Man of Steel Replica WIP (New lighter blue V2 teaser sample )
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Re: Man of Steel pattern & Costume WIP (Puffy Paint Stretch TEst )
This was my first attempt at using Eldon's stencil. I design and draft patterns for a living and this one does have a few structural issues (especially with the boots)...nothing that cannot be worked around. I replaced the stencil with stretch leather and used an embroidered "S" to give it depth. Okay for a first try, but did not like working around the pre-printed design. For a basic suit, this one's okay.
This was my first attempt at using Eldon's stencil. I design and draft patterns for a living and this one does have a few structural issues (especially with the boots)...nothing that cannot be worked around. I replaced the stencil with stretch leather and used an embroidered "S" to give it depth. Okay for a first try, but did not like working around the pre-printed design. For a basic suit, this one's okay.Machineworks
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Re: Man of Steel pattern & Costume WIP (Puffy Paint Stretch TEst )
Looks Great!!!!!
Looks Great!!!!!
allprochris
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Re: Man of Steel Replica WIP (New Darker V2 Pictures )
PM sent checking status of suit. Thanks
PM sent checking status of suit. Thanks
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it was but i thing we got it down, still not 100% on the belt but looks good thus far
you did a great job with that print buddy it was one of my favorites
thanks bud
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awesome thanks for the pictures
check out 4neodesigns.com or contact sanjou he has a great base to start with really helped me put very detailed aswell
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bolteon593
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Re: Man of Steel Replica WIP (New Darker V2 Pictures )
quick question, how are you guys achieving the raised pattern on the glissnet upper fabric? I'm guessing a gel medium via silk screening?
cheers.
quick question, how are you guys achieving the raised pattern on the glissnet upper fabric? I'm guessing a gel medium via silk screening?
cheers.
Lunaman
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Re: Man of Steel Replica WIP (New Darker V2 Pictures )
Nobody's using glissnet for these replica suits. These results are from puff paint applied with a stencil, on top of dye-sublimation printed lycra.
bolteon593
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Ahhhh, alrighty then. I've seen puff paint come in spray form but my guess would be this is applied by hand using a printed stencil as a mask?
And no one has done a full on silver spandex base, glissnet upper?
Cheers again for the info, it's much appreciated.
Ahhhh, alrighty then. I've seen puff paint come in spray form but my guess would be this is applied by hand using a printed stencil as a mask?
And no one has done a full on silver spandex base, glissnet upper?
Cheers again for the info, it's much appreciated.
Lunaman
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Re: Man of Steel Replica WIP (New Darker V2 Pictures )
...eldonnaty DOES offer a full on silver spandex base, which you can see a few pages back. Which, while admirable, still wouldn't quite result in the same look as the film suits, because the point of the reflective base is to highlight and emphasize the extreme curves and edges of musculature that spandex always rides on top of, smooths over, and fails to show. It's combating the tendencies of spandex, so it can't be replaced with spandex. The reflective layer isn't just there to shine metallic in the light, it's there to create the various interior shadows against the transparent fabric layer that makes visible the kind of anatomy that normal spandex makes invisible.
Forgive the somewhat racy aspect of the example, but it's similar to the way translucent dark nylons enhance the visibility of the curves and shapes and anatomy of a woman's legs, whereas that translucent effect would not work as well if the woman had a pair of opaque leggings on underneath. Her skin is no more reflective than the legging material, but it has more complex surface contours than the spandex that just rides from high point to high point. The enhancing aspect of translucent fabric is only apparent when the light-permeable layer sits directly on top of the anatomy in question. Having the anatomy be a reflective metallic enhances the effect in a steely way that makes it look like otherworldly armor, but since people don't have reflective skin, a molded muscle layer that retained all the crevices and valleys and bulges of the intended muscular anatomy and could be colored a reflective metallic was used to butt up against the fabric layer instead.
But I digress.
Essentially yes, eldonnaty hasn't shown the process explicitly with any degree of detail, but he's using a precision cut stencil to make applying the puff paint repeatable and consistent.
No, because nobody's found a source for glissnet in blue. I've been looking into it.
...eldonnaty DOES offer a full on silver spandex base, which you can see a few pages back. Which, while admirable, still wouldn't quite result in the same look as the film suits, because the point of the reflective base is to highlight and emphasize the extreme curves and edges of musculature that spandex always rides on top of, smooths over, and fails to show. It's combating the tendencies of spandex, so it can't be replaced with spandex. The reflective layer isn't just there to shine metallic in the light, it's there to create the various interior shadows against the transparent fabric layer that makes visible the kind of anatomy that normal spandex makes invisible.
Forgive the somewhat racy aspect of the example, but it's similar to the way translucent dark nylons enhance the visibility of the curves and shapes and anatomy of a woman's legs, whereas that translucent effect would not work as well if the woman had a pair of opaque leggings on underneath. Her skin is no more reflective than the legging material, but it has more complex surface contours than the spandex that just rides from high point to high point. The enhancing aspect of translucent fabric is only apparent when the light-permeable layer sits directly on top of the anatomy in question. Having the anatomy be a reflective metallic enhances the effect in a steely way that makes it look like otherworldly armor, but since people don't have reflective skin, a molded muscle layer that retained all the crevices and valleys and bulges of the intended muscular anatomy and could be colored a reflective metallic was used to butt up against the fabric layer instead.
But I digress.
Welcome.
bolteon593
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Re: Man of Steel Replica WIP (New Darker V2 Pictures )
since you guys are awesome (5 yards of the cobalt blue on order and 2 yards of red):
Fulton's Trim: Glissnet Shear Lycra
since you guys are awesome (5 yards of the cobalt blue on order and 2 yards of red):
Fulton's Trim: Glissnet Shear Lycra
Lunaman
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Re: Man of Steel Replica WIP (New Darker V2 Pictures )
And boy howdy, that's a lot of fabric. You should need less than 3 yards for a body suit and less than 1 yard for boots. You'll certainly have plenty to work with.
Well heck, that's a great resource! Can only seem to find Royal Blue in the dropdown menu, however.
And boy howdy, that's a lot of fabric. You should need less than 3 yards for a body suit and less than 1 yard for boots. You'll certainly have plenty to work with.
6ringsguerra
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i have been there and it does not show the colors at all on their website. How did you pull it up??
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