shadows0fintent
Active Member
well i was bored at work today so i had a look through the art of halo 3 book and saw the image of the ship UNSC Andraste, i imediately thought that it looked cool, for those who have the book its on page 37.
so at the moment i am making the main inner body of it, this is the main structure in the middle, its very fiddly. i am scaling it down so it will be about 65 cm in length. it will then fit on a custom plaque which will hold it, its not the complete ship just a half of it but still 3d, just imagine if someone cut it in 2 with a very big saw.
i hope to cut all the pieces within the week with pictures as i go through, i will need help with the moulding as i do not have the correct equipment. i use foam board that some may not like but it allows me to use it easily. if you are interested in moulding this when its done let me know and i will send you a sample of the foam board to see if it can be moulded. each section will be 5 mm thick so to get the 3d effect the pieces will be stacked and then sanded to look good. as some parts of the ship are sticking out you see why layering is best with this foam board at first.
as the sides of foam are exposed i will be covering the ends with milliput modeling putty to set hard and leave a neutral layer so it should not react with the moulding material.
i hope to get this finished soon as i will be naming the first ship UNSC BUNGIE and engraving the names of each member of the halo team onto the ship, and then if they want it they can have it.
should look cool when finished, as i said i will be putting photos on when i have done some more, i will put one on tonight of my current progress. please ask questions and get in touch if you thibk you can help,
thanks and await your comments,
oh, and one more think, for the moulding can i have members from the uk only as postage costs and time delays between the uk and the states is not good, thanks
so at the moment i am making the main inner body of it, this is the main structure in the middle, its very fiddly. i am scaling it down so it will be about 65 cm in length. it will then fit on a custom plaque which will hold it, its not the complete ship just a half of it but still 3d, just imagine if someone cut it in 2 with a very big saw.
i hope to cut all the pieces within the week with pictures as i go through, i will need help with the moulding as i do not have the correct equipment. i use foam board that some may not like but it allows me to use it easily. if you are interested in moulding this when its done let me know and i will send you a sample of the foam board to see if it can be moulded. each section will be 5 mm thick so to get the 3d effect the pieces will be stacked and then sanded to look good. as some parts of the ship are sticking out you see why layering is best with this foam board at first.
as the sides of foam are exposed i will be covering the ends with milliput modeling putty to set hard and leave a neutral layer so it should not react with the moulding material.
i hope to get this finished soon as i will be naming the first ship UNSC BUNGIE and engraving the names of each member of the halo team onto the ship, and then if they want it they can have it.
should look cool when finished, as i said i will be putting photos on when i have done some more, i will put one on tonight of my current progress. please ask questions and get in touch if you thibk you can help,
thanks and await your comments,
oh, and one more think, for the moulding can i have members from the uk only as postage costs and time delays between the uk and the states is not good, thanks