mackle89
Well-Known Member
Well I finally have something to contribute! I'd really only consider this my second costume build, certain things were hand made, but everything was heavily modified, like changing the design or in most cases adding a lot of "wear" or discoloration to make everything look more authentic. It was definitely a fun build as it was my first time working with foam, and making a cast for a latex prosthetic! I got to wear it to Wizard World Minneapolis here in MN this past weekend and we had a blast! A lot of people loved my costume! I had a lot more "in progress" build pics but sadly the sd card on my phone got messed up and I lost like half of them :/ I will list the pics I have and a brief description what I did, or used them for. But here you go, hope you all enjoy it! I know I did!
Made the eyepatch myself out of a piece of foam, some leather and deerskin lace
knee brace
boots...
The arm gauntlet things are made from a plastic for sale sign to give it some sturdiness, then covered with foam for a little more thickness and wrapped in fabric, the diamond dogs patch can be found on ebay
The shrapnel "horn" was sculpted out of clay then cast with latex brushed into the mold then painted
Glove is made from a leather glove I had from a previous costume, simply cut the fingers off, stole a strap from a winter glove and sewed it on
Sadly as I said I lost a lot of the in progress pics, especially for the cybernetic arm, which I am pretty proud of being my first time working with foam for a build.
The SPIE harness was made by a member here, The Ronin, cannot recommend this enough, he did a terrific job!
The olive-tan with black tiger stripes camo doesn't really exist so I basically made my own, I used these as a base
and using dyes and watered down acrylic paints turned it into these so they are more accurate, I am pretty happy with how they turned out
Swat vest, gi style OD belt, pistol holster, shemaugh, and canteen
Back pic with butt pack
As a last minute costume my friend came as a grunt I could beat up
This concept art, along with various screen shots is what I was going for
And this is what I ended with, I'm happy with how it turned out
Made the eyepatch myself out of a piece of foam, some leather and deerskin lace
knee brace
boots...
The arm gauntlet things are made from a plastic for sale sign to give it some sturdiness, then covered with foam for a little more thickness and wrapped in fabric, the diamond dogs patch can be found on ebay
The shrapnel "horn" was sculpted out of clay then cast with latex brushed into the mold then painted
Glove is made from a leather glove I had from a previous costume, simply cut the fingers off, stole a strap from a winter glove and sewed it on
Sadly as I said I lost a lot of the in progress pics, especially for the cybernetic arm, which I am pretty proud of being my first time working with foam for a build.
The SPIE harness was made by a member here, The Ronin, cannot recommend this enough, he did a terrific job!
The olive-tan with black tiger stripes camo doesn't really exist so I basically made my own, I used these as a base
and using dyes and watered down acrylic paints turned it into these so they are more accurate, I am pretty happy with how they turned out
Swat vest, gi style OD belt, pistol holster, shemaugh, and canteen
Back pic with butt pack
As a last minute costume my friend came as a grunt I could beat up
This concept art, along with various screen shots is what I was going for
And this is what I ended with, I'm happy with how it turned out
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