New to 405th, not new to armor builds.

[The Black Hatter]

WArning: Pic Heavy Thread. Probably.
So, before i discovered such a wonderful site as the 405th, i was free handing armor out of cardboard, and duct tape. For a beginner, i though it was pretty good. However, now i am attepting to make a full set of Mark VI armor using pepakura.

Ive gotten my helmet pep'd resined andfiberglassed. Im waiting on getting some primer to sand it down and paint it.

\Just today i started the chest piece. Its the Flying Squirl build, high def model. Kinda intimidating how large huge the print was, but i wont back down now.
Now for some pics:

Helmet

 

[OverKill]

looks good

 

[Cjsuner]

im not sure if it is just the picture, but your helmet looks like it is warped in the first picture, and a little sideways....

 

[Spartan Will 043]

Good job, man !

 

[old school dude]

im not sure if it is just the picture, but your helmet looks like it is warped in the first picture, and a little sideways....

it is, its a little messed up, but still nice job.

 

[niinjamasta]

yup. nothing a little bondo and elbo greese wont fix

 

[silent sanity]

Looks Good man!

im actualy a couple steps ahead of you but i already ruined 2 helmets because i had no idea what i was doing. it looks like the back of yours warped a little bit, you might be able to fix it with bondo, but even if you cant if you start over i would say do a few small coats of resin and then do one last hard coat.

// also to make it a little easier for (unless you liked the large print #'s,) there is a setting to make the font smaller in the pepakura program, i personally fount it really hard the first time with large font. //

and just curious what colors were you thinking of doing??

regardless,
Looks way better than my first attempt, Grats man

keep sending pics, i want to see how it comes along

 

[The Black Hatter]

I actually bought a color spray paint called Italian Olive, which i think matches the color of MC pretty well. Its a Krylon color i picked up at my local Walmart for a coupla of bucks.

As for more photos, i hope to primer it tomorrow, and ill continue to update it along the way,

 

[The Black Hatter]

Yeah, the back side and athe left side both warmped a little bit on its y-axis, which i hope to fix with bondo and a little bit of sanding. Once i prime it, it will mak it earier to see exactly what i need to fix, but as for now io hope to just fix the back and side.

 

[The Black Hatter]

Heres the front. You can see the left side (right of the picture) is flexing outward. Yuck!

and heres the color i chose to paint it.

 

[RoxyRoo]

aww... too bad about the crookedness. Goodluck fixing that.
Italian Olive? Are you doing MC or your own spartan?

 

[The Black Hatter]

Well, in the books, most spartans wore the army standerd green, so it doesnt technically have to be MC, but he will be the base im using.

 

[Col Keller]

looks good so far...

 

[silent sanity]

you might want to go easier on the resin the first time around

 

[Wanker]

looks good except the top is morphed a lil funny

 

[The Black Hatter]

Alright, new update. Whole lot of pictures. (6 i think) I primed and sanded it down, it was a lot of time, and a lot of fun!

Primed and Ready

 

[The Black Hatter]

A few more scratches later.

 

[silent sanity]

Looks great, lmao thats A LOT of bondo, keep the pics comming though,

 

[The Black Hatter]

So, an interesting development. As i leanred the last two days, i am allergic to spray paint. Strange, huh? So that is just another speed bbum in completing my helmet :/

 

[silent sanity]

Buy a mask, also wear gloves etc, you should be fine.