Wally's Cad Bane Build

Marvinrobot · Post by **Marvinrobot** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:44 am

Marvinrobot wrote:I have officially begun a scratch build for Cad Bane. I prototyped the gauntlets in card board. These are very rough but it gave me the general ideas on how to move forward.

kbfett · Post by **kbfett** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:37 pm

Neat so far!

Post by **Dwootan** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:23 pm

Ditto!

TK 3181 · Post by **TK 3181** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:21 am

Sweet.

timbremer · Post by **timbremer** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:42 pm

cool, were you the one posting on the legion boards about working on cad?

Marvinrobot · Post by **Marvinrobot** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:52 pm

timbremer wrote:cool, were you the one posting on the legion boards about working on cad?

Me and Stephen Wyatt from CA...it's one of those tentative deals...he does the mask, I do gaunts, guns, etc and we swap work...I imagine the catch is my making a good gaunt

timbremer · Post by **timbremer** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:47 pm

making a good looking mask is a job in its self, is he using dragon skin or something similar or will the face be fixed? it should be a real interesting costume when done, best of luck.

Marvinrobot · Post by **Marvinrobot** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:18 pm

Marvinrobot wrote:
timbremer wrote:cool, were you the one posting on the legion boards about working on cad?
Me and Stephen Wyatt from CA...it's one of those tentative deals...he does the mask, I do gaunts, guns, etc and we swap work...I imagine the catch is my making a good gaunt

I think it probably is...need to ask

here is some of the brain work into figuring the pistols. If your children ever wondered why math/algebra is important here is what a simple solve for "X" can do for you...

Using Cad Bane's actual height and a scaled pic of him and his pistol, I was able to print a 1:1 scale picture of the grip and main body. These pistols are actually very slender and long...it's a 12" barrell.

the dark knight · Post by **the dark knight** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:44 pm

sweet!

Marvinrobot · Post by **Marvinrobot** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:07 pm

So I've taken the initial card board gauntlet, covered it with fiberglass resin, filled it with "Great Stuff" gap filler, cut down the overflow and applied the first coat of bondo. I will apply a couple more layers and then move on to automotive bondo as I work it smoother.

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judge_hellfast · Post by **judge_hellfast** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:54 pm

This is looking very nice. I can't wait to see some of the upcoming progress.

Marvinrobot · Post by **Marvinrobot** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:51 pm

More work on the gaunt

and repeat

miss_grievous · Post by **miss_grievous** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:18 am

Looking pretty slick.... though, not in the literal sense.

Marvinrobot · Post by **Marvinrobot** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:41 pm

I'm now at a point where I'm making adjustments. It is definitely a challenge translating "Alien" proportions to something wearable by the average trooper. The photo below show you how I have shortened the gaunlet in a proportionate manner. I will be adding a styerene box to the bottom to give it the appropriate squared off look. I will also add a new top to increase the angle. Right now I'm thinking the gaunlet would be in 3 parts: Bottom, middle top, and panel top. More to come.

Marvinrobot · Post by **Marvinrobot** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:22 pm

Was away for Easter...now it's back to work. I've continued to work on the overall shape and detail of the gantlet. Here is the latest:

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