tmnt movie costume build from part 1 - Page 2

cartoonistaaron · 08-15-2012, 06:44 PM

Hey what part of the country are you guys in? How does the weather (humidity, temperature) affect your work? I'm in Florida and it's always way too hot and humid to get anything done outside (not to mention the mosquitos).

jester fx · 08-16-2012, 05:42 AM

we are in florida also. and yes the humidity and heat is a factor but we work through it. the studio has 6 fans in it so it is kept at about 80 degrees. hat way it is not over Bering when working. the humidity does cause some issues but it just makes things start to kick faster and for jobs like with foma latex we work inside our come to mix it. the new studio will have an air conditioner so when doing certain jobs we ca control the temp and humidity

jester fx · 09-16-2012, 04:24 PM

just so you guys know this project is not over just attending to haloween orders after october our goal is to finish the project. in eh mean time we received tour used pads that are being used as templets to make ours and we are having the shell molded

Mintyfresh · 09-18-2012, 08:52 AM

This looks amazing, so much detail. I cannot wait to see this when completely finished!!

TMNT-Collector · 09-19-2012, 02:03 PM

wow, the amount of detail you are putting into this is amazing, should make out to be an extraordinary costume

jester fx · 11-29-2012, 11:41 AM

it has been a while since we posted any progress the shop has been real busy. we finally had some time to do more work on the costume and decided to tackle the shell mold. we went with a fiberglass 4 piece mold. the back is 1 piece each side has 1 piece and the inner half that touches your back and side has 1 piece. the foam will than be injected into the mold in the center this way there is no pour spots to try and fix

j_phae-41 · 12-08-2012, 08:29 AM

any updates?

jester fx · 12-09-2012, 04:12 PM

we will be posting some progress shots soon. the torso is done and is being molded tomorrow and we started teh head and will show some photos with the torso. we als0 plan on casting the first shell soon

j_phae-41 · 12-09-2012, 04:15 PM

sweet! I cant wait to see.

jester fx · 12-10-2012, 01:19 PM

here are some wip shots of teh raph head just about done. this is some quick texture trials we still need to ad his face scars and tweak the eyes. if you notice this mask is being sculpted off of a stone copy of the head and neck area of the the torso sculpt this will allow the head to be teh proper size and shape. the neck on this mask is a little different than the original movie ones just due to how our head is being made

jester fx · 12-11-2012, 10:17 AM

here are some more shots of the head. we changed the mouth a little and added wrinkles in the corners of the mouth. this added more of his aggressive trademark look. than we changed teh teeth a little bit and made a hollow space between teh top and bottom row of teeth. the texture is done teh same ways as for teh film. we now have to just finish teh texture under the neck and add his 2 scars

jester fx · 12-15-2012, 06:53 AM

have some more photos to share. we finished the torso. her is a photo of the sculpt prepped for molding and the final mold before we had a chance to trim away the edges. next is to finish the head we finally have it all to the form we want and just need to do a new texture to match teh body.

the light spots are not air bubble it is the light clay we used for the molding process we still have to remove form teh mold

jester fx · 10-28-2013, 06:45 AM

it has been some time since i posted as i have been swamped. this has always been a personal job but i think i may start actively working on it some more. i have done some more research and found better photos. i also have decided to do the full costume in regular latex not foam latex.

now that the shell and torso are molded i will be working on casting some copies of them i also will be molding the head soon

Gwydion · 10-31-2013, 05:46 PM

This is looking great so far! I hope you do eventually finish it - I'd love to see the final product!

10-31-2013, 05:46 PM	#34
Gwydion Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Ohio Posts: 331	This is looking great so far! I hope you do eventually finish it - I'd love to see the final product! __________________

08-15-2012, 06:44 PM	#21
cartoonistaaron Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 737	Hey what part of the country are you guys in? How does the weather (humidity, temperature) affect your work? I'm in Florida and it's always way too hot and humid to get anything done outside (not to mention the mosquitos).

08-16-2012, 05:42 AM	#22
jester fx Random Punk Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21	we are in florida also. and yes the humidity and heat is a factor but we work through it. the studio has 6 fans in it so it is kept at about 80 degrees. hat way it is not over Bering when working. the humidity does cause some issues but it just makes things start to kick faster and for jobs like with foma latex we work inside our come to mix it. the new studio will have an air conditioner so when doing certain jobs we ca control the temp and humidity

09-16-2012, 04:24 PM	#23
jester fx Random Punk Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21	just so you guys know this project is not over just attending to haloween orders after october our goal is to finish the project. in eh mean time we received tour used pads that are being used as templets to make ours and we are having the shell molded

09-18-2012, 08:52 AM	#24
Mintyfresh Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: MN Posts: 100	This looks amazing, so much detail. I cannot wait to see this when completely finished!!

09-19-2012, 02:03 PM	#25
TMNT-Collector Foot Soldier Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 154	wow, the amount of detail you are putting into this is amazing, should make out to be an extraordinary costume

11-29-2012, 11:41 AM	#26
jester fx Random Punk Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21	it has been a while since we posted any progress the shop has been real busy. we finally had some time to do more work on the costume and decided to tackle the shell mold. we went with a fiberglass 4 piece mold. the back is 1 piece each side has 1 piece and the inner half that touches your back and side has 1 piece. the foam will than be injected into the mold in the center this way there is no pour spots to try and fix

12-08-2012, 08:29 AM	#27
j_phae-41 Random Punk Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 38	any updates?

12-09-2012, 04:12 PM	#28
jester fx Random Punk Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21	we will be posting some progress shots soon. the torso is done and is being molded tomorrow and we started teh head and will show some photos with the torso. we als0 plan on casting the first shell soon

12-09-2012, 04:15 PM	#29
j_phae-41 Random Punk Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 38	sweet! I cant wait to see.

12-10-2012, 01:19 PM	#30
jester fx Random Punk Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21	here are some wip shots of teh raph head just about done. this is some quick texture trials we still need to ad his face scars and tweak the eyes. if you notice this mask is being sculpted off of a stone copy of the head and neck area of the the torso sculpt this will allow the head to be teh proper size and shape. the neck on this mask is a little different than the original movie ones just due to how our head is being made

12-11-2012, 10:17 AM	#31
jester fx Random Punk Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21	here are some more shots of the head. we changed the mouth a little and added wrinkles in the corners of the mouth. this added more of his aggressive trademark look. than we changed teh teeth a little bit and made a hollow space between teh top and bottom row of teeth. the texture is done teh same ways as for teh film. we now have to just finish teh texture under the neck and add his 2 scars

12-15-2012, 06:53 AM	#32
jester fx Random Punk Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21	have some more photos to share. we finished the torso. her is a photo of the sculpt prepped for molding and the final mold before we had a chance to trim away the edges. next is to finish the head we finally have it all to the form we want and just need to do a new texture to match teh body. the light spots are not air bubble it is the light clay we used for the molding process we still have to remove form teh mold

10-28-2013, 06:45 AM	#33
jester fx Random Punk Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21	it has been some time since i posted as i have been swamped. this has always been a personal job but i think i may start actively working on it some more. i have done some more research and found better photos. i also have decided to do the full costume in regular latex not foam latex. now that the shell and torso are molded i will be working on casting some copies of them i also will be molding the head soon