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Kylwell, I think that's the direction I'm leaning. Now that I have an egg I can use as a mold it seems like the best way to go.

Thanks for the reply. Since this us a scratchbuild I'm not concerned about detail to be honest. My thought was, the plastic egg acts as a mold, I line or fill that egg with a material I can work later to get the results I want. For example I've been looking at that expanding insulation foam as a fil...

I located a giant plastic egg, like the small kind that split open for easter. It's about a foot long together and would make a sweet large scale safs suit. However, I want to be able to use it multiple times abd I'm trying to figure out how to use it as a mold but I'm not sure what the best materia...

Naoto, do you have any picture examples? I'm having a hard time following.

Hey all, I'm getting ready to dive in to building one of these: http://hgwiki.net/images/0/02/SpittingCobra1.gif I'm not sure how to go about building the armor. I was thinking of using insulation foam coated in something to make it harder? What are the best materials for coating something like that...

not a bad idea going with a base that's slightly out of scale. Mostly what I'm looking for is if there are painting or other techniques to make the models themselves look like they should be huge, in a vacuum - without the base.

Hey all, I'm working on a couple of small diorams involving mecha. The models themselves are only about 4" tall or so and I'm looking for ways to make them look like they're supposed to be huge. Part of the effort will go into the base of the diorama but I'm hoping to find ways to make the mode...

I don't think so, I'm in afghanistan and have a limited number of tools to my disposal. I've been modelling with styrene and using bondene which I don't think works on acryllic.

About a year or so ago I came across a place that did styrene spheres the right sizes but can't find them!

I'm trying to locate a place to purchase smallish plastic/styrene spheres. I'm looking for smaller sizes, 2-30mm in size, anyone know something like this?