mrbungle Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 i deleted the old thread pics and started this one to bring everybody up to speed on my build. once i have all the armor done i wil get them ready to mold and vacform. new helmet ..........done arm armor .............done. knee armor and strap ............done. chest and backplate and tank.......................pretty much done. the greeb will be set into the tank ,flush with tank surface. shin and boot armor just getting started. nz jedi helped on the shins......thanks tim i am also working on the belt and cod piece. hope to have pics up soon.
Lonescout Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 Man, I love that tank! I think its dead on! I can see myself painting that tank! Keep up the good work!
Guest Skupilkinson Posted March 6, 2009 Posted March 6, 2009 Love it buddy, as you know. I'll keep a track of your thread over here aswell. Keep up the great work.
mrbungle Posted March 6, 2009 Author Posted March 6, 2009 thanks skup!! this is the real short version of the build.
Guest Ghost8886 Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 i deleted the old thread pics and started this one to bring everybody up to speed on my build. once i have all the armor done i wil get them ready to mold and vacform. helmet ..........done arm armor .............done. knee armor and strap ............done. chest and backplate and tank.......................pretty much done. the greeb will be set into the tank ,flush with tank surface. shin and boot armor just getting started. nz jedi helped on the shins......thanks tim i am also working on the belt and cod piece. hope to have pics up soon. It is looking amazing bro! Can't wait to be on the list when production is ready. Ghost8886
mrbungle Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 here is the boot armor so far. real tricky to get the right look. they will be vacformed. so should be able to cut to fit.
mrbungle Posted March 15, 2009 Author Posted March 15, 2009 here is the belt,cod and belt buckle make up. i plan to make the belt out of rubber. the cod and buckle will be made of abs. i left a flap at the top of the belt so you can glue the belt flap to the inside of the cummerbund. i will leave a flap at the top of the cod piece so the belt,cod and cummerbund are all connected so they don't shift around when you wear the costume. here are the shins cut in half for the vactable. they are almost done just got to do some fine tuning to the centers of the shins and fill some small spots.
Heatshock Posted March 15, 2009 Posted March 15, 2009 wow - I am liking the belt/buckle piece that link I sent u shows how one guy did his GM shins with holes cut just lateral to the front raised bit - is that how u are going to go for strappin the shins in too?
mrbungle Posted March 15, 2009 Author Posted March 15, 2009 yeah that is what i am thinking. thanks for that link, by the way.
Lonescout Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 wow - I am liking the belt/buckle piece Very Nice!
Lonescout Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 i left a flap at the top of the belt so you can glue the belt flap to the inside of the cummerbund. Tom, would you consider making a belt without the belt flap, or since it's rubber cut it off. I only ask this because I would not want to glue it to the cummerbund since it would need to be washed once in a while. I would use snaps. This is what I did to my wanna-b belt. Although, your belt is a whole lot nicer! I glued one part of the snap to the belt and attached the other part of the snap to the cummerbund. I did this near the bottom edge of the cummerbund. Just a thought!....SO! When can I get one!
mrbungle Posted March 16, 2009 Author Posted March 16, 2009 thanks for the comments guys! the snaps are a good idea. you could just snap the flap and cumberbund together. i don't know when the belts will be ready , i have to finish the buckle and cod peice and make it work together before i can mold the belt.
Guest Ghost8886 Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 Tom What did you used for the visor for your helment? Joe Ghost8886
mrbungle Posted March 24, 2009 Author Posted March 24, 2009 Tom What did you used for the visor for your helment? Joe Ghost8886 i used some mirror green window tint supported by plexiglass. the tint starts out mirror green at the top and gets darker towards the bottom. you can only use the top 6 inches of the roll for the lens.
mrbungle Posted March 27, 2009 Author Posted March 27, 2009 no real update, just converting all the armor over for vactable plugs. almost finished with my vactable. i hope to start producing armor by the end of april!!!!!!!! yay for me!!!!! i will post pics after i have all the armor plugs done. i need to know what you guys think about what to form them out of. hips abs .090 or .125 on the thickness of the plastic. my vote is hips , but you will have to lightly sand it before you paint and you get better detail, abs you do not. LMK tom
Peregrinus Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 Can you get samples or single sheets of both HIPS and ABS of varying thicknesses to do some test pulls? See what works best? Have you done the "taller person" sized pieces yet? Or is that further down the road? Because I absolutely want a set of those calves. --Jonah
mrbungle Posted March 28, 2009 Author Posted March 28, 2009 Can you get samples or single sheets of both HIPS and ABS of varying thicknesses to do some test pulls? See what works best? Have you done the "taller person" sized pieces yet? Or is that further down the road? Because I absolutely want a set of those calves. --Jonah hey jonah the tall people stuff is still on the back burner. but i am trying to get in touch with one of my friends who is 6'4" so i can do measurements for the tall people stuff.
Guest DarthGoss Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 wow wow wow blown away dude!!!!!!! wish i want one !!!!
mrbungle Posted March 29, 2009 Author Posted March 29, 2009 thanks. here is where i am now. still working on the transition from armor to armor plugs for vacforming. not to much more to go really. i have to get my vactable finished. then it will all be down hill to getting to the finished costume. sorry about the bad pics. i am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Lonescout Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 i am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Keep up the great work!
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