Darth Serberus
Active Member
Re: Darth Malgus Costume WIP
A few bits came in so made a bit of progress...Firstly the gloves, I dug out my black leather dye and sorted the grey palms out. Then airbrushed the knuckles to a metallic/ black patina. Gives it a nice 'used future' look and stops everything looking too pristine. Then on to the first actual bit of fabrication. I'm just warming up so I'll start small. With the glove on I cut some card to about the right size and shape to make a template for the hand armour.
With some trimming courtesy of my trusty Dremel and a bit of needle file work I shaped the hand plate armour. When I was happy with the detailing I heated the foamex and set a curve into it so that it sits on the hand comfortably. Finally a few coats of primer filler and a light coat of metallic. The metallic paint is for no other reason than I needed to seal it with a gloss coat anyway and want to use this piece to test some paint finishes on for the rest of the armour.
I then moulded the hand plates up in silicone and then cast them in resin, painted them and Tech7-ed them to the back of the gloves. They just need a few grub screws added and then a heap of weathering. But I'm gonna save that till the end and do all the weathering in one hit to keep some consistency.
A few bits came in so made a bit of progress...Firstly the gloves, I dug out my black leather dye and sorted the grey palms out. Then airbrushed the knuckles to a metallic/ black patina. Gives it a nice 'used future' look and stops everything looking too pristine. Then on to the first actual bit of fabrication. I'm just warming up so I'll start small. With the glove on I cut some card to about the right size and shape to make a template for the hand armour.
![09d70467ea28eb322539aa2e4ff363eb.jpg](http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee161/plaigeous/Darth%20Malgus/09d70467ea28eb322539aa2e4ff363eb.jpg)
With some trimming courtesy of my trusty Dremel and a bit of needle file work I shaped the hand plate armour. When I was happy with the detailing I heated the foamex and set a curve into it so that it sits on the hand comfortably. Finally a few coats of primer filler and a light coat of metallic. The metallic paint is for no other reason than I needed to seal it with a gloss coat anyway and want to use this piece to test some paint finishes on for the rest of the armour.
![9ec5938e9482578ec9e56261c72154bc.jpg](http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee161/plaigeous/Darth%20Malgus/9ec5938e9482578ec9e56261c72154bc.jpg)
I then moulded the hand plates up in silicone and then cast them in resin, painted them and Tech7-ed them to the back of the gloves. They just need a few grub screws added and then a heap of weathering. But I'm gonna save that till the end and do all the weathering in one hit to keep some consistency.
![8094c2242172b17eb3f9af2cb25ce396.jpg](http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee161/plaigeous/Darth%20Malgus/8094c2242172b17eb3f9af2cb25ce396.jpg)