Another Chief to join the ranks (First Mjolnir WIP) [image heavy]

[JujubeeSeas]

Hey all!

I've been lurking for some time, and decided to jump on into the party! A week or so ago I started my first pep, and where else to start but with mjolnir?

I got through the scaling alright (actually the toughest part for me, I suffer a bit with numbers) and managed to do alright with assembly.

Then came the resin/fiberglassing, which was a learning experience and actually a lot of fun! This is just hit with some primer to help me see where I needed to start getting into sanding with the dremel (which is now my best friend. Seriously, we've got matching necklaces and everything. BFFFF.)

Now I'm on the... 3rd? ...27th? 89th sanding? I've been doing it in sections to try and keep from getting TOO obsessed with perfecting the whole thing all at once.

I did have a pretty frustrating problem with getting the front symmetrical, but some bondo seems to have taken care of most of that...
Not so super :

A tad better methinks!

Hopefully with what it'll be when it grows up hiding in the back...

So far things are doing not terribly, I'm having a ball with it! Any advice you guys have got would be much appreciated! Anything I should know before I paint? (in 40 or so more sandings I might be ready for that!)

Thanks for any help!

 

[darknemisis]

Crisp sand lines on all of the details on the helmet... then paint away... looks amazing

 

[SPRTNBD50]

Great stuff for the first try....looking awesome!

 

[cmJackal09]

i noticed in your picture that you have a prebuilt Mk VI, i was wondering how many helmets you have made.

 

[JujubeeSeas]

Thanks for the feedback!

And Jackal, that's actually the legendary helmet in the back, I didn't make it (I wish!). I'm using it as a guide for details. I hear that there are ways to modify it so you can actually wear it, but I'd rather not risk messing it up if I fail horribly hahaha

 

[snypernight]

very nice but i was wondering, what are you going to use for the, what im asuming are micro air filters on the cheeks?

 

[becks]

Optical illusion or is the top of the helmet curved to the right a bit instead of being straight? I had that problem in one of the first helmets I attempted as well.

 

[snypernight]

Optical illusion or is the top of the helmet curved to the right a bit instead of being straight? I had that problem in one of the first helmets I attempted as well.

it looks like the angle is not straight because thers is more visible to the right than left

 

[JujubeeSeas]

I was planning on getting something like ribbed pvc pipe (I wonder if that actually has a name...), which I'm going to get when I need to finish the boots, as something similar fills in the mid-section from toe to ankle piece. Failing that I figure I can just sculpt it out of clay and glue it in. I also have to make the small square-things at either side of the visor, but that can wait until I actually get the thing.

And yeah, that's due to the crappy photo. At least I hope it is...
My real problem was getting the area where bottom of the visor will go even. I must have messed up a fold when pep'ing, because it's taken some time to fix.

 

[Toacrabman]

I think the legendary helmet is just too shiny, it could have been a darker, realistic green color. Also, it could have been bigger, but then there wouldn't be as many.