Motion's First attempt at Spartan bucket! (Cleanup/Visor/Paint work on a Mark V Cast)

[Motion26]

But bondo is amazing! You can do stuff like that!

Anyways hey you're doing a great job, it's looking great!

Thank you sir

Looking good,

Thanks!

How much did the cast cost?

I don't really recall, was 2 years ago - 100 something.

 

[poisonxpoptart]

Yeah definitely going to finish out great!

 

[Revo1]

Looking really good man!

 

[Renraku]

A trick that might work with blending is to mix up some Rondo instead. Do a 70% bondo and 30% Resin mix. It will go on smoother and you won't have to sand as much. Just a suggestion from my own experiences.

 

[Motion26]

A trick that might work with blending is to mix up some Rondo instead. Do a 70% bondo and 30% Resin mix. It will go on smoother and you won't have to sand as much. Just a suggestion from my own experiences.

Yeah I've heard of people doing that, I'm almost done with the body work on the helmet - but I will definitely keep that in mind when I move on to the next piece. Thanks for the suggestion! And thx for the feedback everyone else!

 

[thorn696]

Looking good.

 

[Motion26]

Sorry for the minor update, but I'm still on track for my goal of a Monday start on painting! Body work is done aside from finishing up the lip around the visor.

 

[nerdtron99]

looking good!

 

[Spartan 420]

Looks fantastic, can't wait to see the finished result, and the visor fits beautifully.

 

[sarlume]

"In a top ten list, five is better than six!"

This is going to look stellar, I can already tell. Not that it doesn't now, but I can't wait to see this painted!

 

[Motion26]

Looks fantastic, can't wait to see the finished result, and the visor fits beautifully.

Thanks haha, I really do like the way it fits when its in as well, although I am kind of forcing it into a shape it wasn't meant to be in

"In a top ten list, five is better than six!"

This is going to look stellar, I can already tell. Not that it doesn't now, but I can't wait to see this painted!

Thank you, I hope you are right as long as everything keeps going the way it is now, you will know by the end of this week!

 

[Carpathia]

Considering that the visor was designed to go on the outside of a rather large helmet, and we re-purpose them to fit on the inside of a smaller helmet, it's pretty much a guarantee that it will be forced into a shape it wasn't intended for; however, since they were designed to flex on an impact rather than shatter, it'll be fine.

It's looking great; nice and smooth and as other say, the visor fits in nicely. Perhaps this was covered, and I just missed it, but what is up with the little cut out at the bottom of the visor?

 

[Motion26]

It's looking great; nice and smooth and as other say, the visor fits in nicely. Perhaps this was covered, and I just missed it, but what is up with the little cut out at the bottom of the visor?

I'm dual layering that little spot to make an indent. With the shape of the visor I am using it was ideal to do it that way although Originally I had intended to just use the scratching method to make an outline in the visors tint. Its more work but I think it will look pretty good in the end - I hope haha. Also I still have a little bit of tweeking to do on the shape of the cut out, that's not final at the moment.

 

[U513]

This is awesome! This is one of my most favourite armour sets.

 

[Carpathia]

I'm dual layering that little spot to make an indent. With the shape of the visor I am using it was ideal to do it that way although Originally I had intended to just use the scratching method to make an outline in the visors tint. Its more work but I think it will look pretty good in the end - I hope haha. Also I still have a little bit of tweeking to do on the shape of the cut out, that's not final at the moment.

That's what I thought you might be doing. It might be a good idea to get that second layer in there (or at least something to fill its place) so you can properly fill in the gap while you're filling in the gaps around the rest of the visor.

 

[Motion26]

Yeah I tried plexiglass but it didint work out,so I built up the area in the gap when I was filling the other gaps then I'm going to sand it to where I need it .

 

[Motion26]

Grey's done, sanding then Blue tonight. If you are wondering why I did the metalic layers, I will be doing blue overtop and then scraping the edges to show metal underneath ;-p.

 

[Motion26]

Base colours are down! I debated on posting pics , because it's going to look ALOT better after the weathering process - but I'm not patient enough to leave you guys in the dark. So just don't judge it yet, next time you see it it's going to look much better!

 

[drack]

That looks awesome man. Great job!

 

[U513]

That looks awesome man. Great job!

Seconded, i'd love to have seen this in olive and red. Still super cool!