JoeCanuck
General Section => Customs => Topic started by: L'Ombrageux on October 03, 2005, 06:59:04 PM
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Just for the fun of it, wanted to share with my fellow canucks the project I'm currently working on: A Lifesize Snake-Eyes ! It's coming along pretty good, I'm waiting on some Joe patches and dogtags to finish the project and take some final pics...
There's a life-size Snake-Eyes in Canada!
(http://http://snake-eyes.virtualogik.com/head.jpg)
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very nice..
is that sword real?
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Very nice indeed. By any chance, is that you under the mask?
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Looks like a mannequin.
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That thing looks fantastic. Will it be a removable costume, or are you going to sew the seems shut? And how posseble is it?
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I say we make this Lifesize Snake Eyes a permanent fixture here at BHtoys. :-)
Looks great!
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Yeah it's a mannequin, I was actually gathering pieces here and there in the last few years in the hopes of eventually build a lifesize SE if I was to ever put my hands on a cheap mannequin... well it happened last week.
That thing is awesome, I'll be sure to put more pics up when totally finished.
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Now all you have to do is get the replica Snake eyes sword and you're all set :)
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I'm pretty much done with it, here's some final pics until I take some better ones for my site...
A custom 75 inch Snake Eyes:
(http://http://snake-eyes.virtualogik.com/snakefinal.jpg)
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Hey, I think you and I chatted before L'Ombrageux ;)
Y'all don't forget there's been a Snake-Eyes in Canada since 1999...
Me :)
here's my site:
http://neoengel.com/snakeeyes (http://neoengel.com/snakeeyes)
Here's an example:
(http://http://media.neoengel.com/images/Dsc00149snakeeyesuzipose_162x400.jpg)
I'm glad to meet some fellow Joe fans and check out my photo gallery on the site, I think You'll Like my Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow, Flint and LeatherNeck costumes, with more to come :)
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I sohould have said this in my earlier post, but I did recall telling you this before.
But your re-creation of Snake-Eyes is incredible. I love the sleek look it has!!! :D
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Sid, you have some good stuff your website as well. It's one thing to create figure customs but full blown costumes are amazing.
The only thing withthem is to have somebody fill them out. Dave, Jason and Bryce can back me up on this, but in Orlando I saw guys and a gal in custumes. They would have been more impressive if the guys that wore them actually filled them out. Some were baggy. And some of the guys that wore them should have hit a gym for a year.
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Sid, you have some good stuff your website as well. It's one thing to create figure customs but full blown costumes are amazing.
I really appreciate the feedback, thanks a bunch :)
I do my best to present them well enough so that people who aren't into as much as us Joe fans, say "hey, that's cool" or "I can totoally see thatin a movie". Just doing my part to keep the retro-goodness alive and represent Joe fans as best as possible... while having loads of fun in the process ;)
The only thing withthem is to have somebody fill them out. Dave, Jason and Bryce can back me up on this, but in Orlando I saw guys and a gal in custumes. They would have been more impressive if the guys that wore them actually filled them out. Some were baggy. And some of the guys that wore them should have hit a gym for a year.
Good point. That's the issue I see as a difference in costuming and cosplay. Us costumers take a look at what can be done, and how it will present well...sadly that art seems to be lacking with the new crop sucked into cosplay - as they tend to base their desired look on anatomically impossible/dificult characters.
Case in point, I'm 6 feet, 4 inches tall, 250lbs and have an advanced rank in JuJitsu as well as other martial arts. I can say with some degree of confidence that I can fit the bill for Snake-Eyes as I look at the end product, and adjust the outfit accordingly.
It should be a no-brainer to realize it was largely made out of military gear (flightsuit, tac vest, leg holster, etc.). Although I didn't make a copy of the figure in real life, I present what I think he'd look like in real life.
But I still say the life size Snake-Eyes WIP totally kicks @ss! Congrats! :D