Optimus Prime Costume

Step 9 Creating the legs

Boxes unfortunately do not come in pyramid form so you'll have to enlist your old Geometry skills for this one. Luckily you can skip the Pythagoreum Theorum on it.

Measure the length of your leg and go about 4 to 5 inches above the knee. Remember you can always cut away more, but your can't regrow cardboard.

Add strength and durability to the pieces by affixing duct tape to the interior bends. Again this will help with tears.

Fit the bottom opening to the feet and cut as needed. Double wall whenever time, energy and cardboard allow. It will help in the long run, but it does make the outfit a little heavier.

Comments

[lieks2bhugged]

How did you fold the carboard so cleanly?

[dannyeurena]

Interior fold. Cut a line in the cardboard but make sure it doesn't go all the way through. (Trust me this takes practice) Then fold toward the cut line. This will give you a clean exterior line. If this is too tuff, cover the bend with duct tape and paint over. It won't look as clean, but perfection is not required for an awesome costume. (Sorrry for not replying sooner. I didn't have access to the net for about a month. Hopefully I can help going forward.)

[shadowmaginis]

Ok so did you attach the shin leg pieces to the foot pieces or just let them sit on top?

[dannyeurena]

I'm sorry Shadowmaginis... did this question ever get answered. If not, then the answer is: if you attach a piece of strapping velcro to the front inside of the leg so that it wraps just behind you knee it should keep it from twisting. That plus the box shape at the bottom form fitting on the foot section. Try looking at step 8 and 9 again for a better visual. If you're still stuck... send me another ???? I promise to be more responsive.

[shadowmaginis]

lol thanx for the reply i actually finished the costume and wore it to a convention! i ended up putting bolts in the boots to holt the shin pieces on and it worked pretty well. you can check it out here! http://shadowmaginis.deviantart.com/art/Optimus-San-Japan-133523503 i was a hit! thanx for the tutorial!

here is some video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VHIHuiD0Ak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otxFpJUoDao&feature=related

[dannyeurena]

Pretty Freaking cool my friend! It's amazing how drawn people are to it huh? I couldn't help but notice that you ended up holding the tail pipes. Did some yahoo pull them off? Either way, you did a great job mate. Kudos on getting the You-tube videos out there. I wish I would have filmed more of mine. Maybe I'll do that soon! Dancing Optimus Part 2 Great job!

[shadowmaginis]

lol, yeah someone filmed me danceing, just wating to see it pop up on youtube. yeah i had made the smoke stacks out of pvc and they ended up weighing down the shoulders, it was too hot for the glue and it started to melt. one of the shoulders fell off so i had a friend take the stacks off for me. i live in texas, so it was HOT.