Building the Star Wars Rancor Costume, Part 2

[@NickFerry]

The illusion of the Rancor crouching really sells it - In the beginning of the video I immediately thought it would be uncomfortable for the actor - very well designed!

[@FrankIppolito]

We tried really hard to get the wrist and neck to work, but we just didn't have the time (built the whole thing in 3 1/2 weeks). I'd really need to build it all over again to make it work. call this Rancor v1.0 HAHAH the suit weighs very little, but even the super light weight arms, the leverage just makes it super heavy. i need to make a framework with springs/bungee cords to help alleviate the weight. Same thing for the head. Head was actually the heaviest single part. we'd need to reconfigure the mechanism, and reinforce the structure to hold it up. maybe next time!

[@brosky117]

Pretty incredible effect when he puts the suit on!

[@Pitchlock8251]

Hmmm, looks like that could be a good basis for a Big Daddy suit as well.

[@creativeguy1138]

I'd love to see this revisited and improved. It's absolutely PHENOMENAL don't get me wrong, but as Frank said in some comments below, he wasn't completely happy with it. I think with some modifications, rather than a rebuild, it could be brought fully to life as Frank wants it.

[@Meffmadness]

Wow great job Ben and Frank. This is looking awesome!. I cant wait for part 3..ect. I love all the puppetry and costuming special effects stuff on Tested more please.

[@JacobCanote]

Hey Frank: a tip for keeping cool.: you can get ice vests. Basically they are vests with slots to insert your preferred cold blue goo. I used to do children's entertainment, and would never survived doing the purple dino show without it.

[@frankiedoodle258]

Looks like a hard shell astronaut suit

[@liammcleod1782]

i dont really know how to make props, but, i love these videos.

[@jonacheson]

Even without the skin, that suit looks great, the illusion of a nonhuman anatomy is compelling. Would love to see if digitigrade legs (velociraptor) could be done by framing human legs this way.

[@alaskankare]

the undersuit totally looks like a mock up for a spacesuit!

[@DeDeNoM]

Ohhh, so cute how they have to hold the Rancors hands. It looks like a giant toddler.

[@davidkglevi]

I've always wondered how effective different kinds of suits are against cold. It would be fun to make an experiment. I know they are hot because I have worked in a snowman suit at a ski resort, but I would've loved to be the Rancor instead.

[@jwal47111]

Great to see another segment. Been anxiously awaiting it. Thanks!

[@JonathanJONeill]

Body reminds me of a Krogan from the Mass Effect series.

[@ritualpenguin]

Just 3 things: a) This is totally awesome! b) what happened to part one? (I did watch it, now it's sadly disappeared) c) Rancor Nipples! 3:42

[@TenKenStudios]

Wow a rare miss on focus on the medium shot there, but good due diligence on having that backup OTS going. Even a goof isn't the end of the world/product. Gotta love their professionalism.

[@dpmakestuff]

If I put it on, I would never take it off...

[@coffeepot3123]

Dustin Penner New type of porn. ;)

[@tgc.cuber7777]

lol same

[@aednil]

Dustin Penner not even to take a shit?

[@dpmakestuff]

+aednil not even to shit.

[@aednil]

Dustin Penner in that case it´s going to get really unpleasant in there, really soon... but i admire your commitment ;-)

[@BATvg]

almost looks a little like Wrex from Mass Effect, I'd love to see a project like this of that character

[@IncurZeAwperator]

my legs hurt watching this, it really looks like he is crouching

[@AxelLeJeff]

Now I wanna see a Krogan.

[@Serenaar]

Jeffman12 YES, please make a Krogan! Should be a little easier than the Rancor with the arms not so gangly. Oh the Mass Effect memories! :D

[@JamesYee]

Shepard

[@Serenaar]

Shepard :D:D

[@HPetch]

Wrex.

[@TinchoX]

Jeffman12 Oh yeah those bastards, the memories.

[@sithinstructor]

I know it is done already, but you could always add/hide an airflow out vent on the top of the head/hunched area. Then an in vent in the inner thigh. Put fans on them, and I bet it would stay much cooler. Plus wear a cooling system like Adam made.

[@JD2jr.]

Josh V I was thinking compressed air, and then having the only openings be in its snout. Then it could exhale like a creepy large beast, and cool the wearer at the same time.

[@PaddThePirate]

I'd love for them to talk more about the patterning process

[@Escadeus]

Watch part one

[@jalengonel]

i would juat prefer to see b roll of it in action. it looks so cool

[@Mr2at]

Amazingly clever.

[@Kinosei30]

That's really awesome.

[@ashertaz]

Yeah I'm a bit dissapointed they didn't make it easier for the puppeteer to move the arms, by making an anchor to the backpack so there's less stress on the joints tryin to hold.move the hands. The fact that it takes 2 more people to hold its hands while moving does diminish the illusion.,

[@dimitreze]

yeah, that didnt look cool

[@friggetyfuck]

asher taz It's obvious the arms are too heavy to hold out sideways for very long. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger's deltoids would be screaming after a few minutes.

[@ashertaz]

Guy Gadbois That's why i'm dissapointed they didn't think of a way to make some sort of exoskeleton that will move the weight to the shoulders. Some sort of anchor.

[@chartle1]

asher taz I figured as much when I saw the way the arms moved. What was needed is an extension of those graspers up the wearer's arm up to at least the elbow which is a much stronger joint than the fingers and wrist. Not sure how it would be attached since tightening straps onto your forearm would be difficult. Just some hoops would have taken up some of the weight.

[@wwaxwork]

asher taz They say in one of the videos (I can't remember which one) l that this was kind of a rush job so they went with what the had & they plan on fixing the arms before they use it again.

[@TheKyozo]

This is so cool!

[@michaelduda4071]

Extremely informative video. Great.

[@therealkakkamakkara]

It's the guy from Jim Henson's Challenge!

[@mojostevo]

That Barge cement is the same stuff Adam recommended and used in the Escape for Alcatraz episode of Mythbusters.

[@arthurmailleux7245]

Love it already

[@TinchoX]

Holy crap this is nice.

[@dphotos007]

Ben is talented he came in second on Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge a few years ago.

[@MattScoots3940]

should have had guard costumes with actual chains to hold the arms up, to keep the atmosphere

[@parnmkie]

man id love them to make me some thing like this i have a dangerous UV allergy so if i was ever in my life going to go to a CON id need something that would cover me all up ^-^

[@Obyvvatel]

You should totally do Urdnot Wrex.

[@Eligecos]

I have a similarly sized suit made of foam, but it's weight is all carried on the shoulders. I'm trying to piece together a harness that can distribute the weight over the whole torso. Can you point me in the direction where I can find that same kind of backpack frame?

[@LburgVAGuy]

A cooling vest would come in handy

[@mrdabeetle1]

Is the plastic pulley for the hand control a nylon edge slicker used in leather work?

[@matthewharden7821]

This is awesome. What's the backpack you guys used for this cosplay? also Where could I find the universal hollow gimbal you guys used for this project?

[@creativeguy1138]

The gimbal was made using aluminum bar, custom job.

[@watahyahknow]

i bet if he made a pdf file of the moulds he could sell this for a little money

[@binturongjax70]

Does anyone know what the soft foam if called? I am making a similar costume and will be sealing it will plastidip

[@Linkan83]

This could be used to make a big daddy suit

[@Meffmadness]

Linus Lundgren omg yes! That would be epic.

[@mrLiamnicholson]

Linus Lundgren I'm not even a huge Bioshock fan but hell yes I'd love to see one of those now!

[@harpermattw]

Linus Lundgren Thought the same thing. It'd probably be easier to move around in too since the body is based on an actual human in a dive suit.

[@joshglynn7811]

Omg only just realised hes the guy from the Jim Henson Creature Shop Challenge!

[@yahboialan]

I want to see it dance

[@respt46]

They could make an amazing big daddy suit from bioshock.

[@burlapse4113]

MOAR

[@Crainage1056]

for the universal hollow gimbal is there another name for it? only results are camera gimbals

[@creativeguy1138]

The universal gimbal they have in the head is custom made as I understand it using aluminum bar.

[@2007suprasport]

Mann! 😨 looks like some of my coworkers during lunch😮

[@eldritchsquirrel3138]

Hahaha

[@2007suprasport]

Aetherix Beak 😸

[@allluckyseven]

Exactly.

[@shadowofthenighthawk]

at 0:15 to bad the guy stole the show with his speeder bike cosplay

[@Ed12J]

Where can you purchase the foam?

[@LV1111-s8j]

Where can I get foam for costumes? what is it called

[@jukodebu]

enlarged patterns from a scale, no wonder it looked out of proportion

[@us3rnam3144]

what is the super soft foam??

[@Alexquints]

Could use that for a mass effect krogan

[@killerbee2562]

That suit almost looks like a big daddy from bioshock.

[@JXChin777]

will you guys be doing an ironman hulkbuster suit? just a suggestio

[@vgoud]

That look like a alien Space Suite...

[@SkullivanBones]

hmm, couldn't some small vents on the top help to deter the heat issue?

[@Monkeyshaman]

Your like this >< close to a Ma.K. costume.

[@bad001bd]

the real under 301+ club

[@ilikeplanes5559]

BAD Ben Sorry to say but there is no 301+ club anymore.

[@bad001bd]

***** Yes, I know. I was the 171 viewer making me under the 301 st viewer and anybody above that number. So in all actuality, I'm in the under 301+ club.

[@Samcaracha]

At this stage this looks like a Big Daddy!

[@hyperguyver2]

OMG! you need to share these patterns with the Rebel Legion and 501st for those crazy bastards who want to try this!

[@vSTRENGTHINFINITEv]

That is out of control :o :O :D Wow...

[@sheperdslegion9861]

almost looks like a vogon from hitchhikers

[@xenonram]

Geeze, he hasn't even walked anywhere and he's gassed. I can imagine how tiring it would be to walk around in hot weather with that thing on.

[@ghostred7104]

You can make that the guy from BioShock

[@aetherblades2368]

It looks like it's going to be a Krogan armor XD

[@tnexus13]

Anyone else seeing a bioshock big daddy in this too?

[@RexusKing]

The shoulder holes kinda gives me a weird phobia...

[@GubbyMan92]

"trypophobia"

[@JR_Motorsports]

i think thats called tripobia

[@JR_Motorsports]

+GubbyMan92 darn I eas so close

[@JR_Motorsports]

+TheGogg123 *was

[@RexusKing]

I should not google term, why am I so naive to google that term..........

[@andrewmajor5327]

I wish I could do that

[@swsephy]

Dat gap

[@masonmeeks8122]

Why is will on his phone the whole time in the Comic Con scenes

[@lvl300mrmime]

"3D Hollow Gimble" a.k.a. Gyroscope?

[@josephdavis2695]

It's not related to a gyroscope at all. It's not a spin-stabilized mechanism. It's actually.... Wait for it.... What he said it was.

[@bashkillszombies]

Joe Davis "It's not related to a gyroscope at all." yep, a gimballed spinning thing is no relation to a gimballed spinning thing!

[@livingmaga6299]

owe lol i thought it was hitch hikers guide to galaxy in beginning

[@nuthanielz]

What if he got shoved while wearing that suite?

[@jbibanezdude44]

Dynamo?

[@guitar864]

All Norm does repeat everything the guy says lol.

[@bashkillszombies]

Tyler H That's all Norm ever does, he just repeats shit and intermittently says "Huh!" or grunts. He's the worst fucking host on KZbin.

[@WasPhantom]

Was Will on his phone the entire time of the walk?!

[@bashkillszombies]

WasPhantom Of course, he wouldn't be a true wanker if he wasn't.

[@vtheaquarius7085]

I think Destiny stole this concept and changed it to an enemy named Ogre...

[@thudeets]

I wish it walked less like an old man and more like the savage monster that it is supposed to represent. Otherwise very nice job.

[@mathieuouellet5729]

hummm, humm , humm.... humm, humm humm humm humm

[@emissarygorz3842]

how do you get inside it?

[@HeyBeniful]

Emissary Gorz you should watch the video before asking questions..

[@emissarygorz3842]

+HeyBeniful I did, it just completely went over me for some reason

[@camcmacam]

Emissary Gorz watch the video

[@tbuksuperfly]

Emissary Gorz 10:49 top and bottom velco apart

[@Deep-Rest]

You clearly didn't watch the video, but still, the top and bottom half split so it's like pants and then a shirt.

[@remix8607]

like we have all that shit

[@luistrejo3030]

the last monster was waaaaaayyyyyyyy better this monster was crap

[@thatteluguguy]

Omg so early

[@emo81309]

if you look close you could tell its not real its a guy in a costume

[@thepichner]

WTF is Will always on his cell phone?

[@niqhtt]

amusing that you think san diego is hot

[@emil2405]

first

[@Boardwoards]

Emil sambama Nope. loser.

[@KiliFili13]

I just can't help feeling how somewhat cringy this costume seems.

[@JacobCanote]

Hey Frank: a tip for keeping cool.: you can get ice vests. Basically they are vests with slots to insert your preferred cold blue goo. I used to do children's entertainment, and would never survived doing the purple dino show without it.