Glass in goggles.

[housecarl]

What is the best way to repressing the glass in goggles, when it's sculpted as a flat mass? I was thinking a coat of gloss varnish over the helmet colour, it's for this.
Thanks,
Carl.

 

[megroot]

Carl.
I did it this way.(at my JMD skieer)
I cut the glasses from a nonexposed but developed color negative film.(orange color)

another possibility
From a overheadsheet cut out the glasses.
Painted the "glasses" at the figure into the right color.
Glue the glasses from the sheet on his place when the paint is dry.

Marc

 

[TWOMOONS]

I just did it in a WWI NCO pilot figure for the LI Show in this way: After I sculpted the leather flying helmet, then the goggles on top of it (he had them up and on the front of the helmet), I built up a layer of gloss coat in side the goggle frame about 10 times.
This was done night after night, while working on other figures...but each night, a new thin layer. I used Modge Podge Gloss...goes on White, dries crystal clear.
I eventually wound up with a clear, glass like, goggle lens with depth and it "naturally" shaded the brown leather of the flying helmet beneath it a darker shade.
I'm doing some more pilots now, and will use this method...if your not in a rush, it's good.

 

[Einion]

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32359

Here's a version of my suggestion from the above thread:

There are lots of different ways of doing lenses obviously and it's the kind of thing where artistic interpretation really comes into play.

Einion

 

[housecarl]

Thanks for the imput chaps. Einion, your version is that layers built up over a light base?
Thanks again,
Carl.

 

[Einion]

Thanks for the imput chaps. Einion, your version is that layers built up over a light base?

It's painted over a grey primer can't remember for sure though if I undercoated and if so in what colour, but it is mostly done with a build up of thin glazes of darker colours (more than one - dark greeny yellows as well as browns, with some black especially at the edges).

There's some lighter colour applied on top of that obviously, for the highlights, before the varnish was applied.

Einion

 

[housecarl]

Thanks for the responses Einion. I found this http://www.acesofiron.com/goggles.htm
Carl.