Junkers
New Member
So here is my build of Jade from the Ame Comi line of DC Comics' statues. First time we vac formed anything and it seemed that we couldn't pull the acrylic since either
1) No enough suction
2) Not a good enough seal
Could I have used a different plastic? This stuff was the thinnest acrylic they had and was no more than 1/8" thick. Thanks in advance for your input. Also I have no idea we could have made those weird "slit" looking fold things go away. You'll be able to see them in the finished pictures at the bottom. Again thanks for looking!
First off here is the reference.
So the entire time I knew I was going to be vacforming the thing so I started out making a vac buck out of MDF and hot glue.
Once that was done I was able to fill in a lot of the holes with lighter and cheaper clay (waste stuff i.e model magic) then layer it over with apoxie sculpt for that nice hard finish.
I nailed the pose right?
When I was looking at the buck I realized that the ends were all really derpy, so I cut out MDF end caps for ensure that they were flat and as symmetrical as I could get them.
We had to get the pulls done in a hurry since San Diego Comic Con was 2 days away. Unfortunately the vac form machine was not up to the task to pulling from acrylic...I was really crestfallen, but we adapt.
So the same day we decided to get some pulls from styrene and paint it green. Not ideal, but it was manageable.
During the day I quickly fabricated an acrylic headband and an acrylic MP3 player that would hook up to the headphones. Here are some of the finished pictures! Look forward to people's input!
1) No enough suction
2) Not a good enough seal
Could I have used a different plastic? This stuff was the thinnest acrylic they had and was no more than 1/8" thick. Thanks in advance for your input. Also I have no idea we could have made those weird "slit" looking fold things go away. You'll be able to see them in the finished pictures at the bottom. Again thanks for looking!
First off here is the reference.
So the entire time I knew I was going to be vacforming the thing so I started out making a vac buck out of MDF and hot glue.
Once that was done I was able to fill in a lot of the holes with lighter and cheaper clay (waste stuff i.e model magic) then layer it over with apoxie sculpt for that nice hard finish.
I nailed the pose right?
When I was looking at the buck I realized that the ends were all really derpy, so I cut out MDF end caps for ensure that they were flat and as symmetrical as I could get them.
We had to get the pulls done in a hurry since San Diego Comic Con was 2 days away. Unfortunately the vac form machine was not up to the task to pulling from acrylic...I was really crestfallen, but we adapt.
So the same day we decided to get some pulls from styrene and paint it green. Not ideal, but it was manageable.
During the day I quickly fabricated an acrylic headband and an acrylic MP3 player that would hook up to the headphones. Here are some of the finished pictures! Look forward to people's input!
