I still NEED to buy a Xenomorph suit... even the wife thought it brilliant...
Go for a walk on the walking tracks around here when the joggers come out at evening. Either hide in the bushes, or actually jog along in it... be an absolute HOOT! Even put jogging shorts and a sweat band on
Not sure how long before the police would be called, and may get pepper sprayed I could always hiss at them back or spit acid LOL
Fitting finished pieces together is proving quite difficult. The pepakura files show you how to make the pieces, but not how to fit them together.
I've now filled each arm-piece with slush-cast, but not yet reinforced them with fibreglass mat. I wanted to check for fit first.
I put the shoulder bell on, upper arm, forearm and wrist with the elbow pivot plate in between. Bent my elbow and promptly broke the pivot plate. I think I might make one (temporary template) out of cardboard, fit it and get it working, then make one out of aluminium plate.
It fits well though. Nice and snug with just a little room for padding inside.
Seeing this project first hand and seeing the amount of work and detail that you have poured into it, Barry ............ nothing short of amazing
Thanks mate. I only wish I had more time to work on it. A couple of hours here and there in a month is not much.
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I can see Barry at ll the Comicons now, picking up Furrbies and Anime girls... what a life
Like I said, I need a Xenomorph suit, but one big enough that looks like the Xeno has been eating a lot of Colonial Marines
I see McHappy day in the drive thru. I see childrens hospital wards. The kids are going to go beserk! With any luck, the suit will brighten some lives in that regard.
The wee hours of the night when everyone else goes to bed is my time. My time to relax and be nerdy. I got the left hand fully assembled tonight and this morning. The good camera is out in the observatory and it's too darned cold to go out and get it, so a phone-camera shot it is.....
I set-up the work so far in my studio and prepared the lighting, height, distance etc. I then donned what I could and played with the result in Photoshop to bring in some colour that I'm not yet ready to paint on.
It's good to just get a little bit of an idea of where I am headed with the suit. It's also good to see it all together so I can check proportions etc.
1. Setting up studio lighting.
2. All the bits taped together in position.
3. Fun with Photoshop!
Last edited by bloodhound31; 27-05-2013 at 07:55 PM.
Got the left arm assembled and started work on the gauntlets.
Have you worked out how you're gonna get in and out? There's no way you're going to slip into anything. That's gotta be cut in halves like clam shells right? Even the hands.
Have you worked out how you're gonna get in and out? There's no way you're going to slip into anything. That's gotta be cut in halves like clam shells right? Even the hands.
Different parts are split, dowelled, earth magnets, velcro, buckles etc.
To get the whole suit on is typically a two-man job that takes around 30 to 40 minutes.
Even put jogging shorts and a sweat band on 
