bak9799
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ditto!!!nice start.. Ill be watching this thread's progress
Extremis Iron Man helmet.
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FrogmanStudio
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Thanks guys! Means alot! If the sculpt comes out well enough, I might be persuaded to do a run, or atleast talk about it, but the intent behind this was to be a personal sculpt to do while I have nothing to do.
Right now, it's INCREDIBLY hot out, and my apartment is really muggy, so I don't foresee much sculpting today, until it starts to cool down. But I might change my mind.
I have been thinking on the helmet, however, and how to go about the circular ear pieces, and the triangle shape on the forehead. I'd like to fabricate them before putting them onto the sculpt, to save time, but not quite sure what to use. I thought out how I'd do the eyepieces however. Work out the shape to the scale of the sculpt, put it down on some paper, cut it out, and then just basically 'trace' onto the clay, and work from their. The second layer under that, the steel I think, I could put in after the first cast is made in fiberglass once its all finished.
More than welcome to any comments or advice on any of that.
Right now, it's INCREDIBLY hot out, and my apartment is really muggy, so I don't foresee much sculpting today, until it starts to cool down. But I might change my mind.
I have been thinking on the helmet, however, and how to go about the circular ear pieces, and the triangle shape on the forehead. I'd like to fabricate them before putting them onto the sculpt, to save time, but not quite sure what to use. I thought out how I'd do the eyepieces however. Work out the shape to the scale of the sculpt, put it down on some paper, cut it out, and then just basically 'trace' onto the clay, and work from their. The second layer under that, the steel I think, I could put in after the first cast is made in fiberglass once its all finished.
More than welcome to any comments or advice on any of that.
FrogmanStudio
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Worked on it some more, adding more volume and working on the general shape. The attached photos are unfortunatly all I have at the moment, as my cameras batteries died, and I'm waiting on them to recharge. The drawing/guide lines were only for quick reference for myself, and not meant to be anything finalized, as I'm still, working without any measurements...
...which is bad bad bad!
As I realized, half way into uploading them, the helmet, is just too damned big at the moment. It goes past the chin on the armature by almost 3 inches, and on a rough measure of my own head, about 2. It's also abit too wide, and REALLY too big in the bag, but that I'm excusing myself, because I haven't touched it yet. Well thankfully tomorrow, I'll be able to get better calipers, as my old ones are missing, and probably not the best for this, as well as one of those slide-rules I see people have to keep widths correct.
Overall, even with the bulk of it, I'm pleased. Right now, since I don't have photos of it, I've been able to smooth down the clay using the palm of my hand, and a Kemper Tool blue plastic rasp-thing. Even with chopping and raking good portions off, I'm confident I can get it back to its current state before the first mold.
Also been debating if I should just get all the general shapes and forms down, mold it, cast it in fiberglass, and do the detailing either in the fiberglass, or in a recast of a hardened wax clay, like Chavant. Thoughts?
...which is bad bad bad!
As I realized, half way into uploading them, the helmet, is just too damned big at the moment. It goes past the chin on the armature by almost 3 inches, and on a rough measure of my own head, about 2. It's also abit too wide, and REALLY too big in the bag, but that I'm excusing myself, because I haven't touched it yet. Well thankfully tomorrow, I'll be able to get better calipers, as my old ones are missing, and probably not the best for this, as well as one of those slide-rules I see people have to keep widths correct.
Overall, even with the bulk of it, I'm pleased. Right now, since I don't have photos of it, I've been able to smooth down the clay using the palm of my hand, and a Kemper Tool blue plastic rasp-thing. Even with chopping and raking good portions off, I'm confident I can get it back to its current state before the first mold.
Also been debating if I should just get all the general shapes and forms down, mold it, cast it in fiberglass, and do the detailing either in the fiberglass, or in a recast of a hardened wax clay, like Chavant. Thoughts?
Fizbin
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Looking good so far!
I'm sure you work differently than I do, but getting as much detail as you possibly can in clay is a far better way to go, IMHO. The advantage of clay is that you can easily make changes and fix mistakes on the sculpt without too much trouble. It all depends on what type of details you want to add and how soft the clay is.
Surreal Studios
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I look foward to seeing more of this! Great job
FrogmanStudio
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Seriously hating this current heat, as its not helping with sculpting!
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