Lonescout Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 If there are any issues that you guys can forsee, comments and suggestions are welcome. Yea! who gets the first set of free Armour...Armour Stimulus Package (ASP)! :lol:
Acrylikhan Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 Yeah. It's great to be accurate but this clasp is a bit silly. It's a horrible real world design... True! Depending on fit, I may try to do the back armor over lap sans clasp. Maybe some elastic to keep it in place, and help it shift when bending over. But, we'll see. The helmet, roto-cast urethane, or vacuform put together?
mrbungle Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 the only thing i see that might be a problem is the corners on the tank webbing. when i pull the tank i have problems with webbing. on your helmets, are you going to make the face plate open??
postmortem01 Posted December 19, 2009 Author Posted December 19, 2009 I don't think the helmet faceplate should open since the bottom hole is plenty large enough to put your head in. I just don't think it buys you anything. You never see it in the movie like that and to tell you the truth, the faceplate isn't shaped properly to clear the dome anyway.
Guest Skupilkinson Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 I'm with you guys too. Although I think having the flip up face plate would be a nice touch to have, it would mean compromises in accuracy. For something we don't even see in the movie. So I'm happy to have a fixed faceplate on my lid.
postmortem01 Posted December 27, 2009 Author Posted December 27, 2009 Here are the helmet parts in progress right now. More pics to come tonight.
Guest Skupilkinson Posted December 27, 2009 Posted December 27, 2009 Beautiful! So you're cutting the helmet in 5 parts to them assemble later to make the master? Outstanding, very nice.
postmortem01 Posted December 27, 2009 Author Posted December 27, 2009 Exactly. We don't currently own a 5 axis CNC router so we are doing this in a way that will work best for our router.
Guest Skupilkinson Posted December 27, 2009 Posted December 27, 2009 Yep! Makes sense to me. That last vid where the material is being finished looks superb! PM sent.
mrbungle Posted December 27, 2009 Posted December 27, 2009 very nice. can't wait to see it together. you guys are lucky i had sculpt mine the old fashioned way!
Guest Skupilkinson Posted December 27, 2009 Posted December 27, 2009 Yeah, us real builders do it the old fashioned way! LOL! Or is it just the builders who can't afford the tech?!
mrbungle Posted December 27, 2009 Posted December 27, 2009 the way sci fire does it , is the way the pros do it. i am just an amature that likes to play with clay and bondo!! LOL!
postmortem01 Posted December 27, 2009 Author Posted December 27, 2009 LOL. I don't think there is a right or wrong way to do it. Getting it done is most important. You've gotta use whatever tools you have. We are fortunate to have access to tools like this.
Guest Skupilkinson Posted December 27, 2009 Posted December 27, 2009 True enough, but if you have a modeller and access to CNC or 3D printing then it just simplifies the whole process! I've just gained access to a 3D printer and the results are amazing! Much more preferable to building/sculpting from scratch.
Acrylikhan Posted December 27, 2009 Posted December 27, 2009 Different tools, but it all still takes hard work, Skip! I've been on both sides of the fence, construction in CAD to CNC milling, and freehand sculpting. Both take a lot of hard work, patience and attention to detail.
Guest Skupilkinson Posted December 27, 2009 Posted December 27, 2009 Absolutely! I've not had the pleasure of trying CNC myself yet but to have seen a pistol materialise from a 3D model(3D printed) of mine was just mind blowing. Though I do take great satisfaction from making something with my own two hands. Anyway, sorry to have taken the thread off topic for a while.
postmortem01 Posted December 27, 2009 Author Posted December 27, 2009 We actually do everything here from modeling to sculpting. Doing props for motion picture, we generally don't have much time at all. We just finished Iron Man 2 and are working on Thor. We have to make all the weapons over the holiday break because of the shooting schedule. It's crazy but we get it all done and work crappy hours to do it. Metal work, sculpting, painting, molding/casting, etching/marking, leather, etc. We do it all in house because of the time frames. Having everything under one roof makes it much easier to get things done.
postmortem01 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Posted December 28, 2009 Here are the parts quickly assembled. I am setting it next to this other helmet, not for accuracy comparison but for sizing.
Guest Skupilkinson Posted December 28, 2009 Posted December 28, 2009 WOW! Fantastic! From the pics the sizing looks good.
mrbungle Posted December 28, 2009 Posted December 28, 2009 very nice. hey ,pghfett's old helmet!! are the helmets the same height??
postmortem01 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Posted December 28, 2009 Actually, ours is a tad taller in the dome area but they are pretty close otherwise.
mrbungle Posted December 28, 2009 Posted December 28, 2009 cool. i really like the eye viser shape. the under the eyes curve drove me nuts. but looks like you guys nailed it. are you going to make the viser and helmet one piece?? by looking at the reference pics , i thought it looked like the forehead under the viser went straight up and meet the viser underneath. i put vents there. but i have no clear eviedence that they are there. but in one pic or 2 i thought that was right and put them in. i posted a pic of my helmet to give you and idea of what i was talking about. do you have any idea how much the armor and helmet are going to cost at the moment?
Guest Skupilkinson Posted December 28, 2009 Posted December 28, 2009 Do these help? You were right Tom.
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