Random updates...
I was thinking about it, and I realized I've never explained the assembly of my various upper arm armor parts. When I cast the pieces, there are three parts for either side; the bicep plate, the tricep plate, and the shoulder/outer arm plate. The shoulder/outer arm is set up so it can easily be separated into two pieces and shortened. Unless you're over 6'9" tall, it will need to be shortened. Separating the shoulder from the outer arm plate makes four cast pieces per side. Here's how it goes together...
First, I fasten these three parts together using epoxy:
Then I add a strip of foamed PVC to the inside (fastened with pop rivets as well as epoxy):
I also added a small piece of foam PVC to connect the top of the bicep plate to the bottom of the shoulder plate. Once the epoxy had cured, the next step was to paint it up:
The idea behind my multi-part design is to make it sizeable. This way I'll be able to custom fit a variety of wearers.
In other news, I've painted up a bunch of the small parts:
I'm also making slow progress on the larger torso. Here's the chest plate (which is almost ready for molding):
Here's a shot of one of the shoulder boxes:
And both of them sitting atop the rest of the back armor:
I'm still tinkering my way along, so hopefully I'll have the whole costume knocked out in a month or two. For now, I'm running out of workspace and wasting a lot of time tripping over things, so I suppose it's about time to do some cleaning in the shop:
