Transformers Soundwave Costume

Step 2 Legs

For this part, I made a dummy leg so that I could adjust it and modify until I got it the way I wanted them. I walked around, I sat and made sure I could spend some time in them comfortably. Then I took that mold, cut it apart and used it as a die to make the legs I was going to use for the costume. This is where I used the various rulers to take measurements and to make sure all my right angles were spot on. To make corner bends in the cardboard, first cut the top layer with an x-acto knife, then use a pen and push the tip into the cut to roll the edges, fold and done.

Now that I have the legs built, I started to add in the little details such as the paper towel roll, peeling the first layer of cardboard to make vents, and using some of the plexi to make lights that will be lit by glowsticks. See Step 3

Once all the details are painted, I added the vinyl letters.