Deathcoreknight
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Wow looks great nice job
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Due to a lack of time and funds, we're skipping the bondo stage and have moved straight onto painting, now, I know that's gonna put some people's backs up, but once this suit is finished for the convention I'll most likely start again with HD pep files and do things properly.
The stripe along the middle of the head was supposed to be a different colour, but the colour on the can was a lot lighter than the colour that came out - there's almost no difference XD
The stripe along the middle of the head was supposed to be a different colour, but the colour on the can was a lot lighter than the colour that came out - there's almost no difference XD
He misttok a valley fold for a mountain fold, so the front of his helmet has always shot upwards instead of being flat and leading into the ridges. He decided it looked better that way and figured he'd keep it like that. It also made it damned handy when it came to telling our pieces apart XD
And no, I'm not bondoing it, seeing as it has to be ready for a convention at the end of October and time is running very short. I might make a nother set next year which would be made with HD pep pieces and would be bondoed.
And no, I'm not bondoing it, seeing as it has to be ready for a convention at the end of October and time is running very short. I might make a nother set next year which would be made with HD pep pieces and would be bondoed.
Tikigod002
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okay, the gun paint job looks really nice. I like the smokey-weathered look on the silver. The warping on the back doesn't look too bad Hopefully the problems should disappear once its all painted and you are wearing it.
Thanks for the compliment on the gun. Warping on the back is OK, but where it was laying down for the resin and stuff to dry, the two segments that come over the shoulder folded in so I may hafta wear it with loose straps if I can't modify it well enough.
I finally got my visor fitted today so my helmet is 100% done! The chest piece has been painted, need to touch up the black areas and do some detailing in the morning.
I finally got my visor fitted today so my helmet is 100% done! The chest piece has been painted, need to touch up the black areas and do some detailing in the morning.
Drakozero7
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Afr0Blu3 said:Here's my housemate's progress, he's currently ahead of me by one bicep XD Being a bastard he has to make all his pep in green *rolls eyes*
Oh, and seeing as we're going as red and blue I redrew our multiplayer emblem in PhotoShop to make a stencil from so we can spray it onto our armour later.
This is just a small .gif preview but the one we're actually using is at 300dpi and takes up half an A4 page.
hay real nice dude i love it man iam new to all this so if u dont mind what Pepakura print outs did you use think u can link me them i would appreciate it I like the way that armor cut outs look
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It's the RoboGenesis pack. I'm sure you can find it quite quickly if you search for it.
Test fitting the chest plate. Gonna try and put straps on my upper arms and pad my lower arms later tonight so I can try on the whole upper body together with the undersuit. The chest didn;t turn out quite the way I'd hoped, it seems to have a slant on the back so one side always looks higher than the other. The convention I'm wearing this to is in ten days though, so I don't have time to make another and this will have to do for now.
Resinned my belt, fiberglassing and hopefully painting that today, then I just hafta resin, fiberglass and paint my legs and boots.
It's a tad big for me in the pec department, but with the undersuit/ rest of the armour on/ maybe some padding it won't be too noticeable (I hope)
Test fitting the chest plate. Gonna try and put straps on my upper arms and pad my lower arms later tonight so I can try on the whole upper body together with the undersuit. The chest didn;t turn out quite the way I'd hoped, it seems to have a slant on the back so one side always looks higher than the other. The convention I'm wearing this to is in ten days though, so I don't have time to make another and this will have to do for now.
Resinned my belt, fiberglassing and hopefully painting that today, then I just hafta resin, fiberglass and paint my legs and boots.
It's a tad big for me in the pec department, but with the undersuit/ rest of the armour on/ maybe some padding it won't be too noticeable (I hope)
Looks like you'll have a decent MC costume for your deadline. Keep it up.
And that warping on the back of the torso may be quickly fixed with a hair dryer. Just heat the area for a few minutes on the inside, keeping the hair dryer an inch or so from the fiberglass, until it gets almost too hot to touch, then unwarp it and hold it there until it completley cools down. Make sure you only heat the area that you are fixing. You may want to wear some heavy gloves for this because it takes alot longer to cool than it does to heat up.
Good luck with your deadline.
And that warping on the back of the torso may be quickly fixed with a hair dryer. Just heat the area for a few minutes on the inside, keeping the hair dryer an inch or so from the fiberglass, until it gets almost too hot to touch, then unwarp it and hold it there until it completley cools down. Make sure you only heat the area that you are fixing. You may want to wear some heavy gloves for this because it takes alot longer to cool than it does to heat up.
Good luck with your deadline.
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