Sepheus 13's Forging of a Mk V. (Foam)

[Sepheus 13]

Update time!

as I'm getting closer to finishing the foam work, I realize i'm still so far away, I'm looking towards the dipping stage soon, but I have a bigger challenge ahead of me. and then I'm dipping it all.

Lots o' Dip

And then! it's airbrush time!

And then, it's undersuit
and the lights,
and the voice amplifier/speakers,
and my rifle,
and finally all the extra attachments!

I've got some things to do.

In the meantime, this is what I've gotten done since my last update. It consists of building my bicep to match the other. and the tactical hard case thigh attachment modeled and unfolded to foam by HaloGoddess. As well as the MK. V shoulder modeled by Ruze789 and unfolded for foam by L3X BLU3R1V3R.














The MK.V shoulder










Tactical Hard case.

 

[Sepheus 13]

That's all for now. And I promise, I promise that the next time I post I'll have pictures of my entire suit! I want to see it all together so far.

Thanks for looking!
Sepheus 13

 

[Mstruvmgc]

Looking good, keep up the great work

 

[Sepheus 13]

As promised, here is my complete suit so far.

Forgive my dog blocking half my leg, he was curious.





And then, I started on the helmet.
Seeing how I couldn't find a pepakura file for foam, and I couldn't find one that I could re-unfold for foam, So sketching templates it is!

I attached the card stock to my secondary computer screen


And started tracing


Here's the front side


And all of the side patterns.

 

[NoMaybeYes]

Not to have you toss away all your great scethes and free hand awesomeness. But theres three helmets up on the database for Gungnir. Your suit looks amazing by the way. Your torso hooks together so well!

 

[Chernobyl]

Pull those shins up, Spartan!

In all seriousness, that looks incredible. I'm very much impressed - if you'd like, I can get you some orthographic shots of the GUNGNIR helm so you won't have to rely so much on potentially-inaccurate shots. In particular, the 'face' of your helmet is much more curved and concave than how you've set your sketch up.

 

[Sepheus 13]

NoMaybeYes
Not to have you toss away all your great scethes and free hand awesomeness. But theres three helmets up on the database for Gungnir. Your suit looks amazing by the way. Your torso hooks together so well!

I think I kinda wanted to do the free hand, I've done most of the costume with patterns. and that's not a bad thing, But I need to work on my template creation.

and thank you, I'm loving the torso as well!

Arcanine
Pull those shins up, Spartan!

In all seriousness, that looks incredible. I'm very much impressed - if you'd like, I can get you some orthographic shots of the GUNGNIR helm so you won't have to rely so much on potentially-inaccurate shots. In particular, the 'face' of your helmet is much more curved and concave than how you've set your sketch up.

I can't wait to strap up the shins, I am never pleased when they are hanging down by my ankles.

The orthographic shots would be incredible if it not to difficult to get them.
Thanks about the curved face plate. When I was putting it to foam I curved it a bit more.

 

[sarlume]

This is certainly a piece of work to aspire to! Your foam work is always so beautifully clean. I know I'm not the only one anxious to see it all painted!

 

[Chernobyl]

Those references should be in your inbox now. I hope they're of use to you.

 

[Spartan1313]

This build is beautiful. I LOVE IT! your edges are soooooo clean! I can't wait to see more of this

 

[DD117]

Is this built from scratch or are you using templates? PM me with your answer if you can.

 

[gin tekidan]

this is like the final piece of evidence i needed to prove that foam builds can come out amazingly crisp. awesome work man i think my next build will be foam and im lookin forward to seeing your helmet!

 

[Sepheus 13]

Originally Posted by sarlume
This is certainly a piece of work to aspire to! Your foam work is always so beautifully clean. I know I'm not the only one anxious to see it all painted!

Thanks Sarlume, That means a lot. And I hope to not disappoint. I've seen many builds over the year that look so great until the paint job, and If it's not done right a lot of the details will just blend in and be lost. I'm aiming to buy a air brush for this job, so I can bring out the tiniest of details. and it's about time I get one anyways.

Originally Posted by Spartan1313
This build is beautiful. I LOVE IT! your edges are soooooo clean! I can't wait to see more of this

Thanks, And I will do my best to bring you more of the best work that I can do!

Originally Posted by gin tekidan
this is like the final piece of evidence i needed to prove that foam builds can come out amazingly crisp. awesome work man i think my next build will be foam and im lookin forward to seeing your helmet!

They can turn out just as well as a pepped and fiberglassed piece. As long as the time is put into them. everything is better with time.

Originally Posted by DD117
Is this built from scratch or are you using templates? PM me with your answer if you can.

I PM'ed you but for the sake of everyone else. I'll post it here as Well.I'm Using L3X BLU3R1V3R'S foam unfolds for most of the suit. I hope to provide direct links to the downloads of his files in this thread, with pictures of the files. But in the meantime you can find them all
HERE
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/...-File-Database



Now Let's get on to the show.

Proggies.. Prog, Proggies.


And where I'm at currently. I need some hot glue. Merp..







Yeah,
You see all that cancer right?
I know.
I tried to fix it.
Failed.
So I'm going to have to re-do it.
Facepalm.

But in all seriousness.

I couldn't have done it without Arcanine's Beautiful reference pack.
With images like this.

and this.



AND THE BEST PART! I got permission to re-upload and share this pack with all of you.

Complete contents:
Arcanine's Sepheus GUNGNIR Mk V Refrence pack.rar
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Sepheus GUNGNIR Mk V. :Folder:
\
GUNGNIR Back
GUNGNIR Bottom
GUNGNIR Front
GUNGNIR Side
GUNGNIR Top
Sepheus GUNGNIR Orthos
Sepheus GUNGNIR textured.mtl [Applies texture to model]
Sepheus GUNGNIR textured.obj [3D model]
tex_helmet_gungnir [Texture file]

You can find this .Rar at
http://www.4shared.com/rar/ltO0TELOba/Arcanines_Sepheus_GUNGNIR_Mk_V.html?

Thanks for stopping by everyone!
-Sepheus 13

 

[CrazedOne1988]

Looking great!

How are you attaching the shoulders? Are you making them permanent or removable?

 

[Sepheus 13]

Looking great!

How are you attaching the shoulders? Are you making them permanent or removable?

Awesome that you asked that actually, Cause I've been thinking of that. And I'm going to make them removable using either a three nut and bolt system, or 3d printed clasp/magnetic system IF I even have a printer when I get to the shoulders. it's a big investment so 3D printer is still a month or two away. as of right now the shoulder pieces latch on with tape..

 

[Chernobyl]

I'm glad to see that my files are of use to you. I'm watching this with great anticipation!

 

[Sepheus 13]

So, I'm setting the gungnir aside for a little bit. It's pretty challenging to me. and I just need to step back and observe study and plan for it. Definitely a challenge, and that's okay. Something for me to stress my skills.

But in the meantime I've been working on how to have detachable attachments. and I used a very simple system.

Three nuts and bolts!


I tested the system on my MK V. Shoulder.


Cutting holes for the nuts


::Tool tip for foam workers:: I seriously advise in investing in a pair of tweezers. Such a priceless tool.


The nuts are glued in, I tried hot glue on the first one, and then remembered I have Superglue. And the superglue turned out clean, I'm happy.


The mating of the pieces.


A side shot. The bolts can be screwed in more to close the gap.


This is what the shoulder looks like without the bolts. In case I want to go bare shoulder. I can just bolt the extra piece the bare shoulder has to the middle bolt. I'm thinking of ways to hide holes when the bolts are not in the shoulder.. I'll figure something out. In the meantime I'm up to suggestions


After the shoulder I worked on the thigh attachment. Turned out really well, and the best part. two out of three bolts actually belong where they are!

See?


The nuts on the tactical hard case.


And when they get put together the results are fantastic! That hard case is not going anywhere. It's a sturdy attachment


And very last I'm working on the detail of my ODST shoulder. I need that bulky look, and It needs some careful work.


Well that's all for now, Thanks for stopping by.
-Sepheus13

 

[CrazedOne1988]

That bolt idea looks fantastic! I had big issues with my tac case being glued, so I might have to implement this idea!

 

[Sepheus 13]

Small update everyone,

So Building detail on the forearms, second time through. Added the cuff detail.



And then noticing that this was wrong, I had to fix it.


I cut it out and then reglued all the pieces flush. and sunk it in to make room for the foamie.


all done with the second pass. I still have small detail, and the screws to put in place.



This is what I was replicating.


Also finished Major work on the ODST shoulder. I thought it was a trash piece before I foamied it and Gave it a solid backing. now it's as solid as any of my other pieces.




Uh oh.. I've started dipping! Wait that's awesome! I've finally started dipping. I got 6 cans for 6 bucks ea. and I know im going to need more. I'm almost out of a can, from just the boots, oh and a couple of other car things.


These dipped pieces shouldn't stay dipped for long. I finally got this.


And some nice starter paints. Which I then found out my cheap acrylic paints would have worked. blast it! oh well nice to start out with.


I'm hoping within the next couple of days to start cleaning up my thread, making it more friendly to a new reader.

Well that's it everyone,
-Sepheus 13

 

[rainbow dash]

Thanks for all those detailed pictures. you are really doing a great job.