MrHamp
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I've been also watching the thread for a long time! Absolutely amazing! You even ended up on Kamuis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ62lPZB7Wi/
Inspired by your build, my son now wants me to build him a Viking costume in ground mode (not transformable, at least) with gatling guns, etc.
Hey MWiggs,
I've been drawing up and planning for a Terran marine then I saw your work and I totally admire it. I downloaded the finger models and think they're fantastic (don't have a 3d printer but maybe I'll have them printed in one of the hubs here).
I'm an amateur and have been trying my own marine suit chest plate with insulation foam & expanding foam and totally botched it twice now . I saw the technique you used to mark&cut&cement glue back to form the chest plate from EVA and it's brilliant. Now I'll be trying to get a mold of a crude foam chest plate then add details with EVA, that would probably make life easier for me.
I have one question though. I know you transferred the weight from your shoulders to the belt using pipes but what sort of a belt did you use? Did you get a military belt (like a bandolier) then added pvc to that as well or something else? How did you attach that pvc to your belt? (I know, there is more than one question here)
Hi Wig, or is it Wiggy?
I found a place to 3d print the hands but I'm a stranger to 3d printing. He gave me two options:
1) 250 micron layer thickness and 50% infill
2) 300 micron layer thickness and 25% infill
Would any of these make the hands solid enough so that they can be utilized without breaking/bending? Which do you think would be better?
Is there anyway you can sell the blueprints or measurements, I want to make this but i only have a little under 2 months to get it done and I fear i cant finish it in time with out some help.
Hi MWiggs,
First: Huge Fan, your build blew me away.
Second: I'm currently working on my own Space Marine Armor and downloaded and printed your hands (thanks for that by the way). I was wondering: What did you use for the pivot of the joints at the fingers? I already thought about Carbon, but that's really expensiv. But I'm not sure if it work with wooden pivots so well...
Hey Netz - Thanks! I used ABS rod, 1/2" diameter. Wood would probably work just as well, but I melted the rod to the outer finger sections using acetone so they didn't walk out the side as the joints rotated. ABS is cool like that. If you're using another plastic for the fingers (like PLA) you can always just superglue the pins in as well so any material will work fine. I got 5 feet of the ABS rod for about $2.50 if that helps. Check it out here: https://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-plastic-rods/=18u9ugz. You might have something similar overseas but that's at least a starting point.
Happy building!