Sylgian's Sith Stalker (WIP)

BGHUNTER

Great idea or the segmented helmet, very impressive indeed ,
and a good work space goes alone way

Loosewire

This is really nice, I'd love to know how it's going. I'd not thought of hinging a helmet like that.
I need to get myself a shed/workshop like yours and put a lock on it to stop people doing dump furniture in their like my last shed. Why do we need a sunbed anyway? we live in England!

Sylgian

Hello again!

Okay so my plan to resume work after the NHL playoffs was a bust. A bunch of other things kinda took precedence. Storm knocked over the fence... lightning fried my ethernet... and so on.

Anyways I am starting to get back on the job and have some menial progress to share.
I am back to the the bondo of the outer shell. I decided to work on the "brow" of the helmet. I previously rounded the opening, now, after some inspection of screenshots thought it better to have a hard angle to the upper "browline".




Much more bondo work to do. I have to refine the lower part of the visor slit as well, at present it is a little too wavy. I have yet to begin the real work on the inner shell as well. I have only hardened some of the inner portions that have some detail to them with Rondo.

Plenty to keep me busy in the near future.

Fierfek

That helmet is coming along nicely. I will be building this costume for a friend when I'm done working on these models. The model is as accurate as it gets since it comes from the source.

Cal

Your patience payed off. It looks like it came strait out of the sith armor mold, I wouldn't go fusing it to your skin though.

Sylgian

And I'm back. I can rarely find the time or the motivation to get back to work on this thing! But, this Sunday the planets aligned and I was able to get out to the shed and spend a long afternoon working on the bondo. Its pretty relaxing in that little room, I gotta tell ya.

Anyway here are a few more pics of the day's progress. Slow and steady.






Still loads of work to do. Ill check-in again later!

Sylgian

That model is spot on, but I must warn you that the game designers really didn't expect it to ever be worn. You will find your average head is wider than what that model will fit. I am fairly certain you will have to stretch the width a good bit in order to get it to be wearable.

Best of luck though, It would be nice to have a more accurate PEP file for everyone. My version of it is far from optimal.

darkside501st

Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know I was working with Fierfek on the Sith Stalker model and I posted a thread here:

http://www.therpf.com/f9/sith-stalke...8/#post2103653

We have shared the pep files for everyone to use.

Sylgian

I am back at it after another short break. Slow and steady!

The outer shell has been smoothed and primed. I will add pics of the breather tomorrow, it has been smoothed and fully painted.

darkside501st

That's looking pretty good. Nice to see some more progress on this. Keep up the good work.

Sylgian

Another update!! PAINT!

Well... some of it. I have the breather painted and cleared. I even did some weathering on it.

The base color sprayed on the outer shell. It looks pretty good, it does have some bumps and scuffs that I found once I sprayed it a lighter color, But I have to say, I am pretty pleased. It still needs the white details painted on and the little blood spatters. I will probably be adding some weathering to it in the form of scratches and dirt here and there. I don't want it to look perfect. I feel it looks better/more authentic when its a touch worn.

chimmera30

Amazing work!!
Love seeing your still plugging away on this project!!!!

Sylgian

Thanks! It might be on the back burner more than I like, but I WILL FINISH this thing ...eventually, lol.

Prince NEO

Very very nice, man I wish I could have done anything at this level when I had a place to pep still.

Bobvdijk

Looks awesome!
Btw: any chance of you uploading the helmet again?(it's a megauploed link..)

Bradleyw

this is looking awesome. cant wait to see what the end result is gonna look like

superweasle

Wow this is great! That paint looks very nice.

Sylgian

Small update. I got the white details painted above the browline. I also started my weathering. I still have a bit more to do, and the little blood spatter before its finished and I can hit it with clear.

darkside501st

Here is his file:
http://www.therpf.com/f24/sylgians-s...8/#post1643224

You can also check out my Sith Stalker files that came from the actual 3D model. Click the link in my signature. Beware that I was told the stock scale in the file is a little small so you might want to take some measurements and bump it up a little.

Sylgian

Ya the link i posted is dead. Ill get a new link up later. Keep in mind darkside's file is probobly more accurate

Sylgian

Finished my weathering and added the bit of blood on the outer shell. It will be getting a clear coat tomorrow afternoon to seal it all in.

I bought a nice tinted face shield from my local Grainger today. I plan to use it as the visor material. I will be working on mounting that, the breather and ...the mountain of work still left to do on the inner helmet in the days to come.

DARTHCRANE

is fantastic !

digisloth

Very nice work bro, pep has always had me kinda confused but then again I've only ever tried it once and it turned out horrible haha...keep up the good work! That outer shell looks amazing.

Sylgian

I ended up buying a replacement welding face shield for my visor material. It was about $12 locally. Anyhow, I have been busy mounting that in such a way that it could be easily/cleanly removed... you know, just in case.

After a good while making a pattern with some clear plastic, this is what I ended up with. The screws thread into some bosses I glued to the mask with epoxy.You might also notice a brace I installed along the jawline for extra rigidity. I wasn't liking how wobbly it was.

I will be working on a way to mount the breather so it is also removable next. The tape is temporary



I turned it to let some light through the visor. From the inside the visibility is pretty good.

Sylgian

I made my file available again for anyone interested. I would also encourage people to check out darkside501st's files. I know hes been doing some work on the files for this costume.

Sylgians Sith Stalker (link updated 3-6-12)