Gunslingerzero
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Did you hot glue it to the dome?
My Kylo Ren Build WIP
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Did you hot glue it to the dome?
BrandtFX
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I use 5 second super glue for all of my foam projects.
harmfulAdam
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Here's what I came up with. I did most silver with just hints of the brass color. I used a graphite color paint for the darker under tones. I'm pretty happy with it!
Looks really great. Thanks for sharing those templates you used to make it too!
ehollywood
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The chromed part is def just silver. Any gold showing up in the art is just reflection.
mikemakesmovies
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Nice build! And I saved those templates and have been tracing them onto a white document for better printing. If your ok with it I can post those white templates here for everybody
BrandtFX
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that would be fine with me! Thank you!
Hello, nice work, is this the file you used? http://propzone.be/files.html
BrandtFX
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yep! That's the one! I only used the dome it was pretty modified! But not a bad start at all!
mikemakesmovies
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Alright, I'll post the templates once there all finished so there will be no waiting for the last template. Which will be quite soon
clembot
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Whoa, that looks great! Do you "seal" your craft foam before you paint it? I used foam for my female Tusken but I then covered the foam pieces in Model Magic (yes, really; it's about 1/4 the weight of fibreglass!), I haven't had much luck painting foam directly.View attachment 467714
Here's what I came up with. I did most silver with just hints of the brass color. I used a graphite color paint for the darker under tones. I'm pretty happy with it!
BrandtFX
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thanks!! I just use plastidip to seal it. In this case the rubber coating came in the perfect color for me!
Gunslingerzero
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I started my build tonight. I'm fairly new to pepping this is only my second thing I've pepped (the other was the Star Lord helmet) and after two hours of work I can honestly say the helmet dome is kicking my butt. All I have so far is a piece about the size of a yarmulke and it's super rough looking. I'm really not happy with it at all. I haven't decided yet if I'm gonna keep trudging on with it, start over, or just trash the damn thing and wait till some one does a cast run.
BrandtFX
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sorry to hear that! Let me know if theres anything I can do to help!
Gunslingerzero
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Is there any trick to doing the dome and have it not look like crap? How do you do it? Do you assemble each row and squeeze the other rows into the newest one and glue or do you assemble the bottom most row around the forming dome?
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mikemakesmovies
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The printer friendly templates have arrived. If there is anything that I got wrong just point it out and I'll fix it
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This looks amazing (so far) - are you doing the entire costume, lightsaber and all? I'm considering doing a build of the helmet but that's as far as I expect to go.
Do you happen to have links for the reference photos used for the cheek details? I can't find any that have a clear enough shot. Thanks in advance, and I can't wait to see the rest of your outfit!
Do you happen to have links for the reference photos used for the cheek details? I can't find any that have a clear enough shot. Thanks in advance, and I can't wait to see the rest of your outfit!
BrandtFX
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Hey there! Sorry it took me forever to reply! Yes I am planning on building the whole suit. Lightsaber (with blades) and all! the back of the dome I just free handed based on the concept drawing. The helmet itself is 6 mm foam with 3 mm foam for details. The chrome look I got from a silver paint pen for Walmart.
the back of the dome I just free handed based on the concept drawing. The helmet itself is 6 mm foam with 3 mm foam for details. The chrome look I got from a silver paint pen for Walmart. Similar threads
