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What if you used a strip of styrene or sintra and glue it over the panel lines on the inside so it forms a rigid section again. Then if you fill it with expanding foam you wouldn't have to worry about it pushing sections out.

Re: Diegator's Grey Fox / Cyborg Ninja WIP Looking really good Diegator. That servo setup totally elevates the helmet. I need to go back and add lighting to mine - I might have to convert it over to servos eventually. I had envisioned doing that on mine when I was first planning it but didn't...

Re: Diegator's Grey Fox / Cyborg Ninja WIP Wow that looks really good. Accuracy and range of motion looks spot on.

Re: Diegator's Grey Fox / Cyborg Ninja WIP Looks really great. The fit of the pieces looks to be really close without noticeable gaps or misalignment. I used a total of 7 points of attachment (for a total of 14 magnets) to hold mine together but I could definitely have put in one or two more...

I'm pretty sure the link in the first post should still work. Let me know if it doesn't and I'll put up another link.

Apologies for neco'ing this thread but I had a hard time finding info on this topic and this was one of the only threads so I thought it would be better to keep all the info as concentrated as possible instead of having it spread out.

That was probably a large part of the problem then. I've never really used a food processor before and the mini ones seem to not be rated for anything more than quick pulses. I was running it for a minute or two continuously and then the motor burned out.

I was thinking about doing that but I read some people just using food processors so I figured it would be faster and less work. I'll probably try and pick up a cheap $5 meat grinder off Craigslist - seems like there's always a few out there.

I would offer it to others if it was a good mold. I was in the process of molding something and the print coat of one side didn't cure properly until about a week after I de-molded it from the master but by then it had already destroyed the print coat. I'm chopping that half up and will be...

What do people recommend for chopping up the silicone and what should the consistency be (how fine should the bits be)? I got a small 3 cup food processor off eBay and tried chopping up some Rebound 25 silicone rubber and it can get some pieces down to about 2 mm cubes but some of the pieces...

Re: Diegator's Grey Fox / Cyborg Ninja WIP Looking great. Glad to see/hear you're having better luck with the new materials. The cast looks really smooth so doesn't seem like you had much bubbles in the mold rubber (I'm still trying to improve my technique to minimize that). I totally...

Re: Diegator's Grey Fox / Cyborg Ninja WIP I had similar issues as well when molding and casting mine. I have to do some corrective work after I make each cast to make sure it fits back together. Basically I use a heat gun and make some tweaks here and there. Yours should be better at...

Re: Diegator's Grey Fox / Cyborg Ninja WIP The second version is certainly interesting but if you're going for accuracy stick with the solid triangle. Other than that, looking great! I really like the profile of your helmet, especially the small protrusion just under the front sensor. Mine's...

Re: Diegator's Grey Fox / Cyborg Ninja WIP I vote for cutting the forehead piece and making it move just because you can. Plus it's in the artbook/concept art so clearly it was planned to have the forehead piece move. I think it doesn't move in the game because there wasn't a need for it to...

Thanks for the suggestions. I was definitely leaning towards Poplar as I've used it before for some other props. I'm probably going to go with just painting the globe but I'm still searching for a good way to handle the light fitting part. Most of the light fixtures you buy in stores come with...