vshore100's CQB build (pic heavy)

[Starvinartist80]

I am impress with how much of a difference such a minor change made. The edges of those details now have that nice sharp look that you'd expect from a helmet. Can't wait to see the mold and first pulls.

 

[vshore100]

At first I was wondering why you were replacing the foam detail since it looked great as it was. But when I read that you are sending it to be molded and cast, I realized why, since foam does not stand up well to molding.

Looking great as always Vshore! Can't wait to see more.

Thanks Carpathia, that means a lot coming from you. Your build is looking very nice if I do say so myself.

Oh man I was just kidding when I said you can't mold the helmet with foam details and now you went through all the trouble to make the details out of a old visor and then paint your helmet all pretty like, lol, Im just messing with you, if you molded it with foam details then the castings would have come out with foam looking details, you did a really great job can't wait to see the castings and now you can come out of your Ninja status now that you got something to show LoL

Lol, I would have preferred to do this anyway since it looks so much better than the foam. It was well worth it. Lol, when you mentioned our little ninja banter we were talking about on FB, or ninji as I like to say, this is the first thing I thought of...

I've actually seen someone try to mold a helmet with foam details, with disastorous results. So, better safe than sorry.

I totally agree!

I agree I left a foam part that was at the bottom of my EOD helmet when I molded it because I was to lazy to remove it and every cast that comes out of the mold you can tell it was foam, its not bad looking but I wish it didn't have the foam look in that area

I really contemplated leaving the foam on, sealing it really good, then calling it a day but I remembered when we talked about the silicone picking up every little detail so that turned me away from it pretty quickly.

I am impress with how much of a difference such a minor change made. The edges of those details now have that nice sharp look that you'd expect from a helmet. Can't wait to see the mold and first pulls.

Thanks SA. I'm really looking forward to to seeing that myself. I'm sorry to hear that you've lost all your student builders. Hopefully you can get more to carry on. It really is a great thing you're doing with those students.

 

[BLACKULA727]

Lol, ninjin. Can't wait to mold that beautiful helm! It looks great Rust-Dawg!

 

[vshore100]

I can't wait either, it's up to you now buddy!

Update!!!

Okay guys and gals, I have the thigh and shin both built in foam. I coated the thigh with two coats of plastidip but I didn't like how it sealed the foam, so I'm gonna use a method provided by Hyper using white caulking. Once that is done and dry I'll move on to painting the pieces then get started building the opposite side. Any who, here are some pics. let me know what you think as I always appreciate the comments.

This was the thigh before any final smoothing. Just wanted to see how it fit and was scaled...

Then with plastidip...

On to the shin. I only have a couple of shots, here's one not done...

Then some of the complete build. It's not completely accurate but it's good enough for me...

Sorry about the mess, I'za been busy! Thanks again for showing the love, you guys rock!

 

[Mstruvmgc]

OMG....... You actually updated!!! lol yay!
Glad to see one finally
Looking great V, i am loving the fix on the helmet and the thighs and shins. Glad to see ya back

 

[vshore100]

OMG....... You actually updated!!! lol yay!
Glad to see one finally
Looking great V, i am loving the fix on the helmet and the thighs and shins. Glad to see ya back

Thanks M, it's good to be building again! You need to get back to work too!

 

[drack]

Yey an update
Looking good man you have got your foam skills down perfect. Looking forward to seeing some more, hopefully soon as I know how fast foam is.

Keep up this amazing build dude
Tom.

 

[vshore100]

Yey an update
Looking good man you have got your foam skills down perfect. Looking forward to seeing some more, hopefully soon as I know how fast foam is.

Keep up this amazing build dude
Tom.

Thanks Tom for the comments and no, they are far from perfect. That's your work my friend. I'll try and get another up soon. Going to try and do some painting today, if work doesn't get in the way! You've got a pm coming your way.

 

[Redshirt]

I think you will be happiest with caulking to fill the foam. No sprayed paint or coating will ever fill seams, just builds on the edges and actually highlights the problem. Use a caulk that is water clean up. You'll go through a lot of damp paper towels, but you'll end up with no extra material and perfectly flush seams. If you use 3Ms rubber undercoating, you'll get a textured surface that will hide imperfections an leave the surface with a pebbled texture more akin to cast metal. This is how I did my helmet. If you look at my helmet, you'll be able to tell whether that's too rough for you or if it's the look you want. The rest of my armor is done with fine sand blown into wet paint. Looks good, but destroys everything it touches!

Redshirt

 

[Mstruvmgc]

Thanks M, it's good to be building again! You need to get back to work too!

I just posted an update lol
It is indeed good to be working on stuff again.
Cant wait to see more buddy

 

[vshore100]

I just posted an update lol
It is indeed good to be working on stuff again.
Cant wait to see more buddy

The paint is drying on the thigh and shin now. We have a big job coming on Monday to start in the shop so building will be slow to non existent for a while, several weeks at least. I'm trying to get this done by Halo-ween. That's my goal anyway. We'll see how it goes.

 

[vshore100]

We are back finally!!! What better way to kick off our return than with an.....

Update!!!

Here are a few pics of the helmet as it went through the molding stage. Again, the molding was all done by my good friend Tony, aka BLACKULA727. Thanks for all your hard work bro!

You can see the clay in the forehead light location and around the visor to help seal it for applying the silicone.

Then with the application of the silicone and keys...

Now for the playing card mohawk...

Now for the plasti-paste jacket...

Next he pulled the master out of the mold and here's what we have...

to be continued on the next post...:cool

 

[drack]

Good job there V. Looking forward to your first pull.

Keep it up bro,
Tom.

 

[vshore100]

Now, what do you get after you make a mold??? Well castings of course!!! This is the first one pulled from the mold. There were a few issues with air entrapment, but for a first cast, it looks really good I think.

And here are a few that Tony ran off for himself along side the master...

If all goes as planned I should have the mold next week then we can get down to bidness! Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. We both put a lot of time and effort into the helmet and the mold and I think it shows. On a side note, I do have the thigh and shin sprayed with the white and black, I just have to do the weathering and add the final details, but that won't be for a couple of weeks probably, but I'll try and sneak it in if I can. Take care guys and gals, and we really appreciate all the comments and love you all show.

 

[drack]

Wow ninja cast lol. Not 5secs had passed from saying I wanted to see a pull and BAMB! There it is

 

[vshore100]

Good job there V. Looking forward to your first pull.

Keep it up bro,
Tom.

Wow ninja cast lol. Not 5secs had passed from saying I wanted to see a pull and BAMB! There it is

Ninji Star, lol!!! Thanks for the comments buddy!

 

[JUSTINIAN 117]

Perfect mold.

 

[thorn696]

Now that is one awesome looking helmet.

 

[vshore100]

Perfect mold.

Thanks man. He did a greatjob I think.

Now that is one awesome looking helmet.

Thanks thorn, that means alot coming from you buddy!

 

[Carpathia]

Looks amazing Vshore! I always love seeing successful molding/castings of great helmets! There is one thing that sticks out to me though. It looks like you molded your helmet like pretty much everyone else does, create a single piece mold and support it with a two-piece mother mold. If that's the case, how did that seam on the back sneak in there?

Well, seam or not, it looks great! I've been watching this build from the beginning and you've always produced amazing results. I can't wait to see the entire build together.

I've been planning out the future of my own armor, and one of the first permutations I build for my Mk VI will be CQB. I will definitely be referencing this build as I go.