So after all the thoughts had kind of come together, I realized, I better get on it :). Only a few days to get things in order.
Boots, Check. Pants, Check (found some awesome pants with a ton of pockets about a 2 months ago) Shirt... ugh no idea. So e went out to try and find a suitable "top" to my costume, with the thought of it being not just for the costume and actually found a pretty awesome shirt that fit the bill. Kinda a para military look to it with a bit more of the added on later feel. Basic clothes... check.
Then came time to find some accessories to add to the feel.
First I ran across some old shin guards I had picked up a while back for a different project I had in mind, since the other project only called for one I figured why not use the other for this. Giving it the look and the feel was honestly pretty easy on this one since they had already seen some use and were a little banged up anyhow. The end result turned out beautifully. Here is a before and after shot.
Before:
After:
Some progress shots :)... left to right Basic form, Paint, Aging.
Finished Maskes
The "brass" one
The "Beat up" one
The "Cracked" one
This mask now Available in my etsy store
This mask now Available in my etsy store
Next goggles... I have a pair already but honestly my girl put them on and frankly they fit, so, time to scrap some together... I started scrounging and found the bits and pieces I was looking for. After a bit of test fitting and messing around I had these...
Not to bad but boring. I had specifically tried to get them looking like they had been put together from different pairs to give it the "make do with what I can find" feel. since they were a bit to boring I started finding more bits around and cobbling them together and ended up with these....
MUCH better fits the feel a lot better than before. The paint job is a lot more in the vein of well used and abused.
So after all this I had intended to put together a quick shoulder piece but unfortunately ran out of time. Oh well perhaps next time I'll get one done in time.
Over all the costume turned out great and we had a great time. I gotta say my Girl looked awesome and The mask looked great on her. As the night went on we got asked where we had gotten the masks a few times, which was flattering and frankly I may start selling em soon, once I improve on them just a bit :).
Here are some pics we managed to get over the night showing off the costumes in full. Enjoy :) you can click on any of them to see the bigger versions.
Here is the new video documenting the 3 day costume adventure.
Cool! Nice video! :-)
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