First build progress, Gears of war inspired armor (pic heavy)

[jinxkwb]

Here is my first foam build progress. One if my COG style armor and the other is for my wife. These are still in progress.

After sealing:

Female Armor:

With some paint...

Shoulder pads:

Belt buckle fronts

Almost finished male armor with shoulder pads... Needs detail painting

You gotta add LEDs...

Back of Male Armor:

Female and male armor together

Female Front... with LEDs of course... (my camera doesnt like red...)

Female Back:

I have more pics of the start of our gloves, boots and other parts, but this is pic heavy enough.

 

[briciius]

that is a ******* good start for a first foam build man xD

 

[Inheritor95]

Looking good!

 

[jinxkwb]

Thanks, I'm working on the boots now. I'm going with more of a shin guard type covering for now. I don't have a pair of boots I'm willing to build around. I'll post more as I go.

 

[briciius]

if you can wait there is a thread with awesome boots. i have to go to work but i may find it tonight

 

[BuildsByBaz]

How did you talk your wife into this!!? I'm sure mine just rolls here eyes at my Iron Man pep....

awesome work BTW.

 

[jinxkwb]

How did you talk your wife into this!!? I'm sure mine just rolls here eyes at my Iron Man pep....

awesome work BTW.

Haha, she actually plays Halo and Gears with me. She's a huge halo fan. Wasnt very hard to convince her. Though she did say she was going to build hers... and I've ended up doing all the work... hmmm... lol

 

[jinxkwb]

if you can wait there is a thread with awesome boots. i have to go to work but i may find it tonight

I've seen some pretty awesome boots that others have made. Although I dont like the bulky big boot look. I've looked at hundreds of pictures from the games and action figures. Looking at some of the models and figures they look more like a normal boot with pieces attached to them, so that's kinda the look I'm going for. I've already started the build and began a quick paint. My wives covers look pretty good this far, mine are not a cool. Figures...

I have a few photos of the progress..

Here is a shot of what mine will look like...

Here's a shot of what hers will look like...

I also did some gloves... and some arm braces for her, again, most of this stuff have basic paint sill needs detailing.

More to come, any suggestions please feel free.

I still need to get another lancer for my wife. I have one that I "repaired" off ebay, but still need another prop for her.

 

[Elitesweets]

This is ballin'. Nice so far!

 

[jinxkwb]

I need some help from the ladies who have done Anya or any female gear. I'm trying to figure out the best thing for the "hip pads" I've seen a few people make them, but I'd like to know where they started, what they bought and so on. Or i'm just gonna find some small pillows and shove them into my wifes belt, lol

 

[briciius]

as i promise you here you can look the skull81' build

i find it very awesom, and the guy is very cool

here the boot i've talk :

and here the link oh the thread : http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/36910-My-First-GOW-Carmine-build!!!/page4

good watching and sorry for my english xD

 

[PigBenis]

Im already damn jelous of ur foam skills and its a pitty that u dont do a tut aswell ( there are many tuts but not enough )

I love your work so far

 

[jinxkwb]

Im already damn jelous of ur foam skills and its a pitty that u dont do a tut aswell ( there are many tuts but not enough )

I love your work so far

This is probably the first two of many. I've learned a lot as I've gone. I'll tell you one that that I have learned about using pepakura for foam. It doesnt work well unless you make the unfold foam friendly, im most cases it requires editing the 3d model first. Which I found it to be easier to just use the pep as a helper.

I have some other stuff I can show later on how I did each part. If you have any specific questions feel free to ask, but I am no expert, lol.

 

[jinxkwb]

as i promise you here you can look the skull81' build

i find it very awesom, and the guy is very cool

here the boot i've talk :

and here the link oh the thread : http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/36910-My-First-GOW-Carmine-build!!!/page4

good watching and sorry for my english xD

These look very cool, but I think as a whole doing the boots this way with the shoe covering is bulky looking. More than I would like. That's why I'm trying to do a different style where there isnt a cover on top for the boot

I'll post my photos of my boot/shin covers this far when I get a chance. I did some quick painting on both sets.