VacTrooper

I might look into that, thanks for the heads up!

Hey guys! Been a long time (since i rock and rolled...) But anyway, I have been posting in other older threads (a long time ago, that is) of my helmet progress, and well, you know how I finished the cap and back? I have that part casted in... well, vacuum-formed HIPS. I just vacuum-formed the mold (effectively giving it a nice sand-down), popped the mold out (kinda ruining the plaster original in return, but it doesn't matter because the pull is pretty tight anyway), and Ta-Da! I have a lighter, tighter, and less in the way cap and back mold: These are the only two pics I could get off before my camera died... What to do from here? Well, I gotta know if it looks good to you guys, first! The next step? Make a final mold from this. Now, what I've been thinking of doing is spreading bondo on this inside, then maybe some fiberglass, and spread more bondo on top of that, and so on until I have like an inch or so of bondo and fiberglass layers. I might also add a wooden dowel that stretches accross on the inside to act as a handle for demolding... MAYBE. I'm worried that that idea will end up breaking the mold. What do you guys think, though, of my Cap and Back?? I'm sooo happy with the way this turned out. That plaster mold DEFINATELY was NOT solidly made at all, and now I have sort of a "welded" female mold of it. Now, I just gotta fill it with something. And I'd like to try to save my HIPS Female Mold of it, just in case my Male Plug Mold breaks or something. What do you think of my Bondo/Fibergalss idea for the mold? Dang, I love how this turned out.

Oo, Ooo, Oo!! Wish I had the money. Sorta...

WOW! Excellent build, man! I actually JUST noticed this thread. CRAZY fine work there, sir, VERY GOOD!!

That's SWEET! Nice job, Tyler! That thing is FAST! Holy cow. Practically screen accurate. Nice work.

Holy cow. THAT's a big deal. That's dedications right there.

OHHHH! The suspense is KILLING me man! (btw, not to hijack but did you get your mouse droid shells...?) I wanna see what's in the box!!

Hey, that is just SWEET! Excellent job, man, really well done!!

Dude, this looks SO nice! EXCELLENT work!

WOA! I didn't know of this thread! NICE! My only concern is all of that added weight might make this thing MUCH slower... I dunno, you PROBABLY have it all figured out, I'll shut up now. LOL

NICE! Seeing some good progress headed in the right direction! (that was a little redundent now that I think about it...) Anyway, NICE WORK!

Hey, I'm lost. Who is this?

Yeah, did Paul shave his head bald, and is everyone celebrating it or what? It's a funny avatar, BTW

Yes, VERY good post, sir!! I enjoyed watching this, I learned a lot. The one thing I STILL don't know is, how on EARTH did they do those wipe transitions back then WITHOUT computers??

Thanks guys! I gotta get pics here soon. I did NOT know that, Smitty. Learn something new and exciting every day!

Thank you guys for the kind words. It was you guys, though, and many other people and forums who lead me in the right direction, and helped me get my suit up to par! And for that, I thank YOU! Looks like this guy is PUMPED to tackle this armor. I can't WAIT to see the results. I wonder how TM felt when he sold his first suit... I'm sure it's different for someone who made the molds from scratch.

Yeah man, TJ is the way to go! Good stuff! Thanks. I like the pulls, too. I tried really hard to get that mold off the Abdomen mold. As for the Backplate... That was H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks if you dig what I'm sayin'... LOL

A pile of oops.

Thanks guys! High Five! Yes, it'll be interesting to see the final product on someone of (semi) average size. My molds are huge, I just do A TON of trimming to make them work on me. Thank you. I might have to post a thread showing his build progress, too. MAYBE.... Well, that might be too much pressure for him. Nevermind. Here are (a lot of) pictures of my setup, molds, etc. for those not "in the loop". I haven't touched this subject in a while.... The Man Cave.... LOL Inside the mold closet... Oops, a little webbing... Might have to replace this one... More on the Next Post!

Ok, I'll have to gather up the stuff and take pics.

Wow, nice job so far! The chest DOES look much better than the previous FX chestplate. I can't WAIT to see the helmet. Is it awesome? Is it better than the FX?

Well, it's official!! I sold my first armor kit to somebody in my local area. He is hoping to get into the 501st with it. I have been told by a few individuals in my local garrison that my homemade armor is a decent contender for 501st approval, hence the reason why I have sort of a membership in the garrison until I'm 18... It ought to be interesting if he makes it in the 501st. That would be two of me! I should post some pics of the kit, as my armor kit has changed a bit over the past couple years. The changes are very small and slight, and there are very few, but they are there. I have yet to finish my helmet, too. But it's chugging along. I'll post some pics when I can.

Wow! That looks nice from the pics I see. Good sculpt!

Wow, this is insanity. I just gotta throw that out there. I mean, to be a vendor of anything and take people's money and not care about it at all... That's just purely immoral. I couldn't IMAGINE doing that to anybody myself. I just... Have morals.

OH! Dude, first AM build! All of what I've seen of AM armor impress me. It looks like good stuff. I'll be watching too, but no pressure, seriously.