Thanks for the tip catal
I will definitely be using that as I have a fair few bits of PVC on this project!
Sorry I haven't replied to everyone until now
I had to reformant my netbook twice (I think the first try created an additional problem) which left me a little behind on my communication
Progress is happening
In fact I have a spot of dust up my nose and in my clothes from sanding today
The helmet is still in the mold as I kind of messed up the fg jacket so I need to sand it back and get it fixed up.
I have many of the smaller parts modeled and molded, first set of casting are curing over night. I am on three types of antihistamines to be able to work with the stuff, so I'm hoping this project is worth it
A few more goes with bogging and sanding before I can start to cut the details into the chest armour. The back plate needs another layer of fg inside.
I templated the shoulder bells yesterday and have got the first layer of resin on tonight.
FG cloth is so much easier to work with than matting so I'm going to have to order some more very soon.
The base shape of the flame thrower for the gauntlet was roughly modeled yesterday as well. Currently covered in silicon and tomorrow I will get a cast from that to smooth up and get a final mold from.
Mini rocket launchers are a littler harder to model but I think I have a cunning plan...
Oh and how awesome is PVC weld type glue! I have some that is red tinted, it was on sale so now I wish I'd bought more.... Wish I'd used it from the start on my jetpack...
Oh and all patterns are created by me. Nothng ripped from anywhere or modeled digitally. It is sort of better sort of harder this way. So some pieces are resined card some are layers of plastic laminated and carved to shape and some are sculpted from clay.