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With my previous (and first) Comic Con time cosplay mainly consisting of standing at the side whilst people took pictures of my Girlfriends Pyramid Head outfit, it was a challenge to make something to blow her out of the park. But I struggled to think what I could do as my maiden project (I went as a Division Agent last time so hardly much making), but having seen the SKS Props Orc (he has practically responsible for half this build so far), I knew a Blood Bowl Orc was perfect for me. A little obscurer than something from WOW or even the parent games (Warhammer etc) but I like that..
When it comes to the armour sections (yet to be made), the re-release of the board game in coming months will assist me to develop the builds own identity, blending old reference images with the Video game and the new miniatures. Living in the UK and doing this alone, RPF has been an invaluable tool and a key factor in this build ever going ahead, so cheers!
For those who don't know,
Blood Bowl is set in an alternate version of the Warhammer Fantasy setting, populated by traditional fantasy elements.. that like nothing more than settling their differences with a good game of ultra violent American Football-eque antics, Sometimes they even score Touchdowns!
On with the build..
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When I started the build I was working with old images for inspiration but as it was my first project,
I did lean heavily on the Orc Build by Steven at SKS Props, the difference is many of the materials are different due a lack of availability in my area. "Foam Skin" in the UK is verrry expensive and lacking in any kind of quality control and I also struggled to find firm foam that would offer support under my feet when I made the platform boots, this is where I used something we picked up on when doing the Pyramid Head Outfit...
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Expanding foam was laid onto a soft yoga mat creating very peculiar lumpy blob on the floor which was then carved with upholstery foam below the shoe to help raise the heel and provide comfort. This was all done before my EVA Mats (the Black Eva is approx 8mm across the build) arrived. Perhaps a couple of them would have been ideal to build up the heel, but that's hindsight. The expand
ed foam was then covered in thin layer of paper mache for protection
Like the SKS Prop, I then built up the skeleton of the boots, before covering in a smaller foam (3mm). As I lacked foam skin, I used combination of real leather (that given away to me and pleather, as I soon realised, the boots and gloves cover alot of surface area!
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The outside of the boots is quite haphazard which is fitting for the outfits needs, without the mass produced work lines a Horde might benefit from, the outfits may be made by the player themselves (or a pesky goblin with nimble claws). The shin guards were created out of EVA with a template out of craft foam to make it symmetrical. A trim was added to both of the main pieces, and the toe cap with built with 3mm foam. Buckles etc were moulded out of Plaster of Paris, using liquid latex to make the moulds. Further fine details were added later on and I will go over this another time.
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The gloves/ gauntlets were made at the same time in a similar way to the boots and the SKS Prop, I wanted to have one hand open to hold a Spiked Pigs Skin. I will talk about that in a further post, for now here is a picture of the gloves and Pascal for size comparison.
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Next up is the helmet!
