Recent content by DaftAttic

Thanks man :) Lol i knew that if i wanted to have any personal drive to do another suit id have to kill it with this and i think i did. But theres still a lot i could have done to make this one better. Like cutting better angles for example. I felt like my knives were never sharp enough. :$

So its been a hot minute since i started this project... and i have returned a much wiser and battle hardened cosplayer. I just completed my first ever cosplay and blew myself away with my own results. Its wild looking at where i was last june to present. Here are some pictures. Enjoy!

Alright so I kinda got into some trouble with the vac forming. I'm using my kitchen oven to heat the plastic. (I know I know. You shouldn't use appliances you're going to prepare food in. However I was only going to do one pull so the difference would be negligible right? I've seen mixed...

Alright so I took a few weeks off to break from this project. I just needed to reset my brain a little and put my mind on something else. Every now and then I did put an hour or two towards my helmet though. Right now its painted black with some white strips (halo reach style) and I've...

Haha thanks dirtdives! I was going through the pictures I've taken of it and seeing the progress from back when my bondo applications were clumpy and messy to this semi ready to paint resultisjust astounding. Today I was gonna do the primer but I got home late from work and the weather was bad...

Quick update: I think I'm done with the sanding and bondoing for now so tomorrow or over the next few days I'll be applying primer... And then further bondo and sanding. But when that's finally done I get to paint it. Oh and I just found out we already have the two spray paint colours I...

Okay so here's my progress. I think it's really coming along. It's just really long work. I had to add a lot of bondo just to give the crown of the helmet the shape it should have. As a result, it's already got a bit weight to it. as you can see I still need to sand but I'm very happy with...

Heh heh what tool you ask? I was actually using an old drivers license. I got better at using it towards the end but I went out today to get more bondo and also picked up real spreaders. I'm going back into the den now so wish me luck. And okay , I will mix smaller batches. Wish me luck.

Alright speaking of manhandling, bondo was a lot more challenging to work with than I thought. Basically it dries quickly and my eyes are greedy. I realized that there were a lot of indents that needed to be filled in to actually achieve the shape that I've seen in the live action trailer, so I...

Yeah i was basically manhandling it yesterday. Im not too worried about it's structural integrity. Now I am wondering how I'm going to bondo it to get that round shape but I honestly just have to get my hands back on it and go for it. I've been thinking about it all day. Lol

Yes, I have fiberglass Ed the inside of it. Admittedly, I think I could have done a better job and for future reference I'm going to work in a better lit area so I can see which parts need to get done more efficiently. That said it's still incredibly sturdy with next to no flexing. I applied a...

To be completely honest, I've fallen in love with the generic paint scheme. I like the idea of it just being a standard ODST helmet. So im essentially leaning toward the paint scheme from the live action trailer. I want to stensil my last name on though but all in all i plan on keeping the...

I had to go mia for a little bit but this is what I got earlier this morning. As you can see I filed down the edges a little bit so they aren't as sharp. Now to give it a proper sanding. I bought 80, 220, and 2000 grit paper. I figured that in conjunction with the files I already have, this...

okay ill keep that in mind. last question (probably not) for helmet details do i do that after i bondo or during? or should i just do a couple coats of bondo to find the shape first and then worry about helmet details?

@Blackwell, Pernicious, and Dirtdives... Thanks so much for the advice guys. this really helps. this project is coming along and each day im closer to a finished product. today im going to file down those geometric edges a little bit before i bondo the outside. and then ill rondo the inside to...