This weekend worked on torso and missile launcher for Hound.
Riveted a few brackets to attach Jeep front to chest protector, trying to get correct angle for hood and room to wear helmet.
Also did a few base primer and sanding to hood, I'm a little worried about the sun fade on hood, primer should fill the cracks.
Started throwing together ideas for the missile launcher designs.
I went with 3 inch PVC parts for the launcher and so far looks great.
The green missile cone I found at A.C Moore, and the orange one is from a funnel kit at Harbor Freight Tools.
This time I used rivets with plastic tabs on the inside missile cones instead of glue to hold together.
The Roanoke Valley ComiCon was a huge turnout this year.
Many familiar faces in addition to a great attendance.
I passed out flyers for the upcoming TFCon set for October in Charlotte NC.
This weekend finished chopping up the remainder chassis of the Jeep for lower legs assembly.
Was helpful to borrow a reciprocating saw (sawzall) to do the cutting.
The lower leg sections should work fine attaching directly to the motocross boots.
Also completed repairing the motocross boots, they both had some heat damage to the plastic from previous owner. Found the boots on eBay cheap.
While looking at leftover plastic pieces from the mustang I used on Prowl, found the steering bracket and came up with an interesting idea for the back of Hound.
I could mount the steering bracket on the back with two tires bolted straight on. The Jeep did not come with doors, so no doors sticking out like Prowl. The G1 Hound character from the 80's never had doors anyway. Might continue with this idea and either add to it or modify.
That bracket on the back would actually help with the missile launcher mounting bracket.
The tires I will repaint black with grey rims and the bracket will get painted grey as well.
Tempted to dry brush a simple brown coat on the tire treads for effect, like dirt on the tires.
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.
