Drgnfyre4 Mk Vi Progress Thread

[Drgnfyre4]

[quote name='drgon47' date='12 March 2010 - 03:37 PM' timestamp='1268437036' post='403505']

Looking excellent man. Glad to see someone actually following through with their pep armor.

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Thanks Drgon47...I see a lot of folks get excited and do the pep work, and maybe only 1 in 20 that actually end up making any finished product.

[AceHigh]

[quote name='Drgnfyre4' date='13 March 2010 - 01:52 AM' timestamp='1268441536' post='403521']

Thanks Drgon47...I see a lot of folks get excited and do the pep work, and maybe only 1 in 20 that actually end up making any finished product.

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I don't think most people realize the commitment it takes to finish a suit of armour by pepakura. They get bored with cutting and glueing and give up when they realize they still need to resin, bondo and paint the stuff. I surely hope you don't give up, what you have so far looks fantastic.

[ClintonH]

Very, very nice work. Wow great detail. I'm not a Halo guy so I couldn't tell which armor is which for most of these builds but this is looking great I'm sure it's up there with the best as far as you finishing and detailing for sure.

[Drgnfyre4]

Thanks Finhead, coming from someone with your talent that is high praise indeed.

Aceshigh, not to worry, this has to be done in time for San Diego Comicon. I just have to always set it aside to do customer work before I get to play on any of my own stuff.

[glen]

I hope you show more of youre work in the future Drgnfyre4, as this and youre other threads are very good! I'll be watching this! I also checked out youre website. Very cool!

[Drgnfyre4]

Took the afternoon off and got a little further with refining the shoulder armor parts. I still have to add a bit more detail and smooth out more surface area...







"I hope you show more of youre work in the future Drgnfyre4, as this and youre other threads are very good! I'll be watching this! I also checked out youre website. Very cool!"



Thank you Kinjo!

[stealth]

awesome build



very clean work.

[welshwarrior123]

Ive been having ago at my first helmet, and thats all I wanted to do. Know after seeing this I want to do a full suit now

Looks awsome mate i'll be watching this.

Welsh

[Nicktendo]

Absolutely loving the detail. I've seen the styrene used before, but I've never actually used it myself. Is it sandable? What I've been using is illustration board (or the like), but I'm considering experimenting with styrene or even foamies. And good call on the doubling up of the cardstock for structure. I usually do the same, but with board to keep flat surfaces flat! Do you use any specific tools to get those sharp edges/grooves?



Keep up the awesome work. It's going to be an extraordinary build.

[Drgnfyre4]

[quote name='Nicktendo' date='18 March 2010 - 10:35 AM' timestamp='1268933706' post='405260']

Absolutely loving the detail. I've seen the styrene used before, but I've never actually used it myself. Is it sandable? What I've been using is illustration board (or the like), but I'm considering experimenting with styrene or even foamies. And good call on the doubling up of the cardstock for structure. I usually do the same, but with board to keep flat surfaces flat! Do you use any specific tools to get those sharp edges/grooves?



Keep up the awesome work. It's going to be an extraordinary build.

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Styrene is completely sandable. It is the go to material for prop making scratch builds. It scores with an exacto knife and snaps cleanly along the scored edge so cutting shapes is fast.