Comicon 2013 montreal

I guess this would qualify as a home project.

My son wanted to go as RED HOOD... one of Batman's Robins, gone rogue.

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The mask was built using a program that prints out shapes on card stock, then you need to cut out the patterns and assemble them into the specific 3D shape you are trying to build (EG: helmets, armors and such)

I used the ol' bondo milkshake and cut down on f-glassing time.

When he gets back from commicon, I'll post the progression of the mask's construction.

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Dang, that's cool!

I made the chest armor out of a black t-shirt and foam cutouts, using wally world gym mats.
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Painted them black then beveled the edges on the belt sander.
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The larger armor plates had to be curved using a heat gun to soften the foam and I formed a cup shape by holding it down over my bent knee, while it cooled down.
The foam was attached using a ton of hotmelt and plenty of colorful cursing. :heh:

The mask's eyes are lenses from a pair of "gas station sunlasses" , fastened from the inside, again using pain, cursing and hotmelt.

Here are a couple more build pics.

First layers of mud. The inside was already treated to a bondo milkshake job, prior.
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Final coat of red
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Junior got a ton of compliments on his costume.
Dan Logan, who plays Boba Fett in Star wars(as a kid), gave him a thumbs up.
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You could be the coolest dad in the world, if'n I wasn't already :D

That is cool!


Sent from my Springfield XD with love!

Thanx for the kind words guys!

Nice work!

Can you say cottage industry?

Here is the kid behing the mask...notice how a BNIB, never fired(until very recently), Soviet SKS puts a grin on a young man's face.
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I don't have a pic, but he also fired another club member's "1911" and walked away from the stall with a "tent" in his pants