savvyandstuff
New Member
Hi all-
I'm brand new here!
Although technically, I've been stalking the 405th for months over the course of this build, my very first. I started this in late December when I was on winter break and got bored of having nothing to do... But then I got bored of the project itself, oops. I'm terrible at setting my own deadlines. But in September I decided to have this thing done in time for Halloween, which is kind of insane because I'm in school and at the time I only had the back of the torso, thighs, knees, and shins done. Oops. But somehow, I am succeeding! I only have to build the helmet and redo the thighs now. And here is the progress, although it's a little late.
I started with pepakura templates unfolded for foam, but found those didn't work as nicely as my own hand drawn templates. Regardless, I had too much work put into the back of the torso to try to template it myself and start over, so I kept it -
Then with the front of the torso later on, which I made with my own templates-
And now in the current state, with the rest of the torso finished(not yet weathered with painted details yet)-
The ab plate attaches separately on the inside of the torso with velcro, so here's that by itself(weathered and everything now, forgot to take a picture -.- )-
The arms are now 100% finished as well, sans attachments to what I'm wearing underneath-
(both of these are weathered now but the comparison is nice)
Legs are mostly done, except I want to rebuild the thighs. They were the first thing I built and not only don't fit well, but look disproportionate and generally much worse than the rest of the build. Here are the shins and boots-
Although the belt is coated and painted, this is the only picture I have right now...
I think that's all!! I'll update over the next week while I knock the rest of it out
I'm brand new here!
Although technically, I've been stalking the 405th for months over the course of this build, my very first. I started this in late December when I was on winter break and got bored of having nothing to do... But then I got bored of the project itself, oops. I'm terrible at setting my own deadlines. But in September I decided to have this thing done in time for Halloween, which is kind of insane because I'm in school and at the time I only had the back of the torso, thighs, knees, and shins done. Oops. But somehow, I am succeeding! I only have to build the helmet and redo the thighs now. And here is the progress, although it's a little late.I started with pepakura templates unfolded for foam, but found those didn't work as nicely as my own hand drawn templates. Regardless, I had too much work put into the back of the torso to try to template it myself and start over, so I kept it -
Then with the front of the torso later on, which I made with my own templates-
And now in the current state, with the rest of the torso finished(not yet weathered with painted details yet)-
The ab plate attaches separately on the inside of the torso with velcro, so here's that by itself(weathered and everything now, forgot to take a picture -.- )-
The arms are now 100% finished as well, sans attachments to what I'm wearing underneath-
(both of these are weathered now but the comparison is nice)
Legs are mostly done, except I want to rebuild the thighs. They were the first thing I built and not only don't fit well, but look disproportionate and generally much worse than the rest of the build. Here are the shins and boots-
Although the belt is coated and painted, this is the only picture I have right now...
I think that's all!! I'll update over the next week while I knock the rest of it out
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