Blackula and Hypers ODST build

[Hyperballistik]

Well not much of an update on the helmet, I have company this weekend and little kids and armor building don't mix to well so I rather be safe than sorry but I did manage to make some vents for the cheek parts of the helmet. With Hughs file there are no vent things its just a flat surface and most people who have built his model take foamies and glue them on for the detail, its effective but looks flat so I took some balsa wood and sanded them to the shape of the vents, but because balsa wood bends and breaks to easy, I took the pieces I carved out and made a box mold to make copies of the wood pieces, I then made cast of them out of smooth cast 320, now I have nice little strong pieces to use for the vents, I just need to clean them up a bit and epoxy them to the helmet, Monday I should have updates on the helmet

Here is a pic of the Box mold also the balsa wood pieces that I carved out, notice there are only 3 vent things, one broke apart when I pulled it from the mold, this is why I didn't want to use balsa wood for the details it breaks to easy

Here is a pic of the cast copies, nice hard plastic pieces, I just need to clean them up a little and get the shapes sanded into them

 

[JUSTINIAN 117]

Looking great guys.

 

[Sky Walker]

someone is flexing

 

[BLACKULA727]

Well not much of an update on the helmet, I have company this weekend and little kids and armor building don't mix to well so I rather be safe than sorry but I did manage to make some vents for the cheek parts of the helmet. With Hughs file there are no vent things its just a flat surface and most people who have built his model take foamies and glue them on for the detail, its effective but looks flat so I took some balsa wood and sanded them to the shape of the vents, but because balsa wood bends and breaks to easy, I took the pieces I carved out and made a box mold to make copies of the wood pieces, I then made cast of them out of smooth cast 320, now I have nice little strong pieces to use for the vents, I just need to clean them up a bit and epoxy them to the helmet, Monday I should have updates on the helmet

Here is a pic of the Box mold also the balsa wood pieces that I carved out, notice there are only 3 vent things, one broke apart when I pulled it from the mold, this is why I didn't want to use balsa wood for the details it breaks to easy

Here is a pic of the cast copies, nice hard plastic pieces, I just need to clean them up a little and get the shapes sanded into them

Nice job man, you're like MacJiver...lol

Looking great guys.

Thanks Justin!

someone is flexing

So, maybe I was...lol.

Anyhoo, expect some updates tonight!


Thanks again for viewing the thread everyone.

Tony

 

[Hyperballistik]

After the gun show Blackula showed us I don't think I can top his post

Well I have an update on the helmet I did do a little bit of work but I did not get as much done as I had plan to, I planned to start the detail parts of the helmet today but when I had the helmet sitting in sunlight today I noticed there were some dimples on the top of the helmet i didn't notice them in artificial light and probably didnt have to fix the problem as it was not noticeable but it would have driven me nuts just knowing its there so I skimmed the top with a thin coat of bondo and fixed that problem, also carved the lines into the front part of the helmet and epoxied the vents that I casted to the helmet also smooth out inside the upper part of the ear areas, I still need to add the side detail, some details on the top brim and the back details then i should be done with this thing, Im going to send it to Blackula to cast it with the paper visor in it, I still need to finish the visor buck so wecan vacu form visors for the helmet so thats it for now hope to have this thing close to finished by tomorrow

 

[BLACKULA727]

Man, it looks great, Can't wait to get this and make some casts. Awesome job my friend!

-Tony

 

[vshore100]

Man, it looks great, Can't wait to get this and make some casts. Awesome job my friend!

-Tony

Yep, it sure is purty! (add preferred country voice to suit personal taste)

 

[JUSTINIAN 117]

Looking great. Can't wait to see more of it.

 

[Pipinacan]

It's looking sooo pretty haha

 

[royaltykustomz]

this looks like it's going to be fantastic when it's finished. the helmet if super smooth, good job.

 

[Hyperballistik]

Thanks for the comments on the helmet, I had hoped to finish the helmet up today but I ran out of epoxy putty so off the the store to pick some up looks like im gonna use Loc tite epoxy putty for the back and side details, I did manage to get some stuff done on it but I'll post pics once I get the details finished

 

[Cobbatron]

You guys have inspired me.... I've spent the last few days pumping out 1-2 pieces a day of ODST armor

Keep up the good work and i hope mine will look half as good as yours when I'm done!!

 

[Hyperballistik]

You guys have inspired me.... I've spent the last few days pumping out 1-2 pieces a day of ODST armor

Keep up the good work and i hope mine will look half as good as yours when I'm done!!

Well Blackula has been peping like crazy, all I have done is the helmet but it is time consuming to do the body work and sanding, I probably will start peping some parts tonight since I don't have anything to do but watch tv, Hope to see more of your armor coming together and if your getting 1 to 2 pieces done a day you'll have a full suit in no time but then comes the dreaded body work and sanding

 

[BLACKULA727]

Not a real big update, but one none the less. Here is the current state of everything on my end. Accidently sprayed them down with gray gloss instead of gray primer. The chest piece, shoulder cover, bicep piece & two side plates are pretty close to completion. I still have to sculpt a couple details on the chest & bicep plate. Hopefully I can mold them by next week. We'll see.

Anyways, let me know what you think & thanks for viewing.

Tony

 

[vshore100]

Not a real big update, but one none the less. Here is the current state of everything on my end. Accidently sprayed them down with gray gloss instead of gray primer. The chest piece, shoulder cover, bicep piece & two side plates are pretty close to completion. I still have to sculpt a couple details on the chest & bicep plate. Hopefully I can mold them by next week. We'll see.

Anyways, let me know what you think & thanks for viewing.

Tony

I think those parts are coming along very nicely Tony. You'll have a couple more pieces to work on soon. I'm almost done with your ab plates.

 

[BLACKULA727]

I think those parts are coming along very nicely Tony. You'll have a couple more pieces to work on soon. I'm almost done with your ab plates.

Sounds good my man, glad to have your help buddy. Also, Shin is pepped & hardened too.

Going to do a we bit of sanding on this Bad Boy and send it to Hyper for finishing.

Knee & Shin (Seperate Pieces)

BAM!!

 

[Spitfire22V]

Hey guys, I can't believe I've missed this! I guess I need to spend less time in the Noob forum trying to help people. Fantastic work as always. I can't wait to see how this will turn out; as the product of 2 master builders, it should be quite the sight to see. Keep up the great work, looking forward to seeing more.

 

[BLACKULA727]

Hey guys, I can't believe I've missed this! I guess I need to spend less time in the Noon forum trying to help people. Fantastic work as always. I can't wait to see how this will turn out; as the product of 2 master builders, it should be quite the sight to see. Keep up the great work, looking forward to seeing more.

Thanks Vincent for the kind words, we're trying...lol.

Well, I hope Vshore doesn't mind, but I had to post these. I asked HIm if he wouldn't mind pepping a few pieces for me and he did. Well Here they are in there Vshore Pep Master glory...lol

The ODST Ab plates by Hugh.

Again, I appreciate your help and this will help me out a lot. Can't wait to get them ready.

Tony

 

[NickNackPattyWack]

Sounds good my man, glad to have your help buddy. Also, Shin is pepped & hardened too.

Going to do a we bit of sanding on this Bad Boy and send it to Hyper for finishing.

Knee & Shin (Seperate Pieces)

BAM!!

Woooooooooooooooo SEXY LEGS WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! lol

 

[Hyperballistik]

Thanks for the comments guys, and Vshore nice peping job they look great glad your helping out but you forgot to bondo and finish them up J/K

Hey Nick Nack I can't see the legs I think there camoflauged or something