Sculpting a GM from the ground up

Thanks again Vult! Appreciate the kind words! :)

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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That's gonna be hard to wear, but I think I can make it work. ;)

Good to see you back in the shop. I am glad things are getting better for you. Keep up the good work on this.
 
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
 
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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That's it for now kiddies! ;)
 
Very nice. Great colors and weathering. I don't need a GM. I don't need a GM. I don't need a GM. If I say it enough times maybe I will start believing it.
 
Thanks buddy, appreciate that
Here's another quick shot...just cause. I think I placed the epaulets a bit too close together but...m'eh, you get the idea ;)
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