thanks buddy!
corweena thanks for the kind words, i will finish this one hopefully soon. the detail work in the face area might prove to be a bit of a pain but i will get what i want out of it!
Thanks Drewhinkle, i learned this from cereals methods and it works fantastic. And if I minded I wouldn't be sharing it
put it to great use buddy!
Spencers this is the way to go. I learned this from cerealkillers thread on his master chief mkvi build. he has lots of great informative you tube vidoes on his build look up dghezzo on youtube or go to his thread in the elite forum. you will learn alot there.
I got a bit giddy with excitement when I saw that this thread had an update, then I find multiple updates! you spoil us
This helmet is going to be brilliant, just brilliant. Loving the work so far, keep it up!
Thanks Drew! I am pretty excited about this build being done so I have the motivation to keep going, the only problem is that its so cold and my heater doesn't work to well in the non insulated workspace of mine lol, darn winter season. if you would like to know how I did the ridges all i used was tape during the sanding to give myself something to sand to, when i barely hit the tape (you will hear the sandpaper touch it) thats when you know you got to the line you want. if you have to sand the opposite side just lay a mask of the tape on the opposing side and touch it up. works well, its easier to see than just a drawn line by pencil or pen and removes easily.
thanks ts. it takes time for sure to learn. if you look at the mark vi i did as my first full complete it was not nearly as good as these last couple. i figure for me it's all about your plan of attack, and your tools. the tools are only as good as the person using them. didn't matter how cheap or cheesy the tool is that i made. those are two of my important things. hopefully i have a decent update tonight for evryone watching
Jeez Sonny, you are an animal. Crazy progress, and looks awesome cant wait to see this done...At this rate you'll be done before the turkey is all gone
Got a link for the plastic method...like to read more about it.
thanks buddy!
corweena thanks for the kind words, i will finish this one hopefully soon. the detail work in the face area might prove to be a bit of a pain but i will get what i want out of it!
Thanks Drewhinkle, i learned this from cereals methods and it works fantastic. And if I minded I wouldn't be sharing it
Now for the last update of the day!
first pictures are the building of the "fins" is what I am gonna call it, i built a square box the size of the middle section and marked on the helmet where I wanted them to be put. i than masked off the helmet to keep the bondo mess to a minimum and off the helmet. easier mess to clean if you over do it, just pull the tape and go.
When that was done I cut away the excess trash I didn't need and got a general shape a bit larger than what I was going for than proceeded to sand them into the desired shape. for the underside of the fin i used a triangle needle file to gain an overhang and give it a bit of a meaner/better look. So this the final product on this part of my build in progress
And now the back detail and top partially finished detail, all of todays work in one shot
once again thanks for looking! let me know what you think and if there is anything that I can't see that I could possibly change.
Spartansonny
I am thinking i could use a vacationJeez Sonny, you are an animal. Crazy progress, and looks awesome cant wait to see this done...At this rate you'll be done before the turkey is all gone
Got a link for the plastic method...like to read more about it.
Hyper, thank you. It means alot coming from a professional of your stature here. Its work like yours that have got me pushing to finish these
That five card TS helps to build the back of the "dam" than i glued the side walls to the little sides with a drop of superglue
