SPARTAN II said:[...]
Maybe I should take some close-up shots of the details on the underside of the brim too, lol.
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Quadraxis said:The detailing looks good on the underside of the brim. Can't wait for the next update.
RedTogusa said:looking mighty fine there Spart.![]()
SPARTAN II said:I believe that's mentioned somewhere near the beginning of this thread (I think, lol), but believe it or not my helmet is based on JediFraz's HALO 2 Pep model.
As such, a lot of the details you see there -- recessed nosepiece, recessed details on the "crown" (top) of the helmet, recessed brim details, recessed details on the rear "band" of the helmet, etc. -- had to be added in by me since the base Pep model was very low-detail, and so devoid of any of that.
That involved a lot of drafting detail templates by hand, based on the Pep print-outs, and then applying those templates to the basic styrene model and cutting out those areas. So, lots of time and effort invested in just this one piece so far, lol.
SPARTAN II said:I haven't tried any of the HD helmets myself yet, but once I'm done with this one and the rest of the armour I plan on tackling one and seeing the difference in difficulty between the low-detail and high-detail models.
As for what I did, I went with the low-detail HALO 2 file as it was the only one available at the time, just shortly before the HD stuff started becoming available.
Taking the same approach I did isn't exactly for the faint of heart. If you're not really the patient type (and you have to be; I started my helmet late last year, and I'm still not done), then you could get easily frustrated with the added time it takes to put in all those surface details.
But, by all means give it a try if you think it would work better for you than the HD model. Given the time and effort I've put in on mine using this method, I'd be more than happy to lend a helping hand should you need it![]()
Flawed said:Awesome job so far Spartan. I'm really interested in the styrene now. Seems like a great way to construct a model.
If you find the time a tut would be great.
Other than that, keep up the great work. I can't wait to see what you do next.