Author Topic: Incubi (Read 8452 times)

Zac · « **Reply #15 on:** January 17, 2011, 01:58:00 AM »

Shin armour is the most difficult of all armour pieces to make properly and have it look cool. When choosing who would make the armour in LOTR, they looked at the leg armour first.

Here is how I would do it:

wrap cling film around my lower leg, tightly.

Wrap several layers of gaffa tape around the cling film.

Carefully cut down the side, and remove from leg.

Re-stick down slit, making sure it remains the same size.

expanding foam inside of the gaffa.

Mod rock outside of the gaffa.

Heat plastic and mold to back of model.

Heat more plastic and mold to front, with an inch overlap on each side.

paint.

Apply attachment points with velcro, down both sides, and at top to hold to front of shin.

Actually I'd probably just mold the plastic directly from my metal greaves:

link

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Anggul · « **Reply #16 on:** January 17, 2011, 08:09:00 PM »

Oh how I long for them...

Finnlock · « **Reply #17 on:** January 20, 2011, 02:35:00 AM »

Here is a set of videos on youtube about shaping Sintra for Spartan 300 armor...the basics should be usable for you. Looks like the 7th one deals with shin gaurds...

Making Armor 1

I have never used an oven to heat Sintra and I'm not sure I'd use an oven I was going to eat out of to do it if I was.... But it seems to work for him.

wookieegunner · « **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2011, 04:29:00 AM »

I tend to use boiling water. One thing I want to point out that he sort of glossed over. He sets his oven to 250. This is a good temperature because the interior starts breaking down between 300 and 350. This can be an issue if you use a heat gun.

Erus · « **Reply #19 on:** January 20, 2011, 04:50:00 AM »

Having worked with sintra extensively, I caution you to *not* use an oven. The gentleman in that video is unfortunately not being very safe. If you do use an oven, don't cook in it unless you scour the sifrace deeply after, and as always, keep it ventilated.

IF you use a pot, do NOT, I repeat do NOT *ever* use it again after boiling sintra in it. It develops a film that is near impossible to remove and can make you sick if enough is on there.

To be honest, spend the $10-$20 and buy a heat gun.. You'll have much, MUch better results. Oven heating works well, for large pieces like a backplate or solid chest piece. But you can't really make fine tuned adjustments, and it can and will shrink on you in the oven. I have pictures of my first mando kit to prove the results there!!

And there are lower powered heat gun models out that allow for lower temps. Holding the gun further away and swiping it back and forth like a hair dryer also help keep the internals from goin gooey. I've hade more problems with the internal issue iin an over (even set to 200 degrees) than with a heatgun.

Though, the tutorial is especially nice, and has me wondering.. If SPARTAN armor can be done thus, if an astartes could be.. In have about. 4' square chunk of it yet!

Anggul · « **Reply #20 on:** January 20, 2011, 06:26:00 PM »

Thanks a lot for this peoples, possibly the most useful thing in that video is the shape he started off with to make it, I've always had trouble with that, so I'll give that shape a go.

Anggul · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2011, 03:53:00 PM »

My plasticard, after ages of being delayed by silly bank problems and thus losing a whole month to the wind (!!!!!), is on it's way and I should be able to start producing the warsuit soon.

I am excite.

toydivision · « **Reply #22 on:** March 26, 2011, 04:02:00 AM »

cool! I'm really excited to see this costume

Nex · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2011, 11:48:00 PM »

This post of mine might aid you in your quest...

http://z6.invisionfree.com/Obscurus_Crusad...dpost&p=2459205

I used a mannequin's leg to shape the Cuisse & Greave.

PM me if you have anything specific you want to ask.

Good luck! [img]http://i6.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

Anggul · « **Reply #24 on:** April 16, 2011, 11:09:00 AM »

Vague cardboard shapes, soon to be made in plastic once I've finished the rest in cardboard. The pieces are quite flattened out, obviously they won't look as wide once they're bound around me.

Just happy to get started [img]http://i6.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' />

Also, I didn't just order a Forgeworld Avatar of Khaine, 2 Harlequins with kisses, 2 Striking Scorpions, 2 Howling Banshees, and 2 Tau battleforces >>

Zac · « **Reply #25 on:** April 18, 2011, 07:08:00 AM »

Are Tau part of the Eldar army list now, or is it just that your Heresies know no limits?

PS. Armour is looking good. What will you have underneath?

Anggul · « **Reply #26 on:** April 18, 2011, 08:23:00 AM »

Well as by base layer, probably just black thermals [img]http://i6.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' />

Hopefully I won't cook as I'll just have the armour plates over it.

And yes, I decided I'd also start a Tau army, because you can't look at the Forgeworld battlesuits and not love them. =D

I also love their play style, they actually work together like a real army. I really hope they don't change their style and make them boring BS4 in the next codex.

Zac · « **Reply #27 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:18:00 AM »

I've been thinking that a wetsuit would make a really good base layer for eldar armour. I think the under layer needs to look tough enough, and wetsuits would allow exactly that. I have no idea how much they cost though, and how warm they are.

I always wanted a tau army. My friend and I share a 400pt battleforce that we put together for the previous edition, but that only included stealth suits. The FW suits are, as stated, beautiful.

Anggul · « **Reply #28 on:** April 18, 2011, 01:32:00 PM »

A wetsuit would be far too warm. I made a blue undersuit out of a fairly stretchy but tough material for my Dire Avenger outfit, and it worked brilliantly. In this case, however, black is an abundant colour for any form of clothing [img]http://i6.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' />

The worst part is yet to come - buying pathfinders. (they come in metal blister packs only, and I'm going to have 16 eventually)

Reatrea · « **Reply #29 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:21:00 PM »

Quote from: Anggul date=1303111380

Well as by base layer, probably just black thermals [img]http://i6.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' />

Underarmor heat gear is your friend!