Latex Cyborg Arm

[Drgnfyre4]

So I had a commission to do a latex cyborg arm for someone to wear to Dragoncon this year with her Misty Knight costume. Here are progression pics of the project...

This is the ref image of the character...I was given free riegn to alter it so it could work in real life and be comfortable for her to wear and move around the convention in.

quick oil base clay sculpt of the forearm done flat off of a pattern taken off of a duct tape copy of her arm.

shot of the latex casting airbrushed and attached with elastic

Oil base clay sculpt of the elbow segment

Finished latex cast of elbow segment with the forearm piece

oil base clay sculpt of bicep/tricep area

Airbrushed latex casting of Bicep/tricep section

Finished Bicep added to elbow and forearm

Oil base clay sculpt of shoulder piece

Latex pieces painted and put in place

Gold lycra sleeve added underneath pieces to help blend things together better.



Sorry for the drop in quality in pics, my camera died during this project and I had to switch to using the digital still feature on my camcorder.

 

[drgon47]

Looks pretty sweet man.

 

[TyrDropProps]

Very impressive.

Have you any thoughts of creating an under suit for the Mk VI armor with these talents?

 

[Drgnfyre4]

Yeah actually, my MKVI is going to have latex undersuit parts and a latex neck seal.

Very impressive.

Have you any thoughts of creating an under suit for the Mk VI armor with these talents?

 

[amancue]

Drgn, If I havnt told you elsehwhere yet,...awesome job on this I know she's gonna be quite happy w/ it

 

[Drgnfyre4]

Drgn, If I havnt told you elsehwhere yet,...awesome job on this I know she's gonna be quite happy w/ it

Thanks! I have just one more part to cast up for her and then its in the mail in time for Megacon.

 

[Kamaro]

wow very nice! Any plans in ODST neck seals?^^

 

[mchammertime]

My question is, how do you figure out how large to make the piece while it's flattened out? I know there must be some secret, but you got the dimensions PERFECT

 

[Drgnfyre4]

My question is, how do you figure out how large to make the piece while it's flattened out? I know there must be some secret, but you got the dimensions PERFECT

I had a duct tape casting taken of the customers arm. All I did was cut the arm up and lay it out flat. Areas that had compound curvature to them I just replicated in the sculpt. Because I knew I would be making the castings in latex I enlarged everything a bit to take into account the shrinkage of the latex as it cures.

 

[stealth]

why do I always miss these awesome threads?

 

[ClintonH]

Wow, as always this is wicked awesome work you do some outstanding stuff for sure. :cool