My Armor, Started With Gauntlet

[made007]

Started with pepakura, its a halo reach gauntlet, hopefully will modify it to be a predator one, i like it because im skinny and with this one my wrist looks bulky, wich is what i want, ( dont want to be a skinny predator):

Blades:

gauntlet:

testing;

added some body filler(some say bondo, but thats a brand, i used evercoat brand)

primered, used plastikote that my brother gave me for free, but you can use automotive primer it dries faster:

thanks to movieman for the pep files, and the gauntlet i found searching in 4shared.com

 

[Ostberg]

Looking good, i'm going to make my own gauntlets aswell i think, been looking around for prop makers, but i guess i would learn more if i would make them myself.
Saw a tutorial where a guy took an empty plastic bottle and used foamies, can't remember the name, maybe an idea for me to try, but your Halo gauntlet surely will work for a predator suit, no doubt.

 

[made007]

Looking good, i'm going to make my own gauntlets aswell i think, been looking around for prop makers, but i guess i would learn more if i would make them myself.
Saw a tutorial where a guy took an empty plastic bottle and used foamies, can't remember the name, maybe an idea for me to try, but your Halo gauntlet surely will work for a predator suit, no doubt.

i saw a tutorial like the one you mentioned, i think it was on youtube, im gonna add foamies with the avp theme on them and im gonna do something with bones too, stay tuned, and thanks for the comment

 

[botman]

you have a flawless work, unlike mine very messy. but i'll clean it too...good luck.

 

[made007]

thanks, will update as i go

 

[made007]

working on the blades case, made out of card stock:

found this on ebay, a bicycle light, with functions:

it will help me to bring some life to the computer gauntlet:
heres a video:

 

[Double H]

Nice idea, looking forward to the turn out. I used a LED lighting rigid to a 9V battery

 

[Darth Pinhead]

Solid use of the bicycle light brother. Per the gaunt, another great idea for a base. Though, if it were me, I would have kept the scratches in the BONDO coat (HA! See what I did there? Eh, **** off...) to make painting a little easier. Black wash would have filled right in...

 

[made007]

I though of that but i wabted a smooth finish at the moment i will add weathering and foaming later, thanks for the sugestion

 

[Darth Pinhead]

Well, it looks pretty as all hell, now. Loving your builds, brother.

 

[botman]

i can see a very good gauntlet here.
let's see how you will execute on the lights

 

[made007]

thanks for the kind comments, as a 1st timer, i feel a little scared of how its gonna turn, but im having fun building, thats what matters

 

[Darth Pinhead]

First timer, sheesh, that's funny. This will be kick-ass, just like your other builds!

 

[MasterAnubis]

What amazes me the most is the fact that you made TWO of those blades! That is just down right awesome.

 

[ofak]

Thats looking great man!! I love builds like this, keep up the good work and good luck.

 

[made007]

Thanks

 

[made007]

small update:
this helped me to get the tiny circles done:

Heres what i have so far, it stills need morefoamies

Heres one blade almost finished, just need a li'l bit of fine sanding and the other one needs a lot of sanding

i hope it looks good when painted, take care

 

[Darth Pinhead]

If you want to get ridiculously accurate with your circles, pick up a X-ACTO X7753 Compass Cutter. Cool design, though, brother!

 

[made007]

i have to look in to that, thanks

 

[made007]

Its really takin shape

im not an animatronic expert , so im gonna go oldschool, using 2 push buttons, but..you cant press them at the same time, later on i will add another switch to cut out the power, dont want a short by accident, on to the pics:

the plans