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[Rokeim Gekla]

  Zophar isn't dead, he just hibernates in the winter :-P

i know the feelig :-p  except i get sub zero temperatures...

[Mahal]

Bump bumpity bump

no progress, no updates.    someone do a bloody "summer weather" dance and get this temperature up to fiberglassing levels...

ah yes, of course. not to mention the moisture and humidity being a bith to work in when 'glassing or painting. messes up curing time >.<

Pffffft, I've lived in NB, and been to Vancouver in the winter, stop whining about the cold you two(though I can sympathize with the humidity complaints, Albertans don't take that well, or me and my aliit don't anyway).

[Zophar Ptay]

Bump bumpity bump
Pffffft, I've lived in NB, and been to Vancouver in the winter, stop whining about the cold you two(though I can sympathize with the humidity complaints, Albertans don't take that well, or me and my aliit don't anyway).

I've lived in Denver and up in Alaska, comfortable for you and me is not necessarily good for laying and curing fiberglass...

[Mahal]

comfortable for you and me is not necessarily good for laying and curing fiberglass...

I know, just thought I'd be a cynical chakaar and mention it.

[Zophar Ptay]

Alright, I know most of you have given up on me, but I broke out the gear and scraped off the inches of dust and got back to work this weekend.   Life is more or less as normal as it is going to get and I'm itching to get some projects off my table.   Time for this bucket to meet its maker.  or this maker to meet its bucket... or something...

Assuming my resin hasn't died a slow, painful death over the last [holy crap has it been a year!??!!] I'll be posting progress pretty regularly now.

[Serim Merec]

Alright, I know most of you have given up on me, but I broke out the gear and scraped off the inches of dust and got back to work this weekend.   Life is more or less as normal as it is going to get and I'm itching to get some projects off my table.   Time for this bucket to meet its maker.  or this maker to meet its bucket... or something...

Assuming my resin hasn't died a slow, painful death over the last [holy crap has it been a year!??!!] I'll be posting progress pretty regularly now.

YES! At last you have returned to us! Looking forward to the continuation of Mr. Ptay!

[Zophar Ptay]

I promise not to flood with one-shot updates, but proof I really am back in bla.. well.. .grey.     Another round of filler, sanding and priming tonight.  I'll stick with it.   I have one more spot in the back that I really need to work out and another little bump here and there but overall, I'm almost happy with it.  [[for those who forget, the stripes are temporary filler that will come out and be channels, not spots that need more sanding]]

[Serim Merec]

Man, that looks like a lot of sanding!

[Zophar Ptay]

Yeah, I'm down to 400 grit wet sanding on most of it now... It's getting there

[Kraton Jax]

your helmet is looking good! keep it up!!

[Dresdon Acacin]

lol, welcome back....now 'git to work!

[Zophar Ptay]

Sanding, painting, sanding, priming, sanding... nothing major enough to show in pics, but trying to get some of the angles better on the bucket and a few dips, divots, etc worked out and some minor delaminating of the 'glass I need to take care of... I'm working.. I promise.     I may switch modes and get to work on the chest now and call this "good enough for now" but I'm trying too hard to get it perfect... at least the chest piece would have pic-visible changes worth sharing.

[Zophar Ptay]

proof of life:







You can still see the flaws but... meh.. maybe close enough for now...

[Ghostwalker]

Unless You are going for a casting master... this looks better than most already, finish wise.
work with what pits are left when it comes time for weathering. a dab of silver with a toothpick, wipe excess and done. It'll look great.

I'd ask for the rest of the armor but .. well ... 2020? 

Pad it, paint it, visor it and stick a fork in her. she's done.  8)

[Zophar Ptay]

Had thoughts of using this as a master for a rotocasting since the solid fiberglass method weighs a good bit, but ibthink for now I'll put the sandpaper away.  Bucket band shoulders done, chest and back both started... I may be done in time for C36 at this rate!

[Ghostwalker]

Hey I cant talk too much... 3.5 years in the making and my gauntlets are STILL not done.
I HATE gauntlets. Seriously.

I'm moving on to painting and electronics for awhile though.
At this rate my gaunts and boot armor will be done in 3-4 years.

[Zophar Ptay]

[amouro]

next time take pics with the light to your face, not to your back. the black helmet with black visor is especially hard to make out under bad lighting. from what I can see it looks really great

[Ghostwalker]

doesn't really matter at this moment.
Shape,scale and fit look excellent bud!
Despite the mandibles you seem to have a good amount of movement.

[Uneek Top'El]

Yep that turned out really cool !! BRAVO !!  8)

[Zophar Ptay]

Sprayed it with the metal-flaked bronze that I used on the shoulders last night before I got too dark/late to keep going.   I'll hit it with the matte clearcoat ans snap so.e pics when I get hone later.  Chest is about 3/4 done but lots of sanding to do then I'll have a trial-fit-worthy set chest/shoulders/bucket.

[Ghostwalker]

I am a big fan of "oil rubbed bronze" hammered metal flake rustoleum and similar colours of that line.
Just going beyond the usual matte black and generic silver is a huge payoff.
People remark upon the difference quite often, most times not even really being able to verbalize what it is that is so distinctly different.

For small areas try a can of Testor's metalizer range. Mindblowing how wetsanded anything can be made to look like actual metal with "little" effort.
I say small areas because its pricey stuff in teeny tiny spraycans.

Anyways... pictures man pictures...

[Zophar Ptay]

I have the oiled bronze in the trigger spray can as my primary color.   Love the look.   Dust it with matte black then a matte clear coat.  I'm at work, pics when I get home.

I was thinking of trying the rub-n-buff satin nickel color for the mandibles and some accents here and there

[Ghostwalker]

Spanner used rub'n'buff to great effect! if i recall correctly its how he did all his blaster scorch marks.

[Zophar Ptay]

Aye.  And there have been some great RnB buckets too (The original Recon, IIRC was entirely RnB)