Well for those that remember me, still going through the bad luck streaks. Although this time it's been a lot longer to recover.
I require.. well ... comment-like assistance more then anything, encouragement heavily appreciated, but negative comments will also be appreciated to an extent.
For those wanting to skip the story, jump over the "///////" markers. For those that want the Details, read it all.
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So I've never had the best of luck with Fiberglass resin and Pepakura, I put effort in, the Paper Models look amazing, then I ruin it or disfigure it when resin-enforcing it. This has lead to extreme anger moments and even great sadness. When I finally did get a suit of Halo-based armor made -it was stolen roughly a week before it's use for Halloween. Then I jumped to Gears of War armor and ended up ruining the torso (really the ONLY armor they have) so I had to 30hour rush a foam build that turned out about 80% as good as I had hoped. Iron man helmet was destroyed by Liquid Foam Method filling to harden (deformation beyond repair) and I never managed to set up my Power Armor(original project, Metroid universe) ever.
Now life has thrown another twist at me, this time more "good" then bad. I lost my living space... which normally someone would consider a terrible thing, but when you take into consideration it was With family, in a small 10x10 room, with no room for anything but my belongings.... it's a good thing. I had been trashing a bunch of junk, stuff I thought I'd use in costumes, stuff I was keeping for whatever reason and basically got to slim down my belongings. I then managed to secure a place to live with my best friend due to an unusual and Personal matter (related to him, so I won't share) before I actually ended up "on the streets".
So now.. Iam here, and his hobby is mostly miniatures but likes the idea of having his own suit someday, so I managed to easily sway him to use the Dining room (which was just a mess of garbage, literally) into a Hobby Center. This means, room to work. Tables to work on, shelves to organize tools. (super huge improvement to having a storage bin in the closet!) However i won't be able to use Fiberglass Resins, and even Painting will have to be taken out of the Apartment building into a parking lot or other prepared area. (I'll deal with that later, mostly just can't use Resins)
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So... it comes to "it's here now... what to make?"
I don't have the inspirational burning desires to finish any of the already started WIP. So I will probably recycle the foam if I need it/as I need it (even from the GOW armor that is "done")
So... what should I make? For builds, I am a tall, larger frame male, so a lot of armor needs heavy scaling (which I have never managed to successfully do 100% properly) and I will never be a skinny pretty boy for some of those cosplay fave's...
I really don't want to start up another Halo build until the next game (or at least models) arrive to use either... so that kinda limits things. (and perhaps I need to find another forum?)
I really want to jump-start my Artistic Muse, she seems to have abandoned me years ago, so I am trying to sketch and draw and start things again. October is the "deadline" for anything (Halloween) however, Rushing will not take place this time. If I miss the D-line, New Years it is. If I miss that D-Line, anyandall days I feel like.
Supplies I still own
-Foam matting
-Foam Roll (thinner)
-recyclable foam matting from other suits (scrap parts, small objects, detail parts)
-blades
-hot glue
-card stock
-30lbs Oil-based Clay
-crockpot to recycle clay
-Low Budget Income for Extras.
Any ideas?
I require.. well ... comment-like assistance more then anything, encouragement heavily appreciated, but negative comments will also be appreciated to an extent.
For those wanting to skip the story, jump over the "///////" markers. For those that want the Details, read it all.
//////////////////////////////////////////
So I've never had the best of luck with Fiberglass resin and Pepakura, I put effort in, the Paper Models look amazing, then I ruin it or disfigure it when resin-enforcing it. This has lead to extreme anger moments and even great sadness. When I finally did get a suit of Halo-based armor made -it was stolen roughly a week before it's use for Halloween. Then I jumped to Gears of War armor and ended up ruining the torso (really the ONLY armor they have) so I had to 30hour rush a foam build that turned out about 80% as good as I had hoped. Iron man helmet was destroyed by Liquid Foam Method filling to harden (deformation beyond repair) and I never managed to set up my Power Armor(original project, Metroid universe) ever.
Now life has thrown another twist at me, this time more "good" then bad. I lost my living space... which normally someone would consider a terrible thing, but when you take into consideration it was With family, in a small 10x10 room, with no room for anything but my belongings.... it's a good thing. I had been trashing a bunch of junk, stuff I thought I'd use in costumes, stuff I was keeping for whatever reason and basically got to slim down my belongings. I then managed to secure a place to live with my best friend due to an unusual and Personal matter (related to him, so I won't share) before I actually ended up "on the streets".
So now.. Iam here, and his hobby is mostly miniatures but likes the idea of having his own suit someday, so I managed to easily sway him to use the Dining room (which was just a mess of garbage, literally) into a Hobby Center. This means, room to work. Tables to work on, shelves to organize tools. (super huge improvement to having a storage bin in the closet!) However i won't be able to use Fiberglass Resins, and even Painting will have to be taken out of the Apartment building into a parking lot or other prepared area. (I'll deal with that later, mostly just can't use Resins)
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
So... it comes to "it's here now... what to make?"
I don't have the inspirational burning desires to finish any of the already started WIP. So I will probably recycle the foam if I need it/as I need it (even from the GOW armor that is "done")
So... what should I make? For builds, I am a tall, larger frame male, so a lot of armor needs heavy scaling (which I have never managed to successfully do 100% properly) and I will never be a skinny pretty boy for some of those cosplay fave's...
I really don't want to start up another Halo build until the next game (or at least models) arrive to use either... so that kinda limits things. (and perhaps I need to find another forum?)
I really want to jump-start my Artistic Muse, she seems to have abandoned me years ago, so I am trying to sketch and draw and start things again. October is the "deadline" for anything (Halloween) however, Rushing will not take place this time. If I miss the D-line, New Years it is. If I miss that D-Line, anyandall days I feel like.
Supplies I still own
-Foam matting
-Foam Roll (thinner)
-recyclable foam matting from other suits (scrap parts, small objects, detail parts)
-blades
-hot glue
-card stock
-30lbs Oil-based Clay
-crockpot to recycle clay
-Low Budget Income for Extras.
Any ideas?