2thin[501st] Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Alright, I recently finished building my death trooper costume and it made its debut at Megacon here in Orlando. It got more praise than I could have imagined and was featured on Buzzfeed and Movieplot! #25 http://www.buzzfeed.com/niaalavezos/ridiculously-awesome-costumes-from-megacon#.osr7OvXyeP #32 http://moviepilot.com/posts/2015/04/14/mind-blowing-cosplay-from-megacon-fan-art-2857593?lt_source=external,manual,manual I wasn't planning on making a thread about it but I got so many requests. I don't have many work in progress photos but I'll do my best to show everything. To start, I'll just show what it looks like now (I'm not done with it yet, there is still a lot more I want to do to it). Like all death troopers, it starts out with a fresh set of armor. It was painful but it had to be done. I just thought of a picture in my head of how I wanted it to look and went crazy with a Dremel cutting wheel Once all the heavy cutting was done, I used 60 grit sand paper and scraped up the whole thing. Of course I found I was still never happy with the damage I put into it, so even after I was finished painting everything, I sometimes came back to rough it up some more! But as far as the paint job goes, I will try to be as detailed as possible. It was all painted purely with acrylic and natural sponges. 1)The base layer I went with was butter -Mixing a little lemonade(Folkart 904) with white (Americana DA02) 2) The second layer was golden straw, i didn't cover the whole thing in it, just large patches everywhere. - Golden Straw(Americana DA168) This is where I had to get more selective with the colors I used but unfortunately, I did not take any pics after this. 3) Next, i practically and lightly coated the entire set in a brownish green color, but also adding more in darker spots or where there was more damage. This coat actually toned down the yellows a lot and gave it a nice hue. -Mixing celery green (Americana DA208) with a small amount of bambi brown (Ceramcoat 02424) 4) Following the dirty green, I decided to apply the mossy green color, conservatively in strategic splotches -Clover (Folkart 923) 5) Next was making the scratches and damage look realistic. So I started with a black base in the crevices of everything, then moved to a dark grey and sponged the heck out of the dmaged areas. -Black (Americana DA067) and then Slate Grey (Americana DA068) 6) Then it came time to add the dry blood stains. So I took red and added a small amount of black until it almost looked purple and then afterwards mixed another batch with slightly less black to get a dark red. - Tuscan Red (Americana DA265) with black This is where I added the canvas mummy straps in with hot glue and painted them using a mix of browns. 7) The final step in painting was just using the slate grey from before and lightly applying it anywhere that didn't look like it blended well with the rest of the armor, this followed by a clear coat of hairspray finished the Job and I was very happy with the results! I found the helmet to be very empty inside so I needed to fill it with cool details. Using an old broken Nokia phone I decided to fill in the details as well as some other scrap electronic stuff I found, and use the excess for other parts of the armor. I really enjoyed this part cause I had to get creative. One of the most difficult parts about building this was deciding on prosthetics. After a very long search and trying to imitate the gentle giant statue's face, I came across this one. http://www.grimmbrothershalloween.com/slack-jaw-the-zombie-foam-latex-appliance.php Which I then had painted using latex paints from monstermakers. The other prosthetic I used was for my hands Next thing I'm gonna be doing soon is making the undersuit blend with the armor, this means more prosthetics and painting! If anyone has any good ideas for prosthetic zombie skin, let me know! If anybody has any questions or would like to see more detailed photos of something specific, just ask. So that about does it for my build thread. I hope this helps some people wanting to make one. I'll be putting in the finer details soon to get it to that centurion rank. Thanks for looking And here are some random photos from Megacon... The droid I'm hungry for... The crew When you party too hard on the Death Star... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaps[TK] Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Ouch, it hurts to see armor cut up like that, especially the helmet, before you added all the paint but great looking death trooper! Thanks for sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2thin[501st] Posted April 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Ouch, it hurts to see armor cut up like that, especially the helmet, before you added all the paint but great looking death trooper! Thanks for sharing. It really did hurt, but thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedwelle94[TK] Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 The best one yet. Definitely going to be referring to this thread a few times for my DT suits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2thin[501st] Posted April 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 The best one yet. Definitely going to be referring to this thread a few times for my DT suits. I'm flattered haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barcode Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Boss Chance...... just boss! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SofusSnake Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Wow! I was really sceptical at first, since a lot of people take short-cuts when improvising these sorts of costumes (and I'm an anatomy/gore realism geek thanks to art school,) but man, it turned out WAY better than expected. You really did a super job on the painting, and even the mask fit eerily well into the open helmet, like it was made using the death trooper art as a reference for these kinds of costumes.Had to scroll through the con pictures twice just because they looked so cool, that TD looks genuinely frightened, lol.Are you SURE it's just a costume? Haha(Btw, does anyone know who that sith Twi'lek is? Wow. ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2thin[501st] Posted April 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Wow! I was really sceptical at first, since a lot of people take short-cuts when improvising these sorts of costumes (and I'm an anatomy/gore realism geek thanks to art school,) but man, it turned out WAY better than expected. You really did a super job on the painting, and even the mask fit eerily well into the open helmet, like it was made using the death trooper art as a reference for these kinds of costumes. Had to scroll through the con pictures twice just because they looked so cool, that TD looks genuinely frightened, lol. Are you SURE it's just a costume? Haha (Btw, does anyone know who that sith Twi'lek is? Wow. ) Lol thank you! That means a lot. Yes, she's one of my friends 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshix[TK] Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Awesome! Fantastic work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiettLives[TK] Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 We still need to plan and schedule that photo shoot at Eric's back yard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2thin[501st] Posted July 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 We still need to plan and schedule that photo shoot at Eric's back yard! Yes we do it'd be better at some setting in downtown Tampa though during TBCC. I hate having to put all the makeup on and stuff! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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