Alright. Let me apologize up front for being late with this update. I said it would be 24 hours. I took these pictures yesterday afternoon. Later, when I planned to post them, I made the mistake of sitting down for a few minutes and, exhausted, fell fast asleep. I am ashamed.
Here's the left thigh smoothed out, detailed, and primed:
The last thing I allowed myself to add were these little bits at the back of the knees:
Once that was attached, I told myself that I have to stop looking at the reference images or I'd never actually produce any castings of these parts. Once I'd primed them I made myself busy on a few other projects for a while before test fitting:
I plan on making the castings rigid, so it's important that there's enough of a gap at the knee to be able to kneel, sit, run, dance, do jumping jacks, or whatever. I used to not mind giving up comfort or mobility to make a costume look right, but I was spoiled by my last Spartan costume. Now they have to look right and be comfortable.
They'll fit great for anyone taller than me (I'm 5'7" tall) since this just means a bigger gap at the knees and hips. Once I've started pulling castings out of the molds, I might need to shave half an inch off the top of my pair in order to optimize the fit.
Of course I couldn't be sure until I tried them both on:
And verified my ability to strike iconic poses:
The inner thighs (which I still haven't prototyped yet) will be made of the same foam rubber and fabric combination as the rest of the undersuit. Hopefully they'll help to keep the thighs in place and prevent them from rolling around. I'm still working out the strapping system that will hold them to the belt.
Stay tuned...
Here's the left thigh smoothed out, detailed, and primed:
The last thing I allowed myself to add were these little bits at the back of the knees:
Once that was attached, I told myself that I have to stop looking at the reference images or I'd never actually produce any castings of these parts. Once I'd primed them I made myself busy on a few other projects for a while before test fitting:
I plan on making the castings rigid, so it's important that there's enough of a gap at the knee to be able to kneel, sit, run, dance, do jumping jacks, or whatever. I used to not mind giving up comfort or mobility to make a costume look right, but I was spoiled by my last Spartan costume. Now they have to look right and be comfortable.
They'll fit great for anyone taller than me (I'm 5'7" tall) since this just means a bigger gap at the knees and hips. Once I've started pulling castings out of the molds, I might need to shave half an inch off the top of my pair in order to optimize the fit.
Of course I couldn't be sure until I tried them both on:
And verified my ability to strike iconic poses:
The inner thighs (which I still haven't prototyped yet) will be made of the same foam rubber and fabric combination as the rest of the undersuit. Hopefully they'll help to keep the thighs in place and prevent them from rolling around. I'm still working out the strapping system that will hold them to the belt.
Stay tuned...