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.