First try at armor

Hellhounds

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So I had cut out some from the WOF templates and just let them sit for a while. I got bored yesterday and started messing with them. I know they need alot more work but this is the start of my scratch built armor. At first I had them as single sheets but it looks so cheesy whenever I see someones armor that is so thin. it has no shape or depth. so I added another layer to it and rounded the edges. I added some battle damage but need a little work on that also. Any feedback would be great. I'm new to making any of this.

Before

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After

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That looks nice!
The schoulders need to be a bit more round ( they look a little ''blocky'' in the pictures if you know what I mean


Ruben
 
Those chest peices look very good... the curve is great!
I agree on the shoulders unless it's just the light?

Great start bruv... (y)
 
Looks awesome, the curvature of the chest plates is perfect from what I can tell. But like DutchFett said the shoulders look a little weird, maybe its just a trick of the camera, idk.

One suggestion tho. The center diamond: (Someone please correct me if I am wrong in saying this) Ought to be thinner on the inside, right? The rectangular indentation should be lower than the rest of the diamond. I think I've got that right, but see what other people have to say as I'm not 100% sure.

Overall, great start, cant wait to see the rest of the dents once you've started painting.
 
yea I was looking at that alot. I cut out the center and put another layer on the back so it's got thickness and the recessed center. I'll post it when I'm done sanding and evening it out.
 
thank you. the back is going to be a pain and same with the cod. it never looks right if it's scratch built. anyone know a good way to use bondo with styrene and if it's solid enough if you use it?
 
I used a combination of styrene, sintra, and super glue, with fiberglass resin to make my knee armor. It worked really well. For the back armor you could try what I did for mine and make a mold of your torso with duct tape to shape it.
 
That's looking good. (y) Filling in the seams with bondo will help bring the pieces together. You could use spot putty or something like that too. Superjedi's build and paint threads show it.
 
Looks good. Be sure to test fit the parts on your body as well before painting because you will often find that while the curves and scale look good to the eye, they may not be right for your body type.
 
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