Bilious
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AAAH Long time no post! Hi guys! I've been busy making tons of things, but figured you'd all get a kick out of the current commission on my workbench- for a client going to Comic Con, a replica of Dark Helmet's helmet and mask!
I need to upload the pictures I took of the fiberglass/bondo stage, but here's some WIPs of sculpting the inner form.
I used a large block of styrofoam bead-board I glued together- the learning process here was everything attacks that stuff, I should have make a bondo shell or something over it next time. XD The fiberglass shell was salvageable, just needed a little extra love in finishing stages.
Currently working on final passes of red-lead on the helmet and just finished my rough-draft of foam fabricating the mask.
Judging by the reference photos I found I believe the original mask was vacuumformed. Shaking my fists at the heavens that we destroyed a 6' bed thermoformer at the studio back East!! Foam will do for a classy costume.
We built a huge hot-wire to rough-cut the form. My first time using one of these, it was super fun and very zen.
More photos asap!
tomorrow: Mounting the inner helmet and fabricating the mask!
I need to upload the pictures I took of the fiberglass/bondo stage, but here's some WIPs of sculpting the inner form.
I used a large block of styrofoam bead-board I glued together- the learning process here was everything attacks that stuff, I should have make a bondo shell or something over it next time. XD The fiberglass shell was salvageable, just needed a little extra love in finishing stages.
Currently working on final passes of red-lead on the helmet and just finished my rough-draft of foam fabricating the mask.
Judging by the reference photos I found I believe the original mask was vacuumformed. Shaking my fists at the heavens that we destroyed a 6' bed thermoformer at the studio back East!! Foam will do for a classy costume.
We built a huge hot-wire to rough-cut the form. My first time using one of these, it was super fun and very zen.
More photos asap!
tomorrow: Mounting the inner helmet and fabricating the mask!
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