OMG GW Cosplay

[Pingo]

 

Wow!

 

Check out this guy's incredible Warhammer 40K space marine costume from last weekend.

Edited October 7, 2014 by Darsc Zacal

[Inarah]

Lot of nice costumes there.

[CashWiley]

[Lars Porsenna]

Awesome! I wish I had that talent...and even better a reason to go stomping around in Space marine armor...

 

Damon

[Cadaver]

Awesome! I wish I had that talent...and even better a reason to go stomping around in Space marine armor...

 

Damon

Do you ever really need a reason to go stomping around in Space Marine Armor?

[Lars Porsenna]

They might think it a little odd at work.. :)

 

Damon.

[The Basilisk]

these are REALLY awesome! I'm envious as all hell.

[Stern Kestrelmann]

Very cool. Thanks for posting these...

 

SK

[Girot]

[Panzer_Engel]

Awesome! I wish I had that talent...and even better a reason to go stomping around in Space marine armor...

 

Damon

 

Apparently it's not that hard to build - Although I'm just repeating what I've been told . . . .

 

If you haven't got access to vacum-forming equipment, and you don't fancy fibreglass mouldings, the easiest way to go is, apparently, with paper.

 

No, really.

 

Apparently the idea is to papercraft the basic forms - Models for most charicters that have appeared in a computer game are usually freely available on the web, as is the software to flatten the mesh, but this is only ever a starting point, because said models often use shortcuts or fudges that mean they don't always fit a real-world human form.

 

This done, the templates are cut out of heavyweight paper, assembled into three dimensions, and over the next few days, given several coats of epoxy resin - The type they sell for use with fibreglass - Allowing it to soak into the fibres of the paper.

 

Once sanded down (using all appropriate precautions) You should be left with a lightweight, surprisingly strong, shell. This is then lined with craft foam for comfort, fit, and extra durability. Paint, and detail as required.

[Lars Porsenna]

 

Awesome! I wish I had that talent...and even better a reason to go stomping around in Space marine armor...

 

Damon

 

Apparently it's not that hard to build - Although I'm just repeating what I've been told . . . .

 

If you haven't got access to vacum-forming equipment, and you don't fancy fibreglass mouldings, the easiest way to go is, apparently, with paper.

 

No, really.

 

Apparently the idea is to papercraft the basic forms - Models for most charicters that have appeared in a computer game are usually freely available on the web, as is the software to flatten the mesh, but this is only ever a starting point, because said models often use shortcuts or fudges that mean they don't always fit a real-world human form.

 

This done, the templates are cut out of heavyweight paper, assembled into three dimensions, and over the next few days, given several coats of epoxy resin - The type they sell for use with fibreglass - Allowing it to soak into the fibres of the paper.

 

Once sanded down (using all appropriate precautions) You should be left with a lightweight, surprisingly strong, shell. This is then lined with craft foam for comfort, fit, and extra durability. Paint, and detail as required.

 

 

That's a pretty cool idea, and one I didn't think of. But it is quite obvious now!

 

Damon.