Yeah I guess that could be an upside, I've learned a lot from building this first one. do you have any tips for making it the right size?
Sure thing, would love to help out!
I find that everyone gets frazzled when it comes to scaling.
Ok, being that this style of helmet has one of the lowest front jaw pieces is worth noting. This helmets final resting position (when completely done) should sit 1" below your chin. So what you want to do is stand in front of a mirror and measure from the lowest point of your chin, to the tip of your head, then add 2"; one for the final position of the helm and one for the length that you will lose. (due to glassing, rondo and padding etc...)
Eg:
10" - measurement from tip of chin to top of head.
2" - extra space
10+2=12"
Then convert to mm as that is what pep viewer uses:
12" x 25.4mm = 304.8mm (round up to 305)
(keeping in mind that 25.4 must be used as this is the number that converts inches to mm)
Then just add this number to pep viewers scale height and tada, done!
If you have any other questions or need any further help, don't hesitate to ask!
Cheers,
Cereal.
It might be that the parts are long, curved pieces, and the bucket you have in it seems to be pushing it outward too. But that might be how to the picture looks. I say, do your resin and fiberglassing and bondo work on it, for the experience, but if you can't correct the smashed appearance or if it turns out too small, do another with more, smaller pieces and see if that helps.
Seeing as how it's small I don't see how making it smaller would help...
Also what weapon (or Weapons) from mass effect should I make? I've barely played through any of the games so reference images would help.
Thank you for the feedback! I figured the 110 lb card stock would be the best option for making templates. I will definitely take a deeper look into the Avenger even though I don't really like it in the game, it does look cool, I think I might also do the tempest smg. I've seen a lot of people use foam for their weapons so I think that might be the road I'll go down.Great to see progress again. I hope that school went well and that you are enjoying your break.
The templates looks thicker than ordinary paper, is that cardstock? Also, I think that pinning the templates to the foam to cut it out was brilliant. All the tutorial videos/pictures that I have seen just show people holding the template on as they trace it to the foam. The pins are a much better idea. The cuts look very clean, keep going like this and you will have an awesome suit of armour.
The M8 Avenger Assault rifle is one of the most recognizable weapons in the game, so that would be probably my #1 choice. If you are more of a biotic fan then I would go with either the Tempest SMG or the Carniflex Handcannon.
Volpin has lots of detailed pictures and a blueprint of the M8 Avenger Assault Rifle he made on his blog which is here. Thorsolli has done the Tempest SMG. Use the search function on this site or use google to search through his blog for pictures. He may have also done the Handcannon too, so check for reference pics there too.