RamZ' makeshift toes.

[RamZnation]

Most of you guys (and gals) know how bad my toe armor looks, and with Long Beach Comic Con this weekend, I need to do something...considering on the last day of the SDCC they actually fell off as I was trooping.

Exhibit A) El Crappo GM toe armor:


With the first day of LBC-CC tomorrow, I figured I'd get off my butt and do something about it today (well, I really wasn't on my butt since I had Jury Duty this week, and Finals at school last week).

Anywho, here is some progress I have so far...if you could call it that since I started around 8pm (Please note that these are only temporary and figure they might fall appart before next week).

1) I grabbed the shoes I wear with my armor, and wrapped it with Aluminum Foil (not to be confused with an Aluminum Falcon ), then I drew an outline of the shape I wanted the toes to look with a Sharpie and cut it.



2) Once I had the Aluminum foil cut in the shpae I wanted, I covered it in Bondo.




3) Once I finished it, I did the same to the other side


The foil is pretty Flimsy, and some of the Bondo has already cracked. Because of how flimsy the foil is, I won't be able to sand down the bondo so I think I'll end up wrapping them in white Vinyl.

Tomorrow when I come back from the CON, I will then wrap these toes in the Vinyl, add the Greeblies, and place them on my Shoes (oh yeah and add some battle damage too). I'll troop my GM at the CON on Saturday, since tomorrow (Friday) I'm going just to take pictures and maybe write an article for my friend's website nukethefridge.com

[thedarkknight]

looking good! i hope they stay together man!

[RamZnation]

We'll see. Unfortunatley when I returned from Comic Con today, I didn't realize that my Shoe Goo was dried up, and just about every type of glue or Adhesive I have has all dried up too and the OSH across the street already closed. Osh opens at 9 tomorrow, the same time I have to be in Long Beach so I just spray painted them white, and added a little discoloration since it's very last minute... as far as attaching them, little duct tape and rubber bands. Hope they work out well tomorrow . Seriously regretting my week on Jury Duty now.

[Echo]

Hey Ram, I know its too late now, but... Next time if you go this route, take the foil, and fiberglass the underside first, the bondo the outside smooth. Should hold up better, and only double the build time.

[RamZnation]

Oct 3, 2009 12:06:55 GMT -5 Echo said:

Hey Ram, I know its too late now, but... Next time if you go this route, take the foil, and fiberglass the underside first, the bondo the outside smooth. Should hold up better, and only double the build time.

Thanks for the advice. I am aware of that process, but never got to do it since I had a lack of time. I only made these makeshift toes as a "Mickey Mouse" and needed them as a temp for the Comic Con. I was goinve to cover the rest in Super Sculpey but I had no time.

I'm almost positive your advice will help any Marine here that might want to do the same process or at least give it a try.

[Toyhunter80's]

Sculpy clay was one way I tried to make toe armor. It looked great at first, but soon cracked. I covered it with epoxy resin. We'll see how it works out.

[RamZnation]

Oct 5, 2009 18:55:55 GMT -5 Toyhunter80's said:

Sculpy clay was one way I tried to make toe armor. It looked great at first, but soon cracked. I covered it with epoxy resin. We'll see how it works out.

The makeshift toes lasted the the whoe troop, unfortunatley they are not salavgeable to continue the sculpey. Will rework them once I have some time.

[darkjawas]

fiberglass would take just about the same amount of time as sculpey
and fiberglass harder to crack

[RamZnation]

Cool, thanks for the tip.

In the mean time, I've retried doing my own toe armor. SO far I have the shape sculpted in clay.