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Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

(e): I was right, my original idea was too amibitious.

However, does anyone know where I could source any fabric that looks like this?

Gyro Zeppeli fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Dec 18, 2014

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Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

So I'm a complete amateur, and was hoping someone might able to help.

How would I go about adding the black areas on the chest of this design?

My main idea was get a red morphsuit as the base, build the helmet and belt, cut the gloves to shape, make boot covers, and a pair of black trunks over the morphsuit. But I've not idea how I'd do the chest design.

Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

Newbie question, and a fairly terrible reference pic.

I'm looking to make this outfit, and I was wondering what fabric would be best for it.



It has to be pretty vivid red, and fairly light so I don't end up heatstroking out under it, especially if I'm going to be wearing a mask. Cheap is obviously a bonus too.

Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:

Tshirt material might work for the tunic and pants. Dunno about the sleeves though.

Mask is gonna be a bitch but you can put in some cpu fans to help cool you down a bit.

I'm thinking actually of not making the mask go all the way around, and leaving the back open, since I'll have the hood up. Should make it a little less stifling and less likely to end up giving me heatstroke.

Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

my cat is norris posted:

Me too!

The only problem with these is that they may not support length as well as PVC, depending on what weight is involved. I noticed that longer weapons made with kitespar/made to be ultralight tended to get whippy.

Depending on the thickness of whatever you're trying to make, you could probably just lash a few of them together, make it a bit more rigid.

Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

So I'm making a Man-Thing cosplay.



It's actually going to be pretty easy. Get a hunting Ghillie suit, three stuffed fabric "tubes" for the face tendril things.

But I kinda wanna make the eyes light up, and was wondering what'd be the easiest way to do that? They just have to be two red hemispheres I can attach to the suit.

Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge


Those look perfect! Might just get two transparent plastic hemispheres and stick one of those in each.

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Gyro Zeppeli
Jul 19, 2012

sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

Lord Frisk posted:

You don't need to mount them where your eye holes would be. Just use black mesh as eye holes and mount them somewhere else on your face

Yeah, I was gonna just have black mesh over my eyes, and mount the lights basically on my forehead. After all, Man-Thing is hardly proportioned like a human.

For the record, this is what I'm starting with as a base.



Just black mesh over the obviously camo parts, little LEDs inside semi-transparent hemispheres, and three tubes of fabric stuffed with foam or whatever to bulk them out.

Voila, Man-Thing.

Gyro Zeppeli fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Oct 14, 2015

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