SWTOR bountyhunter armor build

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SWTOR bountyhunter armor build

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hey guys ive been working on a cheap 2 peace halo helmet the past few days..it was a 2peace thin plastic jobby which i glued together,filled with foam and then cut all the details off. I then went at it with a lot of bog and sanding. 5 days filling and sanding later I was ready to apply my resin.

and here she is with a fresh coat of resin on (the mustard color is just primer to stop the resin melting the foam)

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so this is a major work in progress...for starters it has a boba fett style face plate that goes over the front part....all will be revealed in time :twisted:
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Nice start. Looks like we might get some good weather from tomorrow, through into the weekend, for some outdoor prop work.
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yerp im on the front steps working on the helmet now :) shes a cracker of a day!

Gotta tryn get in as much sun and work as possible before swtor hits lol.

also i have my girlfriends mum staying with us for a month over christmas....so my computer room/workshop becomes her guest room and all my tools get packed up :(
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little update..ive glued and resined on the base for the side details,the face plate,rear control panel and the little mohawk thing.

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down and glued to the top. I sat them on the helmet for the photos, they will be glued on once the helmets painted.

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nice progress dude!
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Cool! :D
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ok few more days work to show.

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as you can see shes looking a little rough in the photos because it has 2 new coats of resin over the details which I havent yet sanded.

the range finder folds up and down but I still need to do some shaping on the lens peace.
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looks awesome dude, good luck with the sanding. If you wet-sand it you'll make progress faster and avoid alot of polyester dust :)
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So Ive built a cardboard armor set..Im going to resin the lot and then bog and paint. wont be super neat and tidy but it already looks really good.

Il take some photos over the next few days but so far it looks like a cardboard motorcross armor set. I copied the design of the actual motorcross armor i used last time so already it sits on me perfectly.

Il be adding in the major details with the cardboard then il resin and bog before adding the finicky things to it.

Trying to get this ready for armageddon so ive got lots of work to do....Blaster to build,helmet to finish and undersuit to design :)

I learnt quite a bit making and especially wearing that last costume so this one should turn out a lot better.
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vctrsone wrote:...
I learnt quite a bit making and especially wearing that last costume so this one should turn out a lot better.
Trying and learning new techniques is always good. Looking forward to seeing your latest progress pics.
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