Odst For Noobs

[Jcobb117]

First off let me say that i have been actively participating in armor making for about three years and ill be the first to say that in that time i have had alot,ALOT OF TRIAL AND MOSTLY ERROR. however i had not known about the 405th until i found a painting tutorial by Adam which made me want to join. I have been working on ODST armor and helmets and have had good success with it, looking to help anyone who needs to know where to start. i feel i need to give back for all of the great help and guidance i have recieved from many of the 405th members, you know who you are and i would like to help any one out there who is interestd.

 

[MIRAGE]

WELCOME TO THE 405TH



Nice helm, what materials did you use??

 

[Shaymin Sky]

that IS a good helm. Nice job! what did you make the visor out of?

 

[Flyerfye]

Welcome to the 405th! I'd love to hear more about your construction techniques, I'm always into learning new things, and I'm slowly progressing on my own ODST build.

 

[Shade88]

Is your ODST Helmet on youtube?

 

[Sithslayer78]

How did you shape your visor? been looking around and found some pretty interesting techniques...

 

[extrabread]

I'm a noob but I'm getting around with steps.

 

[Gearsofhalo]

heyy look its Jcobb from youtube!!!

 

[Jcobb117]

heyy look its Jcobb from youtube!!!

Hhahahahah thats cool man how did you know. lol. yeah i have been posting so much crap on youtube that i have been neglecting my forum posts, but im putting in work now lol.

 

[Jcobb117]

WELCOME TO THE 405TH



Nice helm, what materials did you use??

i used the pepakura technique with heavy cardstock then, i fiberglassed the inside using fiberglass resin and strips of the fiber glass cloth. then i smoothed it all out using bondo. the picture is of the helmet before it was cast as a referance to just what it is as a finished piece.

 

[Jcobb117]

How did you shape your visor? been looking around and found some pretty interesting techniques...

yeah at first i struggled with good techniques on making a visor and for this helmet, which is now been further smoothed with cleanclay and the visor shaped more(its too ugly to show yet lol) i used really thin plixi glass and trace the unfolded visor from the pep model and bent it, then i tinted it with rub on limo tint, not the best method but it worked for a temporary visr. I got some helpful tips from Rube and ithica, i used a clear casting resin and mixed it with rit clothing dye, a very small amount of black and poured this into a latex mold of the visor. when this hardened, i pulled the cast from the mold and applied a two in strip of clay to the outside and trimmed it to fit snugly into the helm. then made a second mold with the clay strip so that the finished visor has a lip around the outside that fits flush on the inside of the helmet for mounting.

 

[Jcobb117]

Is your ODST Helmet on youtube?

yes it is on you tube under Jcobb117

 

[Flyerfye]

Just a heads-up, it's generally frowned upon to do multiple replies in a row like that. Just so people aren't artificially inflating their post count, ya know? Would be good if you could combine all your replies together.

 

[EvilDorito11]

wow! that is awesome, cant wait to check it out! this is probly one of the best on the 405. GOOD LUCK!

 

[Shade88]

I thought so, you bent heated Plexi-glass to shape the visor, correct?

 

[SpartanW27]

hey jcobb lol. your pro man. Why dont you put up stuff about your other projects like you hammer and busa?

 

[Jcobb117]

hey jcobb lol. your pro man. Why dont you put up stuff about your other projects like you hammer and busa?

well , i spend a crap load of time at work so i squeeze it in when i have a chance but i do this mostly for fun i dont really want any credit for what i do. personally, we are all artitsts and we are here to share our artwork nothing more nothing less. i think that the 405th community is great because we all help each other to better our own projects and further our knowledge . but i will post more in time.

 

[pinkpunk718]

well , i spend a crap load of time at work so i squeeze it in when i have a chance but i do this mostly for fun i dont really want any credit for what i do. personally, we are all artitsts and we are here to share our artwork nothing more nothing less. i think that the 405th community is great because we all help each other to better our own projects and further our knowledge . but i will post more in time.

Well now that it's been brought up you have to post some pics of your hammer and busa. I am always interested to see other's work and works in progress. Even if there are already those same projects completed by other it is always interesting to see others work; everyone's work is different.