1/6 Robocop (1987, Peter Weller)

Wow!
The whole thing really well tied together!
Fantastic painting to achieve that armour plating sheen...
 
More images:
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Under the armor, I sewed together a bodysuit from black spandex; I tried to build the model as if it were an actor under a costume so as to get the same effect as Peter Weller looked in the movie. Rather than try for a removeable helmet, I made a mold of the face, reworked it (per the pic) and then painted it. Built the back of the head onto it afterwards:
 
Wow!
The whole thing really well tied together!
Fantastic painting to achieve that armour plating sheen...
Thanks! But to be honest, it's not paint...

...it's foil:

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I used very thin foil tape (bought at one of the local dollar stores), applied it and smoothed it down with a burnisher and a toothpick for panel lines and such), then burnished it with #0000 grade steel wool (very fine). Afterwards, just some coats of Sharpie marker decanted into clearcoat and 91 percent rubbing alcohol.
 
Thanks folks! Since Sideshow and Hot Toys' versions cost a mint and the original Horizon vinyl model was barely poseable (I broke a couple when I was a kid trying to get them posed like I saw in the movies!), I did some research before this project to determine how best to do this. I figured the best way was to simply cut the model along the seams into its' armored components as so:
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After that, the bodysuit and applying the armor over it:
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One of the biggest challenges was getting the face molded: I had to make a plaster mold, then use hot melt glue (high temp) for it:
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Side detail on the unhelmeted head (this took a LOT of work):

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