Hey everyone, I started a new build and thought I should show it to you guys. So I bring you my Shredder build.
Now with most of my builds I like to use pep files as a base and sculpt over it with bondo. This time I thought it would be better to just make a scratch build instead.
For this I started with a old bike helmet from goodwill ( 2. bucks!) and some old plastic I had laying around.
Once I had the plastic the way I wanted it, I wrapped it all in duct tape. This gave me a rough shape to the helmet.
Then when that processes was complete I then wrapped it all in fiberglass and pulled it from the bike helmet. When doing this processes
its better its better to make one side then separate it from the mold then make the other side.Once that is done take the two hales and
make them one...I made it all as one part and tried pulling it apart...it didn't work...and I destroyed the original mold. But the good news is,
I got the part I needed!
Now came the fun part, having to bondo the helmet base to give me a nice flat area to work with.
Next up, is the upper crown. Now with this I took some more plastic I had, and used it as a base to get an idea on how it would all look. I also put in some heavy gauge wire to help keep the shape of the crown.
After I got all that done (took way longer than I like to admit) I went ahead and use expanding foam for the core. This will save me time on bondo work and hopefully will make the front lighter.... maybe....
Now, once I was done with the expansion foam I let it set about a week. (one to let it fully dry, and two...work...)
Then came the shaping of the foam....im still coughing up foam.
And more bondo shaping!
Yay! Now its starting to looking like something! Next up is the mask, but thats going to have to wait for now. Thank you everyone for stopping
by and taking a look at my work. I hope to have to all complete in the next few days. If you see something that I missed, or see something
that doesn't look quite right please let me know. If I can fix it I will, if not....then it will drive me crazy until I do fix it.
Night Everyone!
Now with most of my builds I like to use pep files as a base and sculpt over it with bondo. This time I thought it would be better to just make a scratch build instead.
For this I started with a old bike helmet from goodwill ( 2. bucks!) and some old plastic I had laying around.
Once I had the plastic the way I wanted it, I wrapped it all in duct tape. This gave me a rough shape to the helmet.
Then when that processes was complete I then wrapped it all in fiberglass and pulled it from the bike helmet. When doing this processes
its better its better to make one side then separate it from the mold then make the other side.Once that is done take the two hales and
make them one...I made it all as one part and tried pulling it apart...it didn't work...and I destroyed the original mold. But the good news is,
I got the part I needed!
Now came the fun part, having to bondo the helmet base to give me a nice flat area to work with.
Next up, is the upper crown. Now with this I took some more plastic I had, and used it as a base to get an idea on how it would all look. I also put in some heavy gauge wire to help keep the shape of the crown.
After I got all that done (took way longer than I like to admit) I went ahead and use expanding foam for the core. This will save me time on bondo work and hopefully will make the front lighter.... maybe....
Now, once I was done with the expansion foam I let it set about a week. (one to let it fully dry, and two...work...)
Then came the shaping of the foam....im still coughing up foam.
And more bondo shaping!
Yay! Now its starting to looking like something! Next up is the mask, but thats going to have to wait for now. Thank you everyone for stopping
by and taking a look at my work. I hope to have to all complete in the next few days. If you see something that I missed, or see something
that doesn't look quite right please let me know. If I can fix it I will, if not....then it will drive me crazy until I do fix it.
Night Everyone!
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