Recent content by Squirrelly ORC

For a case like that I would look into doing some creative thermo forming or vacuum forming with thermo plastic. I prefer Kydex myself since I do custom knife sheaths and other things with it. It is slightly expensive and if your only gonna do the one case probably not worth the cost. There are...

You may find a lot of info on using latex for masks on www.thehunterslair.com they use latex for masks and body suits. I have not messed with latex enough yet to be able to help you other than to guide you there. They have a lot of info in their stickies just like here. You may find better...

It is possible to have it done, You can sand the wood with a palm sander with 120 grit sand paper and probably have the buck shaped in less than a hour. If you don't have access to power tools, bass and balsa wood carve well with a knife. Just use the knife to whittle the basic shape then finish...

Take a piece of foam and form ii to the helmet shape where the visor is going and then make your hard buck to that shape, you can use bass or balsa wood to make the buck. They are easy to sand and shape to the dimensions of the fake foam visor you formed. You can also take a piece of foam and...

Since you are doing a small piece you can use peg board and some scrap lumber to build a small vacuum form table. You can use the visor cut out to build the buck you will form your new visor over. There are few on here that have done vacuum forming, you can also google it and find some very...

28 gauge steel would also be good. Its light, can be bent easy and in my opinion is easier to weld than aluminum. It can be stamped also. I have seen some mid-evil armor suits made with 28 gauge that were light weight and strong. As for the exoskeleton armor even if it was a reality I would...

I hope this continues to work for you.. I learned a long time ago that faster is not always better. Good Luck with your builds.

Welcome to the 405th. If you read the stickies you find all the info your mind can absorb. I'd start their 1st. Good luck with your builds. Squirrelly-ORC

I think the MCC is a great idea. I won't end up getting it though. Since it has Halo 4 with it , I t does not interest me that much.

Both ways have their advantages and disadvantages, That being said you will need to do pep for the helmet using resin and fiber glass so you have a good helmet that looks good. As for the armor a lot of people use foam for this atleast for their 1st builds. ODST armor that is pepped and glassed...

Looks really good so far, I look forward to seeing the rest of the build. Squirrelly-ORC (Orsinum Recon Corp)

This was the most detailed information I've read in awhile. Thanks Art . Squirrelly-ORC (Orsinium Recon Corp)

The way I understand doing helmet sizing is you measure from your chin tip to the crown of your head and then add 2 inches. Hope everything comes out OK. Welcome to the 405th. Squirrelly-ORC (Orsinium Recon Corp)

A sliced weapons file breaks the weapon into slices. You then cut each slice out of your chosen material then glue them together in the prescribed manner, make sure every thing fits properly, sand and prep for painting (atleast a couple primer coats ) and then get ready for casting it if you are...

As for materials for construction they vary from person to person. I do most all my weapons from wood because that is what I'm good with. I have seen a lot of sliced constructed weapons done using acrylic sheets and a laser cutter, short of doing castings these have been some of the best...