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my winterised EOD combo (almost finished)
well, so far i have changed my idea from EVA (the visor is too difficult) to an EOD helm, and then decided, that a winter como sceme would look cool, so far, i have (all in low res) the legs, and pelvis, and part of the torso pepped.
but a big problem is that i am really really really really skinny, i mean doctors even give me a funny look, so i have a big problem that the arms are way too loose, especialy the upper arms (which i scrapped, and have yet to start again)
so is there anyway to overcome this problem?
HOW THIS THREAD WILL WORK!!! <---------------------------- READ!!!
this thread will work by me updating this first post with important info that i want to put up, but if people ask questions, i will add a new post in response which will contain images.
(overal progress)
well, my second attempt EVER of using fibre glass, and even though it has a few stones and bristles in it, it kept its shape and is good, just need some wall and car body filler.
i origonaly made my chest piece using the low res files, but thought it would look nicer to mod them, so here are my modded chest piece pics
WE ALL LOVE THIS GUN RIGHT?
it took me only 2 days, and i didnt resin it so its fragile as hell, but for a last min prop, its worth it, especialy to look cool. this is just the basic AR pep an sprayed in silver and black.
updated : 14:25 GMT 12/09/2010
hit a wall, no more resin, and no more money, so cant do any more for a long time. cant strengthen, GRP, so i cant do any forming, and im also out of primer
updated : 20:35 GMT 12/09/2010
here is the right thigh, the only bit to be formed and fibreglasses so far. the grey is where my rubbish primer ran out, well there wasnt any there anyway.
i dremeld in some detail, just needs paint, some rivets and fake straps
(im such a poser)
(lol)
updated : 13:10 GMT 13/09/2010
well, i have my first piece almost complete, it is formed and painted, and may i say, i really messed this one up. but at least it dosent look too bad. i can always repain it once i get my painting skills up. at lest i messed up a thigh though, not a whole torso or helm!
updated : 15:28 GMT 13/09/2010
i decided that the thigh was just too angular, so have started the forming again, on top of what is already there, and the paint job just want working.
updated : 11:59 GMT 17/09/2010
even though the forming was really angular, there is nothing i can do to get it back the way it was without loads of work, so i have left the right thigh as it was, just need to re paint it. hopefuly my under armour will arrive soon, my other stuff just didnt arrive and then got canceled
updated : 15:18 GMT 18/09/2010
well, i have finaly finised my first piece. after re painting it, it dosent look too bad and i have the inner thigh pieces put in, made out of foam, and they work an=mazing. check it out on page 3 near the top
updated : 17:06 GMT 20/09/2010
well, my "under armour" arrived, a apparently small boiler suit, but it was medium. so the company gave me a refind, but didnt want it back (how kind) they had no small ones, so i have gone about "Modifying" the one i have, and so far, its turrning out quite well. there will be pictures if it turns out good.
updated : 21:51 GMT 20/09/2010
well, i was joking in another thread that where i live is so rough that if i went out in my armour i would get stabbed and shot, then arrested, but looks like it could have been true, someone was shot about 30M from where i live. no wonder the police helicopter was above my house!
updated : 13:40 GMT 02/12/2010
wow. i habnt been here in 3 months! well. its back on track, an have got a huge urge to get it done. its not going to be good, and there are laready problems (the torso isnt "flexible" enough, but i got a heater, and a garage, so the snow wont get in my way.
i have to get this done by the 22nd, so prepare for lots of updates (though not pictures)
updated : 17:29 GMT 03/12/2010
well. i have just his a huge "No shirt" moment where i have realised that coating my pieces in filler was almost a complete waste of time, as i would then sand it down afterwards, EXACLY like i can do to the raw fibreglassed pep.
this means that it is likely that i will get it done in time, and that i might get the helm done after all!
updated : 16:28 GMT 04/12/2010
i am so happy. for once in my life, everything is going right. not just that, im ahead, as you can see from my lovely diagram, i have got so far that im already undercoating some of the pieces! everything has a layer of resin, and there is just a few more days of fibreglass and i will be rid of that evil stuff!
just the arms, pelvis and (i decided that i should) helm to fibreglass, so for all you hardcore EOD fans, there will be another EOD helm out there! (though just the oldone, not the dhiny new reach one, and it will be low quality)
updated : 22:14 GMT 04/12/2010
well. i started work on an AR and already have it pepperd (page 4) and hopefully this will be a nice quick cheap n nasty prop, so if i sit on it it dosent matter.
updated : 16:22 MGT 05/12/2010
well. i already have some of the pieces almos painted. though i hit a big setback. im out of glass, resin and hardner, so i was unable to fibreglass the rest of the lower leg and the shoulder pieces, which is annoying becuase that will put me behind schedule, but i was able to paint the AR, so hopefully there will be pics XD
though on a schedule note, the speed at which i am painting (and the success) means that i should get it all done on time. so im happy
updated : 19:52 GMT 07/12/2010
i have got the torso, left thigh and one of the lower legs painter in the lovely "digital" snow camo (well, tike Sgt forges' armour in halo wars (the winter one)) and even though the grey is a little dark, it does wonders for breaking up all the horrible lines on the armour, so ready yourself for pics (as i always say, but never produce)
updated : 16:40 GMT 09/12/2010
havnt updated in a while
the torso is 100%, the right leg is 100%, the left thigh is done, and just needs the lower to be painted and rigged, but to ghet the lower half to 100% i need the pelvis, which is currently drying outside after its last coat of spray paint. so tomorrow the legs will be 100% and there WILL be pics
its just the arms now, and i have started to GRP the upper arms, but they are taking a while to dry, so hopefully tomorrow they will be ok.
updated : 16:41 GMT 10/12/2010
holy holy! look at all that green on the progress image. im sooo happy. i also gotboth upper arms grpd, and a tiny part of one of the lower arem. looks like the helm is a go!
updated : 16:00 GMT 12/12/2010
well well well. im almost done. just a bit more paint. everything is fibreglassed and sanded. everything has an under coat, and the helm is a go. just the forearms and the helm
updated : 12:55 GMT 29/12/2010
im back!!! and its completed. not going to say why i was banned just follow the rules!!! and i got it finished. its not as good as most of the stuff here (which makes me cry) but everyone else though it was super, so im happy.
well, so far i have changed my idea from EVA (the visor is too difficult) to an EOD helm, and then decided, that a winter como sceme would look cool, so far, i have (all in low res) the legs, and pelvis, and part of the torso pepped.
but a big problem is that i am really really really really skinny, i mean doctors even give me a funny look, so i have a big problem that the arms are way too loose, especialy the upper arms (which i scrapped, and have yet to start again)
so is there anyway to overcome this problem?
HOW THIS THREAD WILL WORK!!! <---------------------------- READ!!!
this thread will work by me updating this first post with important info that i want to put up, but if people ask questions, i will add a new post in response which will contain images.
(overal progress)
well, my second attempt EVER of using fibre glass, and even though it has a few stones and bristles in it, it kept its shape and is good, just need some wall and car body filler.
i origonaly made my chest piece using the low res files, but thought it would look nicer to mod them, so here are my modded chest piece pics
WE ALL LOVE THIS GUN RIGHT?
it took me only 2 days, and i didnt resin it so its fragile as hell, but for a last min prop, its worth it, especialy to look cool. this is just the basic AR pep an sprayed in silver and black.
updated : 14:25 GMT 12/09/2010
hit a wall, no more resin, and no more money, so cant do any more for a long time. cant strengthen, GRP, so i cant do any forming, and im also out of primer
updated : 20:35 GMT 12/09/2010
here is the right thigh, the only bit to be formed and fibreglasses so far. the grey is where my rubbish primer ran out, well there wasnt any there anyway.
i dremeld in some detail, just needs paint, some rivets and fake straps
(im such a poser)
(lol)
updated : 13:10 GMT 13/09/2010
well, i have my first piece almost complete, it is formed and painted, and may i say, i really messed this one up. but at least it dosent look too bad. i can always repain it once i get my painting skills up. at lest i messed up a thigh though, not a whole torso or helm!
updated : 15:28 GMT 13/09/2010
i decided that the thigh was just too angular, so have started the forming again, on top of what is already there, and the paint job just want working.
updated : 11:59 GMT 17/09/2010
even though the forming was really angular, there is nothing i can do to get it back the way it was without loads of work, so i have left the right thigh as it was, just need to re paint it. hopefuly my under armour will arrive soon, my other stuff just didnt arrive and then got canceled
updated : 15:18 GMT 18/09/2010
well, i have finaly finised my first piece. after re painting it, it dosent look too bad and i have the inner thigh pieces put in, made out of foam, and they work an=mazing. check it out on page 3 near the top
updated : 17:06 GMT 20/09/2010
well, my "under armour" arrived, a apparently small boiler suit, but it was medium. so the company gave me a refind, but didnt want it back (how kind) they had no small ones, so i have gone about "Modifying" the one i have, and so far, its turrning out quite well. there will be pictures if it turns out good.
updated : 21:51 GMT 20/09/2010
well, i was joking in another thread that where i live is so rough that if i went out in my armour i would get stabbed and shot, then arrested, but looks like it could have been true, someone was shot about 30M from where i live. no wonder the police helicopter was above my house!
updated : 13:40 GMT 02/12/2010
wow. i habnt been here in 3 months! well. its back on track, an have got a huge urge to get it done. its not going to be good, and there are laready problems (the torso isnt "flexible" enough, but i got a heater, and a garage, so the snow wont get in my way.
i have to get this done by the 22nd, so prepare for lots of updates (though not pictures)
updated : 17:29 GMT 03/12/2010
well. i have just his a huge "No shirt" moment where i have realised that coating my pieces in filler was almost a complete waste of time, as i would then sand it down afterwards, EXACLY like i can do to the raw fibreglassed pep.
this means that it is likely that i will get it done in time, and that i might get the helm done after all!
updated : 16:28 GMT 04/12/2010
i am so happy. for once in my life, everything is going right. not just that, im ahead, as you can see from my lovely diagram, i have got so far that im already undercoating some of the pieces! everything has a layer of resin, and there is just a few more days of fibreglass and i will be rid of that evil stuff!
just the arms, pelvis and (i decided that i should) helm to fibreglass, so for all you hardcore EOD fans, there will be another EOD helm out there! (though just the oldone, not the dhiny new reach one, and it will be low quality)
updated : 22:14 GMT 04/12/2010
well. i started work on an AR and already have it pepperd (page 4) and hopefully this will be a nice quick cheap n nasty prop, so if i sit on it it dosent matter.
updated : 16:22 MGT 05/12/2010
well. i already have some of the pieces almos painted. though i hit a big setback. im out of glass, resin and hardner, so i was unable to fibreglass the rest of the lower leg and the shoulder pieces, which is annoying becuase that will put me behind schedule, but i was able to paint the AR, so hopefully there will be pics XD
though on a schedule note, the speed at which i am painting (and the success) means that i should get it all done on time. so im happy
updated : 19:52 GMT 07/12/2010
i have got the torso, left thigh and one of the lower legs painter in the lovely "digital" snow camo (well, tike Sgt forges' armour in halo wars (the winter one)) and even though the grey is a little dark, it does wonders for breaking up all the horrible lines on the armour, so ready yourself for pics (as i always say, but never produce)
updated : 16:40 GMT 09/12/2010
havnt updated in a while
the torso is 100%, the right leg is 100%, the left thigh is done, and just needs the lower to be painted and rigged, but to ghet the lower half to 100% i need the pelvis, which is currently drying outside after its last coat of spray paint. so tomorrow the legs will be 100% and there WILL be pics
its just the arms now, and i have started to GRP the upper arms, but they are taking a while to dry, so hopefully tomorrow they will be ok.
updated : 16:41 GMT 10/12/2010
holy holy! look at all that green on the progress image. im sooo happy. i also gotboth upper arms grpd, and a tiny part of one of the lower arem. looks like the helm is a go!
updated : 16:00 GMT 12/12/2010
well well well. im almost done. just a bit more paint. everything is fibreglassed and sanded. everything has an under coat, and the helm is a go. just the forearms and the helm
updated : 12:55 GMT 29/12/2010
im back!!! and its completed. not going to say why i was banned just follow the rules!!! and i got it finished. its not as good as most of the stuff here (which makes me cry) but everyone else though it was super, so im happy.
