Club Obi Wan

Hallo,
I own a Federation IV deluxe, and I tryed to give it a CS bash.. I rode the various advices on the forum, but I'm not shure I did it at best, expecially after seeing the movie again. What do you think? any advices to give it a more SA shape?

Nice bash but you're right, not very CS. Your front pinch comes down too far for a CS bash and your center dent is too shallow. Try having it come down a little further in back. But then again maybe this bash the way you have it looks right on YOU. Keep that in mind.

your bash is pretty good, but you might want to define the side curves. ya see, the CS hat looks very similar to the Raiders' one, seen from the side.

take a look at this tutorial


http://adventure-realm.com/raidersbash.html


follow the step number 5 to obtain nice side curves

One of the ONLY complaints I had about my 2 Feds was that I couldn't get a deep enough center dent. Don't know if it was a problem with my bashing or if the crown is a little low.

crismans wrote:One of the ONLY complaints I had about my 2 Feds was that I couldn't get a deep enough center dent. Don't know if it was a problem with my bashing or if the crown is a little low.

It's not the crown height being to low but the shape of the block. I know most think if you just get a taller crown you have more material to crease into the center of the hat.

thanks for the great advices.. I'm working on it. This is how it appear now, probably a step onward..

Spread open the front crease (pinch).

Yeah, notice how the CS center pinch has more of a "triangle" shape to it and is not quite as tight of a pinch:

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displ ... geid=12629

hey, if you tighten that pinch up a bit
you could get a good Raiders hat out of it.

yeah! I noticed it.. I'm discovering how soft is fed4 if you work on it a little...I didn't think so

The more I stay on COW the more I learn..! I've now finished my Skull bashing..and I used some real sand on it. I think it's ok now..



edited with better pics..

Yup, thats a great CS crease. Very nice job!

Dave

Nice job!

I love how it looks, though it looks more Raiders to my eye.

Raiders or Crystal Skull you still did a (moderator edit: please do not circumvent the word filter.)
of a job. nice work.

concurred

The pinch is a bit tighter than CS but looser than Raiders. It screams Indy but is distinct. Great job.

Regards,
Hollis

thank you guys. the big thing I've learned is that a bit of sand on the hat make a difference. But - honestly - actually I've no courage to put it on my Raiders Penman...