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Sculpting a GM from scratch...ground up


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  • 4 weeks later...

OK guys, I just about got this backpack knocked out. I'll be making these available in a day or two after I find out if my 'caster' has been able to pump out some pouches for me (I've only got like 2 on hand at the moment). Keep in mind, in the pics below of the kit is just a dry mock up for sale thread purposes only so the placement is not ideal, but you get the idea. Hope you all like it! :)

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That's pretty much it for now. I still need to assemble one of these for a vid tutorial, but honestly I don't know when that'll be. I need a break...totally burned out right now :/

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Got some more progress to report. I finally finished up the boot armor and got them to the point where I feel happy enough with them to call them good. I figure I've spent at least around 10-12 hours on them when it was all said and done. There were a lot of warping shapes and off-mirror issues that had to be dealt with not to mention flat spots that had to be smoothed out. Take a look at the pics and let me know what you all think!

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And of course the obligatory family photo...haven't done one of these in quite a while lol

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That's it for now. Gonna take a break for a bit and start up next on the dreaded helmet O.o

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Thanks very much Leo! I hope to raise the bar even more with some high expectations I've set for myself for the next few pieces to this costume when it's all said and done. Thanks again all for looking and stay tuned ;)

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Not too much more to report. Making some headway on the dome and skirt with the foam.

Had to make some circular templates for the skirt base as well as some 'step up' templates for each section as I go closer to the top

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Next I cut these up on the band saw to get a closer profile to work with....a bit tedious and time consuming, but it'll save me a ton of time down the road

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And working my way up to the dome

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Rinse and repeat for the other side...only mirrored of course

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A quick top view to check my progress...this was actually the SECOND time I had to do this grrrr due to the fact that I didn't account for the proper angles going up and had used the same circular template as I did for the base of the skirt for the rest of the pieces....had to start over from the ground up but got it right as I figured out what I did wrong. Lesson learned

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Then I moved on to the front brow on the right side

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Rinse and repeat mirror-like

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That's it for now, stay tuned folks...LOTS more left to do on this

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Gearing up for a local con, so I decided to get a display setup ready for the 501st table. This was a LOT more work than I originally anticipated (it doesn't help that I did it mostly all in 2 days either), but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out...plus I'll have this for future cons and events so it was worth the trouble.. A nice break from the helmet sculpt too ;)

Here's some pics

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Here's some more progress pics for you all, enjoy!

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At this point, I had spoken to Barry (banzai88) and he pointed out that the cheeks needed to be corrected. I knew SOMETHING was up with it but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

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Onto the Rondo!

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Then sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand....and more sand, sand, sand, sand, sand O.o

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That's it for now kiddies, stay tuned...

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