3D Modelling For Iron Man Cosplay Question

[TheCaptain96]

Hi all,

I have just recently gotten in on the whole 3ds Max/ Maya scene and am currently in the process of modelling an Iron Man MK42 Suit which i intent to eventually 3D Print multiple parts for Cosplay. Becuase I am new to this, I have started sculpting on a low res 3d .obj of my body in Zbrush and will bring it into Maya for hard surfacing. I'm a little stuck now, as I am not sure how to go about splitting up my sculpt into all the various parts of the suit for printing, and how to keep all the thicknesses accurate to what I have sculpted on top of my scan.

I hope I have explained this correctly! Any help is greatly appreciated!

The Captain

 

[Bogleo]

Well, pictures always help.

 

[TheCaptain96]

Hi there,

Just have only started working on it so ive nothing to show yet but im just thinging ahead! I want to stress none of the following images are my work! I am using them to try and get my point across.

In the same way Josh Herman (Iron Man Modeller/ Legacy EFX Wizard) works, he started with a base mesh of a human and sculpted details on top of the model. From there he takes his final Zbrush file to 3ds max/ maya to hard surface model. I am curious how it is then split up into all the various parts for printing while keeping the correct thicknesses and form sculpted. This can be seen briefly here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYSatqCQ3kA

For example, http://21e36d2c0ekz3fwzy04d0f85.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IronMan.jpg , here is the work of Grant Warwick. I want to know how all of these plates and parts are all split up correctly? I dont want to get to this stage and realise it cant be done easily

Once again, none of the work shown belongs to me. And if I have offended anyone by posting links etc let me know

All the best

 

[Bogleo]

You could sculpt it, retopologize it, split the mesh into pieces, then smooth/subdivide it and add thickness.