Recent content by GROOTUK

There's definitely a lot of Star Lords appearing at Comic Cons. It's great to see so many people building the more ambitious Groot. :) I'm also a little concerned about the whole getting in and out of my Groot as it's an all in one. I'm getting a boiler suit to attach the body foam to and...

I had way too much fun playing with my new hot air gun. I ended up getting a £9.99 Energer hot air gun from Screwfix and it handled the job last night really well, even with me leavign it on for extended periods. http://www.screwfix.com/p/energer-2000w-heat-gun-240v/59740 It took a while to get...

Yeah I ended up using the ARTFX bust of Groot and Rocket to help me mold the shape of the mask last night as there are some really good front and side close up pictures available online.

Oh yeah forgot to say, I also really like how you're used eva foam for the arms and legs rather than the insulation pipe as it's a lot quicker to use the lagging pipes but then you have to coat them with tissue paper to get the texture right, which I understand cracks when you move around, so I...

Love the build. I was interested to see how the segmented body approach would work and whether you'd overlap the segments. I keep thinking that it would be easier this way to make it, however I'm still on the fence and thinking about doing an all in one approach, although that has it's...

Looks great. Can't wait to see you wearing it.

Here's the reference shots that I used, plus one that I expanded and isolated in photoshop so that it could be printed out A4 size and used as a sizing and proportions guide. - - - Updated - - - Also for those of you who are interested I created a blog post about my original mask...

After rushing my first Groot mask as I only had a week until Birmingham MCM comic con, I've started work on version 2 with more of a focus on making it actually look like Groot. Here's my first attempt: (Please take into consideration that it was the first time I'd ever worked with foam or in...

It's looking great. Can't wait to see how you detail it. I found black washing and dry brushing work really well, but you've got to get the colours right. I'm just starting to work on V2 of my Groot mask as I wasn't happy with the first one I rushed. Can't wait to see how it looks with the...

It's looking brilliant. I'm just redoing my Groot mask as I rushed the first attempt and also I have a Dremel now. It's good to see your experiments with the body as it's going to save me a load of time not making the same mistakes as I was going to use the tissue paper and PVA method. Can't...