MW4 Vulture Costume

[Ion Raptor]

After the untimely demise of my last couple prospective costumes and finally getting to see myself walk in the Warhawk (which honestly impressed me with how it looked). I've decided to go back to my roots and do another Mech costume using what I learned from the last one. Namely don't make a 7 foot tall, 5 foot wide monster.

So this time around I'm doing my favorite 'Mech and the one that got me into Battletech in the first place, the Mechwarrior 4 Vulture. It will be much smaller and lighter, as well as having better articulation in the joints which will hopefully allow me to move much easier. It will be a combination of the original design, the MW4 game design, and the opening game intro design. I don't know if this one will take 2 years to complete but the timer starts now.

First up is some better ankle joints


And then a mockup of the pelvis


That's all for now, but we all know it will grow with time.

[Demon55]

Best of luck Ion Raptor!   You did great work on that Warhawk!

[Mech42ace]

Looking forward to seeing how it turns out!

[Ion Raptor]

Small update as I await my next shipment of Endo-Steel. The second section of the lower leg will probably extend down into this to connect to the joints. The guards probably won't be load bearing because there's too many faces. It wouldn't be as structurally sound.

[Wrangler]

Its looking good!   O0 O0 I think you should get old Gi-Joe action figure or a rare Battletech cartoon and stick it in the Vulture's Cockpit.  ;D

[Demon55]

Its looking good!   O0 O0 I think you should get old Gi-Joe action figure or a rare Battletech cartoon and stick it in the Vulture's Cockpit.  ;D

That would be hilarious!  A Summoner-M driving a Mad Dog.  I take it that someone had their ego shrunk.

[Ion Raptor]

Its looking good!   O0 O0 I think you should get old Gi-Joe action figure or a rare Battletech cartoon and stick it in the Vulture's Cockpit.  ;D

Actually this time around there won't be a cockpit interior. It's too far up for most to look into and the top of my head will be partially inside of it. Progress is slow going right now because of a lack of good cardboard. I've just been brain storming for the most part.

[Andy_in_Indy]

Do you think you will have it done for GenCon 2017?

I would love to see it there!