right /left gauntlet, cuff & hand armor W.I.P...

i started on the right gauntlet this weekend:

it's all styrene right now - but i will cast it in fiberglass with an opening hinge. The leather ring on the top of the gaunt will be made separately.

but i need a better pic of this area:

I couldn't get that detail at MOM - as it was facing away from the glass. Anyone have a better pic¿

WOW! Those look great. Very nice work. Keep posting pics as you progress.
Scriptie

Dallas is there anything you are not good at?

Ragresen wrote:
Dallas is there anything you are not good at?

YES - finding a better picture of THAT detail

Looking great Dallas!

Looks great, Dallas. In fact, it looks exactly like the one I did the first time. Look at the following picture:



See how the top edge is at an angle and the bottom edge leaves the detail you are looking for at an angle? I ended up resculpting to get a more spial effect at the bottom. This is the best picture of the detail you are looking for that I could find.

Dallas - nice lettering! I like em a lot. My husband is gonna buy me more tools for christmas! Keep up the nice work!

Here is the one I started for my wife. Just gotta figure out how to make that flared part on te left one =)

That's really nice! Did you make it out of aluminum? It doesn't look like painted sintra...

nope, its just painted sintra =) weathered of course! Thanks for the compliment.

Mav

That look **** good!! Great job on the Zam Project..!!!

did the left gauntlet this weekend:


I'll tackle the left upper cuff thing next. (that's going to be a trick!)

You wouldn't maybe think about casting these in fibeglass, would ya'?

-AUstin

Ok I am way Envyous now

I'm on the same trail as Austin... where do we sign? hehe

they aint gonna be the styrene that they are now. The originals are fiberglass - these will be fiberglass Remember - i'm trying to get as close to 100% accurate as possible

DCB, if you come up with any ideas on the upper left gauntlet cuff, please share. This one has had me stumped aside from sculpting it out of sclupy or something. =)

Mav

Dustin Crops Boy wrote:
they aint gonna be the styrene that they are now. The originals are fiberglass - these will be fiberglass Remember - i'm trying to get as close to 100% accurate as possible

Well if you happen make some extra gauntlets by mistake, let me know, K?

-Austin

i finished up the base of the right gaunt cuff thing tonight... I also etched in a newly discovered detail to the square buttons on the right gaunt...



whatcha think¿

Wow! I think it looks great, although I am not a big Zam fan so I don't know about the accuracy

How much do you estimate this will cost us when it's all done and ready for production?

I hope It's not $300...

$299.99


actually... IF i were to sell my test samples ( ) - I'd like to keep them reasonably priced. The price will be based on the cost of materials (fiberglass, leather, hinges, etc.) + the time it takes to make them. I may offer them in kit form, if it's that much more time consuming to put them together than it is just to cast them. (sometimes it's the casting that is the hard part and putting them together only takes a few minutes)

Right now - I'm going to just continue to sculpt the rest of the pieces - then probably cast them all up after we get out of this frigid arctic temperature. I can't do ANYTHING outside when it's only 10-20 degrees out (I hate Minneapolis sometimes)...

next step - the hand & thumb armor... then it's on to the helmet (eeesh)

Gee Dallas those look good so far. at this rate I think we are all going to be hard pressed to get anything more accurate than those. Well looking forwater to seeing the finished product.

Dallas, Is that circled,"newly discovered detail" The same as the one that you had circled earlier that you were trying to find? (the cigarette lighter adapter looking part)?

nope... i got that pictured too though. I can't work on that yet until i get the leather trim section sculpted for the right gauntlet - and i can't sculpt THAT until after i have the right gauntlet cast up - so i know how thick it will be so many steps... ugh....

edit - got my lefts and rights mixed up all better now

So that "newly discovered part" is that on the right or the left gaunt?

the etching i did last night (pictured above) is on her left gauntlet....

the other piece - is on the backside of her right gauntlet - that sets in the cut out groove. As pictured by TheWookie. I will work on THAT piece AFTER i have the leather trim sculpting done for her right gauntlet.

Looks excellent, Dallas. Keep us posted on kit prices please.

I agree with everyone else. Excellent work DCB!

How long would the left arm gaunt with cuff from longest part of the top of the cuff to the wrist of the gaunt assembled, do you think? Of course, leather trim would be added, but because the cuff covers that part, it doesn't really add in to the total length.

i don't think the left gaunt has leather trim... just the cuff

I'll get ya a measurement later once i'm home.

cool Ya know, if there is a screen capture of the time that they switched the cuff onto the other hand, you might get any other details on the end of that cuff. (if you haven't already) I think you have though. They are really awesome.

DCB & ZamIAm:

On the side I do video production and if you need, I have tools to transfer some good quality stills from the AOTC DVD to a picture format if you have any requests. I's be more than happy to post them online.

Ryan

I just thought about it, The problem is when zooming, you totally lose resolution. It sucks. My dvd player will zoom 2x but at 4x it's a mess. I am assuming it would do the same on the comp. If you wanna try, it's on that thread "Zam error on ep2"

Those are just terrific DCB! Very, very cool! You're really out-doing yourself! On the other hand you're making it hard for the rest of us! You keep raising that bar!

Please keep us updated on the progress as you add the leather and paint it!

Those look Great, Dallas!!

-cris

did the hand and thumb armor today:


next piece - the broach

DCB,

For us trying to make our own, would you be so kind as to post some nice Hi-Res pix of the project you're doing?

i tried to take better pix - but my camera didn't want to focus on them... prolly the bad lighting. I'll try to photo them outside tomorrow...

I am a little confused on the materials you used. I see the styrene on the top gaunt half painted, then I see the second from the last pic up, where there is a really thick [ cup like thing at the wrist of the gauntlets. Is that not styrene anymore? Kinda got lost on your process there...
measure gauntlets, cut styrene, etch out lettering and any other tidbits, putty in the lettering, putty? or sculpey? the additional pieces that stick out, glue pieces onto the styrene, primer, then?

it's all styrene baby

i cut and layered and cut and layered and cut and layered some more... then filled in the holes, gaps, imperfections with bondo® brand "glazing putty" and plumber's epoxy putty. sanded - more putty - more sanding... primed it - more putty - more priming.... ugh.

the "cups" inside the gauntlets are for casting purposes.

none of the pieces shown are going to be used as-is... they will ALL be cast in fiberglass or (except the cuff - which will be in vacuformed styrene then covered in leather). I also still need to make the trim that goes around the right cuff and the piece that goes in the "U" notch on that gaunt - but neither of these can be made until AFTER i have the gaunt cast in f-glass - so i know how thick they will be.

here's another picture showing a detail on one side:

Wow! Stunning......
Keep us posted.
Thanks,
Scriptie

Are you going to include the leather trim on these babies(when in kit form?)

leather yes - kit form.. i doubt it.