Ch. 1 "Building the Bot"

[AnimeNex]

Haha oh man I was like "Man that looks familiar... *reads description* oh Macross! :D" I'm building the X-gear from Macross Frontier. What type of foam material did you use? and how did you start? did you draw a layout on paper first? I thik the hardest part will be the wings. What do you recommend I do? any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

[7249xxl]

not starscream it looks like tunderkracker non ofens but it looks liek him but u have did a amazing job there

[hugoiv]

Brilliant love the Veritech costume

[m1m2m313]

what material did you use? is that illustration board?

[ChriSDF1]

Yep. I used thick illustration board material.

[m1m2m313]

oh thank you :)

[Banzaber]

exelente

[Theifofheart555]

thank GOD i found someone who knows how to make robot costumes. i NEED your help. i'm making a tengen toppa gurren lagann costume (i'll be gurren lagann of course :P) but i have to make it myself! just look up tengen toppa gurren lagann on google and please see if you can help me!

[ChriSDF1]

You have a little challenge on your hand, but that's apart of the fun!

Use the lightest materials possible! I used cardboard, foam & THICK construction paper. Cut to desired look.Then use Crazy & Gorilla glue to put it all together. Gorilla is best b/c it's strong and doesn't melt foam, but beware that it puffs up when it drys. After getting the pieces put together test fit the pieces then buy some vinyl cloth and wrap it. This will give it a smooth look especially after you paint it!!!

[ChriSDF1]

Crossing fingers you have a girl dressing like Yoko Ritona to follow you around!!

P.S. You will need someone to to help u get in and out of the suit and the occasional wiping of the sweat off your brow.

If you need any more detailed help along the way, let me know!!! Also go to your local used sporting goods. You can find helmets and gloves that will work well with the costume!! Check out the Hockey and Baseball stuff.

[Theifofheart555]

thanks man! you're awesome! yesterday i got out my blueprints... just a whole ton of construction paper... and started to measure and create the graphs i need to make one :D

i'm planning on making this a big project, so i'm going to make a "mini gurren lagann" from my graphs.

oh, and yeah, my gf is going to be my assistant yoko :D

[RoflKnifeDemandBlood]

wow, freakin awesome

[lego114]

i just started my costume yesterday! This is a great one it gave me a lot of help getting started!

[ChriSDF1]

Nice, glad I could help. What kind of costume are you making if you don't mind me asking?

[lego114]

im not 100% sure yet but i know it will be somthing in the range of a trasformer. I will post a video when i finish!

[isleofme1]

holy shit thats the frigin bomb, im planing geting roboed up for halloween but something a bit more simple.

[Gaara378]

wicked awesome!

[ChriSDF1]

Thank you for the feedback.

[Wheelman394]

Were the legs made of cardboard as well?

[ChriSDF1]

The legs are made of cardboard and foam.

[vegiwrap]

waiting to see the rest of your movie

[vegiwrap]

Very nice!