Re: Thorssoli's Episode VII Builds
I am always jealous when I see your work... and your workshop
Good job with those helmets!
Thanks a bunch. They're coming right along.
The other day I decided I didn't like the placement of the groove along the bottom edge of the helmet, so I filled it in:
Then I scribed a line along the bottom that matched the offset for the groove around the frown and carved it out with a triangle file. It looks much better now:
One of the guys that helps me out in the shop from time to time is almost as tall as Phasma is supposed to be, so I had him try on the helmet:
He's a little scrawny, but the proportions still look pretty good.
Sitting on the floor in front of him, you can just start to see the bottom of his chin under the helmet:
So after a bit more sanding and smoothing, I sprayed on a nice, glossy coat of paint:
Before anyone gets excited and thinks the color is some sort of statement about the fact that it's a woman's helmet, please understand that my prototypes are almost always painted pink:
So here's where it sits right now:
Today I'll be filling in a few tiny imperfections that were revealed by the gloss coat and then it'll get a bit more smoothing and polishing before I spray on yet another coat of glossy, lightish-red paint and hopefully I'll start the molding over the weekend.
Stay tuned...