Ragnar Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 As avowning long-time steam-punk and one of the founders of the austrian steampunk-community I instantly fell in love with Metalbeard's robo-pirate design. I already made loads of costumes before but this was my first attempt on working with EVA-foam (Ethylene-vinyl acetate). First of all I needed some patterns, so I made 3D-models using fotographs of the original LEGO-pieces as reference. After that I dissected the models into their single surfaces, unfolded them and arranged the on multiple pages for printing. Next I transferred the cut-out paper pattern onto the surface of my foam-sheets, sawed them out on an electric scroll saw and ground some of the 90 degrees edges to slopes with a disc grinder. Afterwards I thermo-formed some of the pieces with a heat gun and bent them into their final shape. After I had all the components I needed, I glued them together with a hot glue gun and finally painted the props with acrylic paint. To make the beard wearable I attached a leather-strap on its inside which would later be covered by the bicorne. Finally I made a matching eyepatch out of leather (also using some fotographs as reference). The picture was taken at the LEGO-Store Donauzentrum (Vienna/Austria). You can find more pictures of the single objects in my cosplay folder on my homepage. Quote
Nick Wolfe Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 OMG that's amazing! I probably would have strapped a plushie shark to my arm too but you look fantastic! Quote
Ragnar Posted March 31, 2015 Author Posted March 31, 2015 Thanks! Adding a plush-shark is a great idea! ...although it was supposed to be the "Minifig" version of metalbeard (as seen in his narration). Quote
Mencot Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 Haha, very cool and awesome. The design is, Lego spot on Quote
dr_spock Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Excellent work. Even the employee name tag looks real. Quote
obsidianheart Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Cool! All that's missing is Speed Racer and The Flash! Quote
Ragnar Posted April 3, 2015 Author Posted April 3, 2015 Thanks to all for the compliments! @dr_spock: The name tag IS real ;-) Quote
Pate-keetongu Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 This is fantastic. The overall costume is great, but the big flame plume got to be my favourite part. Quote
Ragnar Posted April 6, 2015 Author Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) This is fantastic. The overall costume is great, but the big flame plume got to be my favourite part. Thank you! It's a separate piece, so you can rotate it or take it off if you like... Edited April 6, 2015 by Ragnar Quote
alohamitsu Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 That is so cool and so creative! I love Halloween (my favorite holiday over Christmas actually!) and I really love to see people taking the time and effort to make their costume unique! :) Quote
Jordan76 Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 What a lovely post!! I am glad that you shared the photographs of this Halloween Costume. I will also be hosting a halloween party this year and looking forward to your post regarding party preparations. I want this party to be the best halloween party nyc! Quote
kingmob75 Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 Wow, this is awesome! Well done, good sir. Quote
novareb Posted October 4, 2015 Posted October 4, 2015 Cool! The costume looks awesome, but I'm sad it's not robot metalbeard Quote
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