Fetthunter
Sr Member
One of my projects for the new year is to build a 1:1 GG for our 501st group that I can take to events and let people pose for pictures with. I'm planning to make mine with the "cape" as seen in this picture:
BUT, hunched-down/squatting so he's only 4' or 4.5' tall. This will make him easier to carry, since he's half his "normal" height. I can cover up most of his body with the cape, and the only parts I really need are his head, maybe a right hand/forearm holding a saber/blaster and maybe his feet. When people see the head, the hand/arm, and a foot or feet sticking out from the cape, they'll think that the rest of him has to be there too when in reality, all that will be under the cape is a skeleton/armature for everything to attach to. )see pics for examples of "caped" illustrations of Grievous)
I edited the middle picture. It was a pre-existing pic with the cape, and I just draped the cape over him a bit more. Forgive my rush Photoshopping job. I was just trying to create a "look".
It's all an illusion, I know, but I don't have the money or time to build the whole thing, nor is it necessary for my needs to actually have the whole thing. It's just to draw people to the 501st table at cons and events (like we have to do that. :lol ), but mainly just something for the kiddies.
I'm thinking of sculpting the head, then coating it in a thin layer of Hydrocal and then vacuforming it. That'll make the head incredibly light as opposed to making it out of solid resin. The rest of the pieces I can fab out of PVC/Sintra/Styrene/ABS, and maybe even sculpt and cast a few of the more "complex" pieces in low-density Urethane resin.
If your GG head turns out to be cheap and accurate, I might be interested in one. It just depends on the cost:hassle ratio (if I can buy it cheaper than the hassle I have to go through to build one. :lol )
Anyway, just thought I'd throw out what I was planning on doing with my own 1:1 GG.
Good luck. :thumbsup
BUT, hunched-down/squatting so he's only 4' or 4.5' tall. This will make him easier to carry, since he's half his "normal" height. I can cover up most of his body with the cape, and the only parts I really need are his head, maybe a right hand/forearm holding a saber/blaster and maybe his feet. When people see the head, the hand/arm, and a foot or feet sticking out from the cape, they'll think that the rest of him has to be there too when in reality, all that will be under the cape is a skeleton/armature for everything to attach to. )see pics for examples of "caped" illustrations of Grievous)
I edited the middle picture. It was a pre-existing pic with the cape, and I just draped the cape over him a bit more. Forgive my rush Photoshopping job. I was just trying to create a "look".
It's all an illusion, I know, but I don't have the money or time to build the whole thing, nor is it necessary for my needs to actually have the whole thing. It's just to draw people to the 501st table at cons and events (like we have to do that. :lol ), but mainly just something for the kiddies.
I'm thinking of sculpting the head, then coating it in a thin layer of Hydrocal and then vacuforming it. That'll make the head incredibly light as opposed to making it out of solid resin. The rest of the pieces I can fab out of PVC/Sintra/Styrene/ABS, and maybe even sculpt and cast a few of the more "complex" pieces in low-density Urethane resin.
If your GG head turns out to be cheap and accurate, I might be interested in one. It just depends on the cost:hassle ratio (if I can buy it cheaper than the hassle I have to go through to build one. :lol )
Anyway, just thought I'd throw out what I was planning on doing with my own 1:1 GG.
Good luck. :thumbsup