ShadyTrojan
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* NOTE : This was my first attempt at a resin/fiberglass build.
*WIP thread :
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/26102-First-Armor-build-Arch-Angel-Tyrael
pics:
In case you were wondering:
1. I used foam sheets or foamies as the base for everything... Interesting to work with, but i'm not 100% sold on the process... Slow to construct and material heavy
2. I'm a pretty big guy so the costume itself is pretty massive, but I can move really well outside of the crowded con floors.
So if you didn't read the WIP page, I Had the idea to make an armored costume around May of this year, but I had absolutely NO idea what i was doing.
Of course after about a month of lurking and learning ( From some real pros if i might add) I wanted to try my hand... Wow... Yeah so my first attempts failed horribly and i had to scrap a breastplate, the shoulder pads, and a collar piece. All of which I worked very hard on, but ended up looking terrible and unsymmetrical. So I had to start over from scratch. Mind you that I had absolutely No pep files ( I did all of it from measurements and eyeballing) and I had very little concept art to go on. Despite this I restarted the entire project on July 1st, hoping to make the deadline of Sept. 2nd for DragonCon. I'm from Atlanta and this was my 2nd year going and I really didn't want to show up without this monstrosity completed.
Well... I finished... barely... sept 2nd I checked into the Sheraton hotel and promptly returned to Dunwoody ( just North of the I-285 bypass... so very close) to finish... after staying up to paint till 4am, my fiance and I called it a night... Friday we returned and worked till 5 pm to finish... Wow i was exhausted, and I didn't really even have the energy to wear the costume at the con all that much.
But at least I finished!
Anyway I just wanted to shoutout to everyone here at the 405th, everyone who has posted video's or tutorials about a construction process or just general tips should take some pride knowing that there are a lot of people out there like me trying to get the basics and complete something they can be proud of as well.
Special Shout-out: Hey so any of you marines out there that got asked if you were part of the 405th at dragon con it was probably me, I remember seeing both your War Machine and
busa helm Ithica... very nice.
Haha... yeah btw Nintendude if you see this... I was the one in the hat plugging the 405th during your panel.
So Whats next?
I know I know, it's not perfect w/o the soul sword and the flowing wings... This is my project for next year, and I have some good ideas of how to do them cheaply now.
*WIP thread :
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/26102-First-Armor-build-Arch-Angel-Tyrael
pics:
In case you were wondering:
1. I used foam sheets or foamies as the base for everything... Interesting to work with, but i'm not 100% sold on the process... Slow to construct and material heavy
2. I'm a pretty big guy so the costume itself is pretty massive, but I can move really well outside of the crowded con floors.
So if you didn't read the WIP page, I Had the idea to make an armored costume around May of this year, but I had absolutely NO idea what i was doing.
Of course after about a month of lurking and learning ( From some real pros if i might add) I wanted to try my hand... Wow... Yeah so my first attempts failed horribly and i had to scrap a breastplate, the shoulder pads, and a collar piece. All of which I worked very hard on, but ended up looking terrible and unsymmetrical. So I had to start over from scratch. Mind you that I had absolutely No pep files ( I did all of it from measurements and eyeballing) and I had very little concept art to go on. Despite this I restarted the entire project on July 1st, hoping to make the deadline of Sept. 2nd for DragonCon. I'm from Atlanta and this was my 2nd year going and I really didn't want to show up without this monstrosity completed.
Well... I finished... barely... sept 2nd I checked into the Sheraton hotel and promptly returned to Dunwoody ( just North of the I-285 bypass... so very close) to finish... after staying up to paint till 4am, my fiance and I called it a night... Friday we returned and worked till 5 pm to finish... Wow i was exhausted, and I didn't really even have the energy to wear the costume at the con all that much.
But at least I finished! Anyway I just wanted to shoutout to everyone here at the 405th, everyone who has posted video's or tutorials about a construction process or just general tips should take some pride knowing that there are a lot of people out there like me trying to get the basics and complete something they can be proud of as well.
Special Shout-out: Hey so any of you marines out there that got asked if you were part of the 405th at dragon con it was probably me, I remember seeing both your War Machine and
busa helm Ithica... very nice.
Haha... yeah btw Nintendude if you see this... I was the one in the hat plugging the 405th during your panel.
So Whats next?
I know I know, it's not perfect w/o the soul sword and the flowing wings... This is my project for next year, and I have some good ideas of how to do them cheaply now.
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