newBie's Saint Seiya Sagittarius Gold Armor

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Credit goes to Arcang3lus85 which was Pep filed in Italy, obtained from Onekura website, thank you for sharing.

Gonna be a long build for a friend who luv the anime series.

Pep taped and resin fiberglassed

creeper on the left side begging for attention

Foam padding for the interior.

 

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Apologies, Pokemon Go had taken over my life for the past 3 months but finally back to resume this project with 1 month to go.

hips armor section

splic together the pep chest & rear back with fiberglass reinforced.

 

[gothic]

googled the suit it looks cool good luck with your build, found these links of an actual built suit if they help in any way

https://sumally.com/p/1728257

http://en.gigazine.net/news/20091001_gold_tamashii_nation_2009_autumn/

 

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googled the suit it looks cool good luck with your build, found these links of an actual built suit if they help in any way

https://sumally.com/p/1728257

http://en.gigazine.net/news/20091001_gold_tamashii_nation_2009_autumn/

Many thanks for the links, those are true masterpieces, i will aim for that level.

 

[gothic]

trick is to make it your own, those ones have probably had a team of people in a fancy workshop making those. yours will be great because its your work and design

 

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Thanks for the kind words gothic, i appreciate it.

 

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forearms

first iteration, as a base foundation but it looks more like a super saiyan suit.

so tinkered around with different design and like this one better, more custom details this weekend.

 

[gothic]

i found this tutorial on you tube its an alternative to trying to paint the whole suit and the finish will be bright and uniformed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bMBvX40JTU

 

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I am amazed at this entire process, never knew this was out there, once again i appreciate the help gothic, many thanks!

 

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fabricated some custom details for the chest

a quick visual of the chest details along with a mock up of the wing.

 

[gothic]

Armour pieces are looking great

 

[Keycube]

This is awesome. Some things you wonder how they'll make the leap from animated to "real-life", but this looks like it's off to a great start!

 

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additional stencil for details

Prep for 1st round of paint

Gloss Black

Mirror chrome, now gotta let it sit and cure

prior to gold painting the body armor, did another test with the helmet without the gloss black to see how the gold will turn out with just the base mirror chrome.

 

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final gold paint layer

Quick mock up of suit assembled

base plate of motorized wings electronics for motor

 

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beta test of the linear motor motions

Frankenstein off an old cordless power drill to utilize its 18v power supply for the wireless linear motor

 

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feathering and shaping of the wing