Solarrdadd aka The BrOdinson at 2019 NYCC!

[solarrdadd]

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This Morning, Shit Just Got Real, for me and Baby Girl!

[beefytwinkie]

I go every year and for a couple of years I know you dressed up as Thor, I think, right? Not to sound creepy but if I had ever seen you I would have said hello.

I only get Sunday tickets because I prefer "smaller" crowds. LOL

I go nuts for indie comics. I always walk out with a few full-run series.

[pi2loc]

I hope you had a blast!

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by pi2loc

I hope you had a blast!

i will, NYCC doesn't start until October 3rd.

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by beefytwinkie

I go every year and for a couple of years I know you dressed up as Thor, I think, right? Not to sound creepy but if I had ever seen you I would have said hello.

I only get Sunday tickets because I prefer "smaller" crowds. LOL

I go nuts for indie comics. I always walk out with a few full-run series.

howdy beefy T., not creepy at all. i take pictures and talk with everyone who asks. if you show up to NYCC Friday or Saturday you can catch me and my Daughter in Cosplay. i'd be happy to say hello and snap a picture with you.

just look for my cosplay character in my NYCC past threads. hope to see you there!

[solarrdadd]

just like before, if there are items that people want me to look for to take a picture of and put it in this thread, please feel free to post what it is you want me to look for and i'll try to find it.

my Daughter and i are both making some big changes to our outfits. i will post some progress pictures as we work on them.

also, if any of you forum members will be at NYCC let us know here, perhaps we can meet up for a meet & greet and post a picture here!

[solarrdadd]

I’m getting that feeling again.

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Feels like........feels like something new!

feels, good!

[solarrdadd]

I’ve stayed in the gym in the “off season” you know, keeping my shit tight, gettin my Swoll’On!

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Yeah, Old Man My Tight Ass! The BrOdinson stays ready for the call thanks to the nice gym's in Asgard!

[solarrdadd]

none of you know that I used to have a nice business when I lived in NY as an airbrush artist. I did lots of sci-fi fantasy work on shirts and jacket.

one of the two Gamora looks my Daughter is doing is this Gamora below





and what we are doing, is getting her a white "cat suit" and i'm gonna airbrush the armor details onto it.

I've broken out my old gear. yep folks, that a Jun-Air silent air compressor system and those in the know, yeah, it's like

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i've got quite the assortment of Iwata airbrushes at my disposal, all the gear works perfectly. i've got my paints and everything else i need. my Daughter will model the suit while i airbrush it in her to make sure shapes match contours of body. i am also airbrushing parts of my outfit as well.

for her catsuit, i will post progress pictures here from untouched suit, to start, to midway to rough finish. the final product will be shown at NYCC of course! it's gonna be one hellova undertaking, but, i'm sure my airbrush muscle memory is up to the task.

I will of course keep you guys updated on this process.

[solarrdadd]

So we got started today and boy was it a doozy! What a long day it was. I was reminded of how old I am. I was cramped up for hours working that airbrush. I realized once we set up, I actually had no idea of how I was gonna do it. It’s been almost 20 years since I airbrushed anything!

Ok, enough of my b!tching about my old ass airbrushing for hours and my aching ass! So here is where we’re at:


The start
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Couple hours in the base layer of grey is down
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Trust me, my fingers and knees were already talking to me!

[solarrdadd]

Then after laying down said grey base layer, we moved a bit further into time on the project.

We began the layers of the costume that were black. I used 4oz of black paint in total.

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So, we now have the first layer of black down on the lower half of the costume. I realized this is the first time I’ve airbrushed such a large item that was worn by a person while doing it. Pain and all, my Daughter and I were having a blast!

[solarrdadd]

Then we proceeded to laying down black to the top parts of the outfit

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The outfit is really coming together now.

[solarrdadd]

Lastly we incorporated more black to the outfit and also added the red highlights too

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In the next week or two, I’ll add some purple and airbrush some shadow highlights onto the catsuits armor. It was a lot of work for both of us. My Daughter had to stand the entire day and pose as I needed her too while I airbrushed the outfit.

Like I said before, many years since I’ve airbrushed anything. No, it’s not perfect and I wish I had thought of different ways to do it, but we wanted to give it a shot. we think, the Gamora airbrushed armor turned out pretty damn good so far!

I will now focus some time on my outfit as I’m making changes to it. Some of those changes will be airbrushed too

Right now, I’m working on the single most important part, a cape attachment system. I’ll explain more in another post.

[TitusTroy]

yup, you could probably beat me up...

[solarrdadd]

[solarrdadd]

So I’ve done some work to the cape attachment system. That is the most difficult part of this outfit. Two years ago I had a professionally made cape for cosplay. It’s beautiful, it’s also very heavy. It weighs close to 10lbs, no shit, it’s heavy. It’s lined and made for durability and presentation.

The cape has an elastic banding system that would criss-cross the front torso to the back then snap together. Then you would put an outfit over top of it and it gets pulled put. Problem is, it’s very uncomfortable and it has cut lines across my front and back while wearing it that way. Not to mention that during NYCC I wear it for 12-15hrs per day for two days.

So I’m always trying to figure out how best to make a system so I don’t have to wear it that way. Believe it or not, it takes several months for those lines across my body to finally go away. I can thank all my time in the gym for that as I’m rather broad across the top and taper down to the waist.

I’m not sure if this will even work like I’ve been planning and scheming. I won’t know until almost the entire outfit is done as I still have ti cut and create the shoulder pieces out of EVA foam as that’s part of the system.

So I used 2” nylon strap belt material. Two sections front and back by each shoulder. I used my trusty snap tool to install multiple snaps onto the straps. They are 10” each, folded over to 5” then slid to put the collarbone are sandwiched between then they re attach d to the shirt. Helping me out through this is my trusty assistant Rick; anybody know why I call him Rick?

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I slid a rolled up white paper towel so that it’s easier for you to see. The cape slides through those two straps from front to back, then loops back over itself and re-snaps onto the strap top.

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Next I’ll give you a peek at the temp fitting of the cape utilizing the attachment system.

[solarrdadd]

So after all that work, I was brainstorming with my Daughter and I think I/we found a better way to attach the cape.

I did a quick temp test and it shows lots of promise. I’ll keep you guys posted.

Just so you understand, Rick was no help at all to me. Despite my talking to him this afternoon while working.

[solarrdadd]

So, while I’m awaiting a delivery from Prime, I decided to get going on the shoulder pieces of the outfit. My character, The BrOdinson is based on the Silver Age version of Thor. Part of his body armor is the large standout and protecting shoulder sections.

I have fashioned a pair of those shoulder pieces from EVA foam. This is the same foam that most cosplayers use to build armor, weapons, etc. my use for these pieces are simple, single cut pieces.

They will attach to the spandex body with clothing/device snaps. The snaps are incorporated onto pieces of 2” wide nylon strap commonly found on bad straps and handles, watch bands etc.

The first two pictures shows unmade snaps and the snap compression tool. The second picture is of the completed nylon strap section with the straps installed.

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The next picture shows the underside of the EVA pad if you look carefully at the bottom you will see a cross hatched pattern scored onto the foam. That is done so the strap can be attached to it. The foam is heated to slightly open up the scoring, then, hot glue is applied to the scored area then the strap will be attached to it. The other part of the snap that will engage and lock to the glued section will be put directly onto the spandex top, then the shoulder pieces get snapped onto the outfit. The snaps will not be seen as they are placed and engaged on the underside of the piece.

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The cut corners will be sanded to smoothness, then several layers of primer is sprayed onto each Sodexo seal it and allow it to be painted.
They will be airbrushed with opaque Black, two layers, then for protection of wear and UV effects, several layers of matte clear acrylic sealer top coat to protect the foam and the paint.

When I do that, I’ll post pictures of each stages of prep.

[solarrdadd]

Hmmm, I wonder what this color is going to be used on/for?!?

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[solarrdadd]

Snaps installed on shirt front and back to hold the shoulder pieces. I tested the nylon pieces as and engaged the “snaps” to mate with the shirt.

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Having verified male/female snaps match up and engage properly, I will next attach the strapped snap sections onto the shoulder pieces then do another test. If that goes well, next up for the shoulder pieces would be sanding, priming, painting and clear coat sealing.

So far, so good!