HeavyGunner
Well-Known Member
Well I guess it's time to pull the curtain off my first attempt at creating a mold-worthy armor piece. 
For the past 2 months, I've been working on my scout shoulder plate. I actually put together 2 of them, but the first had a bit of warping due to my expanding foam not curing properly. The current plate has been pepped, foamed, and smoothed with a new medium. I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to use bondo for the first time. Needless to say, it did not go very well at all. I could not find a good tool that would allow me to smooth it the right way, and I just ended up with a big mess. So that's why I went to the grocery store, and picked up........yes that's right! MIGHTY PUTTY!!
The all in one epoxy putty for all your home repair needs! Fix a dent! Close a leak! Even groom your dog with MIGHTY PUTTY!!!
Ok, well that last one might have been a bit overboard, but I couldn't resist. After some experimentation, I've found that mighty putty has some really nice properties that worked very well for what I need to do. Mighty putty is sandable and paintable, and adhere's to most any surface (including paper). So basically what I did, was cut off pieces of mighty putty, knead it until it was white, and apply it in small amounts to the shoulder piece. After about two days of cutting, kneading, and sticking, the whole thing was coated. I then proceeded to sand this thing for hours by hand, until this thing was as smooth as a baby's butt. I've noticed that the plate has some minor bumps where the thickness is a little off, but I don't think that it will be noticeable. Yesterday, I added some very tiny details by hand. If you look at the scout reference package, available on the Halo costuming wiki, you can see that there are some raised plates, bars, and a circle on the bottom center inset on the shoulder plate. There are also 6 distinct holes in the very center of the scout plate, that appear to go the whole way through. I added these details with the following materials: 1 piece of acryllic sheeting, cut to size. 1 rubber o-ring, and lastly, 3 pen caps, with the "clip" cut off, and ends rounded. I super glued all of these pieces onto each other, and then super glued the acryllic piece onto the scout plate. I think it worked really well for the about $2 I payed for all the parts.
Yesterday, also, I went to Michael's Craft store to look for molding supplies. I'm planning on molding this Scout Plate as soon as I have the holes drilled in the middle, and the whole thing has been given several coats of paint. At Michael's I was able to find some interesting stuff. I got two 16 oz containers of Latex mold builder, and a 32 oz can of clear casting resin. I also bought some colored dye, so the castings won't be so boring
If anyone is interested in a set of these Scout shoulder plates, post here and tell me what you think. I'll most likely be doing a run of these in the not-too-distant future.
Please let me know what you think of the way these things are coming along! I'd like to get some feedback as to how you think I can improve them.
For the past 2 months, I've been working on my scout shoulder plate. I actually put together 2 of them, but the first had a bit of warping due to my expanding foam not curing properly. The current plate has been pepped, foamed, and smoothed with a new medium. I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to use bondo for the first time. Needless to say, it did not go very well at all. I could not find a good tool that would allow me to smooth it the right way, and I just ended up with a big mess. So that's why I went to the grocery store, and picked up........yes that's right! MIGHTY PUTTY!!
The all in one epoxy putty for all your home repair needs! Fix a dent! Close a leak! Even groom your dog with MIGHTY PUTTY!!!
Ok, well that last one might have been a bit overboard, but I couldn't resist.
After some experimentation, I've found that mighty putty has some really nice properties that worked very well for what I need to do. Mighty putty is sandable and paintable, and adhere's to most any surface (including paper). So basically what I did, was cut off pieces of mighty putty, knead it until it was white, and apply it in small amounts to the shoulder piece. After about two days of cutting, kneading, and sticking, the whole thing was coated. I then proceeded to sand this thing for hours by hand, until this thing was as smooth as a baby's butt. I've noticed that the plate has some minor bumps where the thickness is a little off, but I don't think that it will be noticeable. Yesterday, I added some very tiny details by hand. If you look at the scout reference package, available on the Halo costuming wiki, you can see that there are some raised plates, bars, and a circle on the bottom center inset on the shoulder plate. There are also 6 distinct holes in the very center of the scout plate, that appear to go the whole way through. I added these details with the following materials: 1 piece of acryllic sheeting, cut to size. 1 rubber o-ring, and lastly, 3 pen caps, with the "clip" cut off, and ends rounded. I super glued all of these pieces onto each other, and then super glued the acryllic piece onto the scout plate. I think it worked really well for the about $2 I payed for all the parts. Yesterday, also, I went to Michael's Craft store to look for molding supplies. I'm planning on molding this Scout Plate as soon as I have the holes drilled in the middle, and the whole thing has been given several coats of paint. At Michael's I was able to find some interesting stuff. I got two 16 oz containers of Latex mold builder, and a 32 oz can of clear casting resin. I also bought some colored dye, so the castings won't be so boring
If anyone is interested in a set of these Scout shoulder plates, post here and tell me what you think. I'll most likely be doing a run of these in the not-too-distant future.
Please let me know what you think of the way these things are coming along! I'd like to get some feedback as to how you think I can improve them.
