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whut the fack

Quite interesting there. Curious to see how the final piece turns out.

thought in the last submission you said you'd get video possibly?

Yeesh, picky picky. This is only a teaser picture of me wearing it! J/k j/k. I will have video eventually, just not tonight. :P

just saying!

Interesting experiment. I wonder if anyone in Hollywood has tried doing this?

It has significant trade offs. Doing it this way loses a ton of detail, and can only be done with silicone.

One of the most unique suits I've ever seen made by an individual. Keep it up dude! There's bound to be a learning curve when you do something completely new and unique.

There is >_<;; Silicone is a hard medium to use, but I've pretty much got it figured out. I think. lol

How does the rest of the suit fit? (The hands and the feet)

hands and feet are great actually, but i made the thighs a little big ;-;

You do look like you've got a bit of belly-pudge going on there..

I'm wondering. If you had the silicone body fused to an underlying spandex bodysuit, cut out the shoulders wide enough so that you could still fit through a hideable opening, and then had the head as a separate mask, if that would make the overall strength better while still keeping to your seamless suit design? Over a period of time, I'm wondering if the silicone would just start to rip without the lycra matrix to keep it together.
If you still wanted the head attached, it could be fused to the back and then flip down over your own head once you're fully in. Then you could attach the mask front down with snaps or velcro. I dunno, just the mullings of another amateur effects guy.
Believe me, it's supercool you got this far with it! I tried a latex/spandex bodysuit once, still have a lot of kinks to work out of it.
I'm looking forward to more pics!

spandex doesn't stretch nearly as far as silicone does. I wanted this suit so there were no seam lines at the shoulders and such. No zippers or velcro or snaps anywhere :3

That's awesome x infinity. :)

i would just be very carefull to make sure you have some where ur body can breathe so you dont get sick , but it looks great

You dont breath through your skin http://www.timelessmyths.co.uk/Gold.....rom-paint.html

Otherwise, how would people in skin tight latex or even painted in latex survive ?

I wasn't referring so much to those style consequences, but rather the similar conditions to one who has been in water too long, or wearing a cast.The body doesn't sweat hardly at all with painted latex, so the issues I'm referring to don't really exist, completely different variable set. However, with worn latex the skin continues to sweat, leaving moisture to sit on the surface,softening the skin. The body's heat and the surface moisture creates a feeding ground for all sorts of bacteria, leading to chafing, rashes, sores, acne/boils. If the person has any open cuts or even small scratches bacteria can enter the bloodstream in droves, causing cold and flu like symptoms. And yes, while one can not get such a thing like heat stroke from skin covering alone, when wearing a fur-suit the fabric soaks away moisture and on a molecular level has some air flow. This does not. In response the body heats up faster because its own heat has no where to go, the body sweats more, and as such can become dehydrated much more quickly than normal.

I have to tell that to my body, having worn the latex orca outfit for over 9 hrs at AC.

while ur at it tell your body not to be a smart ass. Im only speaking from medical and professional experience, and for concern of the artist. Im glad you have had good experience with your suit and i hope it continues.

Ok, in an envirorment where you would be really really sealed in, like in a big block of gelantine, you most likely will get "those" things you descripe.
But in a realistic world based on Physics, heat exchange happens.
"...heats up faster because its own heat has no where to go.." Actually the heat goes into the material, like with a PC Cpu, otherwise the cooling rack
ontop of a cpu would do nothing but block the heat, or even reflect the heat into the cpu.
Since the suit is skin tight, the only thing that will happen is that you will sweat for the first, say 10 mins ,after that your body stops trying.
Thats when the material will soaked up the heat coming from your body and will act like a second skin.

yes it does transfer, however as you say by simple physics, the transfer of such is much slower than normal.The cooling rack on computers is made of a special highly conductive material to assist in heat transfer, even with this rack, computers are built with fans to help circulate air, even then when under high power processes for extended times computers will STILL over heat so your choice of comparison is poor for your point, but works well for mine. with out proper ventilation, much like the pc slowing down as it over heats, so will the body, making you feel weak and tired. many people may not feel this DURING the con since everyone is hopped up on the excitement of the con (adrenaline) plus caffeine or other things. But most will have the dreaded "con crud" afterward, being sick after the con. This is caused by the drain on the system, both from dehydration, lack of rest, poor nourishment choices and is accelerated by improper or irresponsible suit wear. If you are taking precautions such as drinking plenty of water, taking frequent breaks, ect you will often be okay. Even with fur-suits, most cons provide suit cool rooms so that suiters can cool down and rehydrate because illness is so serious and common.

Are you a professional latex/silicone suit wearer?

my medical knowledge comes from the medical profession not the costuming profession. My entire family is in the medical field, with generations of knowledge, education, doctorates, etc . I have served as part of emergency medical teams as well. Personally don't like latex/silicone. I am familiar with the product, have worked with the product, but its simply not the most flattering material for those of the plus size persuasion. In addition I have been part of the management and organization staff for two local conventions and multiple LARP groups and have seen first hand the negative effects of irresponsible suit use of all sorts. I have also seen that suiting when used responsibly can be a fabulous addition to anyone's costume repertoire. Most persons I have seen are inherently responsible and the addition of proper education helps greatly. Even FAU's website provides a con survival guide which warns of the hazards of dehydration, as well as provides special provisions for suiters, such as the headless lounge and elevator priority. Most conventions do in fact. But of course, any professional suiter would already be aware of that. Anyway. I feel at this point I have validated my argument quite thoroughly and would find it rude to continue taking up space in the thread and distracting from the artists work any further, so forgive me when I decline to provide any additional response from here.

Im very teased!

Awesome concepts, hope you finish and make a video of it soon. Also, don´t mind the pudge, looks good on ya.

;~; you called me pudgy

Are you offended? Sorry, then, didn´t mean to.

naw, just messing with ya. I know i need to work out.

Cool. Hope you get lots of comissions from your suits. It´s a really nice concept, you deserve all the sucess you can get from it. Just remember to post the results when you´re done.

Also, can you do other videos showing details of the suit (you say it´s thicker than latex/spandex, but since the video is taken from a distance it´s kinda hard to make out the details.

Wow, this is so full of awesome. I love it!

Nice, sucks about the cure inhibition. Been studying silicone for a time now for a key project and have learned some of the in's and out's of using it properly. Feel free to note me with questions should you decide to pursue this again. I'm vary much impressed that anyone has attempted something like this.