Recent content by Culvan

I've actually finished my work on my file, but I don't want to to post it. There's all sorts of "extra geometry" I couldn't get rid of. My goal was to make something close then mold it into shape with some extra clay. Eventually I'll vacuumform a final version of it. I'm about 1/3rd done...

I stumbled accross this at clonetroopers.net: http://rapidshare.com/files/115675174/Ep2_pepkura.pdo.html Not the greatest, but better than nothing. Andy

I molded a storm trooper helmet on one of those styrofoam heads (actually it was a fiberglass copy of a styrofoam head I made as practice). The one I've got looks slightly larger than yours and the helmet was too small for my head. I don't have a particularly large head. I ended up molding a...

Thanks for the information. PETG is the same stuff they use to make most water bottles. Water bottles seemed pretty thin to me so I figured I could probably use thin stuff. 1-2 mm is about .040 to .080 inches. Sounds like I'll have to be very gentle with the stuff I have. I purchased it...

First things first. I think this discussion belongs in the molded armor thread since that's where all the good vacuumforming information is. What thickness of PETG would you recommend for something like this? I just finished building my vacuumforming table and oven. I purchased a variety of...

I know this is an older thread, but it seems interesting. This is quite an ecclectic group. I'm a Professional Entropy Reversal Agent. At least that's what I'd like my title to be. My employer calls me a Network Engineer. I provide technical support for fiber optic comunications systems...

Does the Krylon stick to the hot glue? Can the Aqua Resin stick to the hot glue? Seems like it wouldn't. Andy

Any chance to try this out yet? I'm very encouraged by Skullcandygirl's results, but I'd like a comparison to the old toxic fiberglass I've worked with in the past. Andy

A co-worker of mine has been talking about building an airplane (full sized) and one of the construction techniques is to carve something out of (styro)foam and cover it with fiberglass. From what I've gathered you will probably want to use an epoxy based fiberglass resin, not a polyester based...

I have been trying to make Clone trooper pepekura files for a while. I've been using a high-rez model off of url="http://www.scifi3d.com/list.asp?intGenreID=10&intCatID=13"]www.Scifi3d.com[/url]. The poly count starts out around 60K for just the helmet. I've been using 3ds max. I've been...