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[Saber]

Good pepwork so far! I understand about the struggling with the hotglue. I had issues with it too when I started costume building in '09. I pepped MC's boot (forgeting to size it, mind you) and I had the lines to folding backwards and I somehow glued the whole thing inside out! It was a big gluey mess and I had burn marks all over the tips of my fingers.
Let's just say that my learning curve DEFINATELY spiked after that experience... hahah

Good luck on your build!

 

[odst fng]

Pep was not my friend tonight...

Yeah pep wasn't my friend tonight. I wasn't rushing it or being impatient, it just didn't want to do what I wanted....plus I lost a small piece to the helmet attachment :angry and I don't have anymore cardstock at the moment...So I will just chock this up to a practice piece...

The hole in the middle of the bottom piece I had to do on purpose. for some reason, there was a warped area when I enclosed it and I had to cut a tiny hole in it and pull it up. Covered the hole with a thin layer of hot glue...

The stomach piece I did last night but was too tired to finish/upload any pics...(see below text for why I may not finish this piece)

I think I'm going to try a few more pieces with pep, and if I feel like I am not getting the results I want I'm going to experiment with foam. I know I'm going to have to get somewhat decent with pep to do a helmet, but I have been feeling really fumbly with the pep, and I don't know if I am actually doing that great of a job with it to begin with, so please please give me your honest critiques about how they look and what there is I can work on. I'm really 50/50 on it myself....

 

[seraph077]

too bad you couldnt continue good pep so far and I practiced a lot like 5 times even if its epic fail and I think I'm about to make an ODST dutch helmet or HAZOP this friday its nice to see odsts

 

[WrathPrime]

Yeah pep wasn't my friend tonight. I wasn't rushing it or being impatient, it just didn't want to do what I wanted....plus I lost a small piece to the helmet attachment :angry and I don't have anymore cardstock at the moment...So I will just chock this up to a practice piece...

The hole in the middle of the bottom piece I had to do on purpose. for some reason, there was a warped area when I enclosed it and I had to cut a tiny hole in it and pull it up. Covered the hole with a thin layer of hot glue...

The stomach piece I did last night but was too tired to finish/upload any pics...(see below text for why I may not finish this piece)

I think I'm going to try a few more pieces with pep, and if I feel like I am not getting the results I want I'm going to experiment with foam. I know I'm going to have to get somewhat decent with pep to do a helmet, but I have been feeling really fumbly with the pep, and I don't know if I am actually doing that great of a job with it to begin with, so please please give me your honest critiques about how they look and what there is I can work on. I'm really 50/50 on it myself....

That stomach piece is the very first thing that I ever tried to pep. I finished the pep out of regular paper to get the hang out of the technique and then I made it out of foam.

 

[odst fng]

That stomach piece is the very first thing that I ever tried to pep. I finished the pep out of regular paper to get the hang out of the technique and then I made it out of foam.

yeah, i think foam is where I might be headed. It's a little more....substantial...I'm guessing, to work with...

 

[odst fng]

Well....I have decided to abandon this project, at the moment. Reason is, my wife wants me to build her one, once I get comfortable with it and after I get one for me done, so I figured I will start with a Reach Build of some sort to get used to the Spartan armor (she's wanting something along the lines of Kats armor). I will eventually come back to an ODST. I will make a new thread for the new build after I get some good progress done on the Reach build, hopefully this weekend.

 

[scizor112]

That's too bad you've decided to abandon this. ODST's are bad@$$. If you need any help with reference pics, hit me up.

 

[odst fng]

Thanks, and I might take you up on reference pics soon. I will come back to it...I guess you could say I'm not really "abandoning" it, just putting it on a long hiatus.

 

[Flyerfye]

On the other hand, you're a lucky guy if your wife is into this stuff too. Hope to see more of your work soon!

 

[scizor112]

Thanks, and I might take you up on reference pics soon. I will come back to it...I guess you could say I'm not really "abandoning" it, just putting it on a long hiatus.

Sounds like a plan! I'm more than happy to get reference pics for people. Modders are cool like that. :cool

On the other hand, you're a lucky guy if your wife is into this stuff too. Hope to see more of your work soon!

I second this! That's awesome that your wife is into Halo!

 

[odst fng]

Sounds like a plan! I'm more than happy to get reference pics for people. Modders are cool like that. :cool\


I second this! That's awesome that your wife is into Halo!

Sweet! I will PM you later tonight about the different pieces I'm gonna be using, and thanks again!

Yeah! it is awesome! She is a gamer for sure!

 

[DH27]

i can make you one for 20 bucks and they look pretty good