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Can that be done without a vacuform?
Yep, I've been putting off building a former for a little bit and have done my ODST visor and Soldier 76 one using a heat gun and patience.
Can that be done without a vacuform?
Would you happen to have any links for Tuts on how to make a buck? Since this is now an option for me, I will look into going this route. As a test I can make a new visor for my son's Project Mini Chief helmet.Yep, I've been putting off building a former for a little bit and have done my ODST visor and Soldier 76 one using a heat gun and patience.
Thanks man. Funny you mentioned the hip plates. I was thinking the same thing. They are easy enough to redo.PaiganBoi, I love the way you inverted the foam to accent the backs of the foam. I am surprised that you didn't do the same w/ the hip pieces. One thing I never took in to account was the direction of the foam back.....Yours looks much better than I ever did because everything is straight......where as I guts did it haphazardly. Great job man!!!
I'll just end up redoing them all together. The hip plates are one of the first things I put together and I was using an inferior contact cement at the time. Lots of gaps and poorly adhered areas. I have seen variants of the plates where there is a strip going down the middle ending in a D ring. So I will end up make those instead.You could always do some slice and dice and heat gun the pieces if you didn't want to do a full transplant.
I wanted to do it moderation. Didn't want to go overboard with it. The suit would look more like a N7 suit from Mass Effect if I went too far.Wasn't sure how it would look using the texture side of the foam, looks great!
Nice blue VI armor! also nicely done one the gloves, the helmet looks good, I don't think it looks like bobble
PB MKII sadly has died due to explosion.
In combination of not enough tape sealing the back seem, being overstuffed and having a bloody cold basement cause the adhesive to fail allowing the little bugger to blow out.
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The key word is 'try'. The main problem is this is my only piece of visor material. If I screw this up... Doh.Awesome job on the helmet amazing foam work!! Will you try and replicate that iconic ODST visor shape with that material?
The key word is 'try'. The main problem is this is my only piece of visor material. If I screw this up... Doh.
One thing I want to try as well is TurboCharizard 's suggestion of making a buck (which I need to learn how to) and use PETG and a heat gut an make my visor that way.
How would you get colour on this material? Does it have to be dyed or a tint have to be added on it?Don't do what I did initially and just go at a sheet of lexan with a heatgun and a wine bottle to curve pieces around. It sounds awesome and DIY, it was definitely burn-y.