Hi Everyone, Nathan here. I feel as though I've been living under a rock. I built my first ANH Stormtrooper using clay, vacu-form, fiberglassing, and painting, I modified it to resemble Daric Larone (TKR 330). I only recently found out about Worbla, eva foam, and pepakura.
I usually modify stuff to make it steampunk or dia de los muertos, but now, I really want to make My own first order stormtrooper armor and helmet as close to movie accurate as possible, that's why I joined, to show progress, give tips on my failings and triumphs, and get advice from you experts out there, and share in best practices. I'll be using a mixed media for the master: HDPE plastic (melted) clay scultping, fiberglass, bondo, pepakura, eva foam, and worbla where necessary, i don't like sticking with one media. Once the master is built however, I'll be taking a silicone mold of that so I can use just HDPE or some pour-able plastic resin so it's cohesive...and i will be able to easily make a bunch of stormtroopers for my friends.
anyway, once I get enough pics together I'll create a story line of my progress so far.
