Lowdmekon
Sr Member
Spent some time building my card version of the blade housing, just need to resin and rondo it up now and start to get it where I wanting for detailing and adding some Star Wars parts I've been collecting. Gotta stay true and give a nod to the original.
I've finalised the shape of my blades just gotta cut them out of acrylic and get em shaped up. I'm gonna also go for fixed blades at the min.
I've also got hold of a Wolf comp gaunt that'll need customising the hell out of as the casting has lost most of the detail and has some warping. Pics of that later.
I've also started to fettle around with my torso and lost a few of the seems. Need to finish off seeming and start to foam out the muscles so they don't fold so much when I bend and move around. I've got myself a zipper just need to sew it in after I ask my wife to help me to work out if its to tight or to loose. I was gonna use nylon thick thread and sew it in using a large gauge sewing needle and the with thickened latex loose the stitches on the exposed areas? What do all the pros do? I was also toying with the idea of cutting the preformed armour and sculpting my own over the top and then making in resin and the fixing back on so it looks separate. The current armour has been foam filled already with quite stiff foam. It's got some flex but not much.
That's it for now let's hope I can get some more done soon before the weather turns in Blighty. I know I said its a long slow build but I was hoping to have it for some of the 2015 cons. Oh we'll slowly slowly catchy monkey my nan use to say. Doesn't also help that work has dried up and money is getting tighter than a nuns chuff. So to everyone I've contacted recently about other parts for my build. I do wan them just need to pay the bills first and get some doe saved up. Birthday and crimbo fingers crossed.
I've finalised the shape of my blades just gotta cut them out of acrylic and get em shaped up. I'm gonna also go for fixed blades at the min.
I've also got hold of a Wolf comp gaunt that'll need customising the hell out of as the casting has lost most of the detail and has some warping. Pics of that later.
I've also started to fettle around with my torso and lost a few of the seems. Need to finish off seeming and start to foam out the muscles so they don't fold so much when I bend and move around. I've got myself a zipper just need to sew it in after I ask my wife to help me to work out if its to tight or to loose. I was gonna use nylon thick thread and sew it in using a large gauge sewing needle and the with thickened latex loose the stitches on the exposed areas? What do all the pros do? I was also toying with the idea of cutting the preformed armour and sculpting my own over the top and then making in resin and the fixing back on so it looks separate. The current armour has been foam filled already with quite stiff foam. It's got some flex but not much.
That's it for now let's hope I can get some more done soon before the weather turns in Blighty. I know I said its a long slow build but I was hoping to have it for some of the 2015 cons. Oh we'll slowly slowly catchy monkey my nan use to say. Doesn't also help that work has dried up and money is getting tighter than a nuns chuff. So to everyone I've contacted recently about other parts for my build. I do wan them just need to pay the bills first and get some doe saved up. Birthday and crimbo fingers crossed.
