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By neimhaille. 09/08/10, 11:32 pm

Oh he is such an attention seeker... but he's lovely so I put up with him ;)

Thanks :) I did a test helmet a wee while ago but it is half stuck in plaster as my mold release.. didn't. So this time I'm sticking with what I like ;) So tomorrow I'm picking up some silicon top make a budget mold of this. I'll cast it in epoxy resin (taking some antihistamines first ; ) ) and fibreglass and then sand and detail that into submission ;)

By neimhaille. 20/12/10, 12:24 am

So where was I.. oh yes. I made a mold of the sculpt and made a rough cast. SO rough it's embarassing ;) And then backfilled it with expanding foam (Gorilla brand I think) and then started to bog the rough patches:

Bog is the pink stuff- Plastic Putty from most hardware places.

After a month or three, ehem, I have come back to it and doodled the details on it and sighed in frustration as it was as uneven as I feared, mainly the face front was twisted to the left possibly part of my rough casting...

So now nearly a full tin of mid sized plastic putty has been added and removed with sand paper (80 and 180 grit) my rotary tool (80 grit sand paper thing and the metal cutting too and cone shaped engraving tool). Paper used to compare both side fronts and paper tape used to guide the rotary tool.

Detailing begins. Cutting tool and engraving tool. Also tiny files and sandpaper.

By TinTango. 20/12/10, 02:11 pm

Wow, that looks awesome! Thanks for sharing it, as I cant wait to see how this progresses, your work is inspiriational.

By sakkaf. 20/12/10, 04:28 pm

Oh man, you inspire me so much Very Happy

By neimhaille. 13/09/11, 03:08 pm

ummm yes.. a fair bit of updatey goodness:

Jetpack& gun:

All from layers of sintra/fores/foamed pvc laminated with glue and carved to shape and pices of pvc pipe from an inorganic collection day.

Helmet:

The sculpt as it was last time fonally primed then the mold making as started. I have a really horrible rough fibreglass shell over it but it needs a lot of work before I am happy to cast from it.

Chest plate:

This has been prepped several times but I am now finally finished with that and am sanding back to a nice satin finish. Very slowly!

backplate:

Still at this stage, but it is the second one I made. I need to get my mouse sander lots of more paper!

Knees:

Sheets of plastic laminated. I am almost certainly going to mold and then cast these in fibreglass to reduce weight. Epoxy fibreglass when used with filler is very light but flexible so I will do a thin coat of filler and resin then back will with matting and resin. The sides are quite dimensional and I need just one more component before I do this.

Greaves:

I am making them from PVC pipe and to get a good shape I had to cover my mannequin in plasticine and make a fibreglass shell over that. Then shape the pipe pieces over that.

Everything:

These photos help me step back and see how far I have come!

Bodysuit:

The statues cheated and have a flat bodysuit. I want all the seams! So I have made a really big job for myself. I may do a cheat version as well as it'll take no more than a weekend!
The seams are treated as insertions and are top stitched. So for every apparent seam there are actually three passes of the sewing machine/overlocker.

Since these were taken I have modeled the belt display and arm display as well as the buckle shaped piece for the arm. And have started to model the mini rockets and mystery rounds also on her arms. I keep looking for a hose that I can use for the chest- jetpack connection but it is hard to find one flexible enough at the right diameter.

And thank you TinTango and Saakaf :) Sorry for not replying to say do earlier.

By Kitten Slave. 13/09/11, 03:17 pm

Holy cow. I am srsly speechless from the sheer magnitude of that post MVC...

Shocked