Kaokasalis Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Are you going for just the coat and headwear or will you also include the shoulder ring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 15 minutes ago, Ory_Hara said: Are you going for just the coat and headwear or will you also include the shoulder ring? I will make the complete costume eventually. Currently looking into servos for the collar lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaokasalis Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Just now, Syncrasis said: I will make the complete costume eventually. Currently looking into servos for the collar lol Sweet, cant wait to see the whole thing. Just another question, What material are you planning to use for his yellow gloves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 Just now, Ory_Hara said: Sweet, cant wait to see the whole thing. Just another question, What material are you planning to use for his yellow gloves? I have small hands, so I had to settle for some latex yellow gloves that I plan on dying slightly orangier. Gonna take some trial and error. If it doesn't end up working out I'll go with medium size Atlas nitrile gloves, which are more perfect right out of the box but rather large on my babby hands lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drzzter Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Syncrasis said: I have small hands, so I had to settle for some latex yellow gloves that I plan on dying slightly orangier. Gonna take some trial and error. If it doesn't end up working out I'll go with medium size Atlas nitrile gloves, which are more perfect right out of the box but rather large on my babby hands lol Great. Now I can't help but picture you like Dexter's Mom. lol Edited April 20, 2016 by Drzzter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 Getting close to actually painting. Been primering the surface to find imperfections along the way and incising some details lines between panels. I'm waiting on some Apoxie sculpt to add a few details that stick out, and also for my LEDs to go in that two recessed areas at the bottom. Can't wait to get this painted and weathered like the in-game model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuramaKitsune Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 your going to have to practice that really creepy walking animation that alad has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 SHINY AND CHROME Weathering is next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(XBOX)SgtFunBun Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I wanna cosplay but I don't know how to make anything :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drzzter Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 4 hours ago, Syncrasis said: -snip- SHINY AND CHROME Weathering is next. Looks great! I know you're not quite done yet, but the current chrome colour feels a bit too silver or shiny? I don't know how different it's going to look when you're done with it, but the in-game model looks a bit more matte to me. Maybe it's just a weird angle or something though. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Just now, Drzzter said: Looks great! I know you're not quite done yet, but the current chrome colour feels a bit too silver or shiny? I don't know how different it's going to look when you're done with it, but the in-game model looks a bit more matte to me. Maybe it's just a weird angle or something though. :) Yeah, definitely too shiny if I left it like this. But thankfully, the weathering is gonna knock that shine way down. What I'll be doing is coating the whole thing in matte black acrylic paint (mixed with water) and wiping it away on the high points... it will also leave a film of grunge on the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 PROGRESS! The main piece of his collar (the piece everything slides into) is 22 pages of pepakura geeeez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Started working on weathering today. Starting to match the model a lot better! I missed a few details I was supposed to add with my Apoxie sculpt last minute, now I'll just have to paint on the highlights lol. oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter42 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The metal you made, it looks heavy. Maybe you can made your own protective plate someday. Im just thinking how will you maje the alad visor? Or his ugly hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Specter42 said: The metal you made, it looks heavy. Maybe you can made your own protective plate someday. Im just thinking how will you maje the alad visor? Or his ugly hair? That metal piece, I just weighed it to find out how heavy it is. It's less than 1 pound. Very light! It's made of fiberglass. I plan to do the pieces on the head the same way, except for the black headcap, which I plan on making a silicone rubber piece for, so it fits nicely on my scalp lol. I will need to make a lifecast of my head for that first though, basically it's a perfect duplicate of my head that I can sculpt on with clay, and make a mold from. I am not sure if I'll have all the head pieces done before TennoCon, but we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaGondrak Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Syncrasis said: That metal piece, I just weighed it to find out how heavy it is. It's less than 1 pound. Very light! It's made of fiberglass. I plan to do the pieces on the head the same way, except for the black headcap, which I plan on making a silicone rubber piece for, so it fits nicely on my scalp lol. I will need to make a lifecast of my head for that first though, basically it's a perfect duplicate of my head that I can sculpt on with clay, and make a mold from. I am not sure if I'll have all the head pieces done before TennoCon, but we shall see. i wish you luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp4rtan148 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Hey, I forgot to ask! Are you going to be attending for the cosplay contest at TennoCon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 3 hours ago, sp4rtan148 said: Hey, I forgot to ask! Are you going to be attending for the cosplay contest at TennoCon? I hope so! I should at least have the coat and the collar done, I don't know about the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp4rtan148 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 29 minutes ago, Syncrasis said: I hope so! I should at least have the coat and the collar done, I don't know about the rest. Hope to see you there! I will be posting my progress on the butcher soon enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Just now, sp4rtan148 said: Hope to see you there! I will be posting my progress on the butcher soon enough! Excellent! I look forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(XBOX)Opacalypse Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Cool and a lot of work. Looking forward to the finished project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeWielder65 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 when you're done you should say "And now, let me show you the future!" (by the way it's really coming together. good job.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrasis Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Finished up half of the main part of the collar pepakura assembly, didn't do the bottom yet because I wanted to make sure it was the right size. I think it is! Also pinned the backpack thing to the coat and found that the coat sags from the weight of all the polyester scales lol so I'm going to have to come up with a harness system under the fabric. Extra glad I didn't go ahead and glue all the scales back on now... I can just sew through the fabric and permanently attach the straps. Learned about a cool thing called a "reed switch". Basically, you wave a magnet over it and it completes the circuit... so I'm going to put a magnet in my glove and wave my hand over some part of my cosplay to trigger the servos I'll be installing in the collar for folding/unfolding. Much cooler and more sci fi than a toggle switch! Looking into Arduino. I only have experience with simple code editing in a Java-like language and Lego Mindstorms from forever ago, so might be a bit of learning to do there. I need to make the collar pieces run along a curved track from inside the collar. I don't know the best way to do this yet. Also thinking about some sort of bearing/pulley system or idk we'll see I ended up buying the Atlas gloves I mentioned earlier. They're too big but they're the right color, and thankfully they have seams all the way around all the fingers inside the gloves so I'm gonna tighten them up and see if I can't get them to fit me anyway DAMN YOU WORLD FULL OF LARGE HANDED PEOPLE I also purchased 60 single LED lights, pre-wired, two sizes, to pepper this cosplay with. I counted over 40 single lights and a few lighting strips on this thing total. You wouldn't think there were that many on Alad. 6 in each bracelet tho bling bling Gotta get the medallion 3D printed soon so it's here in time. Also getting the little metal details on the upper arms and the front of the box on his stomach 3D printed. I bought a ton of EVA foam in two thicknesses to make the coat collar and various other pieces. Will be attaching to main coat with velcro so I can have a stretchy fabric coat with a hole smaller than my head in it, while the collar just wraps around separately for attachment. Need to purchase materials for lifecasting my head for making the headpiece. Gonna be somewhat expensive but I'll be able to use it for future projects and I mean damn who doesn't want that option in their life?? Custom-fit face prosthetics for every occasion! *coughcough I really want to make a Scorpius face someday cough* Bought a couple types of polyester fill and seat foam to make his pants poof and stay poofed. I am going to be absolutely miserable in that July heat........ Frustrated that it's been so rainy, it's really slowing me down. Chugging away anyway. Here's hoping everything works out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibliothekar Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 *heavy breathing* This is going to be so great. 56 minutes ago, Syncrasis said: Looking into Arduino. I only have experience with simple code editing in a Java-like language and Lego Mindstorms from forever ago, so might be a bit of learning to do there. C isn't that hard when you already know Java. Biggest hurdle will be pointers and all the fun ways you can screw those up (like trying to store, or even better read, something in an uninitialized pointer, or using a pointer to a pointer instead of the pointer). Do you plan on coming to Gamescom? I'd love to see this in real. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYMKOON Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 This looks great every time I see it. I too am looking into Arduino for the controls in my Lancer for the eyes and other lights in the armor. I am looking at a website called Adafruit for all the electronics and I might start to get the electronics soon. Keep up the amazing work and maybe someday you'll see a Lancer on a mission by the Queens to hunt you down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now