1 Zergling Costume : Chest Plates

Now one problem is it's nearly impossible to find reference of a zergling's belly. So I'm just going to assume it's similar to the hydralisk's. 

This one's a super simple repetitive task, so watch some netflix once you get the hang of it

Materials  
2 sheets tan craft foam
pliers  
chain mail rings
scissors
hot glue + gun (Optional: duct tape too)
string or ribbon, or necklace chain, etc

 (if you wanna get fancy) coppery paint of some sort and sponge/paintbrush
puffy gold/copper paint


 


1. Print out the chest plate stencil pages and cut the patterns out from the tan foam. If you're a lot shorter or taller than me you might want to cut more or less of the largest pieces. I'm 5'7" and the plates I made came to 22" So adjust as needed.

2. Create sets of 3 rings chained together using pliers. Make 2 for each plate, minus 4 sets 


3. Glue the bottom two plates together. Place the extra small chest pieces in between like 
in the photo. This gives them a little more dimension. Glue the top 3 plates together in the 
same way.

4. glue one ring to the front top of each scale, and glue the top ring to the front lower part of each scale. Make sure as you do this you’re careful the rings will not show when seen from straight on.

5. repeat for all connecting scales!

6. for the top scale just attach 1 chain ring to each back top corner. then take your necklace chain and break it down the middle. hook each loop to the chain ring. now you have the whole thing attached as a necklace. Easy to put on and take off!

Now you’re done!! ...if you don’t feel up to painting anyway

7. Take the puffy paint and put it in the creases of the plates that are glued directly together.Then use the tip of the paint bottle to drag out lines in random directions.

When that dries sponge/paint the paint you've chosen on at the top of each scale to give it a rough splotchy look.