Thanks for the comments guys, glad you like him.
I knew this was going to be the most difficult parts of this custom...finding the netting. And it took a while too.
But I guess living near the beach paid off. I happend to stumble across some netting on a lighthouse in a gift shop.
I brought the Predators torso with me to see if it would work, and it looked pretty good. Its a tough cloth material. And it very sturdy.
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I cut the parts out I need and fit them to the legs and torso. Then I tacked them to a poster board and misted them lightly with black spraypaint.
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Starting in the back, I glued a little piece of netting to the inside joint areas on the top and bottom. Then I work my way around till the netting meets in the back.
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Then I tuck all the leftover netting inside the open areas.
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And heres the final product. Looks pretty cool! I'm glad that parts over.
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More pics soon, and then the final assembly.