Deathstroke: Armor (plus a small Near update)

The chest armor in-progress

There is a lot of armor on Deathstroke, so I'm not going to go into complete detail, but I will provide you with some (hopefully) helpful insights.

The basic idea is to cut out a whole lot of shapes from craft foam to fit your body, using the original reference as a model.

The ammo is made from corks with mesh straps glued to them, and the belt and "suspenders" are made from straps too.

Here is the pattern for the pouches

The pouches

The pants are jeans, but you should probably get them in black, because we tried painting these and it didn't work so well (we had no black jeans at that time) but they should be scrap jeans because you have to glue all the parts to them and the shirt.

The pouches are actually made from one piece of black
foam that is cleverly folded to look like a pouch. It doesn't have a back, but who's going to see that anyway? So, it's cool. You can use the pattern to the right for reference. Then, you put a little bit of mesh strap through the hole in the top and there you have it.


So, if you follow this method, you can basically create all the armor.

And now for the...

Near Update: The Puppets

So, here are the puppets:          

  I made them out of Das polymer air-dry clay, and they turned out pretty well, but I wouldn't recommend using Das. It's very soft, and doesn't keep it's shape, it also doesn't stick to itself very well, so that posed a problem.
But I still like the result, so all's well that ends well.



 

I can't wait for tomorrow. Can you? :D

Deathstroke: The Mask and Bo Staff

Hi! Finally, a post for Deathstroke. Sorry about the wait, I know it's a little late now for this Halloween.
Hopefully, you're looking at this post after 2013's Halloween!
Anyway.

The Over Mask

The finished mask.

This is the orange and black part of the mask that looks like a mask. You will basically only see this part in the finished thing.

You will need:

• 1/4 inch thick white craft foam
• Thin black craft foam
• X-Acto knife
• Black paint
• Orange paint

Draw a pattern on the foam for the mask using the picture to the left as reference. You can make one out of paper first, to get the measurements correct. Cut out the foam using the knife and make sure it works properly.

Cut out a small square of black foam and glue inside the mask under the mouth holes. Do the same for the eye, but cut out an eye hole first. Make sure you can see the black foam, though, as this gives the impression of a more 3D look!

Paint over the mask using the orange paint first. Use tape to make the line clear and straight between the transition. Do the same with the black.

Voila! You have completed step 1.

The Under Mask


You will need:

• Half a yard of black cloth, preferably stretchy
• Strip of orange cloth

Take the black cloth and fold in half over your head. Take the corners that stick out and tape them flat to the back of the mask. Continue to take the loose flaps and tape them down, keeping in mind that your head needs to be able to slip out of it. Glue all taped flaps down, then remove tape.

Take the strip of orange cloth and tie a knot in it like a ninja headband. Using the foam over mask as reference, glue the strip to the under mask to look like it's coming out from the over mask (and make sure to read that sentence carefully so you don't get the under mask and the over mask confused :D)

Cut an eye hole in the under mask where the eye will go. You might want to tape the over mask to it temporarily for placement.

Fasten together with desired method. You are done with the mask!

The Bo's end, wrapped with duct tape

The Bo

You will need:

• Metal or plastic black broom handle
• Duct tape 
• Black craft foam

 Take the craft foam and wrap it around the middle of the broom handle, then cut so that it fits snugly over it. Glue or tape on. Wrap the ends of it in duct tape for a cool "wrapped" look. 
Take a couple swings at an imaginary enemy. Now you are done!

Hope you all have a great Halloween! See you next time!