Macattack64
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I'm gonna have to agree with this. Amazing looking carter!
Calladar's Foam Carter Build
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I'm gonna have to agree with this. Amazing looking carter!
calladar
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what i will do is when i go to paint the next peices i will document it alot better and show the process i go through and try to make a short video showing all the products i use and how i use them.
here are the pieces of my speaker set up..
first is two (2) Philips SBA1600 Portable speaker ($15.00 or less)
then 3 headphone extenders in different lengths. i used one (1) four foot and two (2) one foot cables. price ranged from $4.00 to $8.00
and a headphone Y-splitter ($4.00)
i made the mount for the IPOD cut a hole for the headphone extension to be able to run the 4 foot headphone extention inside the forarm piece up the inside of my arm, through the shoulder piece and into the chest. connected that to the headphone splitter and connected the two 1 foot extenders to the splitter and have one speaker mounted in the front of the chest and the other mounted in the back of the chest using velcro strapping. the speakers run off of 3 AAA bateries and are nice and loud and clear. i will take some pics of the setup on my days off and stick em up here (shhhhh i'm at work right now)
calladar
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sorry for the double post.. for some reason it wouldn't let me write any more in the last one.
but to answer the question it is all about sealing the foam. if it is not sealed the foam will basically drink the paint and then the original color of the foam (black, grey ect.) will bleed through the paint and it is hard and takes multiple coats to try and cover the bleed through.
i have used the plastidip and like it but can get expensive over a full suit and getting it on thick. i actually like the modge podge. and i know the whole idea is that the foam is flexible and want the flex but in all reality there is not much flexing that the foam has to do and what little it does flex the modge podge handles very well and a bottle of it is cheap and seems like it lasts forever. i have done 2 1/2 kits and still have allot left. i do two (2) coats of the modge podge before i even start painting. then there are some other smoothing techniques i will talk about when i show how i do it.
Starvinartist80
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Man I don't know how I missed this build. Everything looks great. I'll be looking forward to seeing the family all geared up.
Techmagos89
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I never realized how good the foam looks! Might have to reconsider doing my pep files now haha. Cant wait to see the completion, good job though man!
m3ntalrock
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great work with everything. cant wait to see it wired up. i was thinking about modifying my odst gauntlet to hold an ipod touch.
SpartanRogue1
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Just catching this now, and let me say, its a beauty!
calladar
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thank you all.. i am off for the next 2 days so i will hopefully have some more up soon.. i am going in to work on the shin now and once it is done and ready to paint i will go into detail on how i paint. will also do up some scrap foam to be able to show some of the painting because the shins are just brushed metal look so will work some of that at and document it a little better.
calladar
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sorry for the double post.. edit is not workin for some reason for me.. but moving on.. there were some questions on the ipod mount that i made so here is some detail on how i did mine.
started with gauntlet
i made the attachment from scratch using pics and figure and tried to get it close
bought one of those rubber ipod protectors for like $3.00 at walmart then added Velcro to the back
cleaned out the inside of the attachment so the ipod would fit in nice and snug.. added a strip of Velcro across to hold it in place
added thin strips of Velcro to the gauntlet and corresponding to the attachment
stick it in place
and there it is
I was able to get my other shin made. getting ready to paint this weekend and will have some pics up soon.
started with gauntlet
i made the attachment from scratch using pics and figure and tried to get it close
bought one of those rubber ipod protectors for like $3.00 at walmart then added Velcro to the back
cleaned out the inside of the attachment so the ipod would fit in nice and snug.. added a strip of Velcro across to hold it in place
added thin strips of Velcro to the gauntlet and corresponding to the attachment
stick it in place
and there it is
I was able to get my other shin made. getting ready to paint this weekend and will have some pics up soon.
HaloGoddess
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That forearm piece came out nice. I like it! 
This is an amazing work. I wished I have the patience and time to complete such detailed armor. Kudos to you.
Spartan Dad
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Outstanding build. I'm really looking forward to seeing pics of the whole family.
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calladar
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Me to.. LOL.. hoping to get done in time..
well i have now finished the butt pack (aka Fannie pack) sorry for the awful pics the batt for the camera died and have it on charge now.. have better pics up once it is charged..had to use the ipod.
before detail painting.
after detail.. paint still drying.
it is even usable
all i have left are the hand plates and then padding and strapping. for this one.. going to redo the wife's boots so when i do that i will post pics so you can see how i made the boots out of foam.
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