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ME and my friend are planning on making costumes for events and such (mainly for halloween ) next year and are planning on starting early. I'm planning on being commisar (similar to commisar cain in this pic: http://www.spuler.us/40k/large/cains_last_stand.jpg) and he is gonna be a cadian guardsmen. We are going to start building probably this weekend and are going to get stuff together. here is the basic plan.

Commisar:
Hat: borroing my friends, he already has a very similar hat.
Jacket: Basic black suit blazer (not sure what im doing about the shoulder pad thingies)
Vest: black vest, gonna pick up one similar at goodwill for a couple bucks and then do the gold embroidery and such pretty simply on my own
Sash: just some plain red cloth.
Gloves: Black welding gloves (im really thinking hard about changing that, i think i could do a better job on that one)
Pants: just some black dress pants
Bolt Pistol: i have a nerf gun that is perfect size and shape of a bolt pistol except for the clip which is an easy fix with cardboard and spray paint. (this nerf gun actually gave us the idea because we had a nerd rage when we realised that it looked like a bolt pistol)
Boots: black combat boots.
Chainsword: Making it around the base of the handle which will be a round piece of wood. we will then make a cardboard cover for the blade and cardboard hand guard. not sure how to do the teeth of the chainsword though. suggestions please..


Guardsman:
Helmet: We have a military helmet from some past war. just gonna stick an imperial eagle on the front and paint it the proper color. (it should look similar to this but with a different color. http://www.spatcave.com/warhammer2/DSC06028res.jpg)
Pants: just plain grey somewhat baggy pants
Shirt: long sleeve grey shirt
Boots: black combat boots.
Armour: this is where it gets difficult. we are planning on working with some card board to form the the chest piece. but i am also planning on making the rounded shoulders out of maybe foam of also cardboard. i will prolly paint them and then use fiber glass tape (similar to that used on the dreadnaught costume project http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/270645.page) just to make it solid...

and suggestions on paint scheme for the guardsmen? we're thinking about using the scheme my friend has on his army: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/78252-.html?m=2

Suggestions are welcome, i would love to have any help i could get thanks may the emperor bless you with many sixes

I like the idea but I don't think a basic blazer will work for a Commisars Coat. Their coats are long and don't really look anything like a blazer.

Good luck though.

You'd need a double brested trench coat for a comissar, me thinks.

Swan im probabaly just gona leave the helmet black, and just make the armor black, so black and gray color scheme. Your bro gave a good idea for me to get a gas mask so if you can find some cheap one somewhere just tell me and ill give you the money to buy it. And yeah use a trench coat for the commisar like I did for my commisar costume last halloween., and use your bro's civil war shoulders pads for the shoulders.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://up.picr.de/1419156.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi%3Fboard%3Dpicpost%26action%3Dprint%26thread%3D4010&usg=__RlXZZtbXZTCiTPf_d8W_xfyQH6U=&h=640&w=480&sz=88&hl=en&start=2&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Fbsfx-2gsT1X4M:&tbnh=137&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhandmade%2Blasgun%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4DKUS_enUS272US272%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1 legit

k so we can use the shoulder pads, and i found a trench coat whilst looking through me closet, so i can use that. im thinking about going to get the stuff today to start making the stuff, you up for it Kazerkin?


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http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://up.picr.de/1419156.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi%3Fboard%3Dpicpost%26action%3Dprint%26thread%3D4010&usg=__RlXZZtbXZTCiTPf_d8W_xfyQH6U=&h=640&w=480&sz=88&hl=en&start=2&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Fbsfx-2gsT1X4M:&tbnh=137&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhandmade%2Blasgun%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4DKUS_enUS272US272%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1 legit

camo looks very un-legit actually. i dont like it much

Check out this guy's costume for some inspiration.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Check out this guy's costume for some inspiration.

that is really legit. i hope mine ends that well. i'll get some pictures of the supplies im planning on using for the boltgun and the chainsword up either later today or maybe tomorrow.