Recent content by shwarzwald

Here's what it looks like now.

Ok so its been a while, but peter made some substantial progress on the suit.

Not too much further to finish this helmet. Finally in the home stretch. Just need to do some minor sanding once all the epoxy putty fully dries and then on to weathering. Hopefully you guys like this as much as I am.

Oh yeah. I have the full fiberglass suit up at peters place atm. Along with a couple phase 2 helmets. This is just more or less a display project. I realllllly doubt it would be worth the extra work to try and make this 501st approvable. I even have a commander gree helmet here as well. Waxer...

Alrighty so I finally got the proper attachement for the dremel to make some shallow ears. Now they look proper. Still waiting for the epoxy putty to completely harden before moving on to paint. That being said I will be doing waxers phase 2 paintjob on his helmet. (Has numa)

Maybe we just finally got some free time again. XD

Yeah no matter how I slice it the helmet is just a bit too large. I can make something that is definitely displayable, but not 501st approvable.

Wow forgot to update a bit. Well after a lot of work I kinda burnt myself out on it. However I slapped some sandable primer on it so at least it's a little presentable while it sits on the shelf.

Just be aware its a bit of work. Also make sure you scuff up surfaces before trying to put (Body filler, epoxy putty, or what have you.) that way it will stick properly. On a side note between the threads that still have pics on the 501st clone site and other areas I noticed there wasnt a...

Well had a little bit of time to sand. Honestly I dread this part the most. Also I'm just sure I'm just not using high enough grit sand paper, but it almost never seems to be flush and smooth to the other surface. Its like its pretty obvious that I filled something in. Any suggestions from...

So a while back I acquired a hasbro clone trooper helmet and its been just sitting on a box taunting me with it's ugliness. So I decided it was finally time to spruce it up a little bit. I'm 95% it would be a waste of time to even attempt to get it 501st approvable. However for something that is...

Ah gotcha. I've bought one thing from him so far. Well that should make it easy since it'll probably end up on his etsy.

Ya know I got to thinking. Would you consider casting the helmet? That is one of the last halo 3 helmets that I wanted to add to my collection. (I'd pay of course.)

By any chance would we end up making a costume reference library of sorts too? Thats one thing I like on the 501st is that it allows me to get an idea of what they want to meet the different level of tiers. (Which I really hope my clone can at least meet tier 1...)

Well once peter gets the rest of the pics up ya can see which pieces still need working. 501st is pretty picky, so most pieces had to be made into one piece and be seamless. If anything the biceps are about the only parts that have not been started.