Fenders will be Brass colored
Rough plan is this:
Glue craft foam to the folders
Cut out the pattern
Use heat to mold fenders into shape
Rivet together pieces (not sure if I am going to use more of the spikes I used on wheels or regular rivets, might do both)
Cover with Poly Resin
Paint
After I have the initial shape finalized, I should be able to knock these out in a few hours total. Folders on the inside provide a much better waterproofing than the foam, which is there to add rigidity and an easier to form material.
I used a similar method on my top hat here which is just eva foam and craft foam with acrylic paint and some rub and buff.
The fenderss construction will be very similar to what a lot of Cos players are doing now. There are TONS of very awesome things going on in the costume world right now. You can literally download a pattern to make a movie replica Star Wars costume, Iron Mans, all kinds of crazy awesome stuff. I first got the idea for the fenders after looking at some leatherworking websites for people that were making segmented leather armor pauldrons.
Initially, when I started this project I was going to go 100% steampunk, but I think its gone off in a slighter different direction, maybe abit more Cyberpunk, or Post apocalyptic than traditional steampunk would be.
I had originally started my design with 2 key design elements:
Wheel Spikes
Fantasy Tank
For the tank, I had a ton of ideas I put down on paper, all kinds of stuff, all of which would be awesome, but I am having issues deciding what direction I want to go in. Once I saw the artwork of those fenders, I knew that those looked totally boss and mean and would fit the styling of the wheels exactly.
Unfortunately, for me, a lot of that design time spent on the tank was for naught, because a few of the designs probably will not fit in with the tank/wheels.
Once I get the fenders done, I will throw up all my sketches and ideas I had and have a group thinktank session.
