Selling our work...Sniff, sniff

Well we are a little sad to do it...but its time for our little Valkyrie to leave the nest... We have decided that we need to sell our Valkyrie rifle and let some one else give it a good home. The Valkyrie will list on ebay Friday September 7th at 6PM PDT. You can find it by searching "METAL replica Valkyrie".

Heres the link.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120983090258?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_1002wt_269

Auction runs until Sept 17.

Thank you all for the love and support. Hope you enjoy the work as much as we did.

Final Version: Commander Shepard N7 armor

This is the new armor color. We replaced the "tinted" aluminum with a new paint color, we really like the new look.

Completed Commander Shepard Armor: Photo Shoot

Photos taken at the Tempe performing arts center/town lake in Tempe, AZ. Photos by Ashley Madsen Photography.

Holding the unfinished Valkyrie rifle (finished now, see tab on top bar of blog )

100% complete N7 Armor

We did it! Here are some photos of our completed Mass Effect 3 Commander Shepard (femshep) armor. We will post more photos soon. We promised an announcement about a new part of the project. We are going to do a major post soon, but if you look closely through the photos below you can see a glimpse of the replica gun (work in progress) the N7 Valkyrie!

The costume is almost entirely made out of machined aluminum. We used mirror plated stainless steel to make the
N7 logo on the chest plate (which is considerably more difficult to work with). 

Incredible detail and precision in the metalwork on the back. We have real working LED lights with a battery pack, check out our older posts to see how we did it. We think it looks amazing!

Upper legs/thighs were a very difficult piece to make. Here is a picture of some detail.

We used a custom blended spray can of automotive paint for many parts of the costume including the
chest plate above. We are really happy with how the pearlescent color turned out.

I am holding the N7 Valkyrie (Solid Aluminum), this is a work in progress, more pictures coming soon!

Biotic singularity

Commander Shepard would never make this face

Shepard dance moves! If you have played Mass Effect you will understand. 

N7 Valkyrie Assault Rifle: 100% Complete

Mass Effect 3 N7 Valkyrie Rifle replica made with solid metal

It is finally done! Here is our Mass Effect N7 Valkyrie Rifle made from solid metal. There were a few details that weren't done in time for San Diego Comic Con, but I go the chance to add all those touchs. I also did a complete redo on the paint. I wasn't happy with the old black paint at all and 4 attempts later I got something I am pretty happy about.

This replica has some differences from the in-game model but most are pretty minor. I only had a couple of images to work off of, so some things I just had to guess. In a couple of other places I just took creative license. The biggest of these changes is the grip. The in-game design is actually pretty unfriendly to the human hand. I substituted a genuine thumhole-stock design. Between that and the rubber foregrip the Valkyrie is very comfortable to hold even at about 15lbs.

While I'm at it... this replica does weigh over 15lbs. It is made primarily from large pieces of solid aluminum. It has a functioning trigger with a magnetic spring mechanism yadda yadda... It was a good project and I feel proud of it. Thanks to my wife for her love and support.

-Zoot

For more from this build check out the "N7 Valkyrie Rifle Build" tab at the top of the blog

Green laser pen embeded in the upper barrel. 

Functioning trigger

 I treated this part as the ejection port. In doing so I made the innards round instead of flat 

Commander Shepard at Comic Con!

Photo courtesy of Howie Muzika

Commander Shepard at the San Diego International Comic Con

2012 San Diego Comic Con Masquerade!
We just finished our stay in San Diego for the 2012 Comic Con. It was such an incredible experience! It was our first time attending the convention and we had a blast. It was also our first time building a costume and participating in a masquerade (we kind of jumped all in). The masquerade was a fantastic experience for all of us. We had the opportunity to meet and learn from some of the most accomplished costumers and prop builders in the world. I can honestly say that being on stage in front of 7000 was one of the most exciting and terrifying things I have ever done. We feel very fortunate to have received two awards/recognition, one from the industry Judges and one from the Comic Con judges. Our skit was a lot of fun. If you saw us at Comic Con and have any photos please send us an email (unfortunately we have very few photos of our own). Here are a couple pictures from SDCC and the masquerade competition.

On stage at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con Masquerade

Our skit at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con Masquerade

Here is a link to our video: We want to Thank AC Paradise for posting this video. The masquerade staff didn't start our audio right away, it was pretty funny, but well played by the guys.