Thorssoli's MkVI Costume Buildup
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bald cactus v2
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I spy a stormtrooper helmet 
PillowFire
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well now I have some questions (must be getting tired of those, eh?)
First off, do you use a hot glue gun for your pepakura, or something else? Because I see no glue imperfections (which are almost impossible to avoid unless you have some crazy custom trigger that can melt very small amounts of glue at a time)
Your work has actually inspired me to continue, it's a good motivator for me to continue working on my own armor, I am currently about 1/3 of the way done with a pepakura model of FS's and it is very difficult to twist and bend my hand to get all the tabs, and even more difficult to avoid putting extra glue, though hopefully all that extra glue will be canceled out by a layer of resin, or will simply be dremeled off after several layers of resin.
Another thing, I recently bought some modeling clay, just in case, and am now trying to decide whether to sink my 200 dollars into molding (only the helmet though with that route) or going your route and using mud+sanding+dremel. What do you personally recemmend? I am very tempted to just buy your helm and be done with it, but I gotta make up for all my trolling and establish myself, as well as prove to myself that I can do this type of stuff on my own, even if it's just a single high quality helmet.
Seriously, your skills can make you some good money making other props.
First off, do you use a hot glue gun for your pepakura, or something else? Because I see no glue imperfections (which are almost impossible to avoid unless you have some crazy custom trigger that can melt very small amounts of glue at a time)
Your work has actually inspired me to continue, it's a good motivator for me to continue working on my own armor, I am currently about 1/3 of the way done with a pepakura model of FS's and it is very difficult to twist and bend my hand to get all the tabs, and even more difficult to avoid putting extra glue, though hopefully all that extra glue will be canceled out by a layer of resin, or will simply be dremeled off after several layers of resin.
Another thing, I recently bought some modeling clay, just in case, and am now trying to decide whether to sink my 200 dollars into molding (only the helmet though with that route) or going your route and using mud+sanding+dremel. What do you personally recemmend? I am very tempted to just buy your helm and be done with it, but I gotta make up for all my trolling and establish myself, as well as prove to myself that I can do this type of stuff on my own, even if it's just a single high quality helmet.
Seriously, your skills can make you some good money making other props.
Ruze789 said:
I'm not entirely sure how many hours I spent putting this one together, but I'd bet it was somewhere over 60. I know that a few times I ended up with a bit of insomnia and pulled an all-nighter on it. There were at least four of those. If you'd like to save yourself the trouble, I'll be making a mold and offering up a limited run of these things too.
smilie120 said:
I think this may have something to do with perspective. In person I'm pretty happy with the proportions. I'll post better pics when I've got them to show. It's also worth pointing out that I made the helmet one-size-fits-all and I'll be making at least two different sizes of torso armor. More on that as it unfolds.
PillowFire said:
I use a cyanoacrylate adhesive (i.e. crazy glue or zap-a-gap) to glue all of my seams and reinforce some of the more significant creases. I also use an accelerant to make the glue set up instantaneously instead of waiting for it to cure on its own.
If you're thinking of molding and casting your project, I wish you all the best. At the same time, if you've never done any moldmaking before, you may want to start with something simpler. A full-sized helmet can be the source of some very expensive lessons learned if you make any mistakes along the way.
Of course, you could always just go ahead and buy one from one of my runs...
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bald cactus v2 said:I spy a stormtrooper helmet
The trooper helmet is a horribly flawed casting from my first helmet molding project. Essentially it was a modded Don Post Classic Action helmet and it didn't work out very well.
I still have the mold somewhere, but I have no plans to sell those things. I also made the rest of the suit. Here's a couple of shots of that project.
I know the rifle in this one is wrong, but it was the best I could do on short notice.
And here's a shot of me on Halloween after a long day of not being able to find the droids I was looking for:
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PillowFire
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wonderful work, who's file are you using for the chest plate?
Also, I don't know why you think the storm trooper helmet looks bad, it looks good to me, and I don't see anything wrong with it (unless it's only noticable in real-life)
Also, I don't know why you think the storm trooper helmet looks bad, it looks good to me, and I don't see anything wrong with it (unless it's only noticable in real-life)
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jimmyfu said:
You look extreamly happy under that helmet
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Skullcandy Girl
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Awesome as ususal hahahah we're running out of compliments!
bald cactus v2
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thorssoli said:The trooper helmet is a horribly flawed casting from my first helmet molding project. Essentially it was a modded Don Post Classic Action helmet and it didn't work out very well.
I still have the mold somewhere, but I have no plans to sell those things. I also made the rest of the suit. Here's a couple of shots of that project.
I know the rifle in this one is wrong, but it was the best I could do on short notice.
And here's a shot of me on Halloween after a long day of not being able to find the droids I was looking for:
Good luck getting 501st approval with that bucket
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PillowFire said:
This is Flying Squirrel's HD Chest armor pep model. The stormtrooper helmet I'm wearing in the pics is the original Don Post Classic Action helmet. There's nothing wrong with it at all. The one in the background in some of the earlier pics is the flawed casting that I made. I was trying to do a fiberglass layup and it didn't work out very well. Because of that, there are serious problems with the gelcoat and big thin spots with no glass mixed into the resin. But enough about that.
xrallyman said:
First the pep, then coat with fiberglass resin to make it rigid. Then cut out the support struts and coat the interior with casting resin to make it stronger. Then bondo to smooth out the curved portions. I use a variety of power tools and body rasps (aka shurforms) to help me shape the bondo after it sets up. The bondo is designed to stick to things, but it's a good idea to sand the surface you're sticking it to in order to aid in adhesion.
Spartan-299 said:
I'm planning on splitting it into front and back sections. Otherwise I can't figure out a way to get in and out of it. The neck hole isn't big enough for my head to fit through and I kinda want to keep it that way.
No progress pics to post today and I'll be gone for the weekend. Stay tuned.
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ShadyMailman
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With the one-size-fits-all idea in mind, what scale did you using for the helmet?
ShadyMailman said:
If memory serves, the helmet was built to a height of 39.1cm. I'm not certain though. I scaled it before I licensed my copy of Pepakura and I wasn't able to save it.
I did some more work on the pep models for the boots last night. I'll post pics when I've got them.
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ShadyMailman
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thorssoli said:
Much appreciated, keep up the badass work!
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