Re: Thorssoli's Episode VII Builds (Flametrooper Progress Continues on P12)
Alright, I'm way overdue for an update.
For starters, I pulled the flametrooper prototypes out of the molds:
I've got most of the armor molds put together at this point, but let's focus on the chest piece. Once the prototype was removed, I cleaned up the mold, polished it, coated it with release agent, and laid up the first copy:
I got a little carried away with the fiberglass, so it's a tiny bit heavier than I'd like. This always happens with the first round of pulls from a new set of molds. It was a sticky, smelly day:
Once the parts were cured, I was pretty excited about pulling them and doing the rough trimming. Here's the first pull of the chest plate:
One minor challenge will be sorting out which of these plates goes on the backs of the thighs and which pair goes on the sides of the ribcage:
I'm sure they'll make more sense later.
At this point, I still need to mold the backplate, shins, one of the ankles, the upper arm parts, and the shoulders. Fortunately, they're all polished up and ready to go. Here's the backplate:
Here's the upper arm plates and the 2nd set of ankle plates:
Speaking of shiny prototypes, I've finally tuned up the thermal detonator prototype for Phasma:
I've also printed a bigger set of phasma phingers:
So that's almost coming to an end.
More soon. Stay tuned...
Alright, I'm way overdue for an update.
For starters, I pulled the flametrooper prototypes out of the molds:
I've got most of the armor molds put together at this point, but let's focus on the chest piece. Once the prototype was removed, I cleaned up the mold, polished it, coated it with release agent, and laid up the first copy:
I got a little carried away with the fiberglass, so it's a tiny bit heavier than I'd like. This always happens with the first round of pulls from a new set of molds. It was a sticky, smelly day:
Once the parts were cured, I was pretty excited about pulling them and doing the rough trimming. Here's the first pull of the chest plate:
One minor challenge will be sorting out which of these plates goes on the backs of the thighs and which pair goes on the sides of the ribcage:
I'm sure they'll make more sense later.
At this point, I still need to mold the backplate, shins, one of the ankles, the upper arm parts, and the shoulders. Fortunately, they're all polished up and ready to go. Here's the backplate:
Here's the upper arm plates and the 2nd set of ankle plates:
Speaking of shiny prototypes, I've finally tuned up the thermal detonator prototype for Phasma:
I've also printed a bigger set of phasma phingers:
So that's almost coming to an end.
More soon. Stay tuned...