First casts!

Over the past week i've been busy finishing the mould, creating a fibreglass sheel to contain it and casting my first resin copies! Progress Pics 3 for the latest.

Here's how things stand with my first 'pull'.


My vac-form machine is now made and ready for when the plastic arrives for the visors.

Sculpt finished...in 3D!

I finished the sculpt of the helmet a day or two ago after days of sanding. Before I moved onto making a mould, I had to polish it to a high shine with wax so as to get a good plastic finish when replicated. I took some pictures and have even managed to create a stereocopic 3D image! Check this tutorial out for how to see the 3D in all it's glory here!


And here it is after the first coat of silicone looking rather alien...

The silicone mould was actually completed today but it was too dark to take pictures using my webcam, the only camera i've got at the moment.

Check back soon!

Elliot

Sanding, filling, sanding, filling, sanding, filling....

That process has moved the build to a few days from silicone mould making!!


Helmet currently stands as this, the ears are taped over as I don't want the primer filling in the engraved design. Progress Pictures 2 for the latest as the first tab's getting a bit big.