23rd October 2011: Nearly Finished :D Completed the boots and the lower leg armour. Started to modpodge them and paint them. Also mounted the pockets onto the belt armour.
22nd October 2011: More Painting Painted the chest and back plates. Also Josh found some split pins to finish off the effect.
19th October 2011: Painted 1st Thigh Section Painted 1st Thigh Section
18th October 2011: Painted Gauntlet, Belt and Glove Painted Gauntlet, Belt and Glove
16th October 2011: Painting and Boots Started the paint the belt
Started construction on the boots
16th October 2011: LEDs, Gloves and Arm Armour Josh wired up my LEDs today for the belt and the front and back of the chest.
I started and finished a gauntlet.
Also, started a arm armour section and added the ipod to it.
13th October 2011: Gloves, Pouches, LEDs & Makeup Test Started the gloves by adding the nails.
Charlotte made two pouches for the belt and clip harness.
Mounted the LEDs into the armour.
Second makeup test done by Charlotte.
6th October 2011: Boot Work Started moulding the upper boot base and added the clips. Run out of hot glue sticks so no more work until these arrive. :/
5th October 2011: Template boots Templated and cut out the foam for the armour boots.
2nd October 2011: Thigh armour time Templeted the thigh armour, cut out the pieces, shaped them and added detail to one of them. Covered in PVA to seal.
Also ironed the coat flat.
30th September 2011: Added Shoulder Pads Added the shoulder pads to the armour.
29th September 2011: Adjusted the coat sides Sorted the coat sides and hemmed them
27th September 2011: More Coat Hemmed the edges, the bottom and added the sleeves and hemmed them.
Josh was also kind enough to mess up his gauntlets so I can have them since they fit me fine, cheers.
18th September 2011: Coat Beginings Pattern cut out. Pieces cut out and the main coat shape sewn followed by the collar.
16th September 2011: Belt Beginings Belt armour templated. Then cut and shaped and stuck. Then I done more detail work on the chest piece.
15th September 2011: Layering the armour Layered the front chest piece
14th September 2011: Cut out coat pattern Coat pattern cut out.
12th September 2011: Armour Straps Added straps to the armour so it fits me and moulded it some more. Im now happy with the basic shape.
11th September 2011: Armour Begins Templated the base armour. Cut out the foam sections and started moulding.
7th September 2011: Cloak Finished Completed the cloak today by sizing and hemming the sleeves. Also the bottom of the robe to my size. Also added the collor section to hide the seam around the neck.
4th September 2011: Cloak Beginings Started the cloak by cutting out the material, and then piecing it together using the overlocker. Then made a hood pattern from a guide on the internest and pleated it to fit my cloak.
Need to hem the sleeves, hem the bottom and add the collor.
29th July 2011: Bought Material and Patterns Bought the material for the cloaks and the coat today along with the patterns needed. £177 all in all...