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I don't remember this being posted before, but if it has been, please disregard it. Several weeks ago, I was procrastinating finishing my final projects by browsing the 405th Infantry Division Forums. Basically, it's a community of people who like to make Spartan armor from the Halo franchise, though they also have threads featuring Warhammer 40K builds, among other things. It's not an organized, ahem, regimented group as much as the 501st is, but they do have a lot of cool project threads and tutorials on things like modelling in paper, fiber-glassing said models, constructing and casting from molds, and I think they have a bit on vacuum-forming too. The average posting quality isn't great, but there's some gold in there. By the way, I've been lurking in here a while, and I thought I'd say that all of you guys are awesome.
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It looks like I'm going to Dragon*Con again this year, and I'm trying to figure out some cosplay ideas. I'm a little over 6' tall, about 160 lbs, and as of this writing I have close-cut auburn hair, and I'm clean shaven. Growing thick facial hair by then would be...tricky. I also typically wear glasses, but I could go without if I needed to. Here's a photo for reference:  I don't anticipate being able to do anything super fancy; I'm mostly just looking for ideas that would fit my body type/face. A friend suggested Dr. Venture, and that's probably the best idea I've heard thus far. Any suggestions?
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Jul 12, 2012 20:31
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I'm going ahead with the Dr. Venture idea. My speedsuit and other accoutrements are in the mail. I haven't yet got a bald cap, though, and I don't want to get one that looks like crap. I'd shave my head, but my girlfriend vetoed that idea. Does anyone have any recommendations for where I should by one? Is there anything I should keep in mind when affixing it and wearing it?
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Aug 15, 2012 18:32
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HDPE is pretty good stuff, and not that heavy. My friend actually went as Henchman 21 this year; I'll ask him what he used, and I think he said he had a better idea for next year.
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Sep 6, 2012 17:44
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TurboFlamingChicken posted:
I don't mean to derail, but I felt like I had to comment: your costume was probably my favorite out of all the ones I saw. Really excellent work. I was one of a number of Dr. Ventures wandering around on Saturday. It was an interesting experience. First, there are relatively few places from which one can purchase a speed suit, and most of them are not sized for people that are relatively tall and slim (I'm about 6'1" and 165 lbs), so rather than get one with an enormous amount of extra fabric about the waist, I opted to get one that was a little too short but fit my body type. Being a little too short may not be huge problem for most articles of clothing (apart from looking a bit silly), but when it's a one-piece ensemble, it can really limit your movement and posture. So as a result, I was walking around all day with a super-uncomfortable-yet-totally-accurate hunch. I did get some favorable comments and a few people asked me for pictures, so I was very flattered by that. On a couple of occasions, passers-by said nothing to me but muttered, "Speed suit," under their breath. I also had to use a bald cap and a fake beard. My girlfriend was opposed to me shaving my head, and I have difficulty growing facial hair evenly in a reasonable time frame (though it would have been the right color). Thus I found myself in Spirit Gum Hell and have henceforth foresworn all prosthetics involving it. My fingers ended up a nasty, sticky mess, things did not attach well, it got in my hair, etc. All in all, I'd say the bald cap was the weakest part of the costume, in spite of some last-minute help from my girlfriend with some liquid foundation. I'm looking for a new costume idea for this year, but I have no idea what to do. Like I said, I'm about 6' tall, slim and have short red hair. I can't really think of a lot characters that would fit that description.
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Jun 16, 2013 16:07
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I thought I'd chime in to say that the space marine armor is absolutely amazing. You are living the dream. In much more mundane cosplay, I've been recruited by friends going to DragonCon to be Agent Coulson for an Avengers group cosplay. This goes well with my relative lack of craftsmanship and limited funds, but the one thing I have a question about would be coloring my hair. I'd like to go from the auburn I have now to more of a flat brown; is there any easy, relatively short-term way to do this?
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Aug 21, 2013 17:15
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Thanks! Hopefully I can do him justice.
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Aug 21, 2013 17:59
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