Thanks man! I've seen your work on instagram dude. You have amazing talent!*sniff sniff*
They're beautiful!
Thanks man! I've seen your work on instagram dude. You have amazing talent!*sniff sniff*
They're beautiful!
Yeah buddy, hoping to have the boots started by the weekend then it's on to lights and wiring!Nice, brotha! Looking way good. Keep up this motivation and get it DONE!
Oh stop! You're making me blush.Thanks man! I've seen your work on instagram dude. You have amazing talent!
That's pretty cool! Ok so this will actually be pretty mind blowing as it was for me... I was talking to Justin Branfuhr who is a professional prop builder. He swore to me that acrylics are much better to use on Eva foam as it flexes better with the foam than spray paint (whether latex or oil based) and is incredibly durable to wear. I had a hard time believing him but he gave me his list of colors and the brand he used to make his h3 chief.. and the best part, his entire suit color is brushed on with a brush and fine detail is airbrush work. So I went to the local Michaels and for about $10-$15, I stocked up and got home to start playing with mixtures and got pretty close to his color with in a couple of quick attempts. The even better part.. no fumes obviously! So I'm thinking, I see the perks already, I can do this entirely inside. Once I let it dry which it's pretty much dry in about 15 minutes and ready for use, another perk. I was shocked but it's crazy strong, flexes and I mean flexes, I stretched the crap out of that forearm piece (which still hasn't torn cause of shoe goo) not hardly a single wrinkle and what wrinkles it has is because this piece has plasti-dip which I've notice plasti-dip does wrinkle with stress, however luckily an awesome 405th member on here recommended rustoleum leak seal, he was right, far better than plasti-dip, it seriously is way stronger and does not wrinkle with extreme stress. So to summarize: I will be hand brushing this suit with a custom mixture of acrylic paints from Deco art and Leak Seal rocks! I will use my air brush for shadowing detail. Oh Btw... I scrapped this elbow piece against carpet really fast and the paint didn't even wear off down to the rubber coat. I'm impressed
(This is justins h3 chief)
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Awesome man, I will definitely test that out! Is it rustoleum brand as well? I think you were the one that recommended the leak seal also.Psssh hey you, yeah you, If you are going to do a clear coat, I recommend spray varnish, it's meant for acrylic paints and it's like a nice satin finish, my one and only clear coat I will ever use!
I will have the inside black and outside chief green.
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The inside of the chief's armor (H4/5) is actually an off-white. There's a black "frame" around it, but the rest is almost the color of fiberglass...
Yeah I agree man! I think what I'm going to do is get black knee, elbow, waist sportd compression wear stuff and glue foam undersuit texture from the game to it to get the chief look.And..... I saw you mentioning a printed under suit at some point some where. Please don’t go that route. I think your armor deserves better. The printed stuff just looks I don’t know ummm “printed” and blah. Need something more dimensional and something that has that leather/vinyl/rubber look.
Dude yours is awesome!!! But I understand rebuilding pieces till its perfect too, as you guys have noticed. I have grown to understand with this hobby, don't get sentimental with the piece itself but the execution of how the piece is built. I'm never afraid of starting over if necessary. HahaI've got a lot to learn, man.
Making me want to redo my suit!
Nope was not me man, and yeah rustoleum or krylon, I think I have a can somewhere, I'll take a pic of it if I doAwesome man, I will definitely test that out! Is it rustoleum brand as well? I think you were the one that recommended the leak seal also.
Awesome I will definitely grab this to use!This mofo, is great, flexible and a clear coat for any type of paint, mainly acrylic:
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New handplates are money! So much better and straight out of the game.
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Looking good!! How long did it take you to make these? Keep it up!!