Kosh Play

[JPH]

Sanding is sculpting.

On the glossy pics, I hope it comes out for you to see, but what looks black indoors is a magnificent display of colors in the sun. Black, blue, purple.

The idea is that each layer of resin applied had black pigment, but also some Cryptotec, it turns purple in the sun. It becomes a swirly, spacy, irregylar pattern after layer upon layer.

Kosh will be painted with color-chabging paint which starts similar to Kosh's usual yellow, but turns green or orange depending on the angle. The swirly base underneath will hopefully help make Kosh look like he isn't just a solid shell from this world.

Also, more riduculously OCD fine-tuning the body with FreeForm Air.

Recreating poses of Kosh and adding and sanding for accuracy.

 

[JPH]

Found an 8 panel iris door template, working on it

 

[JPH]

Having fun with iris doors!?!?
Not really, just trying different mechanisms.
One is space efficient, but relies on flimsy door panels, and has gears in the casing. Neat! But delicate, and the floating ends can go out of whack


The second has pins on both ends of the door panels, one points up to interact with the base, the other points down to interact with the switch/rotating mechanism. I made the panels out of metal, but then went back to my old 3D cheat technique of scan it next to a ruler and use different shades of grey for different heights.

Why not use the metal panels? Because the panels have to slide over each other, and the part of the panel that sticks out was interfering with the mechanism

 

[JPH]

Argh! Panels don't conceal everythibg behind em. Try a reprint with no support, no brim, see if the raw, nakes model works.

Using this model, blade a65 ros 30 at %120 size

Parametric Iris Aperture by Zippitybamba by Bruno_71

Original is https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2847173 link to scad file is broke on page I finally found a copy and I share with no modification or action deserving any credit. All credits to https://www.thingiverse.com/zippitybamba/designs

www.thingiverse.com

 

[JPH]

Since Karaoke now uses the word "tryna," so will I.

I am tryna git good pics of the sash. Also, do I wanna tryna make a good, semi-accurate left or right sash, then reverse it for the other side.

The left seems to have neater details, and I am tryna get a good shot of them there details to scuplt 'em outta clay n mold outta rubber.

Once you open Task 16, it goes bad kinda fast, so I am tryna do all that rubber pourin 'round the same time.

I though about tryna use the 3D method for the sash, but I do not have head-on 90 degree shots of the details, so, I will hafta sculpt as close as I can, then make a mold outta Sorta Clear or Rebound 25, then cast in Task 16

 

[George]

I was tryna decypha watcha wuh saiyin da hole tyme I waz reedin. It was tov
But your project is still cool keep up the good work and research

 

[JPH]

Perfect is the enemy of good.

In microincrements I am advancing the Line O Shine on the body and perfecting the head.

May even be knocking on tbe door of 40% accuracy! For the body and head, of course.

NOTE: the thingies that point down on the back of the head are at different angles.

Gonna burn up all my memory with this thread.

 

[JPH]

And you may find yourself, sanding away at a little piece of green
And you may find yourself, checking for minor blemishes and dings
And you may find yourself, looking up "repetitive use tendonitis," online
And you might tell yourself, "when is *good* enough worth my time."

 

[JPH]

I sanded down the inside of the Greens today. I will file down the grooves after I have the inside of the Greens nice and smooth and thin. I want to cast the greens out of transparent resin with some transparent green pigment. That way people can sorta see inside the chest piece. Maybe I will have a glowing tentacle in there.

Ohhh scary!

Also sculpted the first baby squid in the right side. I covered the body in plastic wrap and sculpted it. I will add details after it hardens.

 

[JPH]

Side squids have rough sculpts and were successfully removed.
I would like an abrasive floss to sand down the sections, or I will have to use teeny files

 

[JPH]

Let's just say, "these little side squids are taking some time."

 

[JPH]

Yas, this project it still going. Just many udder tings goin on.

Squid sculpted and molded. Lots of refining the head and the body and the greens. I removed alot of extra crap and coated the inside in resin to stop it from being so resin dusty.

I made molds of the squids on the body, because the squids wrap around the body. Just plastic wrap in the body, then everything comes out easily if you have the patience to ssssllllllooooowwwwwlllly pull off.

Fighting with screen accurate vs symmetric vs Ohhh, I have an idea that seems pretty cool!

 

[JPH]

Made plugs/caps for the vents, then re-did the vent to look more legit.
Put a hole in it.

I don't want to pain the bottom of the vent black, I want to have little, glowy, alveoli-ish stuff. Prolly gonna make that from a kid's toy

 

[George]

Keep it up(dated) !

 

[JPH]

front vent/exhaust. I still need to file little wrinkles on the tip

 

[JPH]

Allow me to vent

Sculpted vents onto the plugs/caps I made to fit the holes on the body.

A super light coat of XTC 3D so the Rebound 25 I use to make a mold doesn't pull off details.

Also, there are more than one set of Pauldrons, so picking the set I like and ssssllooowwwllly building to it.

 

[JPH]

Why yes...yes it did take quite a while to coax this out. But I am happy with the results. Going to require some meticulous cleanup.

 

[George]

Looks really awesome !

 

[JPH]

Tie a string to a nail for better wrinkles

 

[JPH]

Workin' on the greens, I made a spacer template for the diatance between grooves.

I did not like....

So, I drew the grooved areas by hand, following the curves. 13 grooves. Trying to get that evenly-spaced illusion.

Next, dremeled the groove markings, followed by filing down those rough grooves.