Sculpting a Imperial Galactic Marine from scratch

[redkraytdragon]

Working on the mantle...not too much longer before it's ready...

 

[redkraytdragon]

More progress pics on the epaulets: (special thanks to Gatzski for inspiration on the design)

Mocked up a quick comparison photo just to see what it looks like. Pretty happy with it

 

[redkraytdragon]

Got some more progress to report. I finally finished up the boot armor and got them to the point where I feel happy enough with them to call them good. I figure I've spent at least around 10-12 hours on them when it was all said and done. There were a lot of warping shapes and off-mirror issues that had to be dealt with not to mention flat spots that had to be smoothed out. Take a look at the pics and let me know what you all think!

And of course the obligatory family photo...haven't done one of these in quite a while lol

That's it for now. Gonna take a break for a bit and start up next on the dreaded helmet

 

[Gee2]

Some excellent work Will, and some great documentation of the process, you've come a long way dude!

 

[Dagibbon]

That is looking great mate. You look like you are nailing it; keep it up.

 

[redkraytdragon]

Thanks there "Clint" my brotha! Appreciate the kind words, both of you!!
More to come, so stay tuned!

 

[Chicagovader]

Impressive, most Impressive!

 

[redkraytdragon]

Thanks my friend. I hope to start on the helmet in a few weeks...gonna have to dig deep for that one as it'll be my first helmet sculpt

 

[Lando]

very nice, cant wait to see it completed.

 

[animefan]

best gm yet

 

[redkraytdragon]

Thanks again guys.
It's been a long road (about a year and half now so far) and still a ways to go, but I am nearing the beginning of the home stretch, if you will. I'm gonna take about 2 or 3 weeks off to catch up on orders and get some personal stuff taken care of as well as re-set my mind and prepare myself for the helmet sculpt cause that's what I'd like to tackle next. Thanks for looking!

 

[redkraytdragon]

Construction on the helmet begins!





More to come, stay tuned

 

[Vsix]

Wow...incredible work, incredible skills!

Right there! Awesome!

 

[redkraytdragon]

Thanks my friend! More to come soon!

 

[redkraytdragon]

Not too much more to report. Making some headway on the dome and skirt with the foam.
Had to make some circular templates for the skirt base as well as some 'step up' templates for each section as I go closer to the top



Next I cut these up on the band saw to get a closer profile to work with....a bit tedious and time consuming, but it'll save me a ton of time down the road


And working my way up to the dome

Rinse and repeat for the other side...only mirrored of course

A quick top view to check my progress...this was actually the SECOND time I had to do this grrrr due to the fact that I didn't account for the proper angles going up and had used the same circular template as I did for the base of the skirt for the rest of the pieces....had to start over from the ground up but got it right as I figured out what I did wrong. Lesson learned


Then I moved on to the front brow on the right side


Rinse and repeat mirror-like


That's it for now, stay tuned folks...LOTS more left to do on this

 

[redkraytdragon]

Gearing up for a local con, so I decided to get a display setup ready for the 501st table. This was a LOT more work than I originally anticipated (it doesn't help that I did it mostly all in 2 days either), but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out...plus I'll have this for future cons and events so it was worth the trouble.. A nice break from the helmet sculpt too
Here's some pics













That's it for now kiddies!

 

[redkraytdragon]

Here's another quick shot...just cause. I think I placed the epaulets a bit too close together but...m'eh, you get the idea

 

[Rysjin7717]

Wow Red!!!!:eek nice work haven't seen much from ya here But I have over on th' DH.:cool Great job an thanx for documentin' it your very thorough as well keep up th' good workopcorn

 

[redkraytdragon]

Thanks Rys, appreciate that man More to come in another month or so, stay tuned

 

[Rysjin7717]

Will do brah an your welcome I love seein' people doin' what they do best here on th' forum an I learn and gain more knowledge on buildin' methods.:cool I look forward to your updates.opcorn