Re: N7 Helmet build (was Teaser of a Build. Guess it and win one.)
A bit of an update and I even decided to use grey primer instead of my regular black to show some detail better. I'm cruising right along now, the lego molds have been taking some of my spare time, but I'm getting back to this.
I have the forms pretty much blocked in now. I've learned from sculpting that you get the form first then get to detail, so now that the shapes are pretty much there and the edges are pretty crisp, I'll fill any remaining pinholes and mistakes and I'll move on to scribing the panel lines and drilling the screw holes.
IMG_1358 by
tommymatthewleroy, on Flickr
I've been watching Volpin's M8 pretty closely and He inadvertently helped me solve a problem I was having. I was having trouble making the recessed areas have a smooth bottom, and in Volpin's pictures he was carving the panel lines farther to get good corners and filling the unwanted areas, so it dawned on me to do the same. I am now cutting the recesses all the way through and placing a panel of styrene on the back to get the "bottom" cleanly formed. The picture might help explain better than I did.
IMG_1480 by
tommymatthewleroy, on Flickr
So next steps are finish the breather/face-shield and the little extra pieces connecting the chin to the jaw. I'm going to cut pieces of styrene or sintra, neither of which I have right now, so I'll have to make a trip to my local sign shop. Then scribing the panel lines.
I've made a mold of some security screws (actually I made the original as well because I couldn't justify the price for just a few of them.) I saw them on the Avatar sidearm thread here on the RPF. I've always loved the look of unusual fasteners and I've never seen these used in real life so I thought they would look good recessed.
IMG_1483 by
tommymatthewleroy, on Flickr
I love making gang molds that just sit on my bench and anytime I have left over resin, I get a batch of cool bits and bobs.
thanks for looking
Tommy
