A sneak peek ...

[Sonnenschein]

What do you say?

 

 

[SW1]

What do you say?

 

SWEET SWEET nice one Karin

[Madmartigan]

New latex hero molds forthcoming???? SWEET!!

[troopermaster]

My only comment on improving your old hand plates is to make the section pointing towards your thumb slope on an angle rather than stepping down. It's only a minor flaw in your current set which can easily be rectified

[Sonnenschein]

Thanks!

New latex hero molds forthcoming???? SWEET!!

 

Exactly THAT, and latex standards guards...

 

 

 

The hero will be the samespecs as the non-latex, but I had to upscale them as the latex shrinks a little. Took me some math skills to do it - the upscaling percentage is NOT the same as the shrinking percentage.

 

As for the standrad ones, This is now my 3rd version of it - within 1 year. Did some minor corrections. NOW I'm really happy with them.

 

Karin

[Sonnenschein]

My only comment on improving your old hand plates is to make the section pointing towards your thumb slope on an angle rather than stepping down. It's only a minor flaw in your current set which can easily be rectified

 

Paul, I think I can't follow you with my limited english... Could you please explain? Thanks for the contructive critisim!

 

Karin

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

My only comment on improving your old hand plates is to make the section pointing towards your thumb slope on an angle rather than stepping down. It's only a minor flaw in your current set which can easily be rectified

 

I believe he's mentioning an curve, or angled plate that follows the curve of a hand.

 

the back of the hand being flat, and the thumb area being angled downwards.

[Sonnenschein]

My only comment on improving your old hand plates is to make the section pointing towards your thumb slope on an angle rather than stepping down. It's only a minor flaw in your current set which can easily be rectified

 

 

 

This part?

 

I think now I get it... I always thought that it will be "angled" once it follows the curve of the hand..

 

 

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

I just used the brush on way of adding the latex, and I mix white paint into the latex for the first 6 brush on layers.

 

reduces shrinkage, and allows it to be white.

 

when you brush on latex mould building rubber it cures when thin very quickly. in a warm environment I can usually get

5-6 brush on layers in a single day.

 

 

 

 

 

if you pour the latex into the mould, and then it shrinks.

 

if you brush on thinner layers with paint added it slows the shrinkage, and cures faster.

 

for my own personal handplates I used the AP handplate itself as a mould.

this produces a curved surface all across the handplate.

 

at the wrist, it's curved, and at the thumb it's angled downwards.

in the photo above the handplate is not glued to the glove at all.

it's just sitting on top of my hand.

 

you can clearly see the curve all across the wrist, and the angle downwards from the center outwards

to the thumb.

 

 

I should make a pair and send them over for you to look at...

Edited September 14, 2010 by TK Bondservnt 2392

[troopermaster]

This part?

 

I think now I get it... I always thought that it will be "angled" once it follows the curve of the hand..

 

Yes Karin, that's the part I mean. If it sloped down toward the thumb intead of stepping down, it would look better IMO. It's a bit hard to explain but if you ran your finger across the hand plate from the section you highlighted in red, there should be an apex where the section slopes rather than a step where the two sections meet.

 

Other than that, great job

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

Yes Karin, that's the part I mean. If it sloped down toward the thumb intead of stepping down, it would look better IMO. It's a bit hard to explain but if you ran your finger across the hand plate from the section you highlighted in red, there should be an apex where the section slopes rather than a step where the two sections meet.

 

Other than that, great job

 

on the subject of handplates can troopermaster comment on my posts please?

[TKDUEUNO]

 

Like this?

Edited September 15, 2010 by TKDUEUNO

[Rich330[TK]]

What do you say?

 

 

Great, but for me you'd have to mark them "L" and "R" the other way round for me. That way I might get it right next time! :lol:

 

Edited September 15, 2010 by Rick330

[Sonnenschein]

 

Like this?

 

 

 

Thanks, Pablo.

 

 

Great, but for me you'd have to mark them "L" and "R" the other way round for me. That way I might get it right next time! :lol:

 

 

Believe it or not, I really planned on doing that

 

 

'So, anyone has an idea how to "easily rectify this minor flaw"? ATM, I don't have a clue. My "building" experience is a little limited....

 

Karin

 

 

[troopermaster]

Say if you are using three layers of ABS to make your hand plates, make one the base and have two layers for the main hand back. Then for the sloping secion, use one piece and maybe put some clay or a very thin strip of ABS against the main section to make the next piece slope. If I had photoshop I could do a diagram to explain better.

[Sonnenschein]

Say if you are using three layers of ABS to make your hand plates, make one the base and have two layers for the main hand back. Then for the sloping secion, use one piece and maybe put some clay or a very thin strip of ABS against the main section to make the next piece slope. If I had photoshop I could do a diagram to explain better.

 

Thanks Paul! After staring at the hand guards all afternoon, I almost came to the same solution...

[Sonnenschein]

Okay,

would this be about right? Any opininon before I proceed with the next step?

 

thanks!

 

 

[troopermaster]

That looks better

 

For uber accuracy, the real hand plates had knuckles indented on the underside

[Locitus[Admin]]

For uber accuracy, the real hand plates had knuckles indented on the underside

 

How do you know all this stuff!?

 

You don't have to answer that.

Edited September 23, 2010 by Locitus

[Sonnenschein]

That looks better

 

For uber accuracy, the real hand plates had knuckles indented on the underside

 

Thanks, Paul!

Actually, this is one of the features I wanted to implement this time.

I think I found a way to do this in a open faced plaster mould!

 

How do you know all this stuff!?

 

You don't have to answer that.

 

I think he could tell you.... but then he must shoot you

 

j/k... (of course) In fact, Paul's knowledge is the result of dedicated reasearch for several years, analyzing every piece of information over and over again.

 

 

BTW: The indented "knuckels" can be seen on the "promo hero trooper"

[Locitus[Admin]]

BTW: The indented "knuckels" can be seen on the "promo hero trooper"

 

Nice! I'll have a closer look then!

[stukatrooper]

fantastic work

[matt black]

Mine came today. Fantastic work! Thanks Karin

[Sonnenschein]

fantastic work

 

Thanks, Pete. That is quite a compliment coming from you

 

Mine came today. Fantastic work! Thanks Karin

 

Glad you like them! Just wait for the updated version!'

 

 

 

Okay guys, the next step:

 

I'm making a PU resin mold. (I'll explain later why)

 

 

 

3 layers of parting wax, 1 layer of PVA. I know I doesn't look perfect, but it'll do the job

 

Stay tuned!

[Sonnenschein]

okay, the molds are ready

 

 

 

I made a little mistake. I ddin't seal the sculpted, sloped part godd enough, so it stuck to the resin. I guess I'll just desolve it in some water.

 

Now, the molds get primered, painted, puttied, sandeded, etc until they're perfect and ready for the next step....

 

Karin