I found your project by accident so I joined today. I have to say you have mad skills, and I think that you were born into this . I only wish I had your percerverence and talent . I was trying to buy a half bust from China and it got cancelled , so I kind of gave up . This all started when I was trying to put something in the corner of my home gym as I wanted a conversation piece .
I don't really have the real estate in the corner to put a full size Endo with the guns , but if his arms we're bent less it would work .
I'd love to do what you've done and create my own someday , as I don't really want to spend 10 grand right now . Plus I'd like to motorize one of the arms to bang on the glass case occasionally lol .
First off, thank you very much for your positive feedback!
So I'm looking at your build closely trying to learn and I have one question , are you going to build all the parts and then after your happy with the results , recast them in resin for the final build?
I'm absolutely blown away from what you've accomplished from cardboard . I have a lot of wood working tools and it should help me a percentage . Now I just need the practice . I've done a lot of custom car audio installs in the past , so I'm no stranger to fibreglass , mdf, and bondo etc.
Yes my intention is to build all of the pieces from scratch - and then mold and cast them in resin and/or fiberglass to make a durable endo that will stand the test of time!
It's a huge task to build the endo as there are literally hundreds of parts that has to be created! Before this project I had no real previous knowledge in sculpting, molding, casting or anything like that, so it's pretty much trial and error for me as I go along!
The tough part is how you got the ratios of part sizes done so well . Wish there was a guide for that somewhere. I would never consider trying to replicate the head , and I'm blown away by how you've done it so incredibly well , but I could definitely see trying to build the body parts .
To get the proper measurements I pretty much measured my own body and then I added some height and width taking Arnies body mass from T1 into consideration.
Also I have a TON of reference material on the various parts that I have gathered over the years!
Then I stumbled upon a couple of "blueprints" on some of the endo parts, where some of the guys over at endobuildersclub.com had gathered measurements from a real endo. Turns out, I got most of the measurement right by my method, so that was a relief!
If you decide to give the endo a try, I recommend joining the endobuildersclub. It's a great source for information and reference material - not to mention the very helpful members and staff!
I can hardly wait to see your Endo completed !
I can hardly wait to see it finished either - But it's a slow process! :$