EP III clone helmet. Rough sculpt PIX*

[clonesix]

I have been working on going episode III lately. The helmet for the EP III clone trooper has taken me three weekends, and it's not even half done.

This is carved in 4 LB density foam. This is my sculpting medium of choice for its fast shaping abilities. There is another foam bucket thread elsewhere in the forum, its a stormtrooper bucket. I wanted to show the foam clone.

If anyone would like to comment on the proper description, "sculpted" vs "carved," please feel free to post thoughts.

Here it is.

Thanks wackychimp for hosting. Thank you for looking.

 

[glim999]

Holy S*** man, that looks amazing.

 

[Darth Brass]

Originally posted by glim999@Oct 16 2005, 10:04 PM
Holy S*** man, that looks amazing.

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Agreed. Keep us posted.

 

[CTF]

Way cool, dude. Just awesome.

I've admired you work for ages.

 

[Boba Frett]

That looks great Jon , having seen your EpII helmet , I know this will be just as nice
Keep us updated.

 

[OdiWan72]

AWESOME...

I can´t seem to find this foam in Germany :unsure
Any european rpf-members, who can tell me about its availability and possibly a brand name in Europe/ Germany???????

Anyone?

Markus

 

[skygunbro]

Very cool sculpt....cant wait to see it done..im sure you feel the same.....I sculpted mine form bondo mostly...this foam seems super to work with any hints on where to get it from? thanks

 

[sithlord23]

Looks great man. Any chance of seeing a pic of this next to a stormie helmet for size reference?

 

[Gigatron]

I've got a few questions:

1) How dense is this foam? It's got to be more dense than say, couch foam, correct?

2) How do you get such sharp angles?

3) How do you cast it from this point? Is it vac formed, or do you make a mold (does the foam absorb the silicon), or is there another way?

Either way, that's pretty damn cool :thumbsup

-Fred

 

[clonesix]

thanks for all the feedback. This is a work in progress and wanted to share it. I will post more as it progresses.

Originally posted by Gigatron@Oct 17 2005, 05:29 PM
I've got a few questions:

1) How dense is this foam?  It's got to be more dense than say, couch foam, correct?

2) How do you get such sharp angles?

3) How do you cast it from this point?  Is it vac formed, or do you make a mold (does the foam absorb the silicon), or is there another way?

Either way, that's pretty damn cool  :thumbsup

-Fred

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1) read 2nd paragraph of 1st post.
2)All anlges are made by block sanding the flat areas with 400 grit sand paper.
3)The next step is a surface coat of resin, glazing putty, and high-build primer. Wet sand to glass smooth.
3a)No, the foam does not absorb silicone. The silicone will pick up all the detail of the foam.

 

[DaddyfromNaboo]

Just awesome.

I am pretty sure that the foams correct description would be "(high pressure) extruded polystyrene foam" (X EPS). Products in the U.S. sure come from Dow Chemicals or various others, in Europe for example BASF produce an XEPS that is labeled Styrodur, and comes at different densities. For example of the pressure resistance, Styrofoam/Styrodur/XEPS is put under budilings foundations to insulate against heat loss, or is used to make cnc-cut sliding casts/jacket casts for concrete parts.

As a funny side story, DOw Chemicals was the only manufacturer who produced XEPS in a white colour. Since it can be easily cut using a hot wire, and can be painted and glued together, XEPS is very popular with architects for building scale model buildings for presentations. But Dow changed the colour a few years back to their cd colour blue. A guy from Germany picked up all of the white XEPS he could get his hands on, and afterwards made a pretty penny on selling the genuine white stuff to those crazy architects :lol So, if you find white XEPS somewhere, you know that you don´t want to tell the seller that it is valuable. GOd, no one needs the Eumig craze on XEPS

Michael

 

[deralis]

Looks great Can't wait to see the Completed helmet at Next years Comic Con....

 

[TD-4242]

I must say it is looking really good. How do you plan on doing the Mohawk?

-Bill

 

[clonesix]

Is that delivered?

I paid $31 for the block that did this helmet, and had extra.

The mohawk is going to be made in mdf skinned with styrene.

 

[Locke5]

Awesome man...one of the more accurate Ep III buckets I've seen to far. Can't wait to see a finished version.

Is it going to have a closed bottom with removable back piece like the EPII bucket?

 

[damon5973]

Wow, the more I hang around these forums the more amazed I get. Super job. cannot wait for the final pics....

 

[Goffcorp]

Eh...It's okay I guess.

Not bad for your first try.

Goffcorp

 

[Chuey]

Oh look, Six has more fans drooling again. :lol

 

[Darksaber212]

Awesome. Can't wait to see the finish job. :thumbsup

 

[clonesix]

The mohawk is in the making. Here is a first look at teh dome with the mohawk.