Howlrunner
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Try searching eBay for 1/6th scale ammo belts. That's what I used for my T2:3D T-70 bust ammo belt.
Small Soldiers Brick Bazooka replica for my son
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Hey everyone!
Little update: I redid Butch's head this weekend. For the ones interested - in case you haven't lost interest already since this seems to never progress ;-) - here are some pics of the development until now. Need to refine eyebrows, beard and cheeks, however, but in my humble opinion it's a lot better then the first head (not only sizewise...). Furthermore, I have made some "technical drawings" of Butch's sniper rifle. There's a very talented member here who might make a 3D file based on my drawings and some photos I will provide him with. After that, I'll do the same thing with Butch's backpack launch thing. Then, let's 3D print that ***** ;-)
Thanks for your inputs and till soon
Florian
Little update: I redid Butch's head this weekend. For the ones interested - in case you haven't lost interest already since this seems to never progress ;-) - here are some pics of the development until now. Need to refine eyebrows, beard and cheeks, however, but in my humble opinion it's a lot better then the first head (not only sizewise...). Furthermore, I have made some "technical drawings" of Butch's sniper rifle. There's a very talented member here who might make a 3D file based on my drawings and some photos I will provide him with. After that, I'll do the same thing with Butch's backpack launch thing. Then, let's 3D print that ***** ;-)
Thanks for your inputs and till soon
Florian
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wow it looks amazing ! oh btw has there been any progress with the molding and casting or archer?
Have to make a mold for the left hand and the hip area and upper legs still... Ran out of silicone since I purchased a commando and am saving money for expression heads... sorry that it takes so much time... just became father for the third time - which is great, but time consuming ;-) - and so I can only work on this project when they are all asleep...
Since Archer is in one piece, I have to make the first pull in clay, then refine it and give the limbs joints, which isn't all that easy. Found out, however, that Troglokhan is based on Archer, even the head which was altered a lot, however.
Since Archer is in one piece, I have to make the first pull in clay, then refine it and give the limbs joints, which isn't all that easy. Found out, however, that Troglokhan is based on Archer, even the head which was altered a lot, however.
oh wow awesome , and congratulations !
Howlrunner
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The 2nd Butch head looks a lot better than your 1st. Good work! 
Jok3r0314
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In reguards to molding the head with an open mouth, you'd have to go with a brush on mold instead of a block mold. Look at this video, it's a larger scale but it shows the best way to mold something with a significant undercut as an open mouth. http://youtu.be/fkZuAf-eUqM
Jok3r0314
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looks awesome, your shading and highlights are spot on. This should be very easy to convert digitally for sure. Also wanted to let you know stiles white the production coordinator for small soldiers is going to look through his archives for some reference material
I'll keep you posted
Made progress with the front and back drawings. Had to make Kip's head again, however. The boxes' shots in the movie are not very accurate, however. Casting in resin is a pain for me... bubbles all over, no matter what I do... It is simply saddening... Task 2 and 3 resin doesn't work, even with degassing the components first.
Jok3r0314
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looking great. Can I ask what the cure time with the task 2 & 3 are? To date I've only used smoothcast 300 (10 min cure time) & 305 (30 min cure time) I've found that even without rotating the molds that the 300 cures quick enough that it doesn't allow the entrapped bubbles (from mixing & pouring) to make it to the surface leaving a clean cast, while the 305 allows all the bubbles to make it to the surface before it cures and leaves nasty bubbles all over the place. I sure wish distance wasn't such a factor other wise i would swing by your residence and lend you a hand to try and resolve the issue. You can always consider sending your molds to a trusted person to pull the cast for you from your molds and have the finished casts sent back to you, I know a guy
the only other thing that I can think of is 1 get a pressure chamber ( which will force the bubbles in the resin to the center of the cast ) or 2 you can buy or make a simple rotocasting rig & a faster curing resin and that should allow you to get cleaner more complete casts. Don't loose hope, your molds are perfect and I'm confident that perfect casts can be achieved in due time. In the mean time I'll post a link to see my simple rotocasting rig (still in prototype state) functioning as it should. http://youtu.be/DQUOWcbbfuo
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I know this takes ages, and I know a lot of people lose interest in just seeing some slow updates and no finished resin castings to buy... However, for those who are still kind of following this and want to help build a replica as accurate as possible, here are some shots of a nearly finalized Butch head. I redid the whole skull area and especially the cheek/nose area etc. Any feedback is welcome. In case I don't hear anything until the end of next week, I will simply smooth everything down and make the mold. Since I have originals in the meantime from Kip, Nick and Chip and in view of Butch and Brick being nearly finished (the heads, that is), the last one (and in my opinion the most difficult one) is now on the workbench, Link... the mouth area is pretty hard to get, and the brow area as well... we will see. I highly appreciate you mirroring my work, i.e. giving some criticism. There is still some "unevenness" in the upper are of the bony part of the brow, and the beard needs to be more defined...
Ah, and by the way: Nick's right upper and lower arm are nearly finished. Also, I made a cast of the Kip hip piece in clay, cut off all the pockets and the buckle and refined them. The rubber piece was full of holes... The hip piece will be refined in order for single resin casts of the pockets and the belt buckle to be attached. This way, all different hip pieces for the for smaller figures (Chip, Kip, Link and Nick) can be made separately. The pockets will be the same. Two new pockets with a different design have to be made, however... Furthermore, like this not a whole hip piece is lost in case one of the pockets or the buckle show a bubble or something...
Ah, and by the way: Nick's right upper and lower arm are nearly finished. Also, I made a cast of the Kip hip piece in clay, cut off all the pockets and the buckle and refined them. The rubber piece was full of holes... The hip piece will be refined in order for single resin casts of the pockets and the belt buckle to be attached. This way, all different hip pieces for the for smaller figures (Chip, Kip, Link and Nick) can be made separately. The pockets will be the same. Two new pockets with a different design have to be made, however... Furthermore, like this not a whole hip piece is lost in case one of the pockets or the buckle show a bubble or something...
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Howlrunner
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Looking really good!
Jok3r0314
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everything looks so freaking amazing!!! You my friend are a master! If small soldiers 2 gets the green light they have to bring you on board. don't let the lack of interest get to you too much cause once your projects are done everyone will have envy and be itching to get some of your work. Your sculpts blow mine out of the water for sure. I think butch looks perfect, sure wish I could've got a hold of those measurements for you but even after contacting Matt Winston my efforts were for nothing lol. But you are right on track! Hope I'm still on the list
I agree that link is the more difficult of the group. I'm confident you will do it justice and I can wait to see the many updates to come. Keep moving forward, looks like I'll have to get back to working in the commandos box arts ��
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Does anyone have an idea what pressure pot to buy? I am so tired of bubbles in my resin castings. Saw one on artmolds.com for around USD 200, but the one from smooth-on ist around USD 800.--. I want to go for the better one, of course, but I don't know whether the cheaper one will do for my small castings. Any inputs?
So, one more of the updates everyone gets soo excited about :rolleyes... The last piece to be molded is the hip piece. I already explained that I cut all the pockets and the buckle off. First, in order to refine them and secondly in order to make molds that show as much detail as possible (bubble issues seem to be bigger when you have all the undercuts etc...). Another issue was the belt. It was not perfect on the stunt piece to begin with, and after molding, more details were missing, as you can see on the first picture... So I had to find a way to "replicate" the belt. Refining of the casting was impossible... After looking at the fabric of my clothes, I came across "EASYTAPE" which is used when you cut yourself etc. I measured everything on the stunt piece, i.e. width of the belt, how far the rivets are apart etc. I then put transferred the measurements to the tape, made holes with a leather tool for making holes and took tiny pieces of clay for the rivets... You can see the round tip tool I took to make the holes in the rivet on one of the pictures. No I will do some final refinements, then its ready to be molded as well. By the way, I had a long time finding out how the buttons on Kip's jacket were created. It was finally soo easy, however. You take a "closed" pen, i.e. you don't push the point out. When you push on a tiny round piece of clay, it makes the shape of a button with a cut edge and a little hole in the middle ;-)
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Jok3r0314
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I love your updates! Puts as big smile on my face every time. I definitely look up to you and the amazing work you do. Everyone could learn a lot from you for sure, I know I am
everything looks so great! I cannot wait! I'm still waiting for Stiles White to get back to me on the art for the boxes so I can further these digital arts. I look forward to seeing the next update my friend
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