First post, first WOF bukcet build - cardboard!
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CombatBaby
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Danke schön, Chris! I learned a lot from your tutorial! Do you plan to continue?
ThanksHey Coen! Thanks for the compliment. And yes, I should post my progress more frequently.
This lid has the blood and soul:love of the maker.
No denying here!
So true!! Thanks! ...but don't look too close!
Thanks dude!As most of you/us know, it can be hard sometimes to find time for hobbies, even on weekends. Work can be a killer and the family life needs full attention and affection and has without question priority.
But every spare minute I will spend with great enthousiasm on my dented helmet! And here are some updates - be it not many:
Since the construction and sealing & primering of the bucket is more or less complete, I started painting the partially assembled rangefinder with flat black and aluminum:
The part of the rangefinder which is normally opaque, I still need to paint in a matching color. Also the "polaroid" part (ESB style) needs to be put on.
And the flashing LEDs are working too, woohoo!!
I gave the dome and cheeks a POG treatment. The colour in these pics doesn't look like POG, but in normal daylight is looks okay.
I don't own an airbrush, and I couldn't find the spray can version of POG here, so I used a paint roller and carefully applied the acrylic. Did not turn out too bad.
And I also created the smallest part of the helmet; the Borden connector tool (out of cardboard ofcourse!)
Hah! This thing is so small that it is difficult to not lose sight of. As a matter of fact, where did I leave it.....oops!
This project is so much fun for me, that I decided to simultaneously build another two out of cardboard (don't know yet when...). One big and one small version for my kid. Since Alan increased the size to 103% on the dome templates, it should be even easier to construct a perfect dome for these! I guess I can never give enough credit to the WizardOfFlight! Thanks, and thanks again Alan!! Superb templates!! :cheers
Now it is time for me to hit the sack, as I end this post at 23:47 hrs Central European Time.
Thanks for all your positive replies and stay tuned!
Peter
Wildabeast
Active Hunter
Still amazed at how smooth that dome is.
Thanks.
I drew a little circle on a piece of thin cardboard and cut that out with a hobby knife. Punched the three little holes with a belt puncher and repeated the whole thing twice so I ended up with three Bordens. I glued these on top of each other and sanded the edges as smooth and as round as I could with very fine grade sanding paper. The result is what you saw in the pic. Only thing left is to primer it and glue it to the right cheek.
easy......
Peter
Hi Peter, yes I will start with new ideas hopefully very soon. Right now I am between modeling fascination my family and way too much work.
Some hours ago I got a new son (Second one)!!! Liam David, he is absolutely lovely!!! Man what a boy! :love15 days over natal day. We had a hart time, you can believe.
I am sorry that I am so slow with the bucket tutorial, my helmet is almost done,but still a lot work to do. Your helmet is so great I feel quite honored that you have read my tutorial. It seems like you can not learn any more you have extremely magic hands! I like the card board material a lot! Maybe better than styrene...
Keep on Peter, you might be faster finished than me!
Chris
WOW....just WOW. Thats by far one of the most impressive things i've seen to date. You have some bloody amazing skills. Keep up your great work. Lookin forward to more pics of this great helmet
Thank you very much!Hi Peter, yes I will start with new ideas hopefully very soon. Right now I am between modeling fascination my family and way too much work.
Some hours ago I got a new son (Second one)!!! Liam David, he is absolutely lovely!!! Man what a boy! :love15 days over natal day. We had a hart time, you can believe.
I am sorry that I am so slow with the bucket tutorial, my helmet is almost done,but still a lot work to do. Your helmet is so great I feel quite honored that you have read my tutorial. It seems like you can not learn any more you have extremely magic hands! I like the card board material a lot! Maybe better than styrene...
Keep on Peter, you might be faster finished than me!
Chris
Hi Chris!
Thanks for your kind comments and
CONGRATULATIONS with Liam David! I wish you and your family lots of happiness and health! Be sure to take all the time you need to recuperate from the exhausting period you and your wife faced.
(Too bad we don't have a separate "Baby Fett" forum here on TDH haha!)
In due time, I hope to see more from you on TDH.
Peter,
your rangefinder looks like it's made from aluminum, which was damaged in in use. Hard to believe it's cardboard.... Wow
CU
Coen 8)
It's really cardboard, buddy!
Today I decided to give the killstripes a try, so I masked off the area with blue masking tape. As a template I took Count Dookie's killstripe PDF. Great stuff Count D!!! Thanks!
As I read in many a thread, I masked the damaged area's with Winsor & Newton Masking Fluid.
I dried pretty quick, so next thing to do was applying the yellow paint. I used an acrylic called Insignia Yellow. In several thin layers I used a sponge to apply the yellow and it turned out pretty well.
Not much paint needed. Here's the stuff I used:
After drying, I pulled away the masking tape and rubbed off the W&N fluid. This is the result:
Not too bad for a first time(r)! Although the killstripes are a bit too close to the rim of the mandibles, I am happy how it turned out.
That's my progress up 'til now. Hope you enjoy the few pictures.
I know it's not even close to the forum subject (and I promise not to do it again) but I would like to share this next little story with you.
This Saturday I/we will be celebrating my :lovegirlfriend's birthday so probably no posting. My son and I created a little clay sculpture for her as a birthday gift. The story behind it (I'll keep it short, I promise!) is that here in Delft there was a brick wall near a peanut butter factory which had grafitti art on it. We liked it a lot and even took a picture of it:
Unfortunately, this wall had to be broken down due to the factory rebuilding part of their site. So all that is left is this picture and the memory of this grafitti sharkwhalefishythingy. David and I decided to make something 3D out of it and this is what we came up with:I think we captured it close enough! We hope she'll like it.
Anyways, time to count some sheep. It's late and I need to sleep.
Peter
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wizardofflight
Well-Known Hunter
Very nice!! You helmet is looking fantastic! Can't wait to see it finshed.
Alan
Alan
CombatBaby
Well-Known Hunter
i really think you should make a mold of that sucker so you can get solid casting for yourself. is the master going to be able to hold up to trooping?
I am sure she will be totally surprised & and she'll like it a lot, so much she'll forgive u for all the time spent on TDH
See ya later! :cheers
It all worked out well!
Thanks Alan! Building it is fun thanks to your templates (this probably sounds familiar to you...)! Cheers! :cheers
Hah! Trooping here in Holland is not that popular as in the U.S. Besides, I've started painting it already...
Well, it's been a while so here some updates.
Building from scratch is one thing, but painting this bad boy is a whole different ball park!! Step by step I'm discovering the best ways to use paint and brushes and rollers and masking tape and fluid, etc. I guess I consider this bucket to be my prototype and test model for my first paint job. Here are some pics:
The basic paint job, applied balck to the cheeks:
I cut out the polaroid frame using the W
F template.Paint it black!
Some more silver detail. I should really shoot during daytime. These nightshots are pretty lame...
And some more silver on the cheek sections:
I gotta find myself some red acrylic matching the Caboose. I found one which is a bit too dark/brownish to my taste so I didn't aplly that one yet.
Still got a long way to go, but enjoying it and peeking at some of the most gifted here on TDH. Superjedi, Spideyfett, SD68 and... you guys know who you are! You give some excellent examples, and set a very, very high standard!
Thanks for looking and back soon.
Peter
Citokre Dekanis
New Hunter
You know, something just occurred to me (as random things always do when I'm up at 2 or later in the morning screwing around on my comp)...Boba must go through a LOT of helmet visors. I mean, you see all the damage and scuffing to his helmet, especially the red trim...
Great work to man.
-Cit
Great work to man.
-Cit
