Space Jockey Costume at Megacon 2012

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MemberOvomorphFebruary 19, 2012

Greetings Gentlemen & Ladies, Seems as though I picked an interesting time to be away for Megacon! That being said, here's how the SJ costume I've been working on turned out for Megacon: [IMG]http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/dbshark94/SJ%20Costume/IMG_6490.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/dbshark94/SJ%20Costume/IMG_6493.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/dbshark94/SJ%20Costume/IMG_6489.jpg[/IMG] Note: See the spelling? See what I did there, Huh? Well,nobody at Megacon got it... nerds! [IMG]http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/dbshark94/SJ%20Costume/IMG_6495.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/dbshark94/SJ%20Costume/IMG_6589.jpg[/IMG] Speaking of nerds... me, my smokin' wife, and kids (anybody catch the "Falling Skies" harness on one of my boy's backs? [IMG]http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/dbshark94/SJ%20Costume/IMG_6525.jpg[/IMG] "SJ Love"... [IMG]http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/dbshark94/SJ%20Costume/IMG_6733.jpg[/IMG] It wouldn't be Megacon without Megababes... [IMG]http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/dbshark94/SJ%20Costume/IMG_6562.jpg[/IMG] Saved the best for last! Next year... I show up with the finished costume... complete "skeletal monstrosity"!

Rick
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February 19, 2012

Awesome Costume! I hope you had a blast

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February 19, 2012

[IMG]http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p495/dbshark94/SJ%20Costume/IMG_6514.jpg[/IMG] Sorry, here's a better pic. of the "Falling Skies" harness on my boy. It glowed in 3 different sections down his spine... (tough to see with the light so bright.)

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February 19, 2012

Nice work db :-D I want some of those sampules!! :-P or do I....?

[url=http://www.robocopmovie.net/][img]http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/snorkelbottom/NewRoboBanner.jpg[/img][/url] "Is it dead this time?" "I dunno, poke it with this stick and see."

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February 19, 2012

Thanks Rick! We did. (At least it's something to pass the next 109 days with!)

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February 19, 2012

That guy's Alien costume is pretty darn good too! And you can never go wrong with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn either :-P

[url=http://www.robocopmovie.net/][img]http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/snorkelbottom/NewRoboBanner.jpg[/img][/url] "Is it dead this time?" "I dunno, poke it with this stick and see."

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February 19, 2012

Alien guy's name was Matt. Yes, very nice latex suit. His wife was dressed as Ripley from the original movie. Very cool couple. Apparently you can bid on these latex replica costumes on eBay? He spent around $1000 on his and then had to "tweek" it a bit with more glue and highlighting when he got it.

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February 19, 2012

WOW. Great job db! Very cool and it looks like a great time. Hope you had fun and thanks for sharing your pictures!

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February 19, 2012

ohh great !!! excellent modelling work ..... give it a wash of brown/beige ( with alot of water so it will go in the deep spots ) to make more visible the shadow/reliefs play ( as it is is magnificent but too flat )

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February 19, 2012

You rock dude! Way to go! Well done on the SJ costume! Nobody got the ampule pun ? That's sad.... thanks for posting the pics!!!

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February 19, 2012

I got it....... I want a Guyver suit (Guyver 0) made out of something like that with fibreglass for the actual armor pieces, but something like the latex for the 'creature' underneath. But that would be a massive custom job......

[url=http://www.robocopmovie.net/][img]http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/snorkelbottom/NewRoboBanner.jpg[/img][/url] "Is it dead this time?" "I dunno, poke it with this stick and see."

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February 19, 2012

Looks pretty cool, good work dude.

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February 19, 2012

Thanx guys! Hey Frantz, or any artist out there: ... the costume is masking tape covered with liquid latex. While I'm a decent artist overall, I'm not versed in air brushing very much. I bought a small air brush kit to see if I could pull off doing some highlighting detail work and pretty much failed. I was down to the wire the night before Megacon, so I painted over the attempted highlights, hit the whole thing with a can of bronze Rust-o-leum for general shading, then applied a final clear coat. My question is: now with all these layers, what would I use for my beige/brown wash? What would stick to the final clear coat? If I can get it to work, I'll apply it to the rest of the costume sections as I finish them. Thanx for any advice.

Space Jockey Costume at Megacon 2012

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