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My son's Aliens costumes (USCM and Xeno)
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Author:  retrogarde [ Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:14 pm ]
Post subject:  My son's Aliens costumes (USCM and Xeno)
My oldest just turned eight and has discovered Aliens. I've actually done my best to keep him from it (until he was old enough) but he learned about it through a Minecraft mod of all things. Anyhow, he's hooked and I finally have the chance to make some "mini" costumes.

First off, he needed some BDU's, and I found an amazingly good stand-in at the Salvation Army:

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I used the Screaming Eagle from the Gearbox A:CM deluxe set on the sleeve, Delta (colored in with a Sharpie) on the hat, and some spare name tapes. I also whipped him up a flame unit out of a squirt gun I found last summer.

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Then my wife found a pretty decent M65-style coat at L.L.Bean, so he got a promotion:

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This will need some patches too of course. Luckily I grabbed two of those A:CM sets when they were dirt cheap after the game bombed, so I have a spare mini patch. I have a U.S.S. Legacy patch too, so i think that will go on the front (if there's room).
Author:  retrogarde [ Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:23 pm ]
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But what he really wants to be is a Xeno!

We started with a Lacrosse helmet, a wire frame, some jumbo soda bottles and an old dental school set of teeth:

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I then filled the head with expanding foam:

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And enlarged the back teeth, painted them silver and the head black:

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Here are side views of the full head, with the sides partially detailed. Note that I switched to a smaller diameter tubing along the edge between the frontal shot and these side shots; it makes a big difference.

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I've now sprayed the top with aerosol rubber which has helped smooth it all out, and blended things a bit. I have a lot of detailing still to do, but my next focus is the mouth. I'm going to make the lips and tendons next, and then finish the inner mouth. Part of me wants to just build it with the inner mouth extended, as that's a pretty iconic image, but will it look like the Xeno has its tongue stuck?? Not sure... Reaper88 sold me an inner mouth piece years ago, so it is noce to be putting it to use at last.
Author:  retrogarde [ Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:51 pm ]
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Bigbisont's Xeno build has been a huge help:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12167&hilit=xeno+costume&start=0
Author:  SimonT [ Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:38 pm ]
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Parenting done right! :D
Author:  Scapey [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 1:29 am ]
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Awesome stuff :D
Author:  veektohr [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:11 am ]
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Parenting points spiking off the charts!
Author:  Attack2077 [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 6:58 am ]
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SimonT wrote:
Parenting done right! :D


Agreed :D
Author:  577_ops [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 2:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: My son's Aliens costumes (USCM and Xeno)
Now that's parenting from grunt to Ltd. to Xeno. 8)
Well done on the Xeno head so far!
Author:  bigbisont [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: My son's Aliens costumes (USCM and Xeno)
Dude that is awesome start to finish. 3 great costumes should keep the lil fella(s) happy.

The teeth idea was genius. Man I need to upgrade my teeth now!
Author:  retrogarde [ Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:43 am ]
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I realized I never updated this thread with some of the pictures of my son's finished alien costume. This was just a fun build for an eight year old, but we really had a blast with it!
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Author:  PVB [ Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My son's Aliens costumes (USCM and Xeno)
Hah! Brilliant! :D 8)

Does the xeno have a name? :xeno:
Author:  knoxvilles_joker [ Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:10 pm ]
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retrogarde wrote:
I realized I never updated this thread with some of the pictures of my son's finished alien costume. This was just a fun build for an eight year old, but we really had a blast with it!
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In this one would it be Xenokid?
Author:  Corp_Hicks [ Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:43 am ]
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Looks brilliant, retro! Nice work!
Author:  Hollis DZC [ Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My son's Aliens costumes (USCM and Xeno)
WOW!!! Great Job!
Author:  retrogarde [ Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:31 pm ]
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Thanks for the kind words!
Author:  SulacoBoy [ Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:45 am ]
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Badass!!
Author:  Korrick USCM [ Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:37 am ]
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Awesome job and parenting!
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