i need help

[loking]

i need help wich is better vacuum forming or resin slush casting and i'm new to this can anybody tell me what part to start on for making the halo2 mc armor

 

[link4044]

its whatever you can afford....vacuum forming you'll need a machine and to make some hard plugs like bondo moulds and slush casting you'll need to make moulds and the resin

 

[loking]

i really don't want to vacuum forming and with resin casting what do i cast it out of like the mc helmet how would i resin cast that without the mold become messed up when i lay it on a flat surface if i make it out of oil based clay

 

[link4044]

if you make it out of oil base clay you need to seal it with clear paint if the when you mould it the oil in the clay will make the mould not dry right
http://smooth-on.com/liqrubr.htm
this is what i use or you can use the brushable stuff
http://smooth-on.com/liqrubr.htm
you'll have to becarefull with brushable mould it tends to stick to resin so use releaseing agents
http://www.smoothonsecure.com/store/index.php?cPath=66
and you'll need a mother mould (made out of plasteror fiberglass) to surport the mould

 

[loking]

is there anything extermely cheap

 

[link4044]

theres another material that you can use but it harmful to you can get it a art store its a latex mould that you brush-on also

 

[BenStreeper]

you an always use cardboard, and then bondo/fiberglass over it. That's cheap and easy.

 

[loking]

i know but i'm not that good at the cardboard method and i dont have any templates or sizes to go off of or reference pictures

 

[briarsarmor]

We do all our suits out of vaccume formed plastic.

 

[BenStreeper]

if you have adobe illustrator I can send you what I have so far. I have a full side view and front view of armor in life size. Just print for ref.

Pm if you want it in full size

 

[loking]

does anybody have any templates for the backpack piece and helmet

 

[BenStreeper]

working on back view now, if you can wait a couple of days you are welcome to what I come up with

 

[link4044]

nice benn...hey loking just ask benn there he might have it done

 

[loking]

hey ben link told me to ask you if you had something done

 

[BenStreeper]

LOL i think he ment pm me so i could send it to you, but I haven't finished the back view, I can whip one up in about 20 min though. brb

 

[BenStreeper]

see if this will help

 

[link4044]

that looks great...keep them coming

 

[briarsarmor]

Very nice Ben!

 

[WanderingRon1n]

sweetness i love the images. better than the multi colored ones. . . they make me dizzy

 

[loking]

hey link what do you supply and whats the site you sell stuff on