OPEN ARMS

I got less than 2 weeks to finish and there's still tons of work to be done! I finished one of the gauntlets and need to glue the armor to the other one. And after that, paintworks. I didn't even have time to draw up the templates, just improvising from VinMan's templates. Here's what I got for now...

MORNING SICKNESS

Woke up a bit early today..Managed to do some progress to the mask and hands..My wife hates them..hahaha. I'm heading into the right direction.

AN OLD FLAME

Greetings humans. It's time for another episode of "DO THE THINGS YOU LOVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE YOU DIE". 

I had the pleasure of meeting a coupla Malaysian cosplayers who are into predators the other day, and they invited me to join their fb group, Malaysia Predator Clan. Wow! These guys are great! The amount of passion they put into their predator suits really amaze me. The group is small, but each of them has or in the process of making their own predator suit! HAH!! Cool, innit??!! It's like meeting up your long lost brother. 

So, being me, I ditched the TIE interceptor project (only for a while) and ...wait for it.......started my own Predator suit project...heheheh..

Here's a list of what I need to do to become an "ugly motherfucker", as arnold would say it:

• make a bio helmet (no, I'm not gonna use the ones I've already have..where's the fun in that, right?)
• make an undermask with dreads and teeth and all
• make a muscle suit
• make a set of armor and backpack and weapons to go with the muscle suit
• wear the suit with pride
• go kick some ass!

So that's the plan. First off, I wanted to become the Wolf Predator from AVP:R. He's just sooo damn badass! I already have a sideshow Wolf Predator Bio Helmet and a smaller Snyder Helmet, but still I decided to make another one just for the fun of it. 

I started off with a pep file that I found in the hunter's lair forum, a damn accurate pep file. Here's some progress pics :

And here's some comparison pics between the pep mask and the sideshow and snyder mask:

Not too bad, eh? Now that the easy part's done, we go to the dirty part; resin & fibreglass application..(the part I hate most)

...and more dirty work, bondo and sanding....dread..

....and filling the gaps....

....and lastly, texturing...cough cough..

After this stage, I began to feel restless due to the fact that the helmet seemed tad too big. And although this is not totally finished yet, I decided to start with the muscle suit. I will revisit the bio helm once I finish the suit so that I get the Idea of how big the helm should really be...

LONG OVERDUE

Okay...Another update after a looooooonnnnnggggg silence. I actually had this in my laptop for ages now, just couldn't find the time to update the damn thing. Here's a list of what I've done up until now:

-Primered the cockpit black

-Kit-bashed some detail parts to the cockpit

-Painted the cockpit and the pilot

-Did some minor weathering for the internal hatch 

Well I guess that's it for now...Tune in for more adventure in la la land next week!!

MILK RUNS RED

This is how the Hasbro cockpit looks like, originally.

Without the pilot 

without the seat

Dis-assembled

Now, the best part, 3D prints!

First try, I made a mistake of not fixing the 3d file first before sending it to print. 

Second try, after fixing the .stl files by sending them to http://cloud.netfabb.com/ (it's free!)

Looks soo much better! And here's the full set.

The pilot seat

the front part thingie

Side wall panel

This is how it looks like, assembled.

And this is where it will be placed, note the difference in size compared to the original Hasbro size shown previously.

I don't know about you fellas, but I'm psyched as hell in this project, and I haven't had this excitement [outside of the bedroom] for a very long time! I'm gonna do the lights after this so stay tuned!