My Star Wars helmets workbench
Hi guys. I had such a good response in my Pepakura Ironman Helmet thread that I thought I would share some pics of my Star Wars helmets i've been working on. They are all custom made. My Ironman helmet...
View ArticleDistressed Iron Man Armor: Novice Tutorial
Hey guys I know a lot of you are building Iron Man costumes and wanted to do a battle damaged look as well as weathering it. I had some extra time earlier today to show you guys a better way to achieve...
View ArticleI need your help! What are these?
K there are metal spikes hanging down from what looks to be paracord. Im working on my sons costume and need ur help! What are these metal dangling spikes called or maybe something that I could use...
View ArticleSuperZ's ASM Suit/Accessories-(Pic Heavy)TaylorMcManus
Well, as I'm waiting on the actual suit to get here I figured that I'd start the thread for my work. The Paint: I used my handy Testors kit. For anything not metal I used their brand of acrylic paints....
View ArticleFirst Build Iron Man for my 5 yr old son
Hi all I'm new at this so any help would be nice. I'm cutting the foam on my flat bed 4 axys CNC router by vectorizing the PEP files. I hope to get the suit done for halloween. as soon as I can fig out...
View ArticleWhat to make a tactical vest out of?
Hi I wanna make a simple bane ish tactical vest, but dunno what to use as the base material. a quick google says cordura, but i cant find anywhere inthe uk that sells it! it doesnt have to be cordura,...
View Article3 Video Tutorials: craft foam to leather, to hammered silver & honeycomb...
Through experimenting and learning from others I find creative ways to get results on a low budget. I've had tutorials of my techniques on my website for almost a decade now (link in sig), with step by...
View ArticlePreparing Leather
I have acquired two small tanned hides. One is a goat skin and the other is small kangaroo. Both have nice clean inner sides, but still have the hair/fur on the outer skin. Q1. Do I just shave this for...
View ArticleBikerscout Don Post/Rubies Modded
Hey guys and gals, I am still new to prop making and decided to tackle the biker scout. Its not perfect by any means but I have learned a few things and it will sit on the shelf well. This began as a...
View ArticleEasiest Iron Man pieces?
If you were piecing together an Iron Man costume and weren't worried about specific screen accuracy...from which Mk of suit would you take each bit to make it the easiest to Pep in foam? I.e. which...
View ArticleLet me see your Iron Man hands?
Heya, folks. I'm working up a set of hands, and as this is my second set (based on the EZ foam patterns) I'm still relatively new. My first sets were very form-fitting, so this time I allowed extra...
View ArticleDoctor Doom helmet pep WIP
I was looking for a new helmet to pep and I came across the pep file for Doctor Doom -Marvel vs. Capcom edition. It looked pretty cool so I thought I would try that. This time I tried to go slower with...
View ArticleHalo 3 ODST build-any tips?
hi guys! this is going to be one of my first builds that ive done. i do have a lot of experience building other things (that are not costumes at all) and this has been one of my dreams ever since halo...
View ArticleIron Man helmet too small
Just finished my first Iron Man pep. I needed a break from the hylian shield that is in bondo stage right now. But I realized pretty early into the helmet that it would be too small. I didn't scale the...
View ArticleWhat should I make Bender out of?
I plan on making a Bender (Futurama, not Airbender) costume and need help in construction? Also, what would be the best material to make it out of? thanks
View ArticleAmazing Spiderman Build - Sonjou Dye Sub
Hi Guys, So I'm planning to build my replica using Sonjou's dye sub pattern. I'm currently in touch with 2 dye sub companies and waiting on the best price/service, one is local the other will need...
View ArticleEnd Game Magneto X-men First Class
I am starting magneto's end game costume from first class. It is kinda hard since it is only on screen for a few shots. Does anyone know how his cape was made? Any and all help is appreciated Thanks,...
View ArticleBacking/supporting vacuum table molds (halo reach)
Hey! Me and my team have been building molds from a base of pepekura for my thermoforming machine... My question is since our molds are positive, what would be a cost effective way to back the mold for...
View ArticleTigerblood White (Tiger) Ranger Build Thread.
I've been lurking around and wanted to share a build thread, but there are so many Iron Man threads already. So I will go ahead and keep that one out of sight and I will post this White Tiger Ranger...
View ArticleBatsuit design
Hi all I was just wondering what people think of this concept that I drew up at work of a batsuit I'd like to build. I drew inspiration from the batman begins batsuit while adding some of the features...
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