pandamajik
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Re: Cyborg Ninja (Metal Gear Solid) - first raw cast
Rest assured, I've still been working on this. So far I've made a total of 5 casts of the helmet and two have already been shipped off. I haven't done anything else with the sword as all that's left is to find some ribbon to wrap the handle with.
I've mainly been working on the suit.
I used a zentai suit as the base of the suit. The color I ordered was Navy Blue. I spent a lot of time drawing out all the musculature for the suit and areas that I need to add on. Templates were made using newspaper and then traced onto 1/4" upholstery foam.
I cut it out using scissors. This is what it looks like after it's been all cut out.
It's necessary to bevel the edges to make it blend better under the suit so I used scissors and cut the foam at the edge. This was a messy process since the small bits of foam cling to just about everything. Here you can see some pieces beveled and some that are not as a comparison.
Aside from the musculature for the chest, abs, and lats, there were a few other areas that needed foam for the "armor" areas that are orange. I'm not planning on padding the shoulder because I think it would look too bulky.
What I did was sandwich the foam between the zentai suit on the outside and a piece of white spandex fabric on the inside. This way the muscles would move with the wearer. If I didn't use stretch fabric on the inside as well then the muscles would be very stiff when I moved. I custom dyed some of the white spandex fabric to a dull orange using RIT dye. That stuff gets everywhere and got in some trouble with my mom when I did this at home over winter break ...oops.
Here's another image of the orange fabric on top of the zentai suit. I think the white fabric in the last image caused the image to be a bit overexposed. Even this one is lighter than what the fabric looks like in person.
Rest assured, I've still been working on this. So far I've made a total of 5 casts of the helmet and two have already been shipped off. I haven't done anything else with the sword as all that's left is to find some ribbon to wrap the handle with.
I've mainly been working on the suit.
I used a zentai suit as the base of the suit. The color I ordered was Navy Blue. I spent a lot of time drawing out all the musculature for the suit and areas that I need to add on. Templates were made using newspaper and then traced onto 1/4" upholstery foam.
I cut it out using scissors. This is what it looks like after it's been all cut out.
It's necessary to bevel the edges to make it blend better under the suit so I used scissors and cut the foam at the edge. This was a messy process since the small bits of foam cling to just about everything. Here you can see some pieces beveled and some that are not as a comparison.
Aside from the musculature for the chest, abs, and lats, there were a few other areas that needed foam for the "armor" areas that are orange. I'm not planning on padding the shoulder because I think it would look too bulky.
What I did was sandwich the foam between the zentai suit on the outside and a piece of white spandex fabric on the inside. This way the muscles would move with the wearer. If I didn't use stretch fabric on the inside as well then the muscles would be very stiff when I moved. I custom dyed some of the white spandex fabric to a dull orange using RIT dye. That stuff gets everywhere and got in some trouble with my mom when I did this at home over winter break ...oops.
Here's another image of the orange fabric on top of the zentai suit. I think the white fabric in the last image caused the image to be a bit overexposed. Even this one is lighter than what the fabric looks like in person.
