Recent content by ram

I can't remember where I found it but I included a .pdo for Mickey's shoulder in the .zip in the first post. As for the permutations on Dutch's helmet, I will sculpt them onto the fiberglass copy of the helm after a regular copy has been molded. Then I will mold the clay attachments and use a...

So since I haven't found a place to start bondo work I decided to work on some accessory pieces. Here is my work so far on the backpack. I printed out pep pieces as a template and then traced them over foam board. (I added the "JOINHERE"s in pepakura to make sure I lined the pages up...

I uploaded the file. Here ya go! X-Wing Helmet.pdo

Moved this out of the first post for clarity. Tip: There are a lot of small folds in this file (as well as a lot of other ODST files i've come to find) that form grooves in the final model. When comming across folds like this I find it much easier to score and fold directly down the...

It was like someone up high is rooting for us. It has been <50 degrees for the last week and raining for 2 days straight; yet as I finished my last classes for the week it was 70 sunny and dry! Found an old beat up picnic bench in the grass under the trees behind the dorms so I brought out the...

Ive never tried unfolding something from scratch before. I typically just edit other good unfolds, but heres what I got. PM me if you like it and ill send it to you. Currently its set to print on letter at a scale of 28.5cm in height. I really have no clue what size this thing should be.

I showed some dorm friends my mark VI build I made over the summer and we've decided to take up making the odst squad; Buck, Mickey, Dutch, Romeo, and the Rookie (no persons willing to be Dare yet). I've started this thread to show our method for building the popular new ODST armor as well as...

I ended up just modding the v1 model. It's not difficult at all and I believe it turned out decent enough.

Is there a working link for falseknightmare's v2 chest pouch? Cant seem to find one anywhere.

I like how well the straps came out. What type of foam and fabric did you use, and how did you secure the wrapping? Could we see a pic of the seams? Also, I was wondering what brand and where you got those elbow/knee pads. For whatever reason most all the results I get online are pull on...

Could you email that to me as well. It was removed from 4shared.com =,( laxmiddie6@yahoo.com Muchas gracias!

Scaling was probably the most frustrating part of my project. You need to measure body parts and enter those measurements directly into the pepakura scaling window. You'll definitley need to get a tape measure to do this properly. I'll do my best to explain what areas to measure. Helmet...

I take the dremel to the inside of my pieces, shave down any sharp edges that may be stuck up around corners and such then I make a really runny batch of mud/rondo (resin-bondo mixture) and use my hands just to smear it over the entire interior. It makes it a bit smoother, a litle sturdier and...

Thats good you're doing more than one coat of resin before fiberglassing. I typically do the 2 coats on the outside to give me more leeway when sanding so I dont sand down to paper right away. Then I use mud/rondo (50/50 mix resin and bondo) and use my hands to smear it into corners, edges...

I plan on using expanding foam for the majority of the exterior/visible parts of the flood carrier costume. I know that the foam sticks very well to fabrics so I was consitering just spraying the stuff onto a pair of sweats leaving room for joints. Although it sticks well to fabric im not sure...