Cable (Deadpool 2) Arm V2.0

[Malibu139]

Moving on to the shoulder. Wanted to replace the foam with something more durable. Was not sure i could get the complex curves with sintra but watched some you tube videos about forming it and decided to give it a go. Here is the original foam piece, the new foam template and the sintra formed piece. The only reason it worked I think is b/c I only needed the top and bottom to connect since the oval cut out is there.


It took a lot of heat forming and luck with super glue and contact cement. I had to reinforce the back on the top and bottom contact points. luckily the top needed a tab to connect the outer portion on the piece. There were gaps at the connection point I had to fill with foam then cover with bondo to smooth it all out. heat formed the outer ring and glued it all to the tabs i added to connect them.

Finished out the 2 parts that fit on the lower portion of the outer ring glued them on and got it filler primed and sanded smooth.


Next up is the piece below the oval cutout that connects to one of the cables. Once its painted silver i will add the cables to the inside that can be seen through the cutout.

 

[George]

Fairly late to the party, but loving what I see so far !
Keep the progress coming ! (And please enjoy the process)

 

[Malibu139]

Fairly late to the party, but loving what I see so far !
Keep the progress coming ! (And please enjoy the process)

Lol thanks! I appreciate it. I am late to my own party- this is taking a while but enjoying the process. Some setbacks ( I am no painter).but when I get lucky and it goes right the paint finish has come out better than I thought. Getting some light at the end of the tunnel maybe. Will keep updates coming with a full finished arm suit up the final goal.

 

[Malibu139]

Speaking of setbacks...... I made a rookie mistake and based some of the design off the hot toys 1/6th figure (i know, i know...). When I was looking for reference on the piece under the oval that connects to the cable in the middle i found some reference that was different than the 1/6th toy.

This is what I used originally and made it to look like:



Then I found this image- asymmetry drives me nuts, but there it is, so went with it.



Back to the drawing board. Luckily, I had room to cut the new curve in and add a new differently shaped piece on the back of the shoulder (right side).
Drew the new curve on, used the Dremel cutting disk and cut the curve in, added a new tab for glueing.


Next templated a new more oval piece to attach, glued it on and primed and smoothed. Also got the bottom piece (orange) designed, heat formed, and primed as well. This "should" be all the designing, dremelling and heat forming. Getting close to painting chrome and clear coating this piece



Next is adding the cables inside that can be seen though the cut out.