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Saber's Agent Texas Build (PIC HEAVY)
Hey everybody! How are you doin'?
I'm good, I'm good. Nuttin' much goin' on...
Except!
I've started my second set of armor! WOOT! XD
So for those of you who have seen my first project, some of you agree that my work wasn't too shabby. But NOW! (hahah, I'm kinda hyper right now...) I am going to make a second set of Mk VI armor that will be 10000000000000 times better than my first!
Now you ask, "But how, Sabes?"
Well I'll tell you how...
1. I'm trying my hand at pep without numbered tabs
2. I'm actually going to use bondo this time!
3. I'm gunna make sure that the armor fits like a glove! (If you saw my first set, you'll know that some pieces weren't sized very well...)
and 4. I'm gunna pep, resin, glass, etc. each section at a time. First, I'll start and complete the arms, then the legs, and then the helm, chest, and COD (I'm not sure which order I'll do the last three, but I'll figure that out once I get to that point of the build)
Okay, now I know you're itchin' to see pics. So here they are!
First! Let me show you my AR, Marine Pilot Helmet (From H3), and my handplates.
So here's some info about the marine helmet...
This is a helmet that my friends and I worked together to make. This was basically my "training session" for my friends so now they know how to work with pepakura.
We, as a group, want to create armor and wear it for Kumoricon. We haven't met up recently, so we haven't been able to work on our group's armor much. But this is what we started with, if you don't include the marine shins we pepped too (sorry, no pics for that), and I am proud of my friends for wanting to learn to do stuff like this.
Now here are some closer looks at the AR-
Note: This is my THIRD attempt at pepping an AR and I am, again, really proud of this!
Yes, this has numbers on the tabs, but I didn't want to try pepping something as complex as THAT without numbers. What makes this AR so different, as you can see, is that I actually tried to keep it straight. I went kinda crazy with my box of popsicle sticks (they weren't used...) and tried to reinforce every bit of that dang thing! I have yet to put the top on it, but I'll get to it soon. I'm sorry if it looks a little warped in the second pic, I assure you it's just the way I angled the camera.
So here are the handplates, and the start of my actual armor project!
They were my first pieces without using numbers on the tabs and I was happy with how I did. Because the hand is so easy, I didn't even use my lappy (laptop) to help me remember which parts went where.
Next, are the shoulder pieces! Huzzah!
The first shoulder I pepped, I decided that I wanted to experiment with the size a little. I wanted the shoulder "cap" to overlap my actual shoulder a little bit so I corrected the resizing option to be longer.
When I pepped it...
(I know I'm setting myself up for a nasty "that's-what-she-said" joke, so calm down)
I was like "Woah... That's big..." O^O; I showed it to my dad, and he said it looked like it could fit Hulk Hogan (Thanks, dad...).
After bringing down the size a little bit (quite a bit, actually), I repepped the right shoulder and it turned out perfect. It was a little bigger than the shoulders that I made for my last build, but I wanted that because the First Project's shoulders were a little too small.
Because the pep was just right, I continued on and pepped the left shoulder. So now I have two! (Good to know that you can count, Sabes...)
Here is a pic of my left shoulder:
The bicep is a little iffy, I know, but I'll fix it later. The right shoulder bicep looks perfect.
Here's a pic of my Hulk Hogan Shoulder (left) next to my "Take Two" Right shoulder (right). The difference is definately noticeable.
All right, guys and gals, that's what I've got for you today.
Be sure to stay tuned and hang tight, I'm almost at the end of my senior year in high school so it may be a while before I post anything else; you never know.
Thanks for checkin' out my thread! Please comment and critique!
Cheers
Hey everybody! How are you doin'?
I'm good, I'm good. Nuttin' much goin' on...
Except!
I've started my second set of armor! WOOT! XD
So for those of you who have seen my first project, some of you agree that my work wasn't too shabby. But NOW! (hahah, I'm kinda hyper right now...) I am going to make a second set of Mk VI armor that will be 10000000000000 times better than my first!
Now you ask, "But how, Sabes?"
Well I'll tell you how...
1. I'm trying my hand at pep without numbered tabs
2. I'm actually going to use bondo this time!
3. I'm gunna make sure that the armor fits like a glove! (If you saw my first set, you'll know that some pieces weren't sized very well...)
and 4. I'm gunna pep, resin, glass, etc. each section at a time. First, I'll start and complete the arms, then the legs, and then the helm, chest, and COD (I'm not sure which order I'll do the last three, but I'll figure that out once I get to that point of the build)
Okay, now I know you're itchin' to see pics. So here they are!
First! Let me show you my AR, Marine Pilot Helmet (From H3), and my handplates.
So here's some info about the marine helmet...
This is a helmet that my friends and I worked together to make. This was basically my "training session" for my friends so now they know how to work with pepakura.
We, as a group, want to create armor and wear it for Kumoricon. We haven't met up recently, so we haven't been able to work on our group's armor much. But this is what we started with, if you don't include the marine shins we pepped too (sorry, no pics for that), and I am proud of my friends for wanting to learn to do stuff like this.
Now here are some closer looks at the AR-
Note: This is my THIRD attempt at pepping an AR and I am, again, really proud of this!
Yes, this has numbers on the tabs, but I didn't want to try pepping something as complex as THAT without numbers. What makes this AR so different, as you can see, is that I actually tried to keep it straight. I went kinda crazy with my box of popsicle sticks (they weren't used...) and tried to reinforce every bit of that dang thing! I have yet to put the top on it, but I'll get to it soon. I'm sorry if it looks a little warped in the second pic, I assure you it's just the way I angled the camera.
So here are the handplates, and the start of my actual armor project!
They were my first pieces without using numbers on the tabs and I was happy with how I did. Because the hand is so easy, I didn't even use my lappy (laptop) to help me remember which parts went where.
Next, are the shoulder pieces! Huzzah!
The first shoulder I pepped, I decided that I wanted to experiment with the size a little. I wanted the shoulder "cap" to overlap my actual shoulder a little bit so I corrected the resizing option to be longer.
When I pepped it...
(I know I'm setting myself up for a nasty "that's-what-she-said" joke, so calm down)
I was like "Woah... That's big..." O^O; I showed it to my dad, and he said it looked like it could fit Hulk Hogan (Thanks, dad...).
After bringing down the size a little bit (quite a bit, actually), I repepped the right shoulder and it turned out perfect. It was a little bigger than the shoulders that I made for my last build, but I wanted that because the First Project's shoulders were a little too small.
Because the pep was just right, I continued on and pepped the left shoulder. So now I have two! (Good to know that you can count, Sabes...)
Here is a pic of my left shoulder:
The bicep is a little iffy, I know, but I'll fix it later. The right shoulder bicep looks perfect.
Here's a pic of my Hulk Hogan Shoulder (left) next to my "Take Two" Right shoulder (right). The difference is definately noticeable.
All right, guys and gals, that's what I've got for you today.
Be sure to stay tuned and hang tight, I'm almost at the end of my senior year in high school so it may be a while before I post anything else; you never know.
Thanks for checkin' out my thread! Please comment and critique!
Cheers
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