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I definitely recommend a unitard, preferably a full body except for the head, your biggest challenge will probably finding one in grey. For the arm you could use a variety of methods, but I think that the easiest, most effective way would be to use a fiberglass shell. Here's how you'd make one: Ste...

I'm trying to figure out how to make the leg pieces for Protoman. Here's a reference pic: http://gamecheetz.com/Protoman.gif I'm going to have to make two pieces: one to cover my foot and one to go up to slightly above my knee. I figure if I bolt the two of them together (looking rather robotic, too...

I think sweat clothes would be too baggy.. unless that's what you want, why not go with good ol spandex? And what about aluminum? I'm not so experienced with any of this, but I figure it isn't too heavy... Actually spandex wound probably work. I've got the figure for it, so no biggy. And using alum...

as with any type of shape-able substance, you gotta be kinda crafty to use it, but its re-heatable and re-shape-able, so if you mess up, you just blast it with a bit of heat and try again. do not however, pull at it or try to stretch it while it is hot, as this weakens it and makes it so it wont be...

dont use metal. its really heavy and often banned at cons. use other materials, such as wondeflex, fiberglass (use safety precautions!!!) or any other prop-making tips you can find on the forums here. Hmm... I didn't know of this wonderflex substance until now but it seems like a solid idea conside...

I've only seen rather... embarrassingly low quality Protoman cosplays done so I don't really have anything to go by, but I want it to look as realistic as possible. Here's a reference pic: http://www.gamecheetz.com/Protoman.gif Ideally, I'd like to use metal (obviously...), but realistically I just ...