locust star Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 hi friends! these are the molds I have built with wood and DAS ( a modelling material we have here in Italy). when I started the project I was far more than a noob . the main contributors are: - my mother: she helped me a bit for the sculpting. - the internetz: for the tutorials ( not sure if I can tell the name of the websites ... ) and image references I have vacuumformed the small parts in my oven here at home, but the chest and back plate don't fit in so I'm looking for a bigger oven around...
ukscout Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 look good - looking forward in seeing your 1st pull to enable a proper comments on how they vacformed
Griffin-X Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 Cool, looks good! Hope to see pics of your armor pulls.
locust star Posted February 13, 2012 Author Posted February 13, 2012 thank you jim and ukscout! I will upload pictures as soon as I build the new and larger vacuum forming table.
4505Marcel Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 Looking forward to see what your first pull comes out like.
Boba Leo Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 Very nice Daniel!!!!, I'll be watching closely their work!!!!!! Leo
locust star Posted February 14, 2012 Author Posted February 14, 2012 I've just glued my new and larger vacuumforming box. I'll start doing the holes as soon as it dries. I think I should mention my friend francesco at the wood store he cut the boards and gave them to me for free
StudioCreations Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 WOW! Those molds look awesome! Congrats! For the chest mold, are you going to fill in the area under the pectorals? That a huge void there, and if left unfilled, the plastic will attempt to seal up under the 'bridge' making it difficult to pull the mold out of the formed plastic. Also, I am currently working on a new thermal detonator mold myself, and I noticed your thermal detonator box is a little squarish looking. You might want to sand the top 'long' edges of the thermal det more, rounding it off for a more curved look. Also, the half-cylinder area for the ribbed pipe tunnel needs to be a little taller, you'll have trouble getting the pipe to fit properly in that short hump area. But, dude you have done a fantastic job. If you wanted to vacform the parts today, you could. And we all can't wait to see the final vacformed plastic. WOOHOO!
locust star Posted February 15, 2012 Author Posted February 15, 2012 WOW! Those molds look awesome! Congrats! For the chest mold, are you going to fill in the area under the pectorals? That a huge void there, and if left unfilled, the plastic will attempt to seal up under the 'bridge' making it difficult to pull the mold out of the formed plastic. Also, I am currently working on a new thermal detonator mold myself, and I noticed your thermal detonator box is a little squarish looking. You might want to sand the top 'long' edges of the thermal det more, rounding it off for a more curved look. Also, the half-cylinder area for the ribbed pipe tunnel needs to be a little taller, you'll have trouble getting the pipe to fit properly in that short hump area. But, dude you have done a fantastic job. If you wanted to vacform the parts today, you could. And we all can't wait to see the final vacformed plastic. WOOHOO! hello jeff, this "fantastic job" as you say, wasn't really possible without your tutorial. it was my first true inspiration for this project.. thank you so much ! you're totally right about the chest plate. I didn't put it in that picture but I have a base that fills the empty spaces you're also right about the sharp edges on the thermal detonator .... I just liked how it looks like this way the ribbed pipe I found has a 3 cm diameter ( too small?) and it should fit on the tunnel.... I don't have yet the endcaps for the pipe.. Is it possible to buy them somewhere?
locust star Posted February 18, 2012 Author Posted February 18, 2012 http://i1158.photobu...11/P1020738.jpg I have just uploaded new pictures of what I vacformed today. everything is working really fine!! this is the home made "vacuumforming station" http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p605/locuststar11/P1020733.jpg
Cyber Scout Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 Hello Daniel What thickness abs are you useing? As this is a very nice sharp pull.
locust star Posted February 19, 2012 Author Posted February 19, 2012 hello andy I used 2 mm styrene in this case, now I'm going to work on a bigger vacform box so I can try with the chest-back plate
locust star Posted February 19, 2012 Author Posted February 19, 2012 http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p605/locuststar11/P1020741.jpg http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p605/locuststar11/P1020743.jpg http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p605/locuststar11/P1020742.jpg I have finally tested the big vacumfoming machine. I had a lot of troubles..... I wasted two large sheet of styrene during the first pulls and removing the chest-plate from the mould I broke some pieces of the mould nothing serious but I need to reinforce the mould or it will break into pieces everytime. I also noticed the chestplate needs a little more sanding. tell me what you guys think about it! hope you like it. all the moulds were scratchbuilt using wood. I've never seen a bikercostume in real life....all I had were some pictures I found on the internet ( magic of mith exibihition mostly) this is my first propmaking project and I'm so happy about the results so far!!!!
jabbasdead Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Being happy is key to this hobby, looking good Daniel.
Boba Leo Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Very nice Daniel Very good work compatriota Leo
Chex Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Can't wait to see a finished suit, and how it looks on someone.
StudioCreations Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Those chest and back vacforms look fabulous. Trim, assemble, and post more picts!
Guest Ogait-Nas Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 I'm keeping an eye on this thread. It's great
locust star Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 first of all thanks to all of you for following/reading/showing appreciation on this topic my enthusiasm for this project is growing with your support! I didnt have much time these days to go on with the armor, but I trimmed the chest and back and well... there's something wrong with the shape of the shoulders. they don't fit as they should... so I'm modelling again the moulds.... I will upload some pictures as soon as I have something to show you
StudioCreations Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Yeah, getting the chest and back shoulders to line up is painstaking and time-consuming. Measure... tweak... measure... tweak... measure...measure....measure... tweak... It's a slow process, but it is all worth it in the end. Keep posting progress notes. WOOHOO!
locust star Posted February 27, 2012 Author Posted February 27, 2012 just a short message to say I've been working hard on the moulds this weekend and today to get things right, and with all the accuracy I can give as an accidental- do-it-yourself propmaker pictures are soon to come, stay tuned!!!
locust star Posted March 14, 2012 Author Posted March 14, 2012 hi santiago! I'll post new pictures when I'll have the jumpsuit.... the chest and back armor have been corrected and they are almost done I'll vacumform next sunday maybe. today I buyed the buckles and straps for the belt so we're getting close
locust star Posted March 22, 2012 Author Posted March 22, 2012 I have finally trimmed most of the armor, some pictures most of the pieces are ok, there's some "last minute-bondo repairing" visible on the chest and back plate.... the hump is not trimmed yet http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p605/locuststar11/P1020912.jpg http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p605/locuststar11/P1020916.jpg
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