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Finishing the Dome
Originally Posted 28-Aug-2008This part wasn't following Antman's tutorial, because he hadn't posted that stage yet.
Still it was fairly simple, get out my pot of dodgey polyfiller and cover the dome in it.
You may also notice I've painted some of the edges, this was just to stop them from being damaged too much during the next stage.
I was fairly happy with the finish on the cheeks and didn't see the need to cover them in polyfiller.
Next ( after hours of sanding ) The dent.
Originally Posted 22-Sep-2008
Right, only a little bit of progress. I bought some Tesco value sandpaper for about 50p. Then started sanding away at the mass of polyfiller. Working down from 60grad to 100. I wrapped the sanding paper round a block of wood to try and get better control.
After a lot of sanding here it is.
I also started on the dent, This is where accuracy went out the window. I cut a random sized hole in roughly the right position. Glued a bit of card behind and filled it in with polyfiller (had to do this in layers)
I then made the main lines using a small file. After that I've been slowly shaping it with 60 grad sandpaper.
That's all for now I need to finish the dent and then when I get some supplies I'll work on the vent.
Note: these are now camera phone images as the camera I used previously wasn't mine and I couldn't bring to Uni.
Total spend is now £5.50.
Large card for main helmet & mask : £2.00
Pint o' PVA Glue: £3.00
Sandpaper: £0.50
Originally Posted 23-Aug-2008
This was taken with the webcam on my laptop, hopefully its a bit better.
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