Advancing with the V for Vendetta project
Not just a normal black party wig, the wig needs to consist of good quality sententic, animal or even real human hair.
In this case a durable sententic hair-wig has been used, the hair itself isn’t black either but consists of a very darkbrown colour.
Here we get an impression of cutting the wig into shape
The wig is by courtacy of GrimeAtelierBessels
Here’s the second part of our impressions of the EFF Arcen, here are some more impressions of Jeroen as the Joker and Gino as Commander Bly.
We were dressing up for our first troop ever as clones, as you can see Gino(the right one) was kind of nervous there.
Jeroen as the Clone Commander, with his parents and daughter….
Next are some pictures with several costumed people we met at the festival
See ya next year at the EFF Haarzuilens
Together with the Dutch Garisson, we had a nice weekend at the Elf Fantasy Fair in Arcen near the Dutch-German border.
Introducing the Dutch Clone Commander Gree……..
and Dutch Clone Commander Bly
We like to thank Jos Dols from The Dutch Garisson for making the above Pictures
More pictures to come ofcourse
At the fair it wasn’t all about Star Wars….but about certain Gotham Villains, which aren’t being serious all the time, like The Joker for instance…..
"Why so Serious!"
The most extensive work besides the helmet is the middle parts of this armor, being the most important part because of the suspension of the whole underarmor (accept for the lower legs and boots).
Starting with the first test-fit with colors painted
As this is being just a testfit , different parts aren’t fastened, this is just to check the hight of the holsters and the belt it self and to compare the colors.
The belt itself has been weathered,
Still without the weathering, as the yellow boxes have been weathered, the rest of the belt shows an unfinished look…..
As we’re trying to get as close to promo picture of Commander Bly…..
we added grey aswell as the picture shows grey dirt on several boxes, with still unfinished at this point, we still need to leave brown and black marks in the form of stains and scratches around the edges of the boxes ( which has to be done very subtle)
First thing that we noticed on the official promo picture is that the legstripe across the upperleg isn’t centered, we wanted to this also with this armor.
As for a paint-method, airbrush techniques have been chosen, model building paint is being used (by revell and humbrol).
These are just the upperleg armor parts and the knees , more to come very soon.
And so the last part of our Castlefest report continues, more pictures may follow during the next weeks.
We met some very lovely peacock ladies……
How could we forget our lovely friend Melany…..
Hi, Ishi and Quint we didn’t forget about you (we waren jullie niet vergeten hoor).
"We’re tonight’s entertainment ladies care for a dance?"
"I begg your pardon!!"
To close the Event for the Saturday, somekind of offer was made to the forrest gods, like done in the middle-ages.
As the event draw to a close and everybody was heading home….
We made our shimmering last pictures.
Here’s a Project "Framed" wanted to share with all people interested in the "The Nightmare on Elmstreet" Theme.
Here you can see how he made one of the Gloves.
1.
1.First you need somekind of Template (made out of solid steel) to form each one of the the four Fingertips, beside the "Template" is a Copper tube from which the Fingertips are made.
2.The tools needed to form the Fingertips.
3.An impression of where the tube should be exactly ,before hammering the curve around the tube(forming the tube)
4.Meassuring the exact size of the Fingertip, with a steel carving pencil.
5.
5.Marking the Fingertips (with a letter) for each Finger is a smart thing to do so you know on which Finger it should go, because there are different sizes for most of the fingers.
6.The Fingertip has been cut from the Tube, you also get a nice impression of (the formed)curve.
7.One of the Finger-knives has been placed on the Fingertip ….
8.And welded into position.
9.
9.Heating up the Fingertip and knive some more, to strengthen the glove-part for extra Durability (This is what we call a "Hard Weld")
10.Framed in Action…
11.Meassuring the next part …..
12. …of the "Glove-Finger"
13.
13,14 and 15.The "Under-fingers" (as we call them for now)have been meassured an cut out, the cutting out has been done with a pair of Metal-scissors.
16.Now the connection can be made between the different parts.
17.
17.The four fully assambled Finger-knives.
18.Another two sets of Finger-knives on stock.
19.
19.Drilling the holes to connect the Finger-knives onto the handguard
20.The four drilled Finger-knives marked the letters for each Finger
21.The Template for the handguard
22.The handguard cut out and bent into shape
23.
23.The Glove used is from the same source used in the " A Nightmare on Elmstreet" Movies, it’s "Wells Lamont" Working Glove.
24 and 25.The handguard placed on the glove ro give an impression.
26.Drilling the holes in the handguard for permanent placement ontop of the glove.
27.
27.before making permanent adjustmentsonto the glove itself, the Fingertips are permanently connected to the handguard.
28.Another impression of the glove wit the handguard(fitted to the four Finger-knives), as you can see there are still four "rings" missing which keep the Finger-knives in place.
29.The four "rings" are now being welded to the inside of the Finger-knives.
30.Now the Finger-knives shoved over each one of the glove-fingers after which the handguard can be fitted to the Glove itself.
31.
31,32 and 33. And impression of weathered "Freddy" Glove, looking filthy and Stinky of rotten blood!
34.
34, 35, 36 and 37. A Fresh unused "Freddy" Glove, as if Freddy was to come by and get his next Glove.
SO BEWARE!! HE’S HUNGRY FOR SCARED SOULS!!!!
Well that might not be totally untrue, because "Freddy" himself (Also known as the actor Robert Englund) will make an appearance at the next Facts Convention, he will sign at the Convention aswell.
This Convention is being held in Ghent, Belgium next October
If you need a glove be sure to e-mail us at troopingunlimited@hotmail.com
We will be at Facts aswell, so feel free to come by
Here are some more pictures of the work in progress!
Update in Progress!
Here’s a Project "Framed" wanted to share with all people interested in the "The Nightmare on Elmstreet" Theme.
Here you can see how he made one of the Gloves.
1.
1.First you need somekind of Template (made out of solid steel) to form each one of the the four Fingertips, beside the "Template" is a Copper tube from which the Fingertips are made.
2.The tools needed to form the Fingertips.
3.An impression of where the tube should be exactly ,before hammering the curve around the tube(forming the tube)
4.Meassuring the exact size of the Fingertip, with a steel carving pencil.
5.
5.Marking the Fingertips (with a letter) for each Finger is a smart thing to do so you know on which Finger it should go, because there are different sizes for most of the fingers.
6.The Fingertip has been cut from the Tube, you also get a nice impression of (the formed)curve.
7.One of the Finger-knives has been placed on the Fingertip ….
8.And welded into position.
9.
9.Heating up the Fingertip and knive some more, to strengthen the glove-part for extra Durability (This is what we call a "Hard Weld")
10.Framed in Action…
11.Meassuring the next part …..
12. …of the "Glove-Finger"
13.
13,14 and 15.The "Under-fingers" (as we call them for now)have been meassured an cut out, the cutting out has been done with a pair of Metal-scissors.
16.Now the connection can be made between the different parts.
17.
17.The four fully assambled Finger-knives.
18.Another two sets of Finger-knives on stock.
19.
19.Drilling the holes to connect the Finger-knives onto the handguard
20.The four drilled Finger-knives marked the letters for each Finger
21.The Template for the handguard
22.The handguard cut out and bent into shape
23.
23.The Glove used is from the same source used in the " A Nightmare on Elmstreet" Movies, it’s "Wells Lamont" Working Glove.
24 and 25.The handguard placed on the glove ro give an impression.
26.Drilling the holes in the handguard for permanent placement ontop of the glove.
27.
27.before making permanent adjustmentsonto the glove itself, the Fingertips are permanently connected to the handguard.
28.Another impression of the glove wit the handguard(fitted to the four Finger-knives), as you can see there are still four "rings" missing which keep the Finger-knives in place.
29.The four "rings" are now being welded to the inside of the Finger-knives.
30.Now the Finger-knives shoved over each one of the glove-fingers after which the handguard can be fitted to the Glove itself.
31.
31,32 and 33. And impression of weathered "Freddy" Glove, looking filthy and Stinky of rotten blood!
34.
34, 35, 36 and 37. A Fresh unused "Freddy" Glove, as if Freddy was to come by and get his next Glove.
SO BEWARE!! HE’S HUNGRY FOR SCARED SOULS!!!!
Well that might not be totally untrue, because "Freddy" himself (Also known as the actor Robert Englund) will make an appearance at the next Facts Convention, he will sign at the Convention aswell.
This Convention is being held in Ghent, Belgium next October
If you need a glove be sure to e-mail us at troopingunlimited@hotmail.com
We will be at Facts aswell, so feel free to come by
Here are some more pictures of the work in progress!
Update in Progress!
