RadMax117
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When thinking of screen/video game accurate builds I always think halo, but I think my namesake takes the lead in number of reference screenshots over my infinite mp Spartan build lol This is the fully armored/upgraded version of mad max from the 2015 video game.
Vest is mostly scratch made, self templated, and hand stitched. A lot of the items are based on real things but are either slightly off is style and size, so as much as it was a pain, making everything from scratch was actually easier to get it as close as 1:1 to the game as possible. Vest base, pouches, left shoulder/arm armor and some straps are eva foam wrapped in fabric. Other details with interfacing foam in fabric the same way. Camo and black pouches are hollow/funtional. All border and molle straps are hand stitched with leather wax thread, sewing machine couldn’t handle the thiccness and I needed the wide/visable thread look. For the black shells I specifically took my irl 12 ga out and collected the spent shells to heat shape back closed like the game. Flashlight is gutted out to decrease weight and binoculars are fake/plastic concert flask glued shut. Base vest has a faint camo design which I cricut and hand painted. This vest shares a lot of similarities with the opening scene fury road vest (which I have also made) but it’s different in a lot of ways too, seatbelt is shaped differently, both I’ve custom cut from plate steel, and shell holder is actually a pistol holster but is custom in the game. All weathered with black/brown acrylics and real dirt. Hardest part about this build wasn’t just the hand stitching but sourcing the right colored materials and hardware then modifying them from there.
Quad barrel 12 ga : Full metal one I’ve made before was cool to weld but it’s a bit too heavy for practical cosplay use so I made another from scratch with pvc board/acrylic and hand painted. I’d say doom guy vibes with the gauntlets and sawed off but pre dates doom by a few years
Shoulder plate casted from a screen accurate road warrior original and under pad sewn from scratch by me. Other elements borrowed from my Fury road costume like the boots/pants/knee brace etc
Gauntlets used to have real metal hardware but I opted for casted/plastic for weight. Glove hardware was hand sculpted then casted, I imagine based off of real car parts but was unable to identify
Blessed be the game for having the photo mode as that was my base of reference to ensure all the different layers and scaling were done right. This has been a labor of love the last couple months and happy to have one of the most difficult mad max builds off the list of eventually doing them all!
Vest is mostly scratch made, self templated, and hand stitched. A lot of the items are based on real things but are either slightly off is style and size, so as much as it was a pain, making everything from scratch was actually easier to get it as close as 1:1 to the game as possible. Vest base, pouches, left shoulder/arm armor and some straps are eva foam wrapped in fabric. Other details with interfacing foam in fabric the same way. Camo and black pouches are hollow/funtional. All border and molle straps are hand stitched with leather wax thread, sewing machine couldn’t handle the thiccness and I needed the wide/visable thread look. For the black shells I specifically took my irl 12 ga out and collected the spent shells to heat shape back closed like the game. Flashlight is gutted out to decrease weight and binoculars are fake/plastic concert flask glued shut. Base vest has a faint camo design which I cricut and hand painted. This vest shares a lot of similarities with the opening scene fury road vest (which I have also made) but it’s different in a lot of ways too, seatbelt is shaped differently, both I’ve custom cut from plate steel, and shell holder is actually a pistol holster but is custom in the game. All weathered with black/brown acrylics and real dirt. Hardest part about this build wasn’t just the hand stitching but sourcing the right colored materials and hardware then modifying them from there.
Quad barrel 12 ga : Full metal one I’ve made before was cool to weld but it’s a bit too heavy for practical cosplay use so I made another from scratch with pvc board/acrylic and hand painted. I’d say doom guy vibes with the gauntlets and sawed off but pre dates doom by a few years
Shoulder plate casted from a screen accurate road warrior original and under pad sewn from scratch by me. Other elements borrowed from my Fury road costume like the boots/pants/knee brace etc
Gauntlets used to have real metal hardware but I opted for casted/plastic for weight. Glove hardware was hand sculpted then casted, I imagine based off of real car parts but was unable to identify
Blessed be the game for having the photo mode as that was my base of reference to ensure all the different layers and scaling were done right. This has been a labor of love the last couple months and happy to have one of the most difficult mad max builds off the list of eventually doing them all!
