Research

Still gathering materials, but doing some research has produced a lot of headway. Learning that I can do some things that were, at first, on my wish list. But now, I can get them done easily and at really low cost. This mostly is dealing with the animatronics and such.

A while back when I was looking for art reference and such, I came across this beauty.

This was made by Peter Mander, a special effects artist in Ontario back in 2010. The detail is amazing. It has given me some great insight on how to go about things with sculpting the suit. I've never worked with foam before, so I'll take all the help I can get. The only down side to Peter's costume is that I feel its a bit too tall, and is somewhat ungainly. As you can see in the 2nd pic. I hope to streamline this and make it very mobile. 

I should be starting on either the stilts or the hand extenders within the next 2 weeks. Next update around then.