My Hal "Rebirth" Costume

[Wolfdagon Kyle's Nude Model Find all posts View Profile Close Wolfdagon]

What is the diameter of the chest symbol you are trying to make?

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

IJ where did you purchase your strectch pleather from? How was the pricing?

[Soranik Natu Green Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close Soranik Natu]

Mask is looking good. n_n Keep it up!

[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

I think the total chest symbol diameter is about 3.5"

The stretch pleather was purchased from Spandex House (kind of a goofy ordering setup, but it works, you have to call them and give your card info)

[Wolfdagon Kyle's Nude Model Find all posts View Profile Close Wolfdagon]

I was in Michael's yesterday and saw that they have styrofoam disks in various diameters, about an inch thick. Maybe you could get one of these and carve the design into it. Then you could use bondo or some kind of putty to fill in the pores and smooth it out. Similar to what you were trying with the foamies.

[Tons T Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close Tons T]

btw, how are you gonna do the spandex ?

[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

btw, how are you gonna do the spandex ?

We intend to create a pattern from a zentai suit we have laying around. But I'm not quite sure what you mean by "do" the spandex

[Wolfdagon Kyle's Nude Model Find all posts View Profile Close Wolfdagon]

I just finished checking an idea I had for the chest symbol. hI would think that 3.5 inces in diameter would be kinda small for a chest symbol, but I made a quick design in Sketchup with a 3.5 inch diameter and approximately 0.25 inch thick. I made it hollow with walls around 1/16th of an inch thick.

Then I uploaded it to Shapeways to see how much it would cost to have it printed. You can get it printed in their cheapest material for about $18. You would still have to smooth out the surface since it has a rough texture, but this might be something to think about.

Also, if you spent more time tweaking the design you might be able to get it cheaper, since their prices are based on the actual amount of material used.

[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

Interesting, I may see what shapeways can do, though if we cast it ourselves, we get the benefit of being able to embed earth magnets in the material for easy application to the costume

[Wolfdagon Kyle's Nude Model Find all posts View Profile Close Wolfdagon]

The magnets are a pretty good idea. You could probably do it cheaper yourself anyway, especially if you do a light up version like you talked about.

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

IJ where did you purchase your strectch pleather from? How was the pricing?

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[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

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Refer to post #64. Pricing wasn't bad, but I also didn't get any deals. There should also be links on the front page to most of this stuff, I think.

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

Many thanks dude. Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see the final product. There is a pic of me wearing my first home made GL costume in the Ugly Mug Thread.

[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

Refer to post #19 for links to the pleather and Spandex House

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Dude, you need to come over and check out the League of Lanterns and the Superhero Costuming Forum!

And out of curiosity, did the mask have that hammered finish already, or was that your doing?