Orbital Drop Shock Trooper

[BananoPower22]

the helmet is cured I'm sad because the left side of the helmet look a lot more flat than the right side.. anyways. now i'll fiberglass the inside.

 

[TheMagicNumber]

Good job - you'll be able to get rid of the warp with some filling and sanding I had warp in the peak of my MKVI helm but I stuck with it and got rid of it.

 

[Raskulz]

Do you think there's any chance it would warp a little less with maybe a lighter coat of resin, and then letting that light coat harden, and slowly build it up maybe.. ?

Not exactly sure if that would work, I know very little on these topics other than what I've gathered from a distance. I'm still what I describe as a 405th Stalker of sorts Lol, I just go around the forum learning bit's and piece's then read through comment's figuring out what problems they had where. I've made 3 Pepakura object's but haven't resined any yet, I'm currently finishing my Pepakura ODST Helmet (2nd, this one using Hot Glue, Tape sucks!) before I'll be posting my first thread.

It's refreshing inspiration to see another ODST on the way though, however agitating to see that you posted this thread after I had already cut out all of my piece's, and are already onto resin before I've finished Pep. Lol, one of us has a procrastination problem.. I wont point any fingers.. :cool<-

 

[BananoPower22]

i managed to fix the warping since the resin wasn;t fully cured. and I just fiberglassed the inside so later i can start bondoing the outside i can't wait for the bondo part, i just love sanding

 

[BananoPower22]

Well, I played halo 4 for a while and went to bondo the helmet.. it's not perfect and I don't expect it to be, but it's a start!

 

[AI Blue Fox]

it looks like your helmet got slimmed on nicolodian after going through a paint shop ha XD

 

[BananoPower22]

Can anyone post up some pictures of how the helmet should look like from the from, left, right and back side? I'll save these images on my cellphone so I can use them as references so I know where I should and shouldn't put bondo

 

[Spartan 213]

Here's a few may not be what you're looking for but it's a start, found these here just scan through and you'll find a bunch of pic's of this guy's build

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/710/pict3838.jpg/

 

[BananoPower22]

not much of an update, but i'm still trying to fix the mess of bondo i made, trying to remove it all and give it a very light and thin coat of bondo everywhere.. sand it smooth and paint it black

btw thanks for the pictures!

 

[BananoPower22]

using the pictures Spartan 213 posted I traced a line with a pencil and cutted the visor area with a dremel... here's how it's looking so far... I don't expect any of you to be impressed because all I did was ruin the helmet's dome, cheeks and chin area with a lot of bondo... I'm not impressed, I'm just about to throw away this bucket and cancel the whole project... Yup, I'm extremely frustrated, every time i look at the helmet I just don't know how I could possibly fix it

 

[boomshakra]

using the pictures Spartan 213 posted I traced a line with a pencil and cutted the visor area with a dremel... here's how it's looking so far... I don't expect any of you to be impressed because all I did was ruin the helmet's dome, cheeks and chin area with a lot of bondo... I'm not impressed, I'm just about to throw away this bucket and cancel the whole project... Yup, I'm extremely frustrated, every time i look at the helmet I just don't know how I could possibly fix it

Don't give up! My build has had its ups & downs - I'll be starting a 3rd helmet later this week, so I feel your pain about not getting it right the first time. It can be very discouraging having to start over, but chalk up the shortcomings to experience. I bondo'd my v1.0 over the weekend...and it really sunk in how much work a suit of armor really is...it's cut/glue/resin/fiberglass/sand/sand some more/bondo some more...on and on, for each piece. Take a step back and then dive back in again good luck!

 

[BananoPower22]

I'm doing my best to fix the helmet... stay tuned, just bondo+sanding+bondo+sanding over and over again until i get it right

 

[misfitjh]

Ya don't give up, as you build your suit your skills will increase. And if your not happy with the bucket you can rebuild it later. Don't stress over it, this is suppose to be a fun hobby not a job.

 

[BananoPower22]

Gloves finally arrived, they look pretty nice! I will start making the armor pieces tomorrow and remake another helmet once i've done all the armor parts...

 

[devinschmidt]

Hey! What gloves are those? I plan on using black motorcycle boots till I can get myself a pair of military boots.

 

[misfitjh]

I think these are the gloves http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Empire-Battl...470?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337f0d59be there are a bunch of different ones for sale on e-bay

 

[BananoPower22]

Hey! What gloves are those? I plan on using black motorcycle boots till I can get myself a pair of military boots.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&vxp=mtr&item=251214742461

These are the ones I bought, they're very comfortable to wear!

 

[BananoPower22]

should I print the HD gauntlet made by crackhead09 or the low res made by hugh?

 

[BananoPower22]

anyone? I want to start working on the armor ASAP

 

[RTWHOCKEY]

should I print the HD gauntlet made by crackhead09 or the low res made by hugh?

It's your armor, do as you wish. But if it were me, I would go with the HD one.