Longclaw
New Member
Hi there guys,
coming up to my final project in my Art and Design course now, and wanting to develop my skills as much as I can- in hope of one day getting a job as a prop maker.
So I watched 'The Hobbit- The Battle of The Five Armies' the other day for the millionth time, and decided I needed to make Dain Ironfoot's helmet- I started straight away.
I have limited materials (I'm broke), so I've been using Mounting board/ Mount-board (a flexible and durable card) which we have tons of at college, and my hot glue gun.
I started a couple of days ago and have managed to make rough shell of the helmet (very rough) so far, but obviously I have a lot of work to do so far as completing the entire structure and details of the helmet.
When the shell is complete, I thought about Paper Macheing it to increase it's strength, and to hold it all together, I've had a lot of success in the past with this technique but I really want to make this look as crisp and clean as I can, and no matter how many times I try to get as smooth a surface as possible with Paper Mache, you can always see the individual layers of paper.
Does anyone have any other suggestions or feedback?
Thanks
coming up to my final project in my Art and Design course now, and wanting to develop my skills as much as I can- in hope of one day getting a job as a prop maker.
So I watched 'The Hobbit- The Battle of The Five Armies' the other day for the millionth time, and decided I needed to make Dain Ironfoot's helmet- I started straight away.
I have limited materials (I'm broke), so I've been using Mounting board/ Mount-board (a flexible and durable card) which we have tons of at college, and my hot glue gun.
I started a couple of days ago and have managed to make rough shell of the helmet (very rough) so far, but obviously I have a lot of work to do so far as completing the entire structure and details of the helmet.
When the shell is complete, I thought about Paper Macheing it to increase it's strength, and to hold it all together, I've had a lot of success in the past with this technique but I really want to make this look as crisp and clean as I can, and no matter how many times I try to get as smooth a surface as possible with Paper Mache, you can always see the individual layers of paper.
Does anyone have any other suggestions or feedback?
Thanks
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