Thane Bust

It was time for a new sculpture in hope of making a fantastic overhead latex mask.
The pics show the progression of the sculp up to the casting stage.

I was really pleased with the sculp but yet again it was my lack of concentration and impatients that let me down.  I didn't mix the plaster at the correct ratios and it did not set.  Yet another lesson learned though.  Onwards and upwards.

Iron man mask

I enjoyed working with foam when i made the armour, so with the remaining foam i decided to make a helmet.
Of course Iron Man was the obvious choice.

Here is the pieces hot glued together, then painted and finally detailed to look battle damaged.

Gears of War C.O.G. Armour

This is my first costume build.  It's a simplified version of the armour used in the video game Gears of War 3.  I made it using foam matting, similar to camping ground mats but a bit thicker.  I made a few templates with card then cut matching pieces out of the foam. It was all attached together using a hot glue gun.

The great thing about using foam mats is that you can use a heat gun to bend and shape them to get something that fits the contours of your body.

To get the armour to look 'battle damaged' I used a pretty good trick.  All I did was spray silver spray paint onto the rough side of a sponge and scraped away at each of the edges.  I used a Dremel to add extra detail.  This was especially good for creating holes that look like screws.

I glued some velcro patches on the straps under the arms for easy removal ...et voila, one simple Gears of War C.O.G. Armour.  Maybe I will try something more elaborate next time.  Such as a full set of armour from the Mass Effect series.

Halloween 2012

Here's the Bane mask on Halloween.

Bane Mask

I decided to make my own take on the new bane mask from The Dark Knight Rises.  The process is the exact one that I used on my Kryten mask in an earlier post.  

Here's the clay sculpt,

After casting and molding I had a pretty decent overhead mask. I did decide however, that I would look silly in a bald wig with the cut out Bane mask. So I needed a new plan.  I decided on a mix between the new Bane and the comic book Bane. I searched the google tubes but could only really find two examples of this being done. This one is simply a repainted new bane with an old comic Bane mask underneath and this one I think is just an artists impression.

This idea meant I could keep the overhead latex mask intact and paint a design on the front.

Here's the finished product.

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I used 'Stretchi Paints' to paint the white detailing.

 I shall use red contacts underneath for halloween night.

Death Mask

Simple death mask made from latex. Using plaster bandages to cast my face. I made this a while ago but have just found it amongst some old stuff.

Steampunk Lego Rings

I have made these rings from vintage lego pieces and cogs and gears from old watches. 

 

Unfortunately, I didn't make the epic Steampunk corset.

I will start selling these on Ebay soon if anyone is interested? Take a look at my listings here:

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