1st Build My First Armor Build
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Mobius1ac
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I have a few years of working with resins under my belt. It felt like a good place to start
Mobius1ac
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So a few notes as of now: I started out using the tacky craft glue, it holds well and stays plastic enough to get parts into position before hardening. I recently switched to a super glue gel pen. I can use less glue and it quickly adheres and I dont have to worry about pulling it out of position; I think I will be staying with the super glue from here on out.
On folding: my very first attempts at Pep were actually on a test prop pistol (actually an M6R Reverse throwing Pistol from the Halo CE Cursed Mod). On that, I was just folding on the lines by hand, and it shows; the lines are not very accurate or crisp. My next piece, one of the hand plates, I used a clay-molding tool as what I now now as a bone folder. Unfortunately, the tool was so thick, that it was hard to accurately place scores as well as being rather soft plastic that I had to keep sharpening to the point that it had changed shape. From here on out, I am using the back of my X-acto knife to score the paper and it is working great.
On folding: my very first attempts at Pep were actually on a test prop pistol (actually an M6R Reverse throwing Pistol from the Halo CE Cursed Mod). On that, I was just folding on the lines by hand, and it shows; the lines are not very accurate or crisp. My next piece, one of the hand plates, I used a clay-molding tool as what I now now as a bone folder. Unfortunately, the tool was so thick, that it was hard to accurately place scores as well as being rather soft plastic that I had to keep sharpening to the point that it had changed shape. From here on out, I am using the back of my X-acto knife to score the paper and it is working great.
xXDashIVXx
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Do you have pictures of this magnum?
Mobius1ac
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Sean Anwalt
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Really clean pep work, I like it!
Dirtdives2424
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agreed, nice work. you may want to get rid of the tabs that you don't need before fiberglassing. They'll just get in the way.
Mobius1ac
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Yeah, I ran into that with the pistol. The boot isn't done yet though. Before I glass it, I plan on adding some supports to the inside; that's what those tabs are for
Mobius1ac
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There is a special place in Hell for whomever designed this piece of the elbow armor...
There are so many folds and joints in such a small space, that I can't even see where the cuts are. One segment is completely black from all of the overlapping joint numbers. But did eventually get it in some kind of order
There are so many folds and joints in such a small space, that I can't even see where the cuts are. One segment is completely black from all of the overlapping joint numbers. But did eventually get it in some kind of order
Mobius1ac
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So I butchered the first attempt at that last part of the forearm, here is the start of my second attempt
I printed this one on plain printer paper and deleted the joint IDs. This has made it much easier to work with, but I do have to be more careful as the paper likes to tear very easily. My plan is to finish this piece entirely, and make a duplicate using resin casting for the other arm as this piece is mostly just mirrored over
It was my choice to use the UHD pep models, so I'm sticking to it.
I printed this one on plain printer paper and deleted the joint IDs. This has made it much easier to work with, but I do have to be more careful as the paper likes to tear very easily. My plan is to finish this piece entirely, and make a duplicate using resin casting for the other arm as this piece is mostly just mirrored over
It was my choice to use the UHD pep models, so I'm sticking to it.
Sharpworks
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Build is looking fantastic so far. Mad respect to anyone who can pull off pep this clean (or at all since I don't have the patience)
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