Soul Edge Day 2
Posted by Andy | | Posted On Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Hey guys,
So day two has come and gone, and I can honestly say it was pretty successful. All that was done today was some more basic shaping and carving of the Soul Edge. Now, I was a little nervous about this project when I started. Jimmy and I had never worked with expanding foam in shaping, just for...you know, what it's supposed to do. Well, let me tell you this much, it saves a ton of time. I'm not how I would've done this project any other way.
If you're just tuning in, last I wrote about how Jimmy is up visiting his friends in the north, and I'm working solo for the next month. My two main projects are the F.L.U.D.D. from Mario Sunshine and the Soul Edge from the Soul Edge and Soul Calibur series (if you're a fan of the series, it's modeled after Soul Calibur 2's Soul Edge. I chose this one because I felt it was instantly recognizable.
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So anyway, the course of action was to build the skeleton, cover it in foam, and carve it down to size. Here's where we stand today. I have one side almost completely finished, where as the other side...hit a little snag. Seems like there was a little pocket of air that got sealed in the center of one of the sides, leaving not only a huge cave of unset foam, but also a major structural weak point. So consider it halfway done on carving. The next step is to fill the hole and keep on keepin on. Only thing is I'm running out of daylight and it's hot outside. Saving it all for tomorrow.
Oh, almost forgot, here's some pictures.
Now, the idea was to keep it as true to the game as possible. Only issue with that is the one in the game is modeled to be around 8 to 10 feet tall. When you live in a small apartment, it's hard to get a prop like that around. What's even worse is if you have a workshop in the next town over, you have to pack that thing in your car, and if you're like me and drive a small car, a big prop doesn't exactly fit in. Anyway, long story short, here's a picture with me next to it to give you an idea of how tall it is. I give it around six feet.
Andy
So day two has come and gone, and I can honestly say it was pretty successful. All that was done today was some more basic shaping and carving of the Soul Edge. Now, I was a little nervous about this project when I started. Jimmy and I had never worked with expanding foam in shaping, just for...you know, what it's supposed to do. Well, let me tell you this much, it saves a ton of time. I'm not how I would've done this project any other way.
If you're just tuning in, last I wrote about how Jimmy is up visiting his friends in the north, and I'm working solo for the next month. My two main projects are the F.L.U.D.D. from Mario Sunshine and the Soul Edge from the Soul Edge and Soul Calibur series (if you're a fan of the series, it's modeled after Soul Calibur 2's Soul Edge. I chose this one because I felt it was instantly recognizable.
)So anyway, the course of action was to build the skeleton, cover it in foam, and carve it down to size. Here's where we stand today. I have one side almost completely finished, where as the other side...hit a little snag. Seems like there was a little pocket of air that got sealed in the center of one of the sides, leaving not only a huge cave of unset foam, but also a major structural weak point. So consider it halfway done on carving. The next step is to fill the hole and keep on keepin on. Only thing is I'm running out of daylight and it's hot outside. Saving it all for tomorrow.
Oh, almost forgot, here's some pictures.
Now, the idea was to keep it as true to the game as possible. Only issue with that is the one in the game is modeled to be around 8 to 10 feet tall. When you live in a small apartment, it's hard to get a prop like that around. What's even worse is if you have a workshop in the next town over, you have to pack that thing in your car, and if you're like me and drive a small car, a big prop doesn't exactly fit in. Anyway, long story short, here's a picture with me next to it to give you an idea of how tall it is. I give it around six feet.
Andy
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