Recent content by inclol

Yeah, as you say, there are those problems in-game. But IRL unfortunately I can't make pieces disappear in each other ^^ so I have to make it work. There's one thing I was unsure of... that bugged me for quite some time About the shoulder bells, I wasn't sure how exactly they're supposed to...

Weeeeeeeell sorry for the lack of updates... Been pretty busy with work, so I didn't get much progress. I just sanded the helm, but it was a rough bondo pass so there's still alot to do. i'm not yet used to using bondo like this, so there are spots where I didn't put enough. It's a rough pass...

Thanks ! At least i'm not the only Metroid fan here ^^ Well yeah, in fact it seems correct to me. What was confusing was the fact i can't move my arms at all in there. But why's that... ? Well it's thanks to Samus's "alien-wide shoulders" (:p). her arms don't collide with the torso armor...

Sooo i'm focusing on harder parts of the armor, scaling-wise. As promised, I pepped the "torso". You know, the space bra. :p It's not a fail cause I can fit in there, but it's really tight. Not sure if it's a win either. Oh, also, the lower part that closes the armpit is part of the other...

Thanks :) Yeah, that's the plan. I'm kinda focusing on the helm for the moment, cause I want to make some progress and not lose my time going back and forth everywhere. I work on my helm and, when I must wait (curing time, lack of supplies) I pep other parts. Speaking of which, as promised...

Been able to resupply a bit today, so I thought I would start again working on my helm. I wanted to find ref pics from the back but it's proving to be nearly impossible. I was ready to give up when one detail struck my mind ; whooooooops. My helm isn't really accurate. The visor area is wrong...

True ! Well as a noob, when collecting informations, I always saw things like "it's heavy", "it's pretty light", "it's heavier than..."... OK, but what is heavy, what is light ? Data please ! :) So I figured it could be useful to have a better idea. Everyone says Rondo is heavier than...

As planned, did a bit of sanding today. I cleaned those sharp angles and edges a bit. Overall no problem, the rondo did fill the air bubbles perfectly. I only sanded through the rondo on one side, that's when I noticed the layer was a bit too thin. So once I finished sanding, I added a bit more...

Ah ah. You know it's reaaaaally hard for me to be serious on any picture. I kinda specialized in photo-bombing since I was young, I guess. ...But, that's really the face you can do when melting your fingers for 3 hours. :p Well "glory" may be a big word for the moment, the outside isn't...

Indeed, it's helping me a lot ! There's not much I'll have to create from scratch, it looks. Which is better cause I'm not as good as you at sculpting ^^ Yeah, rescaling is necessary. Although it may look badass like this, it's way too big. I mesured roughly the calf piece and it's approx...

Yeah ^^ then good thing my resin and my body filler use the exact same hardener... Have you started yet or is it in planning ? I'd be really interested to see the results, I'm curious about using foam... Could be a good idea for the waist area... Anyway another update. I rondo'ed today...

Quick update, started working on the fiberglass process. I first cut the visor, then fiberglassed 2/3 of the helmet, the rest is some harder/tighter spots I'll probably fill with Rondo for the moment (I'll try other methods like epoxy and chopped fibres as suggested by ventrue for the other...

Thanks for the advice, I'll stay careful... Should be able to cut the visor and start fiberglassing tomorrow. Waiting for my helmet (I could go on but I'm being careful), I decided to pep the lower part of one leg to test the scale, again. A quick reminder about how I scaled everything so...

Well I'm relatively slim for a guy so I think I have an advantage here ^^ I'm approx. 1.80 m tall for 68 kg now. Not much, eh ? Well two years ago I was the same size but 55 kg :p so there's some progress ! :) Sick ! So you're the one that is building those troopers suits ? They're full of...

Aaaah, I was thinking hardening as "making the helm hard enough before reinforcing it". That's why I couldn't understand ^^ Well I'm not 100% sure there's enough resin for the moment. Everything is solid and doesn't bend but if I press a little on the big parts of paper, I can warp them a bit I...