Micronauts Glider Pack, used tv to outline proper scale. Needs Clean up

JPH

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So, I got a micronauts glider pack. Took picks, use the height of the micronaut vs the size of the pack to figure out correct proportion for avg person.

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Then put it on a tv, made it correct size and drew the outline and some details. The bottom of the pack just mirror image and overlap to line up.
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Anyone want to clean this up?
 
So, whoever made the "GearGenerator" website, THANK YOU!!!

WHy?

GearAligned.png6 and 5/8 inches distance between gear centers...magnify on computer screen and trace out to cut out
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First I see a M.A.S.K. thread and now this? I'm in late 70's early 80's heaven. Looks great so far, can't wait to see how it turns out.
 
OH WOW! That brings back SO MANY memories!!! I played with my Micronauts and Biotron until they fell apart!

Looking forward to seeing this finished!

Thanks for the trip down memory lane! :)
 
So, any good advice on sculpting sculpey helmets? I started with aluminum, resined it, and now making outet layer outa sculpey. How do you get a smooth, round look?
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Should I shout these questions to sound more like Robin Leech?
I will be using paint on mold stuff, for the helmet.
 
Using Smooth-on rebound 25. Does Sculpey need to be sprayed with release agent? Will release agent mess up the sculpey? What is the speed of an unlaiden swallow?
 
20180507_111741.jpg20180507_115153.jpg wingin it20180507_120956.jpg

Meanwhile, the helmet it soakin in silicone20180508_134305.jpg I will sand out the roughness after casted-ed20180508_151626.jpg
 
Its been a while...
Since I posted on this thread
And its been a while, but Im still working
and been a while,
Since I sanded down this head
And its been a while
So thanks for lurking


Coated helmet with e-poxy.
Let it flat-ten out the dents
Let is cure out of the rainstorm
Have to add details and vents
 

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If you look close up on space glider helmets there are some designs. So, I guestimated them out of 1/8 inch foam. Since I have to make them 3D, I will add MORE FreeForm Air and then sand flat and coat with XTC.

I guess I could have stopped at the mohawk piece, but after taking some macro pics of the helmet, I went for it.

NOTE: the micronaut's head has a thick, hard layer of wavy hair, so going from toy dimensions to human head calls for some inaccuracies.
 

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3D printers are fun.

Take wing details, make them black and white. Turn into a 3D file, where black is higher.

Viola!

Wing details can now be printed and used to make molds, or even applied directly.

Oh! I feel resourceful and lazy at the same time
 

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the helmet is still, "coat with XTC, sand, repeat. Debating how far to go with details...
 

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Reprinted the wing details at alot higher height. That way I can mold and mirror image the mold, instead of making a left and right-handed mold. Coating with xtc to smooth, and get all the stringing off. I find that a coat or two makes the stringing brittle and pop off.

Also, ear domes finally attached to the helmet. Next, fill the gaps between the ear domes so the mold doesnt tear.

Debating if I should add the valleys to the side triangluar details on the helmet. I am torn looking at the Rand helmet from the comic vs the toy.

This is that 90% point where you can just cast or go for "more perfect." And yeah, the side details are prolly a bit too big, but I am hoping the kids/adults who see it won't notice and have a fit. The helmet on the toy is also rounder, but if I made it too round I would have to pad it, and since I want some cast semi-transparent, that would mean alot more resin, which loses transparency and adds weight. I want to cast a few helmets, including a Rand gold, with glow-in the dark pigment, and a blue like shown on the original toy.

If I make an acroyear, it will be hammered out of metal. I dont want my head encased in resin that causes Cancer in California, just in case I ever go to California again. Right? Isnt that how it works? Causes cancer in California, stay out of California!!!
 

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Just great! Your project really takes me back to my youth!
Thank you!

So...ARGH! I was ready to encase this thing in rubber and then I had a vision that the ear domes were too deep. Rubber would go in to create the mold, but if it went in too deep, it wouldnt want to release and possibly tear. An easily avoidable, noob mistake. So, I filled in the gaps.

I ran a Qtip around the groove, hoping to make it even.
 

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Bonk bonk bonk...

Stillll going.

Rebound 25 applying. This using up lotsa material.
 

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