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even in death i shall pwn!

awesome. Is it at a wearable point yet? I'd like to see how it'll fit, more or less. That is, besides the illustration you have already provided...

how strong is it going to be when complete? I had the crazy idea of building a paintball mech...

Lets put it this way i test all my armors by hitting them with an 8 pound sledge hammer



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YAY I GOT MORE DREADS

The start of a nice mech collection. Are you just collecting the Dreads, or will you branch out later?

No kidding? 8lb sledge on all that cardboard?

@Mike: a paintball mech costume would rule!

Good progress on your costume! I like the painting on your 28mm dreads, too... not to mention the chainsaw.

Epic in scale. I've wanted to do a Marine costume for a while, the dread is a great idea. I don't think you will be able to pull this off at all, but it will be fun seeing what you do. Good luck.

Great, I love dreads, I bet the costume will be most impressive!

Well for all those who dont think this is possible
i am going to have the legs and the main body - the arms done by this weekend so i should be able to try most of it on on sunday and ill have someone take a picture if i have all the parts done HOWS THAT NO ONE CHALLENGES THE DREADNOUGHT NOOOO ONE

Take lots of pics - If you manage to pull it off everyone would be interested to see the in-progress ones. And good luck you're insane. But if it were accomplished - sweet.

What other possibilities, that would be cool just to make a 6' tall Warhound costume.

jabbakahut wrote:What other possibilities, that would be cool just to make a 6' tall Warhound costume.

Only if your knees bend backwards.

Warlord or Imperator might be doable, though.....

Actually if you wanted to do a warhound there is a simple way to make a reverse bend prostetic that you stand in similar to a stilt. People use them in minotaur and other costumes with reverse hinged ankles or knees. You can find it on youtube and other fantasy costume suits. If you wanted to use it in a war hoiund you could then make the costume even taller because of the reverse hinge and stand in it comfortably. Probably closer to 9-10 feet tall.


*Edit* Actually because of the shape of the war hound you would technically be sitting comfortably if you did this properly. Which would be an added benefit over most costumes.

Like the velociraptors legs.


They use fog and lighting to hide the puppeteer though.

Your actually going through with it, i am very impressed, and it is looking good.

jabbakahut wrote:Like the velociraptors legs.


They use fog and lighting to hide the puppeteer though.

No I ment actually building a leg you stand in with your ankle being where the reverse hinge is like these:

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/04/scary_these_crazy_animal_leg_e.php

But there are other simpler ways to do it that people have documented all over the place using just common components.

Wow, pretty crazy, that would work well.

i am so in on this, im glad i ran across this, can't wait to see how this turns out. good luck.

Ok so tommorw i have the thigh cod piece and torso to adjust

my dad standing next to the dreadnought so far he is 5'9 so that gives you and idea of its size

Most Impressive!

I vote for a general cleanup of the garage for easier work in that dungeon

This is gonna be epic!

Let's see if I got this right: Your goal is to basically stand inside this cardboard monster and move with internal, un-powered pnuematic helping you move this beast whilst the air inside is cooled by a set of computer fans?

Anyway, i'm subscribed!

This is looking damn impressive! I'm definitely watching with interest!

FerrumIgnatus wrote:Let's see if I got this right: Your goal is to basically stand inside this cardboard monster and move with internal, un-powered pnuematic helping you move this beast whilst the air inside is cooled by a set of computer fans?

Anyway, i'm subscribed!

Answer yes damn straight also for the rest of you today will be finishing the rest of the main body parts so im finishing the thighs and the cod piece which will take maybe an hour or two then i am trying all the parts on yes i will post pictures of it when its done

So, where is your vision slit going to be?

Im using a back up camera system so i can see

Sooo Awesome.

Tomorrow i will have to take pictures of me wearing it because it got too dark on me the over all suit is going to be 3 inches short of 12 feet but i figured CLOSE ENOUGH