Defektedtoy
Jr Member
Well i'm about 5 hours into it and i finished (folding) my left foot and my left thigh. I have been using some white card stock from meijers, and crazy glue. I figure it's going to take about a tube of glue per piece, possibly 2 on the helmet and chest piece.
Hopefully i can get it done before halloween, but if not oh well. Ideally i would like to have the faceted look of the pep design smoothed out before halloween. The more i look at refrence pics from halo 3, the more i want to do to it. I.e. lighting, cooling system, voice effects.
I've read that fiberglass should be on the inside only, and bondo/resin compound on the outside. Anyone care to explain why exactly? I figured with fiberglass on the outside as well, i would be doing a bit less sanding. Anything to shave a bit of production time off. I'm in it for the long haul, but i would like to run around as MC for halloween if at all possible.
I'll be updating this post with pics as soon as i find my camera...![Cautious :cautious: :cautious:](/forums/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cautious.png)
Still havent found the camera, but i scored some pretty sweet gloves from Meijers for .99c! 8ft square of fiberglass sheeting for about 6 bucks and around 13 for the resin.
I'm giving this "Tacky glue" a shot. I hear good things about it on the forums so we'll see how it goes. I hope the dry time is rather quick, and i hope the resin doesn't have any adverse effects on it, but it only cost me a buck and i'm going to resin the hand plate with it first just to see how it goes.
Off i go! Hopefully i'll have some pics for you guys soon![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
2 hours later and i have print, cut, scored, folded and glued my left shin piece and now my entire left leg is ready for resin! Hooray! 2 days and i have a full leg ready, so it looks like i'm right on schedual for halo-ween!
Hopefully i can get it done before halloween, but if not oh well. Ideally i would like to have the faceted look of the pep design smoothed out before halloween. The more i look at refrence pics from halo 3, the more i want to do to it. I.e. lighting, cooling system, voice effects.
I've read that fiberglass should be on the inside only, and bondo/resin compound on the outside. Anyone care to explain why exactly? I figured with fiberglass on the outside as well, i would be doing a bit less sanding. Anything to shave a bit of production time off. I'm in it for the long haul, but i would like to run around as MC for halloween if at all possible.
I'll be updating this post with pics as soon as i find my camera...
![Cautious :cautious: :cautious:](/forums/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cautious.png)
Still havent found the camera, but i scored some pretty sweet gloves from Meijers for .99c! 8ft square of fiberglass sheeting for about 6 bucks and around 13 for the resin.
I'm giving this "Tacky glue" a shot. I hear good things about it on the forums so we'll see how it goes. I hope the dry time is rather quick, and i hope the resin doesn't have any adverse effects on it, but it only cost me a buck and i'm going to resin the hand plate with it first just to see how it goes.
Off i go! Hopefully i'll have some pics for you guys soon
2 hours later and i have print, cut, scored, folded and glued my left shin piece and now my entire left leg is ready for resin! Hooray! 2 days and i have a full leg ready, so it looks like i'm right on schedual for halo-ween!