HVLP Setup & Compressor Upgrade
I’ve been wanting to upgrade my painting setup for a while now, and my switch last year from rattle-can to catalyzed primers and clear coats was the final push I needed to start planning. I also own a fantastic little compressor that, unfortunately, had developed an annoying leak. So I decided to tackle both projects at once! The whole project took me about a day (a few hours here and there, broken up by finding the correct fittings and parts), […]
Winter Soldier Arm, Marvel Studios (Part 2)
Welcome to Part 2 of how I made the Winter Soldier Arm, a wearable piece for cosplay and photography I was commissioned to make that replicated, as accurately as possible, the cybernetic arm seen in Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier! In Part 1 I went over sculpting, molding, and casting. If you haven’t read that yet and are curious about those parts of the process, I suggest you give it a read first. And of course, if you’re more interested […]
Winter Soldier Arm, Marvel Studios (Part 1)
The Winter Soldier Arm is the most time-intensive piece I’ve ever made. So much so, I don’t accurately know the number of man-hours put into it – it’s somewhere over 300 hours (I’ll get to that later)! I was commissioned to make a wearable piece for cosplay and photography that replicated, as accurately as possible, the cybernetic arm seen in Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Since the Arm seen in the movie was almost entirely CGI, I had to find a way to capture the […]