indiefilmgeek
Sr Member
After last year's massive ironman build for Mikey, I had promised myself no giant Halloween costume builds for 2012.
...but you know what they say about the "greatest plans of mice and men?" :facepalm
My 10yr old daughter asked me two weeks ago if I could build her a Toothless Costume. Yeah, the Night Fury dragon from HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.
Now, this suit HAS been done someone already. And it's been done WELL! Here are two videos of this AMAZING suit by Jessica (or Monoyasha)!
That's highly impressive... And I would be THRILLED to work something out half as cool at that suit! But there are only 90 days until Halloween... which really has me worried.
And although it terrifies me (for goodness sake it involves sewing... I CAN'T use a sewing machine!!!!), I've agreed to at least try to do this. :behave
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My first step was sketching out a plan. Here's Tia with some cut off crutches I picked up at the Thrift Store and my rough sketch of the plan (based on Jessica's costume).
And with that very basic drawing, I've set out to create this suit...
The arm-extenders are based on a set of crutches that I've modified to include a flat 'foot' - which is spring-loaded to simulate very basic front paw movement.
prototype extender
both feet attached
foot hinge test
close up
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And after those were started, I found an old aluminum frame hiking backpack and stripped it down to the frame and harness. This will be the basis for the structural supports (mostly PVC) that hold the wings, head and tail in place.
parts
Tia testing it out
From the back
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More to follow... but please, please understand that this will be a speed build -- for me anyway. It's not about a 'perfect' costume. But rather about be a cool costume for the time we have to spend on it! :thumbsup
...but you know what they say about the "greatest plans of mice and men?" :facepalm
My 10yr old daughter asked me two weeks ago if I could build her a Toothless Costume. Yeah, the Night Fury dragon from HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.
Now, this suit HAS been done someone already. And it's been done WELL! Here are two videos of this AMAZING suit by Jessica (or Monoyasha)!
That's highly impressive... And I would be THRILLED to work something out half as cool at that suit! But there are only 90 days until Halloween... which really has me worried.
And although it terrifies me (for goodness sake it involves sewing... I CAN'T use a sewing machine!!!!), I've agreed to at least try to do this. :behave
******
My first step was sketching out a plan. Here's Tia with some cut off crutches I picked up at the Thrift Store and my rough sketch of the plan (based on Jessica's costume).
And with that very basic drawing, I've set out to create this suit...
The arm-extenders are based on a set of crutches that I've modified to include a flat 'foot' - which is spring-loaded to simulate very basic front paw movement.
prototype extender
both feet attached
foot hinge test
close up
******
And after those were started, I found an old aluminum frame hiking backpack and stripped it down to the frame and harness. This will be the basis for the structural supports (mostly PVC) that hold the wings, head and tail in place.
parts
Tia testing it out
From the back
******
More to follow... but please, please understand that this will be a speed build -- for me anyway. It's not about a 'perfect' costume. But rather about be a cool costume for the time we have to spend on it! :thumbsup
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