hey the boots look great! I like that you are switching over to foam for some of this build. It seems like foam thighs/boots would be much easier to move in.
Also the details that you put on the bottom of the boots are great! I've never seen someone add them before. Nice work.
It's is MUCH easier to move around in foam! I just wish I had known about foam before I had started this build! I would probably be done by now!
I actually saw a thread where a member HAS put the treads on the bottom of their boots before. I forget their name and where the thread was
but I saved the picture on my phone for reference.
Girl, you gotta get pics of you in this armor, the anticipation is KILLING ME XD
Can't wait for more progress!!
-Clio
Soon enough, Clio. Soon enough.
You're armor looks great so far. Sorry to hear about the helmet sizing, we all have at least 1 part that we end up re-doing so doing let is get you down.
Thanks, Thorn! Yeah the sizing for the helmet has always been a struggle. I'm continuing to struggle even now but I'll get to that later.
But for now, PICTURES!
I managed to finish the decoration step of the boots. I'll keep the wordage short so here you go.
Better look at the treads. (Splatter!)
I added extra detail with the foamies. (Killing Frenzy!)
Three shots (Triple Kill!) of one of the boots completely painted and scratch detailed.
And one boot completed and strapped to my boot with elastic bands. (Extermination!)
The strapping is temporary as of right now. I hope to get some Earth Magnets to get the thing pieced together. I also have to go and buy a plunger for the section in between the main portion of the boot and the toe.
And now for the 25 levels of Hell. (Dun Dun DUN!)
I measured and remeasured my head multiple times and when I was ready to put the calculations on my computer I realized that with the added space that I gave myself for padding and extra room, my head was only half a centimeter shorter than the original scale of the pep. I have a freakin' huge head! :O
So I just left the scale as it is and gave myself an extra half centimeter of space and just printed it out.
I have three pages down (the opening to the helmet and the both sides of the jaw) and I have been very careful and deliberate about piecing this together. It took two hours just to get those three pages cut and glued together because I've been so careful! But as I looked at it this morning, I had an eerie feeling that this helmet may be the same size as the helmet I just previously made.
So I took the two and made them stand side by side. Maybe it's just paranoia but I think they may be the same size. Unfortunately, I forgot to write down the measurements that I used for my helmet last time so I can't compare sizing. The newly pepped portion's jaw is taller than the finished one but I don't know if that's just because it's not starting to sag as of yet or if it's genuinely larger than the finished helmet. I have only three clean pieces of cardstock left and no money so I'd rather catch this ahead of time if it turns out to be too small.
What do you guys think?!
The angle of the camera and my arm might take away from the photo, but this is the best shot I could take. This helmet is scaring me already. *whimpers*
Should I just toss it right now and scale it larger? Or should I continue on it and see if it truly is larger?
I am not going to work on it anymore until I've made a decision about how big it is.
Comments, critique, and any other input is thoroughly appreciated!
Stay Frosty, 405thers!
-Alexis
