Thorssoli's MkVI Costume Buildup

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I now have three pulls from the mold. No reason to take pictures though (they all look the same after all) but progress continues.

I've also finalized the design of the boot soles. More on that when I have a master to take pictures of.
 
thorssoli said:
I've also finalized the design of the boot soles. More on that when I have a master to take pictures of.

Was wondering what size are the boots you are making!! I sit and watch patiently too see what else you come up with!! :rolleyes
 
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WetOkole said:
Was wondering what size are the boots you are making!! I sit and watch patiently too see what else you come up with!! :rolleyes

I'm making costumes for about ten people in my group (we're going as the Red vs Blue guys for Halloween), so I'm making my molds for the soft parts adjustable so that I can build boots in a variety of sizes. The smallest will be able to fit my friend's wife who wears about a 6 in women's shoes and the largest will fit her father who wears an 11.5 in men's shoes.

My own shoe size is a 9.5, so these boots will be optimized for my size. They'll look a bit stubby in smaller sizes and a bit stretched in larger sizes, but I think they'll work out.
 
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thorssoli said:
I'm making costumes for about ten people in my group (we're going as the Red vs Blue guys for Halloween), so I'm making my molds for the soft parts adjustable so that I can build boots in a variety of sizes. The smallest will be able to fit my friend's wife who wears about a 6 in women's shoes and the largest will fit her father who wears an 11.5 in men's shoes.

My own shoe size is a 9.5, so these boots will be optimized for my size. They'll look a bit stubby in smaller sizes and a bit stretched in larger sizes, but I think they'll work out.

:mad: My shoe size is 13.

Anyway, can't wait to see how your boots turns out!
 
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Spartan-299 said:
I wonder thors...are you going to be Sarge or Church? :p

Our biggest guy is going to be Sarge. I'll be Church. My girlfriend is going as Tex.

My friend's wife is going to be Sister. Here's a shot of her test fitting last night:

Sister003.jpg


The helmet is my prototype since I didn't have any castings handy with the faceplate cut out. The armor is the third or fourth casting out of my molds. She is wearing a medium size sweatshirt under it which fit very loose.

We still don't have a Donut or a Doc.
 
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Heavyarms_Custom said:
it looks cool but the helm looks a bit big on her but still nice
ah it's awesome but the helmet looks HUGE, i bet even master chief would think it's big :p
-Fin(n)ish
 
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Heavyarms_Custom said:
it looks cool but the helm looks a bit big on her but still nice

She's actually the smallest person we've got in the group. She's holding the shoulders of the armor up a bit and we just stuffed the helmet with whatever was on hand (which set her head too far back inside) but it's not a terrible fit in person.

Of course, once the arms are added on it will become more proportionate. Then we'll have to pad the heck out of her to bulk up her arms.
 
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thorssoli said:
We still don't have a Donut or a Doc.
Fly me out and I'm totally in. :cool:

*sigh* If only. The suit(s) looking great. Keep it up! I need all the inspiration I can get.
 
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I've just answered the eleventy-billionth question regarding where I get all of my stuff and how much it costs. I'm going to put my reply here (even though apparently nobody reads these parts) in the hopes of answering these questions before anybody else asks me. I'm sorry if it's rude, but I'm just going to start deleting PMs that ask questions that are already answered here or in the stickies.

I've put links to all of my suppliers in the progress thread.

I've stated exactly what I've used in my progress thread.

No, I can't give you lessons on molding and casting. For more information, get a copy of The Prop Builder's Molding and Casting Handbook and figure it out like I did. It's not all that difficult and the book costs less than $15.

If you don't want to read a book, all of this information is available in my thread and in the stickies. If that's too much effort, find another hobby.

My molds so far are silicone jackets with fiberglass mothermolds. For the helmet and torso armor I've spent about $800 on silicone and $90 on fiberglass.

Casts are made using urethane resin filled with microballoons and milled glassfibers. Bigger pieces are reinforced with fiberglass matt as well. So far I've spent about $1,100 on resin and fillers to make half a dozen helmets and four sets of torso armor.

All of my cost estimates are probably on the low side because I have a fairly well stocked shop with a lot of materials on hand that I would've had to go and buy otherwise.

Suppliers I've used are Smooth On, JGreer, and Tap Plastics. I'm not going to Google it for you.

Please stop sending me these questions and read.
 
Spartan 051 said:
how much silicon do you think you used on your helm?

Somewhere around 16lbs. Buy less and add more if you need to. Silicone sticks to itself pretty well.
 
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thorssoli said:
I've just answered the eleventy-billionth question regarding where I get all of my stuff and how much it costs. I'm going to put my reply here (even though apparently nobody reads these parts) in the hopes of answering these questions before anybody else asks me. I'm sorry if it's rude, but I'm just going to start deleting PMs that ask questions that are already answered here or in the stickies.
heh, i know exactly how you feel! you should let your pm box fill up cuz the epopel whove been on the site for a while can still contact you. :)

thanks for the info bdw
 
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flying_squirl said:
heh, i know exactly how you feel! you should let your pm box fill up cuz the epopel whove been on the site for a while can still contact you. :)

thanks for the info bdw

The funny part is that these could be called trade secrets that people are asking for. I don't think most of them realize that posting any how-to information at all is a favor. I'm just getting weary of folks who seem to feel entitled to knowledge and skills that I've spent a lot of time and money gaining. I've tried to post a few things to help people avoid mistakes I've made, but there are a lot of basics that folks need to figure out elsewhere.
 
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