Hi there,
I have been lurking around here for the last couple years on and off and decided to eventually join to get the most out of this. I'm really impressed by some of the work I've seen on here and I have been playing around with pep models for some time but never fully committed to a full build or started and got side tract a few weeks later.
Ok, so i started on the helmet which I will post below I got the file from Jico's thread of files that i can't recommend enough if you are looking for Titanfall files. You can find his thread here:
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/41091-**Official**-Titanfall-Pepakura-Thread?highlight=titanfall
I plan to see this project all the way through to the end however spare time isn't something I have a great amount of due to work and my first child on the way so updates me be slow unfortunately. As a result I have been working on this in some of my lunch breaks at work (hence the untidy workshop in some of the images).
This is me working through the pep stage of the helmet, I chose to leave a couple of parts out in this one so I could add them myself later on instead of peping them and having trouble with them.
Once I finished this part I then moved on to fiberglass resin the out side and then adding matting and resin to the inside to harden it and give it a bit more structure. I was pretty happy with how it turned out but i think I could still use a bit of practice getting into the difficult corners and recessed parts.
My next step and possibly my biggest mistake was then cutting the visor out, I figured it would be better to do it while I didn't have a load of filler in the way but it seems to have just made it a bit harder once I moved to the filler stage. Although it may have been just as awkward.
Pretty much right after I cut the visor out i started on the filler and sanding as seen below.
After quite some time sanding and adding filler I gave it a coat of primer just to see where I was with it and sanded down a couple more high points and have continued from there.
The only parts I am having difficulty with are sanding the low points and bits that are tucked away in sharp corners, I have been using a Mouse sander for the majority of the sanding work but have also resorted to using standard sand paper and a Dremmel from time to time but I'm finding I'm not getting a nice finish with the Dremmel.
I have also started on some foam amour plates for this however I was not happy with the quality of my work so I will just start from scratch again and learn from my mistakes.
Any Comments, Suggestions or tips I would be more than happy to hear from you all!
Kind Regards, Ross
I have been lurking around here for the last couple years on and off and decided to eventually join to get the most out of this. I'm really impressed by some of the work I've seen on here and I have been playing around with pep models for some time but never fully committed to a full build or started and got side tract a few weeks later.
Ok, so i started on the helmet which I will post below I got the file from Jico's thread of files that i can't recommend enough if you are looking for Titanfall files. You can find his thread here:
http://www.405th.com/showthread.php/41091-**Official**-Titanfall-Pepakura-Thread?highlight=titanfall
I plan to see this project all the way through to the end however spare time isn't something I have a great amount of due to work and my first child on the way so updates me be slow unfortunately. As a result I have been working on this in some of my lunch breaks at work (hence the untidy workshop in some of the images).
This is me working through the pep stage of the helmet, I chose to leave a couple of parts out in this one so I could add them myself later on instead of peping them and having trouble with them.
Once I finished this part I then moved on to fiberglass resin the out side and then adding matting and resin to the inside to harden it and give it a bit more structure. I was pretty happy with how it turned out but i think I could still use a bit of practice getting into the difficult corners and recessed parts.
My next step and possibly my biggest mistake was then cutting the visor out, I figured it would be better to do it while I didn't have a load of filler in the way but it seems to have just made it a bit harder once I moved to the filler stage. Although it may have been just as awkward.
Pretty much right after I cut the visor out i started on the filler and sanding as seen below.
After quite some time sanding and adding filler I gave it a coat of primer just to see where I was with it and sanded down a couple more high points and have continued from there.
The only parts I am having difficulty with are sanding the low points and bits that are tucked away in sharp corners, I have been using a Mouse sander for the majority of the sanding work but have also resorted to using standard sand paper and a Dremmel from time to time but I'm finding I'm not getting a nice finish with the Dremmel.
I have also started on some foam amour plates for this however I was not happy with the quality of my work so I will just start from scratch again and learn from my mistakes.
Any Comments, Suggestions or tips I would be more than happy to hear from you all!
Kind Regards, Ross
