Recent content by mfergel

Well, the costume made it's debut Saturday. I had also printed up some Origins style thigh pieces, but found that I couldn't sit with them, so was unable to use them. Also had some issues with the thigh/calve guards hitting the spat portion for the boot, so left the spats off. I'll need to...

Here's nearly all the parts laid out. I have spats for the boot to finish up yet. One more coat of paint and the elastic. I'm printing thigh pieces right now that are from the Origins outfit. I'll use those until I come up with a muscle suit. I also bought a cape off Amazon. I really haven't had...

I did use a heat gun. This is my first time doing 3d printed parts. I've been doing scale modeling since I was a kid, so just look at it as a 1:1 scale model with no instructions. The hardest part has been trying to figure out how to attach the various parts together and to the body. I have...

Here is a shot of the back piece attached with my neck. I still want to create an attachment piece at the bottom (probably velco) to keep it snug on the back. This piece goes over the shoulders and fills in that space between the helmet and the back piece. It's attached by magnets on back and...

When I was working on mine I saw a lot of "tactical" stuff that would make a great costume. I think this stuff combined with different STL files could work out really well.

I've still been plugging away at finishing parts. I have about a month left to finish stuff. I probably won't have a cape finished in time, which kind of sucks, but this will be an ongoing project where I plan to redo some parts anyway. I finally finished the back as well as creating the...

Finally, I struggled to come up with a way of putting this on my wrist. I had thought either nylon straps or elastic. Snaps, latches, etc. There really isn't a lot of space between the sides to do any of those and still be able to connect anything together. I finally had the idea to use...

Made an addition to the belt. Decided to make a larger pouch to hold my phone. I removed one of the canisters on the left side and then painted the pouch black so that it was less obvious. I'll be able to put my cell phone in this one. I'm thinking I may print up a bunch of smaller batarangs...

Guess it's been awhile since I posted updates. Making progress though. Decided I didn't like the options I was coming up with for making my helmet removable, so I picked up some different files and am currently working on cleaning that helmet up. Finished up the shoulder pads. I mounted them by...

Some updates. First the cowl. I've completed the pieces that go on the sides. They mount on the back with two purse magnets on each. I may need to add a small standoff on the sides of each to stop the chest piece from sticking out on the top area. I've also got most of the abdomen and chest...

Some more updates (though there is progress made that I don't have pictures of). First is the cowl. There was an stl file for this and I tried printing it multiple times. There were issues with the file itself (walls to thin), which I corrected in meshmixer. with the size of the cowl, I've had...

Mostly finished utility belt.

Canisters have been painted. I can now assemble the utility belt.

Finished up the bicep/tricep guards. Also wrapped some upper should pieces that are meant to hold down the cape. These are actually second versions. Not sure which I will wind up using.

I'm kind of all over the place with what I'm finishing as I'm working on all the parts at once. I still want to weather these, but mostly finished the pouches. I decided that, instead of permanently mounting the parts to the belt, I created brackets for the belt to slot through. This will allow...