Re: 'Ghostbusters' costume buildup
Thank you guys. Here's the small circuit with the big one one the belt.
I dunno about you guys, but man I want to see this film on Blu-Ray. I gotta feelin' alot will change on these small costume pieces once that DVD's out.
I've also got the goggles and the Stunt Trap done.
The trap's really fun. I've been doing one's like this for while, and recently took another crack at the masters. It's based on an actual stunt trap that you see Ray holding in the TIME photo, and uses measurements from Ernie Hudson's own foam trap. These are availble on GBProject.com. I've done some custom stuff to this one, making it appear more accurate to photos.
What's really fun is the main body is made in two types of foam rubber. It's nice and squishy, and only weighs three pounds.
It even rolls and hooks onto the belt, due to a nice strong bottom plate.
The goggles are another story. What sucks about the film transfers, is alot of detail gets washed out, even in HD. But I've been able to get my hands on some nice press photos and catch ALOT of detail left out on other fan made replicas.
The other wild thing is, it appears that the goggles get repainted and rebuilt over the course of the film. In the hotel, the are a dark army green, and appear to have been dropped . .HARD. You can see a long crack on the front of the face mask, and the on/off switch is missing. In fact, from scene to scene, pieces appear and disappear.
Anyone who's owned a pair of real NVG's knows their very fragile.
At the end of the film, the goggles are a nice OD green, and everything's back on. You can see them reallllly well in the TIME photo, and catch things like the additional groving on the silver lense. I had a hard time combining the two into a hybrid I liked . . .so I built both. They even have that weird liitle interior animation on a nice little faceplate!
At this point, the suit's pretty much done. All that's left is the watch, and a final lookover, and that's it! Then the photo session . . .no I gotta find someone to fit into the suit! :lol
