well thank you kind sir. your the one who told me about this site! and this thread! haha will message you about helmet... so far i have used about 150 rivet and 150 rivet backs, 5 trash cans, 5 elastic straps,punisher said:
You and fetts are my ironman heros, lol. We really need to figure out the helmet problems though.So how many rivets have you used so far? I think it looks cool with the rivets showing btw.
oh yeah and 2 toy army helmets
Last edited by STEALTH; May 7, 2010 at 1:07 AM.
Now thats a nice cod piece! lol looks like my templates werent far off! Ive got some RTV rubber I found the other day. If the gloves are a good size, I migh tjust cast them up instead of fiberglassing seperate pep hands.
quakevirus said:
well in that case!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4859434...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4859434...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4859434...n/photostream/
heres a pic of the cod on its own..http://www.flickr.com/photos/48594347@N06/4586117439/ not super great still needs adjusting and minor details but will work out nicely. working on the arms right now. modified Fetts templates a lil bit so that they looks a lil closer to the movie screen shots. not sure how to address the elbow. looking for pics to go off of right now. will post more pic later.punisher said:
but what about the ones in 1:2 scale?Fetts.Sobriquet said:
let's see if this works. i finished one bicep and forarm with what scraps i had left from the 5 trash cans. went roughly off fetts templates and the imax poster. tried to get as close as i could. still need to add the elbow and the pivot points and well make the other set and legs. but first i need to get more cans.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48594347@N06/4587477814/
ps if anyone can let me know how to post the pics directly in the thread please lmk.. i have yet to figure it out
If you're not real computer savvy you could just print them out then enlarge them on a xerox machine to 200%Gustavossf said:
Quake there is a button on top of the textbox. It says insert image and you just paste the link and you're done
The ones in the print folder have already been enlarged and are ready to print on US Letter paper.Gustavossf said:
ive tried it and it wont show..STEALTH said:
.. maybe its a prob with imbedding with flickr. ill upload them to photobucket later tonight and see if that works.. thanks for the help stealth!
with flicker, you click the share this button above the sets and folders on the right, then click "grab the html", and then just copy whats in the quotation marks. then here, you paste that in the image board code.
if that works for you, cool, if you need any more help let me know and i can make some screens on how to do it for you. i found as great as flickr is to save all sorts of pictures, its crap for sharing.
THANKS themanwoaname !!!! you are awsome!
ok FINALLY got it.
here's the what i got so far....
this is my goofy ace test fitting and checking to see how the codpiece is fitting together. not alotta room down there.
this is todays work. well till i ran outta cans. getting more tomorrow.
forearms and bicep plating
Very cool mate!
But on a side note....I think you need to cut back on smoking.
But seriously.
thanks! i really appreciate it. like i said this is my first time making anything like this. im having a blast making it.Jodo said:
Very cool mate!
But on a side note....I think you need to cut back on smoking.
and on the smoking.. thats a few days worth of my girl and i's nasty potentially life threatening yet satisfyingly smooth habit
Last edited by SMOKE; May 7, 2010 at 10:51 PM.
hahaha thats pretty funny. forearm is looking awesome@ are wou going to make a joint for it?
Nice! I really like what you are doing with this suit.
You have made a awsome suit Quakevirus but...
Without any paint this armor reminds me a little bit about thisquakevirus said:
I think he prefers regular cigarettes.punisher said:
LOL.
yes i will be making the joint and the elbow plating today. along with the last forearm piece i need to do.punisher said:
thanks again tk. i hope to have it to paint sometime early next week.tk1055 said:
bahahahha!! i always thought it looked like i gimp suit at this point. all the rivets and of course the color. hmmm maybe i can start a side business creating "novalty" gimp suits.contec said:
You have made a awsome suit Quakevirus but...
Without any paint this armor reminds me a little bit about this
hahaha punisher knows me to well.Jodo said:
I think he prefers regular cigarettes.
LOL.
ok back to the situation at hand. here are some pics of the forearms and the biceps and how they are riveted together. im sure this would help someone out.
forearm trimmed up
inside the forearm
inside the bicep
Ouchquakevirus said:
ok back to the situation at hand. here are some pics of the forearms and the biceps and how they are riveted together. im sure this would help someone out.
forearm trimmed up
inside the forearm
inside the bicep
Definitely gonna want to clean up or pad those rivits they're lookin like they're gonna hurt. I'm planning to pad my own out with a foam lining (I'm thinking Craft foam but not sure how well it'll protect human flesh from unkind pinching scratching edges). That aside, certainly helpful.
Also, I was reading through another "trashcan armor" type thread on Mandalorian Mercs using sterilite storage tubs that suggested oven baking the plastic at 300 degree for ~2 minutes to get it maleable (depending on the thickness).
Also, bit of a recommendation for some of the "scraps" that are invariably going to exist (including, depending on the style of your can, the curved "lip" of can/bin/container. -You've got to make the finger-armor pieces out of something, why waste plastic?
I know there are methods of doing ity bity rivets, so I can't imagine the cost going up much. Anyone more familiar feel free to correct me though.
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