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Meet our mech. He's real, and we're going to show you how the wizards at Legacy Effects put him together.
SAN DIEGO — If you're lucky enough to be at Comic-Con, you might have already seen our 400-pound, 9.5-foot-tall friend stomping around the convention center. Don't be alarmed. It's just the WIRED mech.
This elaborate battle mech — we dare you to say "cosplay" to its face — wasn't easy to make. It took the geniuses at Legacy Effects and the Stan Winston School 2,000 man-hours over 24 days to pour the molds, paint on the battle-scarred armor, and create the elaborate chassis that supports it all. It was a process. Here's a look at how it happened.
WIRED's got a squad all over Comic-Con. We'll be liveblogging all the weirdness and wonder right here.
Photos: Stan Winston School
