Fireryne's Armor WIP

[Fireryne]

You lucky fool, if only I could get my dogs to help me.

Its more of a supervisory position but hey any help is appreciated.

 

[Fireryne]

Super Clean Peps, wish I could do it half as well !

Thanks, tweezers are your best friend. I score my edges with a x-acto, then use the tweezers to fold the angles. I put the tweezer right up to the line that im folding then, work my way down folding a little bit at a time. The Right angles takes 3-4 passes of me using the tweezers to get the angle in. But don't rush it, I just happen to have a lot of time. It works wonders.

 

[Fireryne]

Figured i would update with the Front of the Helpmet so far

 

[Fireryne]

Helmet Update, what I have gotten so far today.

 

[Fireryne]

The Nightly Update- got a ton of the pep for the helmet done today. I split the top and bottom so that it will be easier to join the two pieces in one finial step.

Top and Bottom Rear Vier

Top and Bottom Front View

 

[Fireryne]

Now at about 30 hours total the helmet is complete.

Side Complete

Front Complete

Will be starting torso either tomorrow or the next day.

 

[conman756]

WOW that is a really nice pep i can't wait to see more!

 

[Fireryne]

WOW that is a really nice pep i can't wait to see more!

Thanks! Its tweeked about 3mm to the right in the pic, to be honest, but its also my very first build. but i figure i can put some cross bars in and move it back.

 

[Fireryne]

So after cleaning the house today, I had to do some shopping for some new blades for my x-acto. It should have been a quick trip to the store but alas it wasn't. Three hours later and four stores, found some blades and picked up some superglue. Figured i would try superglue instead of hot glue since im still finding glue webs. I did get some work done on my torso. its not huge progress but i think there cleaner then my helmet. I got more done then just the three pics im posting this time but i did learn some things on the helmet that i'm putting to use on the torso.

 

[Fireryne]

Hey everyone, here is the update on my build. Started the torso. and like i said i switched to superglue and man has my PEP'ing gotten so much better with it. So here are the pics of what i have gotten do so far.

The Front.

The Rear.

This is a close up of a detail on the rear.

Hope this inspires someone else. I know going through all the forum posts on here definitely inspires me.

 

[h00pla]

I really like the super glue, it holds well, dries quickly, and leaves everything looking clean. It also forces you to internalize the concept of 'measure twice, cut once', which I clearly didn't on more than a few occasions. If you're delicate with an x-acto blade you can still separate a wrongly glued piece without doing too much damage to the piece, just don't screw up in that area a second time.

 

[Fireryne]

Didnt update last night was a bit too tired. But here is yesterday's and this mornings update.

The Front mostly done.

 

[Fireryne]

So i have found the hardest piece to make so far and its part of the rear insert.

 

[Fireryne]

No update today sorry for who ever follows this thread. I think i got one piece cut out was it. Ended up getting sick in the middle of the night and spent way to long being up and sick.

 

[Fireryne]

So after my Hiatus, well i did start college so didnt have a ton of free time as it was. I scrapped my Chest piece, it was pretty warped and my cats got to it. Also i am redoing my helmet because i didnt like how it fit when i got it all glued together. Also switched from Hot Glue to Super Glue. All i have to say is that its coming out way better and cleaner.

 

[AussieInk]

Sorry to hear about the scrapped build but at least you recognise and don't worry about the re-do.

Only advice I can offer is when you get to the resin/rondo/glass stage. Those supports are gonna save Ya life lol. But nice pep work and yeah superglue is my go too for pep now as well.

Keep it up

 

[BlueMatter]

When I did my very first helmet, I used super glue and hated how it got all over my fingers and made them all yucky xD.

I would scrap anything my cats got to as well... -.-

 

[Fireryne]

Well the helmet that i started just a few days ago, well is way to big so now started my third helmet. But this one is the correct size, so excited about that.