Today I jumped right in and began working on the torso.
Last weekend I cleaned up the Jeep and disassembling it completely.
The moto-cross chest protector arrived from eBay earlier on Wednesday.
With the Chest protector I can rivet the plastic directly and have less parts to assemble when suiting up.
Started cutting up the front end of Jeep and figuring out the basic layout on the chest protector.
So far so good.
My shoulders will not line-up under the front wheel fenders, that's ok. I will customize however neccessary.
Now to figure out the back and how it will assemble with shoulder and neck area.
I have to keep in mind how I am going to take the suit on and off with minimal complexity as possible.
Friday night went supply shopping.
Re-stocked on spray paint and sanding blocks.
Found a storage bin at Walmart that is the perfect color green, and the spray paint color Hunter Green matches pretty good.
I will look for other color greens that might match better.
The heat gun, gloves and floor mat I got at Harbor Freight Tools. Good place to shop for tools and supplies when you're on a budget.
The floor mat material is good for forming light weight costume pieces.
Cut into shape, form it with heat gun, hot glue gun the pieces together, then paint.
This is a new method I will be trying, maybe the forearm pieces this will work for.
Found some vinyl angle brackets discounted at hardware store.
These are the same brackets I used on Prowl for the missile launcher mounts.
This weekend I met with a private collector of Power Wheels vehicles on Greensboro NC.
I Acquired two vehicles for upcoming Transformer costumes, a Jeep and Lamborghini.
The Jeep is perfect for Hound and the Lamborghini is good for Arcee or Sidwswipe.
I will have to re-paint both, but that's OK, get the color I want.
The Jeep is disassembled and getting cleaned up for fitting ideas.
This time I will use motocross chest protector plates for the costume torso assembly, it was easier to find inexpensive chest protectors vs used backpack harnesses on eBay.
Mysticon 2015
A great year for this event, attendance sold out!
The panels and programming I went to were cool.
Always glad to see the vendor hall packed.
There were many awesome Cosplay participants.
Spectacular Masquerade event Saturday night.
Congrats to all participants and winners.
Many attendees glad to see Prowl again.
Looking forward to Mysticon 2016!
New Boots arrived.
My vision is to create the feet and lower legs on Prowl different for improved mobility.
The lower legs and feet will be one piece that fits more firmly around my feet and shins.
These motocross boots have hard plastic and leather outer layer for riveting plastic directly to.
Exposed tires attached on outer sides.
I will probably do a three inch rubber sole lift as well.
Or I might just use these for my next transformers costume.
This years WyvaCon 2014 was awesome!
Got some great photos to share:
