XBlackLight
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Hey there folks...
I'll be completely honest here - This is (excluding one test build) my first project of building a replica prop, and as I'm more-or-less a complete newbie when it comes to scratch building anything, I'm bound to make mistakes.
My first mistake, I think, is deciding to make just the helmet of an Ironman suit - Yes, I know that making the other parts is the preferred method, however, I have no need for the rest of the suit - I just wanted the helmet
Please note here that I have had to use the materials that I can find... the foam is basic 8mm campermat EVA, and the hot-glue gun I have been using was the cheapest one I could find from a reputable manufacturer - I'm kinda on an extreme budget here.
Anyways, my first test build was of the faceplate, based on JFcustom's foam pep, based on Sharkmark VI's original paper pdo... and here's what I came up with.
This piece was essentially me figuring out a few things, mainly :
1. Foam doesn't fold in crisp lines
2. Hot glue is, in fact, hot enough to burn your fingers
... and in general how foam and hot-glue are to work with.
After giving it a couple of days thinking about it, and with the news of IM3 coming out here in the UK on the 8th of May, I thought it might be an idea to change to the Mk8 helmet design, on the basis that I like the design more.
I've used gimpee/gaiatron's foam build for the helmet - I have needed to make a couple of modifications to the foam pep, partly because I found a 'missing' piece that wasn't on the paper printout; partly because their .pdo is set for Letter paper, and not A4; and partly because I am, at heart, a complete noob at this and mistakes have been made
Saying that, here's what I've come up with thus far :
(On this final pic, I have literally just rested the faceplace onto the jaw/temple/top-of-skull assembly, and so the lines are waaaay off.... When I get around to it, I'll be matching them up properly.)
Yes, I know that the lines are a bit on the wavy side of things, and that a foam build will never have the crispness of a paper/resin pep build, but I do have to say that I am relatively impressed with what I have come out with for a first-ish attempt.
Let me know what you think folks - but please go easy on my fragile little mind
I'll be completely honest here - This is (excluding one test build) my first project of building a replica prop, and as I'm more-or-less a complete newbie when it comes to scratch building anything, I'm bound to make mistakes.
My first mistake, I think, is deciding to make just the helmet of an Ironman suit - Yes, I know that making the other parts is the preferred method, however, I have no need for the rest of the suit - I just wanted the helmet
Please note here that I have had to use the materials that I can find... the foam is basic 8mm campermat EVA, and the hot-glue gun I have been using was the cheapest one I could find from a reputable manufacturer - I'm kinda on an extreme budget here.
Anyways, my first test build was of the faceplate, based on JFcustom's foam pep, based on Sharkmark VI's original paper pdo... and here's what I came up with.
This piece was essentially me figuring out a few things, mainly :
1. Foam doesn't fold in crisp lines
2. Hot glue is, in fact, hot enough to burn your fingers
... and in general how foam and hot-glue are to work with.
After giving it a couple of days thinking about it, and with the news of IM3 coming out here in the UK on the 8th of May, I thought it might be an idea to change to the Mk8 helmet design, on the basis that I like the design more.
I've used gimpee/gaiatron's foam build for the helmet - I have needed to make a couple of modifications to the foam pep, partly because I found a 'missing' piece that wasn't on the paper printout; partly because their .pdo is set for Letter paper, and not A4; and partly because I am, at heart, a complete noob at this and mistakes have been made
Saying that, here's what I've come up with thus far :
(On this final pic, I have literally just rested the faceplace onto the jaw/temple/top-of-skull assembly, and so the lines are waaaay off.... When I get around to it, I'll be matching them up properly.)
Yes, I know that the lines are a bit on the wavy side of things, and that a foam build will never have the crispness of a paper/resin pep build, but I do have to say that I am relatively impressed with what I have come out with for a first-ish attempt.
Let me know what you think folks - but please go easy on my fragile little mind
