Starting my ODST build

[chaos cre8ions]

Correct size or a hare too small?

 

[BlazingForge]

looks like a good size to me!

 

[chaos cre8ions]

A little distorted. Is this normal or should I try to do a Bondo or a resin layer?

 

[SgtSaint]

A little distorted. Is this normal or should I try to do a Bondo or a resin layer?

To... what? what are we looking at?
I think we're looking through a visor of some type. Is it vacuum formed? Bought or self made?

Bondo layer on a visor? Huh?

 

[chaos cre8ions]

To... what? what are we looking at?
I think we're looking through a visor of some type. Is it vacuum formed? Bought or self made?

Bondo layer on a visor? Huh?

This is the vacuum formed visor using the buck that the crescent Cs showed up on. I’m not sure if the visors tend to get clearer than this or if I did something wrong.

 

[SgtSaint]

Ok. Now I'm with ya. I had to back up a page and catch up.
The Cs are grinding from the electric sander on a coarse grit.
So the "resin or bondo layer" comment was in respect to the buck. Gotcha.

So... you didn't coat or smooth the buck at all since those earlier photos, is what I'm getting looking at the video.
The still photo looks like there's visible "pillowing" in the buck. It looks like you can see where you sanded some of the high spots (the hills), but they aren't even with the valleys.

If I had to guess by those photos... To me it looks like a wavy buck resulted in a wavy pull. The blinds in the window have almost the same grid pillowing distortion as seen on the buck.

If it were me... I'd work to smooth out that buck. If resin is an option I'd probably use a black resin and then sand that to a glossy finish. Let the gloss of the resin be your guide as to how smooth the pull will be. I mean... an extra hour of sanding beats wasted hour and material on the pull, right? At the very least a beautiful smooth buck takes one variable out of the equation.

 

[N8TEBB]

I agree with SgtSaint, a smoother buck will likely give your next pull less distortion.

 

[Rigel17]

I might have a glowing addiction!

I might have a glowing addiction!

Now to finish my buck

Im curious what you plan to do with the glowing parts when it comes time to paint the armor. Are you just leaving the glowing 3d print as is so as to not cover the glow? I saw some companies like montana spray paint have lines of glow in the dark spray paint as well. Ive been following your posts for a bit now and it had me thinking which one might be better? Im looking forward to the final product though!