unique DARTH VADER helmet (WIP/scratchbuilt/pic heavy)
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dday
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To really fill the holes I would mix up some bondo. this will make sure the holes are really filled up. It's more work.... I'm eager to hear if someone has a better option though as I have small holes to fill on a few things I'm working on.
For such small pinholes, I really recommend "Porenfüller" or "Porenwischfüller" (f.e. by STANDOX)...I LOVE this stuff!!!!!
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themaggot8
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ChameleonOne
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Any updates on this?
Hope you are still making progress. This is shaping up to be a really great interpretation of my favorite villain.
Keep up the awesome work.
Hope you are still making progress. This is shaping up to be a really great interpretation of my favorite villain.
Keep up the awesome work.
dasAdam
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thanks man!...... well i cant wait either
but im letting you guys down ...again and againmany thanks Nairod
thanks for the advice! OdiWan72 had mentioned a pinhole filler !
im happy to hear that mate! oh well FINALLY i found some spare time to get back to my projectloving this thread
wow thanks mate! i just ordered some
thats exactly the stuff i needed (although i didnt know it existed in the first place ) hehe ;D
making progress! but its hard to get something done with my busy job... sigh!
many thanks . so nice of you =) glad you dig!
so here is an update. you guys must be thinking that i wont finish this one
....since im working on an off for such a long time now... meeh sighpics!
as you can see i applied some quick primer. the rattle can was allmost empty resulting in uncontrollable bursts D: well nothing i can retough with some more sanding . this wont be the last coat of primer anyways. still got to fill the fine pinholes .
BUT! i was lucky to kinda solve my eye lense problem. in the end i invested much apoxie sculpt to build a 2 part PRESS-mold. the problem with the smkoed acyrlic glas is that its 1mm thick. right now im trying to heat it up enough for me to get it in shape with the press-mold. the difficulty is to not overdo it or ill have little tiny bubbles and a slight blurred vision in the acryllic glas.
anyhow
id be glad to form my lenses and get these done even if they might be a bit flawed. it wont be visible on the "outside" surface
also im happy with the result of the grill
its detachable as it is now. again the quick primer application was just for the kickssorry for not posting for such a long time! T_T
cheers
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dday
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anyhow
id be glad to form my lenses and get these done even if they might be a bit flawed. it wont be visible on the "outside" surface
also im happy with the result of the grill
sorry for not posting for such a long time! T_T
cheers
I have heard of people heating this type of plastic in boiling water. It will get a nice uniform heating profile for forming. Also, an oven would work I think.
dasAdam
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thanks for the input! I just tried it
it sure gets soft to bend it. Sadly not soft enough for me to press it into that curveture .damnBut i had another try with the heat gun.there is something i witnessed. The glass did only get those tiny micro bubble indents after pressing it in shape. It must be steam trying to escape and resulting in tiny air bubble pushing against the acrylig glass.
I applied baby powder to the molds and it worked! It bloody hell worked! Such a great day
Oh and here i tested some metall grid for the grill
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looks fantastic, love this build!
dasAdam
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many many thanks mate!
guys guys! i think i found a cool design for the tusks!. all the tubing and pipes you can see in my former speedpaint image are cool too but i guess i really found a neat solution
how about that?:
subtle but still there
well.. i dont know if id be able to shape these out of real metal tho. might not have the tool for that
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ChameleonOne
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I like it, but are you not going for the tubes? They looked really good in the concept art you made...
Nice too see you are back on track with this helmet. :thumbsup
Will the dome have the Mcquarrie look, or are you going a different direction?
Nice too see you are back on track with this helmet. :thumbsup
Will the dome have the Mcquarrie look, or are you going a different direction?
dasAdam
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ah yeah you are right. i got very similar eye pockets in terms of shape and that long mouth grill shares similarities too. i guess it will turn more into darth vader once the forehead is covered by the dome, right?ah yeah the tubes. its a love and hate relationship
i love the tubes for being tubes. they would add a different material to the design and have a gritty feel as wellbut they also cover the connection line where the different angled surfaces come together, which makes up much of the overall design. its really a hard choice for me
id like to sculpt the dome first and see what i will get and how everything will come together
maybe ill try and go for a single tube on just one side perhaps. that might be something to try out too. just like the initial first draft of the mask sculpted on page 1 here.as for the dome. ... i guess i dont know =D i will go with the flow . a mixture of mcquerrie and some of the more aggressive design feel i got going on the mask. surely i wont end up with a totally clean dome. i MUST add some more shapes to it. the middle stripe is a very safe last resort here i guess
ahh much talk here. so i gotta step up and make it happen
many thanks for the comments! highly appreciated
I can see it both ways, I know im no help. The tube tusks definitely make it look more vader-esk, however the triangular light tusks are totally unique and very much speak to the angularity of your sculpt. You are right that the dome will inform the final decision I think. if I had to choose right now I would be 60-40 for the tubes. either way it will look amazing.
dasAdam, don't get me wrong, the observation wasn't a criticism, just an observation. I actually like that it has inadvertently picked up some of those design elements. I can see an alternate reality where Anakin voluntarily adopted some of the same tech as Grievous.
dasAdam
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Thanks for the input! I agree that the tubes with thosetusks might make it more vaderish. But its also kind of an "in your face " homage to the original design. It kind fights the redesign idea quite a lot :/ must rethink all of this! !!
no worries i didn't get you wrong. I really agreed with you on this one
Ok so it really started! THE DOME
(I need to order some more clay soon
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I LOVE it! Really well done :thumbsup
I LOVE it! Really well done :thumbsup
