cbradshaw007
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"cbradshaw007's 2014 Halloween Costume Contest Entry"
My costume entry is Leonidas Fett.
I saw a T-Shirt design by Juan that just screamed to be made. A character combined from Leonidas from 300 and Boba Fett from Star Wars. I did my best to keep the slider as middle ground as I could when creating each component. Some things were sacrificed to time or lack of a better idea. This is only the second costume I have made on this scale. The first was from a kit. (Republic Commando) The build took me all summer with a goal of unveiling it at Dragon Con. I met the goal by finishing the last two parts at the Con.
Fun details of this build:
I haven't worked with leather since Boy Scouts pre 1993.
I have never sew in my life.
I had to learn how to make molds and cast for this project.
I did a lot of research for this. The beauty of this is that both characters have extensive details for the builds. After gathering reference pics I started ordering parts. I reached out to NME Props about the helmet. I decided it would look better if I started with a solid base and went from there. I told them I needed to modify their helmet to make the style I was wanting and wanted to be able to cast copies of my finished product. The agreed as long as I contribute a percentage to a charity of their choosing. I spent way to much time at Tandy Leather and Reynolds Advanced Materials. I broke the costume down by its parts and started working on what I could.
I created a facebook page with all the pics posted for the build process.
https://www.facebook.com/LeonidasFett
I have the build for each part in folders labeled accordingly.
I'll focus on a few things here:
My costume entry is Leonidas Fett.
I saw a T-Shirt design by Juan that just screamed to be made. A character combined from Leonidas from 300 and Boba Fett from Star Wars. I did my best to keep the slider as middle ground as I could when creating each component. Some things were sacrificed to time or lack of a better idea. This is only the second costume I have made on this scale. The first was from a kit. (Republic Commando) The build took me all summer with a goal of unveiling it at Dragon Con. I met the goal by finishing the last two parts at the Con.
Fun details of this build:
I haven't worked with leather since Boy Scouts pre 1993.
I have never sew in my life.
I had to learn how to make molds and cast for this project.
I did a lot of research for this. The beauty of this is that both characters have extensive details for the builds. After gathering reference pics I started ordering parts. I reached out to NME Props about the helmet. I decided it would look better if I started with a solid base and went from there. I told them I needed to modify their helmet to make the style I was wanting and wanted to be able to cast copies of my finished product. The agreed as long as I contribute a percentage to a charity of their choosing. I spent way to much time at Tandy Leather and Reynolds Advanced Materials. I broke the costume down by its parts and started working on what I could.
I created a facebook page with all the pics posted for the build process.
https://www.facebook.com/LeonidasFett
I have the build for each part in folders labeled accordingly.
I'll focus on a few things here:
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