Well, I guess it's high time that I began my own build thread. Once I stopped hesitating over actually starting a build or not, I finally kicked myself off the couch (read: one of my cats REALLY wanted to lie down where I was sitting) and decided to build Kat's armor. Why? Three reasons:
1) I always end up crossplaying at conventions (this year, I'm going to the various cons as the blade-arm form of Prototype's Alex Mercer, who is very much not female) - I would like to change that
2) Blue is my favorite color, and ZOMG KAT HAZ BLU ARMORS *cough*
3) I've always made simple costumes...I want to be challenged
So, off I went to set up a good chunk of workspace in our frontroom (much to the chagrin of my boyfriend...he'll get over it ), printed out some files, and started pepping. And do mind the upcoming photos...I refuse to buy a stupid smartphone and/or andriod, so what you'll be getting are sub-par, slightly-blurry basic phone shots. We'll survive somehow. *crosses her fingers*
There's one problem I've "forgotten" to mention as of yet - although I've built model cars and figurines via pepakura...I'd never come close to building a whole suit of armor before. Oh well - back to work!
The first thing I "warmed up" on were the handplates...they seemed simple enough:
The one on on the right side of the picture has already been curved to better fit snugly to the gloves I'll be wearing. The other one, faintly marked "2", was just finished. Clearly you can tell by the hand that I was happy.
So like many a noob out there, I rationalized that since I've made handplates, I can make EVERYTHING...so I moved onto the chestpiece and helmet. :eek Here's a pic showing everything I had finished at the time...the helmet is currently in four pieces framing this picture of my ugly carpet:
Already I'm noticing something bad: the chestpiece fits me fairly well...those helmet pieces are pretty big. Uh oh. Fast forward to me finishing my helmet - hooray! I was able to fit my head in without any trouble - another uh oh - and took some pics wearing both the helmet and the chestpiece (forgive the "winter weight" I'm packing...I need to start to playing roller hockey again >_<):
Side View (the Good), and Front View (the Bad and Ugly) (not to mention the over-the-top team spirit I've got going on here...*le sigh*)
My first and only thought was....HOLY BIG HEAD MODE, BATMAN!! And that's where I stand now - me and my imaginary uber-sized head. I've resined the outside of the chestpiece, and I'm debating on if I should rondo/fiberglass or just resin/fiberglass the inside. I also need to figure out how to add the black side parts to the piece...any help on figuring that out would be insanely appreciated.
Oh yeah...and I need to scale my helmet a little bit smaller for the second helmet attempt. Surprising, I know. After that...I think I'll work on the codpiece next. Until then!
1) I always end up crossplaying at conventions (this year, I'm going to the various cons as the blade-arm form of Prototype's Alex Mercer, who is very much not female) - I would like to change that
2) Blue is my favorite color, and ZOMG KAT HAZ BLU ARMORS *cough*
3) I've always made simple costumes...I want to be challenged
So, off I went to set up a good chunk of workspace in our frontroom (much to the chagrin of my boyfriend...he'll get over it ), printed out some files, and started pepping. And do mind the upcoming photos...I refuse to buy a stupid smartphone and/or andriod, so what you'll be getting are sub-par, slightly-blurry basic phone shots. We'll survive somehow. *crosses her fingers*
There's one problem I've "forgotten" to mention as of yet - although I've built model cars and figurines via pepakura...I'd never come close to building a whole suit of armor before. Oh well - back to work!
The first thing I "warmed up" on were the handplates...they seemed simple enough:
The one on on the right side of the picture has already been curved to better fit snugly to the gloves I'll be wearing. The other one, faintly marked "2", was just finished. Clearly you can tell by the hand that I was happy.
So like many a noob out there, I rationalized that since I've made handplates, I can make EVERYTHING...so I moved onto the chestpiece and helmet. :eek Here's a pic showing everything I had finished at the time...the helmet is currently in four pieces framing this picture of my ugly carpet:
Already I'm noticing something bad: the chestpiece fits me fairly well...those helmet pieces are pretty big. Uh oh. Fast forward to me finishing my helmet - hooray! I was able to fit my head in without any trouble - another uh oh - and took some pics wearing both the helmet and the chestpiece (forgive the "winter weight" I'm packing...I need to start to playing roller hockey again >_<):
Side View (the Good), and Front View (the Bad and Ugly) (not to mention the over-the-top team spirit I've got going on here...*le sigh*)
My first and only thought was....HOLY BIG HEAD MODE, BATMAN!! And that's where I stand now - me and my imaginary uber-sized head. I've resined the outside of the chestpiece, and I'm debating on if I should rondo/fiberglass or just resin/fiberglass the inside. I also need to figure out how to add the black side parts to the piece...any help on figuring that out would be insanely appreciated.
Oh yeah...and I need to scale my helmet a little bit smaller for the second helmet attempt. Surprising, I know. After that...I think I'll work on the codpiece next. Until then!
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