Ladies can be Iron Man too (everything but the shoulders, pg 35)

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OK, well, that's a really super-enormous orbital sander - there are smaller ones.
 
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popsicle rules..!!

what a great idea..

I use what we call "key files" which are really small, and the square one is great for the line along the back of the helmet.

they looks like this:
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but I like the sandingpaper on popsicle sticks since I'm using really soft grit for the details.

thanks for the tip.. love the crazy faces on the sticks <3
 
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yeah the same for me. i use the popsicle sticks, but i never thought of the files :D
 
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I use the same files there amazing..:thumbsup
 
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arms!
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Oh, yes...we remember...:lol

It's like I'm really in a time machine.


Seeing Laam using flat file on sanding the helmet really amazed me... its totally new to me... I've never thought of that technique and I think its really clever...:):thumbsup I only used a piece of plyboard (1.5"x2.5"x3/4") wrapped in sandpaper on our helm...

But on finer details, Mr. Popsicle is the best...(y)thumbsup


Keep building Laam...

cheers!

Hahaha that's great! I love his little face so much..
 
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Nice arms, looking good..
and the wristplates are not bad either :lol
 
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Laam, you make me seriously want to live up to your talent. For serious! I want to do more elaborate costumes because of you! QUIT BEING SO INSPIRING! XD
 
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I'm forced to refer you to this:

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The original image, larcenised from our friends over at TV Tropes, is captioned "Right: Woman dressed for combat in fiction. Left: Woman dressed for combat in real life."

Only possible conclusion: if someone is wearing body armour, you can't tell whether they're a guy or a girl, at least at first glance, from more than a few dozen paces. If they're wearing face-obscuring headgear and not speaking, make that a few paces. Especially if they're grimy or wearing war paint of some kind.

On a more practical note, particularly well-endowed women (and fat men) have been injured by fragments of rounds that bounced upward, off the, er, angled faces of armour strike plates, so it's not safe even if it was desirable for any other reason.

In short: armoured mammaries are silly. In a recent original design, we struggled to keep the girl looking like a girl without succumbing to the Chainmail Bikini gambit. Laamberry is doing it right.
 
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Yes, the sandpaper+popsicle technique is a time tested winner for sure. on REALLY crazy parts, I will sometimes trim down a popsicle stick, and glue sandpaper onto it with contact cement. The advantage over a file is that you can select the grit that you want, and can shape it however you need.

I've done the same thing using toothpicks for models. They wear out fast though. Also if you go to a beauty supply store you can get foam backed boards that work good and you can cut them to the size you need. They are way cheaper than the hobby store type, which are the same thing. With those you have to be careful though because they aren't great on things you need at a perfect angle.

Looks great so far! I'm impressed.
 
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I'm forced to refer you to this:

The original image, larcenised from our friends over at TV Tropes, is captioned "Right: Woman dressed for combat in fiction. Left: Woman dressed for combat in real life."

Only possible conclusion: if someone is wearing body armour, you can't tell whether they're a guy or a girl, at least at first glance, from more than a few dozen paces. If they're wearing face-obscuring headgear and not speaking, make that a few paces. Especially if they're grimy or wearing war paint of some kind.

On a more practical note, particularly well-endowed women (and fat men) have been injured by fragments of rounds that bounced upward, off the, er, angled faces of armour strike plates, so it's not safe even if it was desirable for any other reason.

In short: armoured mammaries are silly. In a recent original design, we struggled to keep the girl looking like a girl without succumbing to the Chainmail Bikini gambit. Laamberry is doing it right.

Hahaha thank you! I mean it's really a silly argument anyway (is it even an argument?) but I have some weird dislike for boobs on armor,especially if it isn't on the original. BUT this crap is also fantasy so I understand we people do it to their own stuff. It just isn't for me :]

Laam, you make me seriously want to live up to your talent. For serious! I want to do more elaborate costumes because of you! QUIT BEING SO INSPIRING! XD

Awwww Maggie! That's the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me, thank you so much <3 <3 <3 I mean that.



Tonight I bring you thighs!!

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dohohohohoooo

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Looking good. I love seeing new parts in this build.
 
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Love the progress! I just put together the upper chest of my lady War Machine. Nothing worth taking photos of yet.
 
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