Episode VII Stormtrooper

Ozymandius

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Never got to sculpt a Star Wars bucket before, so I thought I'd give this one a whirl. Still got a bit of smoothing and fine detailing left to go, but I'm fairly happy with it so far.

I know we don't have all the details yet about what it looks like, but I figure this way I've got a solid base to start with that I can add detail to as it becomes available.






 
It looks really good. Aren't you worried that this is a fake. I guess it's a cool variant even if it isn't in Episode VII. Great work!
 
Looks awesome!!! I like it very much, really great job! Doesn't matter if this is fake or not, this helmet is really nice and badass and it's great to have one! I'm looking forward to your further success! WELL DONE! TOTALLY!

Would you please be so kind and give us a link to Pepakura file if you have it. Or you did it on your own without paper stage?
 
I got a migraine again so I'm just going to answer as many questions as I can at once.


1. So far as I've seen there's been no reason to suspect this design as being a fake and a decent amount of supporting evidence that verifies its authenticity. But kudos anyway for being crass enough to suggest it and pissing all over the thread. Real classy.

2. I stopped making paper models and coloring by numbers when I was eight. Sorry, but I doubt that I'll ever stop seeing Pepakura as anything other than a child's medium. I don't mean to offend anyone, but to me, you might as well be playing with Legos.

3. It's sculpted in Chavant NSP Medium, my go-to standard. Although I would have preferred to do this in NSP Hard if I had had enough on hand. I'm intentionally leaving some of the details blank so that I can sculpt those in wax and add them later to the hard master that I will cast in resin. It's far easier than trying to render those details in clay.

Speaking of which, final pics after the last cleaning pass before it goes in the mold.


 
i think the sculpt looks great, its cool being able to see the design from the front. cant wait to see you cast it
 
Ozymandius: Your sculpting is FANTASTIC. I fully understand and respect your comment about paper model building. However, there is a difference between paper models and paper toys. Not only that, but there are a GREAT DEAL more models available in paper than there is in all other mediums combined. Case in point: How many different versions of the Thunder Fighter (i.e. original, HBB, and QUAD) are available in plastic/resin compared to how many different version paper models?
Furthermore, there are model builders out there that make paper models that will (and do) rival ANY plastic/resin model. There are also many GREAT armor builders that use pepakura (paper models) as a basis to make FANTASTIC armor that.
If you do not believe me, please go to www.zealot.com or www.papermodelers.com.
 
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I think you missed the point, Rhaven Blaaack. I have no issue with paper as a medium and have seen some amazing sculptural art done with paper. Rather it's the "paint-by-number" nature of Pepakura that fails to impress me. Every time I see someone post their new Pepakura accomplishment, I can't help but see a grown man holding up a coloring book and exclaiming, "Look what I did!". :unsure

Again, I'm not trying to be mean or pick on anyone here. But imagine how cranky you'd be if you had spent the past 20 years developing your skills as an artist only to be asked what coloring book you cut it out of.
 
Stunning work!, but then I own one of your Rocketeer helmets (currently unfinished due to a painting mishap) and I would expect nothing less than your high standard, cannot wait to see this helmet finished and cast.
 
You know, when you say it like this all I hear is...
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I'm not gonna be mean or offend anyone who didn't spend the whole life making stuff of clay, but... YOU ALL SUCK PEOPLE, because if you're not able to sculpt you should learn. I'm awesome because after 20 years of skilling I'm not able to do a simple simmetric helmet and you're not awesome. Pepakura is for losers, you know, I don't mean to offend Pepakura, but it's like you're playing FREAKING LEGO, I don't mean to offend lego, but it's for suckers like you are. Anyways, you know I've got a migraine because of writing too much, so to sum up the whole idea: I WON'T GIVE YOU THE PEPAKURA FILE I USED.
}

Sorry, dude, I didn't mean to be mean.
Still awesome done!
 
Wait a minute.... Did you just accuse me of refusing to share a Pepakura file after I just mouthed off like an ass about how I don't use Pepakura? Seriously?
Total takedown fail, dude. You get the smiley face-palm. :facepalm

Sorry, man. I just couldn't resist the joke. :D But please do take it in the good humor that it was intended and not as an actual slam. I was the one being a mouthy ******* here. My migraine meds hit like a half a pint of Jack Daniels and I can be a bit of a surly drunk.

But to be fair to the Pepakura guys, I wasn't really talking about Pepakura as a hobby. It was really more of a drunken conversation in absentia with a young lady who was crowing about building Pepakura armor in a "professional prop shop". Pepakura is a hobbyist's medium and not anything a professional would ever use.

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In other news... SILICONE!


 
Ozymandius: I would agree that pepakura is (as a whole) is not something that professionals use (even most designers (especially the more accomplished designers) do not use pepakura because of its limitations). However, it is a good starting point for those who wish to get into making armor. Like I said, I have seen some FANTASTIC armor that was made with Pepakura as a base.
I have to commend you on your work. I have subscribed to this thread and I will be following your progress on this project. I am looking forward to seeing how this will turn out.
 
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Oz, great work. Now let´s see you clean that sucker up!

To side a little with Oz, I can understand where he´s coming from, because I, too, see it as a huge gap in anyone´s education if you can´t discern between a classical sculpt in clay or someone working with a pep model (!) as a basis. Paper as a medium can be awesome, we have seen what our member Atlanthia once did with a few towel rolls and left over cereal boxes, elmers glue and spackle.

But Oz, just cut the little ones some slack. If they want to play with Legos, then so be it. What next. a comparison between your sculpt and the one that Fierfek sculpted (!) in 3D and printed out? I do not think that we need this.
Just to get this out of the way, the Stormtrooper was modeled in 3D and printed out for EP7. So to have something screen accurate that follows the same techniques, it´s 3D and printing. But since we follow the "everything is allowed if it gets us results" it of course makes total sense to use the oldest of sculpting techniques, i.e. clay and the human hands and brain.

Now lets all indulge ourselves in the marvels that our skilled members have to share with us. And yes, I am sorry for those who can´t contain themselves and HAVE to ask (some bordering on pestering) creators to frakkin share their work. Damn you, entitlement mentality!!!
 
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