EMU, Chris Hadfield, STS 100
Work In Progress
Key Words: Space Spacesuit STS ISS Shuttle Chris HadField EMU
Scale: 1:12
Material: Epoxy resin (Miliput, but I'm currently switching to
Castilene), Vacuform and some scratch build. Acrylic
paint
Sculpture
by: Phillipe Cantin
(phillipe@cantin.com)
Painting by: Phillipe Cantin
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PLSS
RCM
Arms
Gloves
Torso
Boots
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The base
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The skeleton of the sculpture is normally made of epoxy parts creating an anatomically correct base on with I flesh out the character. Since an astronaut body is covered with a thick layer of equipment, there’s no point in wasting resin parts when the body shape are completely covered. In this case I use wood and wire hanger fore the frame and foil fore the filling.
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Base Frame (wood, wire hanger & foil)
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The Second layer in this case is made of an air-dry paste. I try to build up the shape until I’m about 2-3 millimeter from the final surface. This step save a lot money since milliput is not very cheap. After the paste is dry I don a final placement of the limbs by breaking the paste at the joints and then filling the cracks with wood glue.
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