CloroxBot Recycled Giant Robot Costume!

Step 7 Paint

I originally primered it and painted it with automotive paint. I looked great after a few clear coats but unfortnately the bottles would flex and crack the paint off. Next time I painted it with a rubber based paint that allows it to flex, Its made by dupont but I forgot its name.

I made the arms out of more bottles and glue and added a few other little plastic parts to make it look cool. Its a pain to get on, takes me about 15 minutes and I sweat like a pig under a magnifying glass in the middle of the arabian desert during a freak giant solar flare in this costume Also be sure to wear knee and elbow pads just in case.

Comments

[etsywhore]

I have aluminium crutches would this still work? and did you stand on the crutch handle? I would love to be this for halloween it is the only costume I have found that has given me inspiration to dress up :)

[chaintool]

Each leg was made of two aluminum crutches. They where arranged upside down so that the piece that usually rests in your armpit would be on the ground. I cut one of the crutches all the way across about a foot from the top at one of the handles. The other crutch I left kinda long, I trimmed it at the point where it would meet my knee while I was standing on the block I used to lift my feet off the ground.and would be strapped to my lower leg. Wow, that sounds kinda confusing, I hope it works for ya.

[PikminRed]

I  did easy stilts like, 2x4's to make a rectangle

[etsywhore]

how did you attach the crutches?

[chaintool]

I drilled the crutches to two blocks of wood, one higher and one lower. It was a little heavy.