1:3 stormtrooper sculpt FINISHED see page 10 !

[KaanE]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

Look at my post above :thumbsup

 

[Amish Trooper]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

Rob if you don't finish this I will fly to the UK and bring a rabid chipmunk in heat to hump your leg

 

[judgedredd]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

thanks that looks better
i think the forearms may be ok it could just be because there black?and a camera perspective thing.

Look at my post above :thumbsup

 

[judgedredd]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

He will get finished its just takes a group effort for each limb lol like i have said previously its my first attempt for 10 years and its doesnt come easily for me The image corrections and comments are helping forgot to mention i also altered the leg detail today as per LDR suggestion earlier in thread i do listen

Rob if you don't finish this I will fly to the UK and bring a rabid chipmunk in heat to hump your leg

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

You need to slim the arms by a great deal. The armor was made for very slender people. The length and proportions seem right, but the thickness of the upper and lower arms are way too much. You don't want arms that are bigger than the legs. Make things slimmer, but not as slim as the Kaiyodo sculpt, as those are basically as thin as regular human arms without armor and the Gentle Giant versions seems just a tad bit too thick... so somewhere in-between.

Always think slender when sculpting this piece.

I would pull up the tip of the right lower arm to just above horizontal level, or maybe, just below, depending on how you want him to hold the barrel of the blaster.
And then turn the tip of the left arm about 10 degrees in towards the right, if that's possible. I would also pull it up about ½ a centimeter at the elbow, as it's sitting a bit too low.

 

[Amish Trooper]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

The shoulder bells still need a tad more tweeking. The left bottom seems to be straight when it should more of a curve up. can you maybe take a side pic. of the sculpt?

 

[Stormy320]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

You need to slim the arms by a great deal. The armor was made for very slender people. The length and proportions seem right, but the thickness of the upper and lower arms are way too much. You don't want arms that are bigger than the legs. Make things slimmer, but not as slim as the Kaiyodo sculpt, as those are basically as thin as regular human arms without armor and the Gentle Giant versions seems just a tad bit too thick... so somewhere in-between.

Always think slender when sculpting this piece.

I would pull up the tip of the right lower arm to just above horizontal level, or maybe, just below, depending on how you want him to hold the barrel of the blaster.
And then turn the tip of the left arm about 10 degrees in towards the right, if that's possible. I would also pull it up about ½ a centimeter at the elbow, as it's sitting a bit too low.

Well said!:thumbsup

 

[judgedredd]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

Here are some side views i will have another crack at the arms today and use your advice:

 

[Amish Trooper]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

Wow that thing is big...I love it..I really need to quit posting from my phn so I can get you reference pics...maybe of my TE shoulder bells....

 

[judgedredd]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

Its strange how you get used to it i dont see him as big anymore all reference pics are helpful especially if it can show similar poses next to my sculpt so i can see were i am going wrong ?
cheers

Wow that thing is big...I love it..I really need to quit posting from my phn so I can get you reference pics...maybe of my TE shoulder bells....

 

[Amish Trooper]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

Here is a great link to sskunkys ROTJ armor which is very similar and is cast from molds off an original suit.

Sskunky's Cfo Endor style weathered armour project.... | Facebook

 

[judgedredd]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

They help a lot i can see the bells are much narrower

 

[Amish Trooper]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

They kinda have a pinch to them

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

I would honestly say that you should stay away from fan made reference as much as possible and especially RotJ reference. Keep to ANH, as that's what you are making. You can check out parts of the ESB as well as they are re-used ANH... but keep to the movie reference and real suits as much as possible.

 

[Amish Trooper]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

The shoulder bells are very similar between ANH and ROTJ

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

From what I've seen the RotJ is way more pinched than ANH/ESB

 

[judgedredd]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

there seem so many variations on whichever version you look at the pose also determines the shape some appear smooth bells some seem to curl round the arm?

From what I've seen the RotJ is way more pinched than ANH/ESB

 

[judgedredd]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

Done some hacking away what do you think now?

 

[Amish Trooper]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

Oh I agree that the ROTJ is more pinched but it will still give Rob a good reference point in regards to the overall shape

 

[judgedredd]

Re: 1:3 stormtrooper sculpt wip trooper armour advice needed

here he is with a shrek hand i think he is looking ok?The camera perspective makes a big difference to how it looks in real real life.