Army Of Two Wip

[Lieutenant F3AR]

Hey 405th my friend and I started our build of a Salem Mask to get the general Idea of how this all works.



http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6452/head1cjs.jpg

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2096/sidezxq.jpg



And it was looking pretty good. We thought we were on the right track. Then came time to resin it. The first coat went fine with no problems.

Then when we tried doing a second coat on the printed side of the mask this happened.



http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/307/curl1.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5973/curl2.jpg



What exactly did we do wrong? We think the curling of the mask's edges could have been caused by the heat and humidity that just recently attacked our city.

But what else could have happened?



Please don't hold back, if we screwed up royally tell us.

 

[Mavrick]

I'd love to help but i cannot see the images.

 

[Harding29]

same just says Posted Image but there isnt one

 

[Robbymrodriguez]

Guys, in firefox if you right click you can read the source code, then search for text. Anyway it says he hotlinked email attachments. Try again buddy, photobucket will be your closet pal from now on!

 

[Caboos318]

yeah... same, seeing nothing.



this site is the only reson i have a photobucket lol

 

[Harding29]

yeah... same, seeing nothing.



this site is the only reson i have a photobucket lol

i second that lol

 

[rundown]

 

[Lieutenant F3AR]

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/307/curl1.jpg

Thanks there is also a Direct link in my first post

 

[JSwift]

which pep file did you use?

 

[Lieutenant F3AR]

which pep file did you use?

Killer26's pepfile

as a base to see what we need to do better on our next mask project.

 

[kensai111]

You probably used too much resin on your second pass but, in the future hotlgue cardstock struts in your pepakura pieces so they maintain shape during resining.



Cheers,

Kensai

 

[HaloGoddess]

I'm not 100% sure, but the humidity MIGHT have played a role in your helmet curling.



Also, what might be good to kep in mind is that when you have sucha wide space open in the back like with your helmet, try to "brace" it. Find something very sturdy that you can place in between so that the edges don't fold in on themselves. Sometimes when paper gets wet, it has a tendency to curl.



If you want to fix this, which you might be able to, try this method:



Take your helmet and lay the curl part on a flat surface. Might have to sit it on the edge of a table or something. Next, use some newspaper and lay it on top, while doing so, try to lay the curled part flat. Now, take an iron (if you have one) and iron over top of the newspaper. Don't make the iron too hot! Try to have it on a low setting and firmly push down and just iron like you would anything else. Also, double up the newspaper. Don't use just one thin piece, use at least 2 pieces. After you iron it for a little bit, keep checking to see how it's looking so far. You don't want to over do it. Also because I am not sure how the resin will react with the heat from the iron, but that is why I said put the iron on a low setting.



I only know this method because when I would create my watercolor paintings, the paper would tend to curl on the edges and the paper would not be so flat anymore so I just layed it on the floor, placed newspaper over it then ironed it and that helped to fix the problem.

 

[Lieutenant F3AR]

I'm not 100% sure, but the humidity MIGHT have played a role in your helmet curling.



Also, what might be good to kep in mind is that when you have sucha wide space open in the back like with your helmet, try to "brace" it. Find something very sturdy that you can place in between so that the edges don't fold in on themselves. Sometimes when paper gets wet, it has a tendency to curl.



If you want to fix this, which you might be able to, try this method:



Take your helmet and lay the curl part on a flat surface. Might have to sit it on the edge of a table or something. Next, use some newspaper and lay it on top, while doing so, try to lay the curled part flat. Now, take an iron (if you have one) and iron over top of the newspaper. Don't make the iron too hot! Try to have it on a low setting and firmly push down and just iron like you would anything else. Also, double up the newspaper. Don't use just one thin piece, use at least 2 pieces. After you iron it for a little bit, keep checking to see how it's looking so far. You don't want to over do it. Also because I am not sure how the resin will react with the heat from the iron, but that is why I said put the iron on a low setting.



I only know this method because when I would create my watercolor paintings, the paper would tend to curl on the edges and the paper would not be so flat anymore so I just layed it on the floor, placed newspaper over it then ironed it and that helped to fix the problem.



Thank you for the idea, but we already resined and fiberglassed the back to try and it finished finished

I really wish we saw this before we did it. Here's how it turned out though.



http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/5617/fiber1.jpg

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/8545/fiber2.jpg



What do you think? How did we do. And I don't think the ironing method would be a good idea at this point.

 

[killinghorne]

there is a first time for everything

 

[Lieutenant F3AR]

there is a first time for everything

A first time for what?

mess ups?

 

[Nox Umbra]

Nice

 

[Lieutenant F3AR]

Nice

Hey thanks!

we're trying a different pepfile this time around

and we'll get pictures up soon.