Yeah, I had already considered putting tint over a curved surface & the difficulty of doing it right - just getting the paper template on the visor for the outer one I cut was a bit of a challenge. When I did my MC helmet I did it black with removable static cling window tint from Walmart Vinyl stretches when its heated up, but tint shrinks! some have used liquid tint, kind of like a dye you dip the clear visor into, with some luck but its tricky to use. Tint is impossible to get into a spherical shape. Here's both inner & outer visors held together - the inner visor looks purple at this angle & in this finitely NOT gold I am thinking about getting some one-way mirror tint (gold) and using for my visors.or will just get the HJC models suggested by other peeps in the 405th:
I have started cutting the forearms and got the outer visor cut as well: V2.0 is ready for bondo.just need the humidity to come down under 50%!Īnd totally unrelated to the build is the addition of "Mini-Me" to my Master Chief figure I'm going to follow your suggestion of light coats where needed - other than that I'll mostly be covering seams where the pepakura meets and just smooth along them. You are correct on my over-usage of bondo on v1.0 - after sanding it with some 60 grit and trying to clean it up with a will probably not be wearable with out an extensive overhaul. I finished cutting v3.0 and applied a thin layer of resin - and the 70% humidity has brought any further progress to a halt. Those don't have quite as many detailed parts so they should come together pretty quickly. Once v3.0 helmet is glued up I'll start cutting on either the forearms, thigh, or shin pieces. The more practice I get with pepakura, the better. I played with the pepakura file for the chest this morning and decided to make it & the cod pieces the last things I build. The weather is becoming a factor again - foggy this morning, so hopefully it will dry out by this afternoon so I can finish up the boots (humidity is not resin's friend.). V3.0 helmet is still being cut.probably will be assembled & ready for resin by early next week (I hope). I started sanding the bondo monster that is the v1.0 helmet, but the mouse sander I bought included 120 grit sand paper - i'll need 60-80 to remove the layers I slopped on there. Since it is more or less structurally sound I removed the supports inside of it and can access the nooks & crannies a bit better to finish it up. I also got the inside of v2.0 helmet mostly glassed/rondo'd. I read on the 405th boards that you can just use the liquid resin hardner instead of a combination of that & the cream hardener that comes with bondo, so i'll give that a go & see how it works. More practice getting the bondo/resin ratio correct & how much hardener to use. I need to go back and put more over the top - probably overkill, but since the boots will see a bit more stress than most of the armor it makes sense to me. That worked a little better, I bought the small can of bondo & burned through it pretty quick. The boots are pretty much glassed - started out laying down resin but the fiberglass cloth kept coming up when I put another layer on top (common occurence). Thanks for checking it out - more to come! Edited Januby boomshakra
I am a bit concerned about the 'lean' of the back part - will probably have to shore it up with some popsicle sticks before I resin it: Here's the right boot: (Edit - can't access photobucket from work so here are the links - will change them to images when i get home) I am feeling a bit better with each piece I work on - the left boot turned out better than the handplates, and it actually fit over the boots I am going to use! I'm also getting a bit more comfortable cutting free-hand - for the longer straight lines I still use a ruler, but it is a bit cumbersome to constantly be moving a 18" metal ruler around for the small detailed cuts. What I really dread is getting the chest size wrong.that would be a pain to have to start over/resize.so I will probably go with a LD file/tester to get it dialed in before going HD, although I have seen some LD work that was modified and looks pretty close to HD with the end result. I have v3.0 printed out but not started - finishing up the cutting on my left boot currently (right one is glued up) - and will start on that next. When I did my v1.0 I inadvertently used the scaling number for an ODST helmet for the Mk VI and think that had a lot to do with the oversized result For v2.0 I went a little (heh.little) too conservative. Thanks for the link! I have read through a couple of the sizing tutorals and think I have a handle on it.
its a little hard to navigate but youll get the hang of it.
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