Off Subject but Predator Suit?

Anyone know how to make one? or a place i can figure out because after im done with my Mandalorian Armor im planing to make a predator suit. Anyone made one before who can help me?

Come visit us, my young Padawan....

http://p087.ezboard.com/bhunterslair

Most people there aren't going for screen-accurate Predators (unlike here ), instead the majority of the members just make "A" Predator, a member of their race.

Just a wonder how did you start? did you do a body cast or something? and thanks for the site.

Thank you for that link Mr Fett. This is going to help me a lot with the post I just put up about foam, foam rubber and latex.

Eagleskull, no body cast. I bought a pre-made latex Predator muscle suit for the body. I'm super skinny so I had to pad the insides to make me fill out a bit.

My armor is mostly resin and fiberglass.

you guys know where i can find that clicking noise that the pred does? I want to use it for something and loop the sound.

Man im in a trip box, i dont know what to get for my birthday my limit is 150 and i can ether get a Predator Bio Helmet, or a pair of ESB gauntlets, What do you think i should get?

Bad place to ask that kind of question, Id go with the ESB

o i know but better get some help from friends lol

Tell you the truth, If you already have a ESB done and you just want to upgrade. Then Id hold off and go for the predator. Thats just me!

shortimer52 has a point. Instead of upgrading, you could start a whole new costume!

I finally got a Bio Helmet and im very happy how it looks lol but im going to start on the dreads out of clay and cast them but does any1 know what cold foam is???

Cold foam is a type of latex that cures at room temperature and does not need to be baked. There are several issues with it though. It tends to be exceedingly porous and the bubbles within the interior are large sometimes leaving pockets. It also must be used in a very well ventilated area due to the fact that it releases an Isocyanate gas when curing. (Cyanide Gas)
The foam latex you bake and is often used for Special F/X prosthetic appliances has a very little bubbles within the piece when done and is typically very flexable depending on the grade. One set back to foam latex though is that the oils from your skin break down the composition of the material. So it should be maintained with care and armoralled regularly.

Cold foam is what's used most for Predator dreads. You can make them look better by coating them in latex, or leave them as is. I've seen nice looking masks with both styles.

You should post a pic of the ones we dipped Mr. Fett.
They are the cold foam dipped in jet black slush layex.

Don't have any really good close-ups right now, but this one has me on the left with the cold foam dreads dunked in Monster Maker's dipping latex (though some people airbrush colored latex onto dreads as well), the one in the middle is the foam backer-rod with the tips sanded down to points, and the one on the right is cold foam without any added latex. That one has dread rings molded right into the mold.

I love those Hunters and now more then ever want Cold foam locks, Hey Mrfett you didnt get the locks for king jamie did you or you made them?

The ones on the middle Pred are from King Jamie. He uses the polyfoam backer rod.....but a better version than the normal backer rod. Mine are from another guy who doesn't make them anymore. They were white, and E2K13 and I dunked them in dipping latex (mixed with black latex dye) and hung up to dry.

I didn't use any dread rings there, but now I'm using some.

someone should do one without the helmet, oh yeah, i believe hollywood-costumes.com has a realistic predator mask... for a price.

A lot of people have done Preds without helmets. A lot better than the one on that website.

Just wanted to show how far I am in my predator suit.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/...l/IMG_0715.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/...l/IMG_0668.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/...l/IMG_0676.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/...l/IMG_0709.jpg

how much did that head cost you?


Looks great

Actually got the head for free off a guy that lives close to me.

Sweet tribal patern on the helmet.. looks really kewl and menacing!

Pretty kewl.

Have you guys seen Batman: Dead End?

It's an awsome fan film, and features an awsome Predator Biohelmet design.

Just thought, I'd mention it.

Batman Dead End, is without a doubt THE best Batman or Predator feature I have ever seen, anyone who hasnt seen it really should try, for me it really conveyed the true spirit of the character Batman and it also showed what can be done by using imagination, talent and a great crew of people, by the way that is a cool looking bio!!

BDE rocks! The helmets in that fanfilm were cast off the same studio molds the movie ones were.

Originally Posted by Mr Fett

BDE rocks! The helmets in that fanfilm were cast off the same studio molds the movie ones were.

I didn't know that. I know that's the same crew that did Grayson, and World's Finest.

All I know is they put some work in to those costumes. Granted...the Batman and Robin costumes could have been a wee bit better, but the Aliens and the Predators ROCKED!

By far my most favorite fan film of all so far.

gotta love it

One of the Alien suits in BDE were borrowed (if I remember correctly) from a guy that owned a screen-used one. Also, the director is an artist who used to work for Stan Winston Studios (and therefore had access to copies of the studio molds for certain parts. The rest they sculpted themselves).

....and if you didn't know, the Joker was played by "Boner" from the 80s TV show 'Growing Pains'...the real life son of Chekov from Star Trek.

Originally Posted by Mr Fett

One of the Alien suits in BDE were borrowed (if I remember correctly) from a guy that owned a screen-used one. Also, the director is an artist who used to work for Stan Winston Studios (and therefore had access to copies of the studio molds for certain parts. The rest they sculpted themselves).

....and if you didn't know, the Joker was played by "Boner" from the 80s TV show 'Growing Pains'...the real life son of Chekov from Star Trek.

Yeah, I thought he looked familiar but I couldn't place it until I looked it up on IMDB.com and saw his name.

I had never seen until I read this thread. I just watched it. Wow!

hmmmm... I watched all the predators like 20 times and looking at the costumes they're pretty cool but just looking at them i kinda saw some things that were a little wrong like the hair the both were to thick and thin and long or short i have one of the suites from the movie found it on ebay like 300.00 dollars but i mean its pretty well done

ONe of those 3 pred's has the Boba Fett pose, can you guess which one?

Originally Posted by cal196

ONe of those 3 pred's has the Boba Fett pose, can you guess which one?

What is the Boba Fett Pose?

Hand near the belt, Head tilted. You'll learn!!