Ok so like the title says, Im building up an Alphonse Elric Armor from Full Metal Alchemist in a Cardboard Build. xp but....im keeping a time frame on this one to push it to be finished next week Thursday. Which give me about a week...xp
Im using Carboard, Papermache to smooth is out, with maybe a coat of Gypsum ( I cant really do the fiber glass and bondo as i get seriously sick around the stuff. ;/ And i have to watch budget.) For the most part im hoping to just keep the outlook the same and not going to burden myself with 100% accuracy.
So getting started , with the basics.
First off was getting a model to work with, and i looked up Hot Toys photoshoots and found a great set for front and back and poses.
Getting the first part is always hard, its kinda helps have the actual model ;/...so alot of pics helps alot to break it up in to parts to work out how things looks. Sketch works and some draft.
After a while..and some grey hairs..i worked it around a soft shoe i had.
Heres the back view..a little tricky with the rises, but atleast it look the part.
Now..you may no see it but....it was just an ehhhhhhhhhhhh little to big. So i rebuilt it just a siz smaller which is around the shoe in this one. I like building from the shoe up cause i can get the rest of scale right coming up.
So the shoes are finished added the spikes, butttt....i have to keep in mind to always spread my feet apart just a bit cause if im not careful, the inside spikes will touch off, and hoping it wont rip apart.. >< live and learn....
...Coming to the end of the day...worked on the shin, same method of breakdown..but i had to skimp a bit on the back and make it two layer rather than one layer cause i didnt have any cardboard sides that was long enough not to mention if your going for 100% accuracy bhell... lolz but im happy it still looks the part ^^...and will continue later on with more posts.
Im using Carboard, Papermache to smooth is out, with maybe a coat of Gypsum ( I cant really do the fiber glass and bondo as i get seriously sick around the stuff. ;/ And i have to watch budget.) For the most part im hoping to just keep the outlook the same and not going to burden myself with 100% accuracy.
So getting started , with the basics.
First off was getting a model to work with, and i looked up Hot Toys photoshoots and found a great set for front and back and poses.
Getting the first part is always hard, its kinda helps have the actual model ;/...so alot of pics helps alot to break it up in to parts to work out how things looks. Sketch works and some draft.
After a while..and some grey hairs..i worked it around a soft shoe i had.
Heres the back view..a little tricky with the rises, but atleast it look the part.
Now..you may no see it but....it was just an ehhhhhhhhhhhh little to big. So i rebuilt it just a siz smaller which is around the shoe in this one. I like building from the shoe up cause i can get the rest of scale right coming up.
So the shoes are finished added the spikes, butttt....i have to keep in mind to always spread my feet apart just a bit cause if im not careful, the inside spikes will touch off, and hoping it wont rip apart.. >< live and learn....
...Coming to the end of the day...worked on the shin, same method of breakdown..but i had to skimp a bit on the back and make it two layer rather than one layer cause i didnt have any cardboard sides that was long enough not to mention if your going for 100% accuracy bhell... lolz but im happy it still looks the part ^^...and will continue later on with more posts.