Need Gauntlet Help

[GCNgamer128]

Stay away from Franknson2, he recasted Ruffkintoy's gauntlets.

 

[Ripcode]

Thanks guys, I spoke to Ruffkintoys so I should have a set of his soon. As for these, I could always use the left gaunt for a boat anchor..

And don't feel bad. All of us bought something we wish we hadn't bought, before we found this place!

 

[pennywise]

And don't feel bad. All of us bought something we wish we hadn't bought, before we found this place!

I've already replaced EVERYTHING from when I first started a year ago and still plan more up-grades in the future. Every time it gets better. Once you've got the suit complete, you can start re-doing everything like alot of us

 

[cal196]

Well I know Frank and Son 2 lurks around because he's getting on me about his guantlets as well.

He was banned from here for recasting. I have had the pleasure of owning his gauntlets. And they look exactly the same as I remember. The flamethrower is nothing more than a brick drilled on the side, there rough at best. After having two sets of Chuck's (ruffkin) Gauntlets I noticed three similiarity's that they where nothing more than poor dupes.

 

[Wes]

Just an update on this thread, I have ordered some new gauntlets from Ruff and I'm using these for paint tests.

Thanks for all the input fellas, I'll post my progress on my new gauntlets when I get started.

 

[fettishist]

I too had gaunt probs, getting mine unwisely from frank-n-son2, but I think mine turned out quite well after I stripped and redid them!! As they were when they arrived-

Stripped, filled, sanded-

As they appear now-

They overlap and are fixed in place using industrial velcro-I still need to add switches, but I think they show what you can do with crap given a little work!!! (not that crap is acceptable, and thanks to TDH, we can avoid most of it!!)

 

[PreludeRm]

Has anybody get Gauntlets off ebay from actoylab? Just wondering how well his are compared to these other ones mentioned in this post.

Thanks in Advanced
PreludeRM

 

[mrgr8ness]

They are recasts of Ruffkin's I believe. His stuff is all recast.

 

[GrottyFurball]

Just an update on this thread, I have ordered some new gauntlets from Ruff and I'm using these for paint tests.

Thanks for all the input fellas, I'll post my progress on my new gauntlets when I get started.

If you're using liquid mask you may like the affect of sprinkling sand over it, I gives the edges a more realistic chipped look and leaves no residue like salt does, also the different rocks and pebbles are all different shapes where salt and sugar are pretty much all the same shape.

 

[Wes]

If you're using liquid mask you may like the affect of sprinkling sand over it, I gives the edges a more realistic chipped look and leaves no residue like salt does, also the different rocks and pebbles are all different shapes where salt and sugar are pretty much all the same shape.

Wow, interesting info.

You mean mix the sand up in the liquid mask as your applying it?

Thanks

 

[GrottyFurball]

right after you apply the liquid mask, before it dries just like toss some on it so it's pretty irregular, another way to do it is with water just get it wet and throw the sand on it when the water starts to dry, paint your other color on then just before its totally fry run it under some water to wash it off. I think it gives a nice inconsistant weathering, it's how I painted my slave 1.

 

[GCNgamer128]

Now here's another set of gauntlets we might want to rant about, hah. Star Fortress. I held one of them on Saturday, my GML bought a set, I swear one gauntlet weighed 20lbs.

 

[GrottyFurball]

Here I made a couple examples for you on a peice of styrene sheet

the blob on the top was dont with ater and sand and the one on the bottom was liquid mask and sand, I suggest the liquid mask and sand because it's easier to work with and looks a bit better here's a close up of the liquid mask blob.

Just keep in mind I did this in less that 5 minutes, thats including the aluminum paint and mixing the red for my airbrush so if you take a little bit of time on it it chould look real nice.

 

[Wes]

Really cool Zombie!

I'm going to try that technique, thanks a bunch!

 

[bobamatt]

Hey guys, I just joined the Dented Helmet today. I know this is about gauntlets, but this morning, I bought shin tools from bloodsport studios. I noticed you were bashing BSS. Please tell me I didn't make a mistake! Can anyone tell me if the shin tools are ok?

After reading this, I'm not going to order gauntlets from them...

 

[Fett prop artist]

Has anybody get Gauntlets off ebay from actoylab?

yes I bought mine from him stupidly, and they are so thin when I was attaching them the left gaunt snapped fully in half.

 

[FlyingMonkeySith]

is there any way to make gaunlets and not buy them? i understand that the kits are pretty neat.. but they are really exspensive(for me anyway).

 

[xaoslord]

is there any way to make gaunlets and not buy them? i understand that the kits are pretty neat.. but they are really exspensive(for me anyway).

If you already have all of the materials such as bondo, sandpaper, bondo, sintra, bondo, all of the necessary tools, bondo, and a well ventilated work area, (did I mention bondo? ) then there are a ton of reference photos here you can use to make them yourself. If you don't have the items already, you're better off just buying a kit or watching the cargo bay for someone getting rid of a set. Once you start buying everything to scratchbuild gauntlets, you could have bought a set of expertly made items from a talented prop maker. Probably not the answer you were hoping for, but just buying items to cleanup kits ran more than I was expecting. Hope this helps!

 

[Makan]

Hey everyone, BSS once again sucked another person in....i didnt read this until today when i opened them. The directions are horrible and thought maybe i could find some help on here.....I am really upset! any ideas on what to do, or how to approach my guants would be most appreciated.


Thanks
Kyle

 

[MandoMan]

What's wrong with them and how bad are they? If they're thin, then you could reinforce them with fiberglass on the inside. I'm pretty sure that's what others do.

-Chris