Batman/nightwing desert storm

rensole

Hey everyone,

I'm making The Desert Storm armor that Pepmaster got us.
I'm making 2 different versions of this,
One is the batman version and one is the Nightwing version.

I just ran in a little snag, do i fiberglass resin it now ?
And do i add the fiberglass matts on the inside only ?

Fairly new to finishing this stuff :P so let me know plz ^^
anyway here are the pictures
I'm making this as fast as i can i expect to have a mold done the 3rd day after xmas.

EyeofSauron

it seems a little small to me

resin the outside, wait for it to dry, then fibreglass on the inside. this will prevent warping, because its allready hardened

no fibreglass on the outside
you would have to use filler over that, and its way more work to sand then

breakpoint

when u do the fibre glassing on the inside.BUY a spray adhesive.. I tried to put it on with some pva I let sit for some seconds, witch I read somewere, and used since spray isnt cheap,
BIG misstake, for the next run im deffe. buying the spray adhesive^^

GL

EyeofSauron

thats allways a problem, if you try to do it on the cheap, it usually ends up either fuxxed up, or more expensive

spray glue really isnt expensive, and you dont need to use it excessively, especially if you have a half upper body, as you dont have upsides, that the fibreglass could fall off of, like you have with a full body.

i would just use the spray glue for the corners and stuff, for the flat areas, just resin will work

Darth Pinhead

Check out Stealth's Hero's Tutorial. Actually, watch the whole series: TheHeroTutorials's Channel - YouTube

rensole

i did watch those allready just wanted some extra info ^^
going to get some fiberglass this afternoon. will have new pictures soon ^^

rensole

starting on it now ^^ wish me luck will post pics as i get further and further

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Graphic Jordan

I hope you plan on doing that outside Rensole. Those fumes are very, very toxic.

rensole

actually doing this inside, i got an industrial airconditioner and a mouth piece ^^ also here is an update :P

also im going to do this in a basic form without the logo and then create 2 logo's seperatly.
(going to sell kits of this once im compleatly done)

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rensole

also added resin and fiberglas thick cloth to the inside
went fairly well and even without incedent on the first go

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Judge Spartan

Can't wait to see more..

rensole

Thanks judge ^^,

I'm going to start the bondo proces in 10 minutes will have some updates within the hour

loco lord

nice job will be watching patiently for more updates and the finished job

rensole

hey loco lord ^^ thanks!

Just finished the bondo process going to let it rest for an hour or 2 now before continuing :P dont know if you guys can see it or not but ive made some of the edges visible on the lower abs for a reason i wont them to look beveled and not just slapped on :P

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PepMaster

Just so you know the width is good, the height is off, if you go into pepakura designer and either increase the scale by 20% or add 5 inches to the height measurements, the size should be perfect. It should go from right below the neck to your waist, but the size is off on it right now and it looks like it would fit someone 5 inches shorter than you.

rensole

Hey PM,

yeah kindof late for that lol i'll have to work this out in some way to make it look good then cause i allready sunk in like 50 bucks (seeing im a student thats like all the money for me in a months time :P)

here is what i have so far
gonna continue now and will have another update later tonight.

Also going to add another layer of bondo later tonight ^^

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PepMaster

Hmm to add to the height, you could seperate the Abs from the rest of the chest right where it would be below the Ribcage, and add in a extra set of Ab Plates with EVA foam or something.

rensole

i was thinking about making a mold once im done with all of this then cast it seperate it then (smooth on plastic will be easyer to cut imo) then recast an extra top part and glue that on remake a cast ? i dunno at this point i got no money for new stuff lol...

almost done right now waiting for the last set to heal then going to smooth it out again

rensole

hey guys small update....

unfortunatly there is something wrong with the armor, the polyurethane fiberglass didnt stick as well to the paper as i wanted to, and the bondo was to cource to actually sand down. instead... im starting over as of today.

I'm currently waiting on Pepmasters gauntlet's i wanna finish the arms first.

Currently i also made a mold for the Arkham city batarang.
With some luck i will be able to pull a decent mold from it by tomorrow hell maybe even in an hour or 2 with some luck depends if i can get everything in order ^^ will post picture's tomorrow ^^

rensole

ok first mold was a succes
seriously this stuff is a godsent :O

going to use smooth on onyx tomorrow
just thinking if i should add some metal bits to it or not
what do you guys think?

also check out the mold and please give me some pointers if you can ^^

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Farazmobin47

updates?

rensole

sorry faraz i dropped the project due to the fact that it was way to complex for me at this stage i decided to do a warmachine build because it was easier for me to do