Gundam Suit 1.5

"Welcome"

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:21:00 -0400

“Welcome”

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I have been getting a lot of emails from people asking me for more detail on how I built my costume and how to help them build their own suits. Because of this I have written a book on the matter, so if you are interested in building you own gundam check it out, I think you’ll find it very helpful…

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The Beginning

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:17:37 -0400

Welcome, this website is to document the making and eventual remaking of my cardboard Gundam (for you people who don’t know what a gundam it’s a giant japanese fighting robot).

This is the first attempt at making the gundam helmet back when...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:17:13 -0400

This is the first attempt at making the gundam helmet back when the costume was planned to be my friends costume and not my mine. I later started again from scratch.

The start of the real helmet which is the most difficult piece...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:17:05 -0400

The start of the real helmet which is the most difficult piece of the whole costume.

Here you can see the mostly finished helmet. It was extremely...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:16:56 -0400

Here you can see the mostly finished helmet. It was extremely important to make it as close fitting to my head as possible so it would look well scaled with the body.

This is the waist which was the first piece made of the body....

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:16:48 -0400

This is the waist which was the first piece made of the body. It’s actually two pieces which are put together with velcro.

Here’s the chest being worked on. As you can see the...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:16:39 -0400

Here’s the chest being worked on. As you can see the cardboard I used is pretty standard stuff you can find anywhere. The white parts are comic backs for the small areas and poster board for the larger ones.

The mostly built chest, it was a very complex shape and it was...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:16:27 -0400

The mostly built chest, it was a very complex shape and it was pretty hard to get my head around the way they interacted and in which order to build them.

Next I started in on the limbs. This is the forearm in progress.

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:13:19 -0400

Next I started in on the limbs. This is the forearm in progress.

The arms stayed in places simply do to a tight fit.

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:13:12 -0400

The arms stayed in places simply do to a tight fit.

With the arms done I started the feet and legs. The feet are...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:13:05 -0400

With the arms done I started the feet and legs. The feet are wood soles that are screwed to tennis shoes.

The roundness of the knees was done by applying bondo to the...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:12:58 -0400

The roundness of the knees was done by applying bondo to the cardboard.

The thighs were very troublesome, extremely tightly fitting and...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:12:52 -0400

The thighs were very troublesome, extremely tightly fitting and hard to get off and on.

With the limbs done I built the hip pieces next.

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:12:45 -0400

With the limbs done I built the hip pieces next.

Here’s the first test run of wearing most of the suit (oh...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:12:38 -0400

Here’s the first test run of wearing most of the suit (oh and just so you know this was about a week before the suit needed to be finished so there was no time for cleaning up).

The hands were the last piece to be made. They’re just...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:12:31 -0400

The hands were the last piece to be made. They’re just cardboard built on to those cheap black winter gloves.

Here’s the suit being clear coated inside and out. It made...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:12:24 -0400

Here’s the suit being clear coated inside and out. It made it shiny AND waterproof which was very important because I did a good bit of damage by sweating in my last costume.

Here’s the suit all layed out ready to be worn.

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:12:17 -0400

Here’s the suit all layed out ready to be worn.

Here I am being suited in the parking lot of the metro toronto...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:12:09 -0400

Here I am being suited in the parking lot of the metro toronto convention centre before entering the convention with the suit.

Next, a few pics of me walking around the con.

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Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:11:59 -0400