My Snow Clone Scratchbuild!

Hey,

I have a big niggin' too mate. I sympathise with ya. The lid fits me just fine as it is now with room for padding too but it won't be as thick as it is now after being molded and cast.

Gorgeous work... I am actually just getting back into costuming, and episode 15 of TCW is what inspired me. It is nice to see somebody else having such stunning success with the design.

Thanks very much Count'.

Ok, the helmet is now in the hands of Mojo-Fett. He got it yesterday ready for moulding the lid. Also, he very kindly turned an aerator for this lid on a lathe! The aerator isn't the same as a TK or the clones we see in EpIII. The idea is to use this one master part to mould and cast resin copies to include with the kit.




Hope it looks good to you guys, I think he nailed it myself. Thanks Gav!!

Hi im new here first of all and id like to say im intrigued at making a Snow Clone. Could someone point me in the right direction of a template for a Snow Clone helmet?

Hi,

I'm afraid the Snow Clone template was created just for this build. As far as I know, no-one else has made one.

umm dont you sell them? Is it for sale?

Thanks and nice helmet

Skip any updates?

Silicone has been poured...
Just finished off another mould for Skip. so should have these up and ready soon.

Thanks Gav.

What he said mate. Gav's been busy with a few projects around here so has had to work on a queue system to stay on top of things. The good news is the Snow Clone lid is now under silicone!!!! Won't be long now guys. I'll be starting the official interest thread in the morning.

ooooo me me me me mate!

Is that you in Nate? Gotcha bro. I'll mark you down on the list when I start the interest thread in the morning. Thanks bro.

updates?

Thanks for posting brother! I was starting to think that interest in this had evaporated.

Ok, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, my good friend Mojo-Fett is mking the moulds for me as well as handling the casting. Well as some may know, Gav(Mojo) has been a very busy boy lately. Just look for his recent threads.

Upon saying thaty he has finished the mould for the dome now. The faceplate was done but had a run in with a very curious little girl so needs redoing.

I'm really sorry for keeping anyone still wanting one of these but it is a priority to me to get them done and out ASAP.

I know a few people who might be interested pending price.

We're looking at around the $225 mark. I'll have details later on.

Ok guys,

Sorry for the lack of real updates here but I have some pics now of the moulds being made! The mould for the dome should be finished tonight with the face plate mould not far behind it!!

I'll be continuing this thread with a build up of the kit with a Rex paint scheme too.

Here are the pics of the moulding process from lastnight! Massive thanks to Gav(Mojo-Fett) for helping me with this stage!!

ooooh pretty!
Gotta love the smell of fresh silicone....

Yeah, now that you remember what it smells like eh??!! LOL! Kiddin' bro.

Originally Posted by Skupilkinson

Yeah, now that you remember what it smells like eh??!! LOL! Kiddin' bro.

Why I aughtta!

Sorry Gav, couldn't resist!

Ok guys,

Another piccy update of the mould making process for this. The mothermould is now done, finished and in the hands of the casting guy!!! Hopefully we've had a prototype cast over the weekend. We'll find out in a few hours I imagine.
The silicone mould is all finished for the faceplate and just needs the mother mould to be done which Gav says will be done today.
Then we need to redo the aerators as the first prototype was a tad too small.

The finish line is in sight!!!!

Hey guys,

Got some pics!!

We now have our first dome! I'll post pics of the raw cast and some of the same dome cleaned up, trimmed and primered.












The face is very near ready for casting too so we'll have new pics of that very soon.

Now we just need to mould and cast the three strips for the mouth, and make a new master aerator as the first prototype was a tad too small. Once we have the new one ready, we can mould and cast that and we're good to go!!!

Please guys, feel free to comment.

Looks awesome !

Thanks very much bro! It's great to see it coming together now! Gav's planning on doing a Rex paint up soon so I'm looking forward to seeing that!

shouldn't be long bruv.....

Well get cracking then!! LOL!

Seriously, it's gonna look great with some Mojo magic painted onto it mate.

Morning guys!

Got a little pic for ya! Here's the original faceplate, silicone mould and its mothermould! We should have our first faceplate cast soon(this weekend hopefully), leaving just the aerators and mouth grill strips to do!



Thanks to Mojo for getting this finished up lastnight!

Looks good!

Hope to have the face plate pulled this weekend? Gonna try and get a rough assembly up too.

Here's the dome all nice and white. Looking forward to seeing those Rex markings!!

Really digging this thread man I have to say excellent job you really look like you did your homework Ner'vod I wish I could make armor, but sadly I really dont know how hahah

i agree! This is amazing! and the snow rex episode is one of my favorites

Thanks guys. It's been a long road but one that I've enjoyed everyminute of so far!

Congrats Andrew, you have made a really cool helmet!

Thank you brother!

NIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE! Might need to put one of these together to go with my regular snowy

Thanks buddy. I appreciate that.

Nice update Skip...
I'll get to work on the trimming and the greebs as soon as I finish a commission I have to deal with.

It fits really well in the dome, mainly down to the decent master moulds provided! good work bro!

Great stuff! Thanks Gav!

Glad it's all fitting well, thanks for the compliment bro.

WOWZER! Faceplate looks gorgeous!

Here's a nice update for you guys!!

Gav just sent me some pics of both faceplate and dome together!! Sorry for the pics, the good light had gone by the time he'd gotten it trimmed and assembled for the pics. I lightened them up a touch though.

It's looking superb now!! Can't wait to see it with the greebs and visor installed!

Gav reports the face and dome fit together really well which makes assembly very simple. You can see the small dimples either side of the "mouth"? Those are locators so you know where to drill and fit your aerators! Then the three grill strips fit in the three slots after you fit your cowl!

Speaking of which, I've bought the material for the cowl and will be fitting it as soon as the face plate gets to me.

Hope you guys like it!

AWESOME!! This looks amazing! I want one now lol

You going to use Marine vinyl for the cowl? Or a more cloth-like fabric?

I'm gonna go for a faux leather vinyl. Marine vinyl is very pricey for what it is and faux leather will have very similar qualities.

Thanks mate! Glad you like!

Wow!! that looks great! Awesome Job Skip! Fantastic Mojo!!! Top notch! It's funny how first people started building models of handmade things in 3D, now we're hand-making models of 3D pieces!

I never thought of it like that. LOL!

Got some pics guys. I fitted a cowl to the first cast faceplate yesterday. A few tweaks to be done then it'll go back to Gav for paint and greebles.

Keep going skip. Can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks bro. I keep saying it but, WE'RE ALMOST THERE NOW!

looking good, man. keep it up.

Thank you bro. We should have our new improved aerators sorted later today/tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

This looks wonderful Skip!

Thanks very much mate. I need to make some small tweaks to the cowl then I'll be sending it back to Gav for paint. He should have the aerators sorted by the end of the day tomorrow which is fantastic!

Wow!!!

Un trabajo muy inspirador...

Felicidades Señor, va excelentemente !!!

Thanks very much.

I had a thought on the price too. I'm new to selling kits/props so as this is my first I'm lowering the price to $190 plus shipping!

You guys don't all know what quality you'd be getting(a very high standard, trust me) so to make it easier I cut the $35 off the price. How's that?!

I've started a new seperate "RUN" thread here.

i dont like it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i love it the work you have put into this is amazing you must be chuffed i know i would be cant wait to see the rest good luck in your build and keep us posted,

Thanks very much.

skip, just wondering if you have the finished article in a photo?