, bit of cable trunking... anything really
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Guys and Gals there are so many pictures missing, the details I put into the pictures told a much better story, I can only offer advise as to my journy on this, it's not 100% on point there are things that need to be improved but I can do this along the way. So far its worked out great for me and I love it so far...
I need to add the lenses into the eyes as they need to be silver but I will keep going with the little extra parts over the coming weeks, so here it is as it stands now....
Lots to do, lots to improve but its almost there..
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The pictures are little over exposed I guess... I will have so better pics end of the month, I will be at London Film and Comic Con in a few weeks at the 'Joker Squad Star Wars Group' stand...