Essentially, it's a gold-tint motorcycle face shield with a .015" thick, clear styrene cutout laid over the top of it. I think it looks the part:
thorssoli said:Thanks for the compliments.
The mold is a bit thin in a few spots, so hopefully it'll hold up for a while. Either way, I picked up some valuable lessons learned that I can apply to the next size torso.
JediStumpy said:Came out nice. I am really interested in how your molds work! I want to how they look when you're casting.
also, you said something about fiberglass them after you pull them...soo you want to cast a thinner mold to save on material cost(but still will be strong and rigid) and reinforce with fg and a think (1/2inch) layer of foam??
sounds like a good idea (if i got it right) man i wish a had a workshop!!
keep on trucking!!!
thorssoli said:The plan is to pour a thin layer of urethane resin with microballoons for filler to pick up all of the surface details. Then lay over the resin with fiberglass mat and cloth. Then layer over the fiberglass with urethane foam. Once I've got that figured out, I'll make sets with a first layer of clear resin with black tinting and aluminum powder for a convincing metallic surface.
The material cost isn't really the issue (I'm buying resin in 10-gallon kits lately), instead I'm worried about making the whole thing lightweight. The first casting of the chest plate alone is about 12 pounds. At that rate I'd be building a suit that would weigh in at around 80 lbs. It's very strong, but unless it's bulletproof it's not worth carrying all that plastic around.
Heavyarms_Custom said:thats sweet stuff but if it would weigh 80 lbs i would have a molten steel mold made and thing line it with dragon skin or something
Wow. That's truly excellent.thorssoli said:I finished the first pull from the torso molds yesterday. Here it is:
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