The Iron Man project part five

Today we tackle the gloves. I wanted robot looking hands with joints so I cut pieces out of thin foam for this.

Each joint had to be created seperately. most had four pieces. Some of the ones towards the base of the hands had three. The tips of the fingers had five pieces.

I bought a pair of yellow gloves to glue the fingertips on to. I had decided on yellow insted of red because I’m not really tryign to replicate teh movei costume, but rather an amalagam of movei and comic armor. The yellow actually serves to give more detail where as the red would just blur the look of the joints.

I can tell right now I won’t have any dexterity in these things. I might be able to do basic things like pick up a glass or open a door, but anything with fine motor control, turning the page in a book or putting on my sunglasses..that’s going to be next to impossible.

We’re not done yet. We still have another month of glove creation. Of all the parts of this costume, the gloves were the single most difficult part – the most pieces and longes make time. but for now, remember, there’s new Violent Blue tomorrow!

May 13, 2014 | Categories: cosplay, costumes, superheroes, superheros, the Iron Man project | Tags: cosplay, costumes, Superheroes, superheros, The Iron Man Project, Violent Blue, Webcomic | Leave a comment