Joseph C Brown's Life-Sized MMM Suit and Jet Propulsion Pak Custom

Joseph C. Brown with Custom Life-Sized MMM Suit

Submitted 2011.11.08 by Joseph C. Brown

Joseph Brown started posting images of this suit back in 2011, intending wear the suit for Halloween. I'm too fat to wear something like this but Joseph is thin enough to pull it off. He originally had his build notes available in Facebook Media (with a link) and a Picassa album but the links are now dead. Here are some notes from several subsequent posts, reordered a bit for clarity:

Joseph writes:

The Helmet

The helmet I built in 2011 is a 12" white acrylic globe which had a visor cut from 12" Clear globe.  If I were to make another Major Matt Mason helmet, I would seriously consider keeping the 12" white globe, but cut the clear visor from a 14" Clear globe, because it would actually fit better (radius-wise) over the 12" white globe. 

The full size helmet from 12-inch lighting globes, And a bucket. Cam Gilchrist did an excellent decal for this build.

Opaque lighting globe - 10 weeks to go!

Clear dome painted with Krylon Stained Glass

Clear lighting globe painted, cut along the tape

Clear Globe 2nd coat with Krylon Stained Glass and Dry on hanger

Comparison to Actual MMM Helmet 1

Comparison to Actual MMM Helmet 2

Comparison to Actual MMM Helmet 3

Visor masked off 1

Visor masked off 2

Test neck ring 1

Test neck ring 2

• Opaque white 12-inch globe: https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/7543/PLAS-12PW.html 
• Clear Acrylic 12-inch globe: https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/8048/3202-12020-003.html (Note that Joe suggests using a 14-inch globe for better fitment)

Part that goes under the suit 1

Part that goes under the suit 2

The neck ring portion of this is a chopped-up ten-inch paint bucket from Home Depot.  It is needed for the lower section of the helmet and the piece that sits on the shoulders of the suit to hold the helmet in one place, preventing it from wobbling all over the head.

I used a long piece of soft aluminum wire to get the correct profile for my shoulder near the neck, and then cut corresponding openings in a white plastic bucket. White foam weather stripping for sealing windows was cut to fit, and slit part way thru with a razor, and then applied with hot-glue.  This prevented it digging

This piece fits over the inner jumpsuit, and the outer jumpsuit zips up over it, and then (last!) the helmet goes on.

This approach gives me a friction fit for the helmet very similar to what the toy has, and by doing so, I also get a front chest profile that likewise is close to the toy major Matt figure.

Helmet - Done 1

Helmet - Done 2

Helmet - Done 3

Helmet - Done 4

The Suit

Almost ready 1

Almost ready 2

Test seated

Test seated 2

Test Comparison - done and annotated.

Vegas, Halloween 2011. Me as Major Matt Mason and Karen C. Brown as the Vampire Queen

The Jet Propulsion Pak

Wonderfest 2015 pic by Stephen Sherman

Wonderfest 2016 - pic by Brian Ludden

Additional Finished Suit Images

You can reach Joseph C. Brown on Facebook, he's also part of the MAJOR MATT MASON Facebook group.

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