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Limited Run Nazgul Gauntlets - comfortable for long convention-days
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vaderdarth
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How long until these will be shipping?
Dave
Dave
SciFiPropFreak
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How long until these will be shipping?
Dave
My plan right now is to make the molds this month and start producing parts in August.
So shipping should have been started by the end of August.
I forgot to take pictures today, but what happened is, that I discovered that the surface of two handplates had a badtexture. This only became visible after painting them silver...
There was an error in the way I laminated them, because I thought they were "only for remolding"... so I made them a bit to quick, used to few resin, or whatever... My fault!
In short:
I just redid the two parts :facepalmand they are now also beeing mounted for molding.
For the real parts I will use a different method of laminating and use thinner fibreglass cloth instead of mats. My goal is to basically make aircraft-grade Fibreglass parts....exept with polyester resin instead of epoxy...and the added iron powder.
I agree, this gives a nice weathered look...
SciFiPropFreak
Active Member
don't worry, they will not be to clean. The pair in the example pics is "remastered" the same way as I'm doing the ones for casting.
The original positives were roughed-up plastilin surface and just didn't look like corroded metal. It didn't show that much back then, because I did not yet buff them up with steel wool, but since I started that, I became more and more disappointed with the surface. Therefore I tried to clean up the surface on the next one I made (the one in the example pictures).
SciFiPropFreak
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Here are the first pics of the mounting-process. I started with the biggest parts - the armplates
I want to minimize the time it takes to laminate all the parts so I'm combining parts, which go together nicely, into a single mold. Hence I only have to cut big sheets of fiberglass instead of more small ones. The fiberglass will will extend the parts on all sides and need to be trimmed afterwards. Previously I laminated ONLY into the edges of the parts and often had problems with corners not beeing filled with fiber - which was especially bad on the joints.
The clay isn't finished yet. This is just the "see how much clay is necessary" stage (it took 4 small packs of clay).
The cardboard - fixed with hotglue - is just to prevent to much clay to get where I don't need it.
I extended the shapes of the armguards to the left and right to get more room in the mold. This will be helpful when laminating with rectangular pieces of fiberglass.
I want to minimize the time it takes to laminate all the parts so I'm combining parts, which go together nicely, into a single mold. Hence I only have to cut big sheets of fiberglass instead of more small ones. The fiberglass will will extend the parts on all sides and need to be trimmed afterwards. Previously I laminated ONLY into the edges of the parts and often had problems with corners not beeing filled with fiber - which was especially bad on the joints.
The clay isn't finished yet. This is just the "see how much clay is necessary" stage (it took 4 small packs of clay).
The cardboard - fixed with hotglue - is just to prevent to much clay to get where I don't need it.
I extended the shapes of the armguards to the left and right to get more room in the mold. This will be helpful when laminating with rectangular pieces of fiberglass.
SciFiPropFreak
Active Member
Shipment arrived today: You can never have too many registration keys :wacko
N2darkness
Sr Member
Just curious, if you laminate them all together and have to cut away the excess, will the fiberglass mat be seen on the edges?
SciFiPropFreak
Active Member
Making the molds is going way to slow...I will get some help this week from a good friend
I don't ecpect this to be a big problem. The Iron-powder darkens the resin similar to pigments, but I can maybe add some dark pigment to make sure (will test this before applying to all casts). If, despite of all efforts, the fiberglass will be visible on the edges on the raw pieces, this should be easily disguised with some weathering ;-)
SciFiPropFreak
Active Member
Well, having not one but two good friends over to help me quite a bit:
first, handplates are connected with cardboard
Then glued to a base plate
same with the Thumb-plates...only these are mounted on wood because of their simpler form
All the parts are then embedded in clay to make a smooth transition from one plate to the other.
I will later refine the edges around each plate to give it an edge with defined height (probably 0.5-1mm). That's better for cutting out the parts later ;-)
first, handplates are connected with cardboard
Then glued to a base plate
same with the Thumb-plates...only these are mounted on wood because of their simpler form
All the parts are then embedded in clay to make a smooth transition from one plate to the other.
I will later refine the edges around each plate to give it an edge with defined height (probably 0.5-1mm). That's better for cutting out the parts later ;-)
Looking great!!
vaderdarth
Master Member
Looking great, I can't wait to get these.
Dave
Dave
N2darkness
Sr Member
How did the molds turn out?
vaderdarth
Master Member
Any Updates?
SciFiPropFreak
Active Member
Alright, I made some progress, but the molds aren't dine yet,..still :-/
I made a special tool for cleaning the borders to exactly 1mm height. The shape of the tool evolved a bit while working with it, but in the current state I can get into most corners pretty well.
The fingerplates look pretty much the same, but are actually 1-2h of work later. Now all thats missing for pouring silicone over is a frame around it, which for theses parts will be rather simple.
I had some other projects, which are now almost done, so I'll have more time to work on the gauntlets.
A factor, which I didn't foresee during the last weeks was simply HEAT! We had over 32°C (90°F) and my workshop isn't air-conditioned..so the clay was very soft and hard to get to shape.:eek
I made a special tool for cleaning the borders to exactly 1mm height. The shape of the tool evolved a bit while working with it, but in the current state I can get into most corners pretty well.
The fingerplates look pretty much the same, but are actually 1-2h of work later. Now all thats missing for pouring silicone over is a frame around it, which for theses parts will be rather simple.
I had some other projects, which are now almost done, so I'll have more time to work on the gauntlets.
A factor, which I didn't foresee during the last weeks was simply HEAT! We had over 32°C (90°F) and my workshop isn't air-conditioned..so the clay was very soft and hard to get to shape.:eek
vaderdarth
Master Member
I sure hope these go out in time for halloween. My entire costume depends on it.
??? I don't understand that people depend on runs like these for their Halloween costume! If you need a prop replica by a certain date, than you have to buy something that's ready to be shipped! Don't get into a run where no deadlines were given... I'd rather have SciFiPropFreak take his time to make this great replica's, then rush the job because one person wants these by Halloween, and deliver a product that could have been better if he had more time...
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