Hi guys, new to the forum here! Awesome stuff goin on here. Anyway, I've recently started working on a lifesize Arnold from T1, somethin I've been wanting to do for years. I've had a Howard S. bust for years but never tried to paint it. I bought a T1 Arnold bust from Godaiking, not sure if he posts on this forum or not. Awesome bust, awesome paint job. He actually has one on Ebay right now.
Anyway, on to what I've got so far. Here is a pic of the Ar-18 that I just acquired. Being an airsoft gun, I took it apart, and took out what I could to lighten it up a bit, as I want to have him in a shooting from the hip pose. Its still pretty heavy. The hand would have to be pretty damn sturdy to support it.
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Here's a cheap airsoft Spas I got. I'll definitely have to do a repaint, looks a little to toyish right now, and the obvious orange barrel tip.
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These are the gloves I'm gonna try to use
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I printed out some pics of Arnold to the height of the mannequin, which was a little over 6'2", to use for measurements.
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The side view I printed, I cut an outline from it to a big piece of cardboard to hang on the side of the mannequin, just to help me out a little when I was bubble wrapping it.
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Couple more views of the manny bulked up.
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Some pics with the clothes I've picked up.
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Between the weight of the jacket and the weight of the gun being held at the waist, no way the mannequin doesn't fall over. I'm thinkin about tryin my hands at a duct tape dummy filled with pvc structure and foam spray, and attached to a base of some sort, otherwise I can't pose it the way I want. Anyone have experience with this?
This is getting a little long, so I'll throw a couple pics of the bust and call it a day.
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Any comments, tips, tricks, whatever, would be greatly appreciated. Oh yeah here is a pic of the pose I'd like to do.
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Anyway, on to what I've got so far. Here is a pic of the Ar-18 that I just acquired. Being an airsoft gun, I took it apart, and took out what I could to lighten it up a bit, as I want to have him in a shooting from the hip pose. Its still pretty heavy. The hand would have to be pretty damn sturdy to support it.
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Here's a cheap airsoft Spas I got. I'll definitely have to do a repaint, looks a little to toyish right now, and the obvious orange barrel tip.
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These are the gloves I'm gonna try to use
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I printed out some pics of Arnold to the height of the mannequin, which was a little over 6'2", to use for measurements.
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The side view I printed, I cut an outline from it to a big piece of cardboard to hang on the side of the mannequin, just to help me out a little when I was bubble wrapping it.
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Couple more views of the manny bulked up.
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Some pics with the clothes I've picked up.
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Between the weight of the jacket and the weight of the gun being held at the waist, no way the mannequin doesn't fall over. I'm thinkin about tryin my hands at a duct tape dummy filled with pvc structure and foam spray, and attached to a base of some sort, otherwise I can't pose it the way I want. Anyone have experience with this?
This is getting a little long, so I'll throw a couple pics of the bust and call it a day.
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Any comments, tips, tricks, whatever, would be greatly appreciated. Oh yeah here is a pic of the pose I'd like to do.
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