The Helghan Academy - Killzone Files by Hugh
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No comments? Sadface...
Here's something:
Tomorrow I'll be coating the area under the clamps with more epoxy so the MDF will be able to hold up to finer tooling.
Stay tuned...
*Surprisedface* No comments? But everybody loves your work! D:
I gotta say, I love how detailed and nice the rifle is coming along. Plus those Cthulhu Thinker statues are pretty awesome as well! Keep up the good work!
Thanks. I can't take too much credit for the rifle just yet. So far it's all Hugh and Lopez. My work will begin soon though.
I'm pretty proud of the Cthulhu thinkers, but they don't sell all that well in my Etsy shop. It's all about the Combat Garden Gnomes right now...
I'm pretty proud of the Cthulhu thinkers, but they don't sell all that well in my Etsy shop. It's all about the Combat Garden Gnomes right now...
Hugh Holder
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It looks great already! How well did the model details carry through - as in the curved areas? Any trouble spots so far? I guess that material you're cutting from is pretty dense. What material is that?
The curved areas came out great. Since it's a 3-axis machine, it's the vertical cuts that have problems. Those I'll have to go back and rebuild with some Bondo. It's annoying, but it still beats the heck out of building a prop like this out of pepakura.
The material I'm using is Medium Density Fiberboard, which can be had at any home improvement store. It's easy on the machine, but I have to reinforce it with something in order to keep it from falling apart once I start doing the detail work and finishing.
To that end, here's the rifle coated in epoxy:
Once that sets up, it'll make a nice composite surface that I can sand, file, cut, and drill without losing details I want to keep.
Here's the carrying handle and rear sight:
This evening I had Lopez carve out the drum magazine:
An old college classmate of mine who's into all things AR-15 is going to be getting me some NATO 5.56x45mm dummy rounds so I can use them for the visible round details in the magazine. I'm also going to have to source some acrylic tubing to serve as the outer shell, but that should be easy enough.
Stay tuned...
The material I'm using is Medium Density Fiberboard, which can be had at any home improvement store. It's easy on the machine, but I have to reinforce it with something in order to keep it from falling apart once I start doing the detail work and finishing.
To that end, here's the rifle coated in epoxy:
Once that sets up, it'll make a nice composite surface that I can sand, file, cut, and drill without losing details I want to keep.
Here's the carrying handle and rear sight:
This evening I had Lopez carve out the drum magazine:
An old college classmate of mine who's into all things AR-15 is going to be getting me some NATO 5.56x45mm dummy rounds so I can use them for the visible round details in the magazine. I'm also going to have to source some acrylic tubing to serve as the outer shell, but that should be easy enough.
Stay tuned...
Hugh Holder
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Oh cool! Are you planning on casting the rounds? When I built the model I just used half of a 5.56mm round thinking that they'd just be glued in place, but it sounds like you have a much better plan than I did.
Glad to see you could get the mag scaled. Did you end up just measuring the mag area of the rifle?
I left the gap under the rear sight aperture in hopes of placing an adjustment dial similar to an AR-15 or M-16, someday. Did you have any plans for that or would you like me to model one for you?
Again, great work. I can't wait to see one of these painted up!
Glad to see you could get the mag scaled. Did you end up just measuring the mag area of the rifle?
I left the gap under the rear sight aperture in hopes of placing an adjustment dial similar to an AR-15 or M-16, someday. Did you have any plans for that or would you like me to model one for you?
Again, great work. I can't wait to see one of these painted up!
Wow, things are picking up around here.
The rifle looks spectacular!
Im keeping busy too.
Awhile back I said I was working on just the mask part of the helgan infantry model, I also mentiond it was going very slowly. I use smooth cast for my models, Its easy, cheap, and non-hazardous. What happend was I put 3 coats of smoothcast into the mask, when it was done some small parts were still wett. This happens if it isn't mixed thuroghly enough, If its just small patches over a week or two theyll dry up. So I sat and waited, a month or two rolled by and the blasted thing was still leaking so I did some investigation. I discoverd that the entire second layer of smooth cast didnt set right and the mask was ruind. I resently just restarted making the mask, Its finished and ready for casting.
http://www.4shared.com/photo/MQ6fz2Cw/IMG_2195.html
http://www.4shared.com/photo/wli6W5jm/IMG_2196.html
I added a lip to the inside of the mask so smooth cast wouldn't leak out and so i would have more edge to work with.
What I plan to do its to cast it then do some detail work. After that Ill make a mold and use that to make full plastic copys, I alsto have plans to meld my mask with a resperator mask I'll buy later. Theres alot to explain about that so I'll tell you when I'm done.
The rifle looks spectacular!
Im keeping busy too.
Awhile back I said I was working on just the mask part of the helgan infantry model, I also mentiond it was going very slowly. I use smooth cast for my models, Its easy, cheap, and non-hazardous. What happend was I put 3 coats of smoothcast into the mask, when it was done some small parts were still wett. This happens if it isn't mixed thuroghly enough, If its just small patches over a week or two theyll dry up. So I sat and waited, a month or two rolled by and the blasted thing was still leaking so I did some investigation. I discoverd that the entire second layer of smooth cast didnt set right and the mask was ruind. I resently just restarted making the mask, Its finished and ready for casting.
http://www.4shared.com/photo/MQ6fz2Cw/IMG_2195.html
http://www.4shared.com/photo/wli6W5jm/IMG_2196.html
I added a lip to the inside of the mask so smooth cast wouldn't leak out and so i would have more edge to work with.
What I plan to do its to cast it then do some detail work. After that Ill make a mold and use that to make full plastic copys, I alsto have plans to meld my mask with a resperator mask I'll buy later. Theres alot to explain about that so I'll tell you when I'm done.
The rifle project is in the stage where the pictures don't look much different from one day to the next. I've been sanding a lot and cleaning up the edges. Right now it looks like so:
Here's a closeup shot:
For the magazine, I've gotten a hold of about 40 rounds of NATO 5.56x45mm ammo and I'm planning on building them into the drum. The finished pieces will have the visible rounds cast directly onto the inside and a clear plastic shell to fit over the outside. The only problem was that I had to re-size the magazine to fit them. It was about a quarter inch short:
As always, I've got a number of other builds going at the same time. So this one isn't getting all of my attention. I'm still looking forward to seeing a bunch of Helghasts walking around with these though, so it will get done.
Here's a closeup shot:
For the magazine, I've gotten a hold of about 40 rounds of NATO 5.56x45mm ammo and I'm planning on building them into the drum. The finished pieces will have the visible rounds cast directly onto the inside and a clear plastic shell to fit over the outside. The only problem was that I had to re-size the magazine to fit them. It was about a quarter inch short:
As always, I've got a number of other builds going at the same time. So this one isn't getting all of my attention. I'm still looking forward to seeing a bunch of Helghasts walking around with these though, so it will get done.
Hugh Holder
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NICE! Looks like the ISA are in trouble 
It's been a while, but I finally pulled this thing back down off the shelf. I did a bit more sanding and fairing. Then I sprayed on the first coat of primer so I could see where I stand:
There's still plenty of rough patches I've got to iron out, but it's getting there. I also need to get back to work on the magazine. Now that it's back in my project rotation, I should start making faster progress on this.
There's still plenty of rough patches I've got to iron out, but it's getting there. I also need to get back to work on the magazine. Now that it's back in my project rotation, I should start making faster progress on this.
twistedxknights
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Hey guys I know this is my first post in this thread so I will just say that while killzone isn't a game I have played and am not too familiar with though I am posting some templates I assisted in making..
without further ado here are the Killzone 3 Capture Trooper foam templates.
http://www.mediafire.com/?5w20e9gtzsyvoay
please note : All you have to do is flip the cut out pattern to make the other side and make 2 of the abdomen plates for the top and bottom of the abs.
without further ado here are the Killzone 3 Capture Trooper foam templates.
http://www.mediafire.com/?5w20e9gtzsyvoay
please note : All you have to do is flip the cut out pattern to make the other side and make 2 of the abdomen plates for the top and bottom of the abs.
Hugh Holder
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Nice work thorssoli! Really cool that those NATO rounds just happened to fit perfectly.
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