Bondo Stealth Trooper

OK so Im down to the nitty gritty on this helmet.Mostly sanding and minor pit filling and a few more syymetry issues.I wanted to have this done a couple weeks ago but I got sick of looking at it and had to take a break from it.Here is a pic of where its at as of tonight.

Making Stealth Armor Parts

So I decided I wanted to make the armor as well to go with the stealth helmet so i have begun to make the chest plate and chest box.

Basically i covered a mannequin with some plastic wrap so if i slopped bondo on it it wouldnt ruin it.
I then used cardboard and made a template of the main parts.I then coated the templates with bondo and am now sculpting in the basic shape of the armor/chest box.
I then took a piece of sintra(sheet plastic) and figured out button placement.I sculpted 1 button out of bondo and made a mold.I then casted 3 buttons out of that mold so they are all the same.
I used a exacto knife and carefully cut 3mm strips off wooden tongue depressors and used those to make my raise out line around where the buttons will be.
I made some changes to the length of the chest plate and now am using bondo to sculpt in the details and contours of the box and chest plate.
I will also be making the shoulder armor as well and possibly the back plate if it turns out to different than a standard back plate.

Final Stretch

Almost there..doing the final tweaking and sanding.Threw a quick coat of grey on to look at it all in one color.

Closer

Working on this a little everyday little closer now hoping to have done by the end of the week.

Stealth Pilot Update

Here is some more WIP pics of the Stealth Pilot helmet from The Clone Wars cartoon series.
Its hard to see the lines with all the different colors of bondo and primer on it kind of camouflages the lines and angles.I got the back roughed in the face I am now trying to get it to match from left to right and fixing some symmetry issues.
Need to reduce the right cheek a little and build out the right ear a bit.
Carved out the lower muzzle vents.

New Star Wars Prop Forum Launched!

Some guys recently launched a new site called Star Wars Props.It is a site devoted to SW related costumes and props.It still has that new forum smell!
So head on over and register and start posting content.Link is tot he right and down a bit.In the links section.I would add the link here but apparently bloggers linking isnt working at the moment.Or click the large banner at bottom of page which is linked and working to the site.