Fett Style Gaunts WIP (A sneak preview)

[redkraytdragon]

Hi everyone, well as usual I'm working double overtime in the shop (one of these days I hope it'll pay off lol) and have decided to move on to the next portion of the Fett style armor that I've been producing. Not a whole lot of progress in the way of pics, but these few were a LOT of work and time involved. These are based exactly off the WOF gaunt templates with some size and curvature references taken from my own gaunts that I purchased a while back. Take a look:
Bottom half shell of the right gaunt


And the bottom half shell of the left gaunt...wound up having to fix the curvature on this one after discovering that it was too large at the wrist


After I got those two knocked out and a master pulled, I moved on to the top half shell of the right gaunt...a HUGE thanks to Alan of WOF for making these available to us. I can't tell you enough how easy his templates have made my life in the last 4 months...they're super accurate too from what I can gather. Coupled with pics of the actual screen armor from the MOM exhibits, I have learned quite a bit about this armor. I had to make this portion of the detailing out of a thin wafer wood (or whatever it's called) for sturdiness to be able to withstand the pressure of the vac pull




So what I did was print out the templates, traced them onto the wood, cut the pieces all out with a numbering system corresponding to the templates, then started assembling taking into account the thickness of the wood (very important). Hot glue was my good friend for this portion of the build

That's where I'm at right now...between filling orders and trying to squeeze in time for a personal life as well as keep up on chores and the like, it has been quite a challenge. I hope to have more progress very soon.

[Drago Seron]

I am liking them. I will keep an eye on this thread.

[redkraytdragon]

Thanks Drago! I'm hoping to get out into the garage and make some progress today, there's a short lull in orders right now. I'll post pics for sure if I do. 

[Dar'manda]

After the quality of your pistol, I am watching this like a hawk!

[redkraytdragon]

Thanks brother! I'll do my best. I'm making these for myself as well, so you know that anality/quality factor will be as high as possible

[redkraytdragon]

Made some more progress today...not much, but here's some pics



And after two failed attempts at a master pull, I finally got this! (third time's a charm)




For the next step I'll fill it with some Ultracal plaster and tidy up that mold as well as add some details that are not in this pull...then pull a final master. After that I'll have to pull a test piece to see how it matches up with the bottom part. That's all for now kid'ikas...stay tuned

[Bri-Gon]

This is awesome. I need gauntlets and you guys are the best. I can't wait to see the finished product!

[redkraytdragon]

Thanks Bri Gonn!! Or should I say Jinn now? 

[Pyro]

Can't wait to get me a pair of these!!!!

Text me when there done and I see when I can get cash togather bro

lol i'm finaly retiring my old gaunts for these

[Drago Seron]

 Let me know as well and I'll gather the proper creds.

[redkraytdragon]

You got it guys! I'll keep you all posted with this thread so you can see how close I am at all times. Thanks!

[redkraytdragon]

Made some more progress tonight. I'm really tired but I wanted to get these up real quick so you all would have something to look at. Here's the pics:

Fresh out of the plastic


And all cleaned up (burned out my third dremel this year lol). This part was actually a royal pain in the  BLEEP  and far more time consuming than I wished it to be, but I did finally get it done.
As you can see there's quite a bit of a difference




So I was kind of ancy about seeing this pulled so I got some .030 styrene (more on that later) to do a kind of test pull. It came out ok. I'm not entirely happy with it but at least I got to see how sharp the details were going to come out with a thinner gauge. I'll likely use this one as an inner shell for the master and pull another one from .060 for strength and place this one inside of it for pouring a cast since the thinner stuff has better detail and it will save me time in the future in cleanup after a pour.
I'll probably be pulling these out of 1/8" inch for production since I can't seem to get my hands on any .090 smooth/smooth ABS, but we'll see. Here are the results:




That's it for now. I'll be getting started on the right gaunt next week hopefully

[Peregrinus]

Jeez, Arkady (as in R.K.D.), I can't help but chuckle to see you were up as late as I was doing the same thing I was. Your gauntlets are coming along wonderfully. Rest easy.

--Jonah

[Drago Seron]

 Looking good.

[redkraytdragon]

Thank you both! Jonah, thank you..I crashed hard today lol. What were you working on, friend? Got a link to your WIP or pics? Sounds like you're a night owl too