almightykarl
New Member
Hello everyone at the RPF. My name is Karl and I'm glad to have found this community. I am about to embark on my first pep build and I'm both very excited, and very nervous. I have now watched many tutorials and read through quite a few threads, some of which the builds are done, and some that are not. It has been very valuable and helped me make quite a few decisions as far as my build goes. I am a novice at this... I am artistically inclined and have done sculpting, casting and other 3D mediums before, so I'm confident it will turn out well, but i may be slower at it. I'm trying not to ramble, excuse me if I do.
So I've chosen to make a Mark IV suit, and I have decided that it will be very in depth.
Motorized face plate.
LED Light eyes (the mesh fabric method)
LED Arc Reactor (Chest)
LED Flight Stabalizers (Palms)
Motorized Missile Launcher (Forearm)
Motorized Flaps on Back
Motorized Flaps on Legs
So now that you're all thinking I'm insane for this as a first build. Here are some area's I am looking for input right off the bat.
I have seen the motorized mask often, but am unsure the preferred method for controlling it without it being obvious. I don't know if it's a button in the finger somewhere, or something else. I was unable to find this in any of the builds I read. (That goes for the next few questions as well)
My main concern is how do I independantly control all my gadgets without having a giant obvious set of buttons and/or switches?
As I said, I'm making a Mark IV. The files I have, as well as others I've looked at, seem to be MIV/MVI together. I'm okay with this. I know the difference is mostly in the Chest but in my files, the Mark IV has a Brace and Chest piece... but everything else is Mark VI. Now my main concern is does the MIV Chest and the MVI back line up together? What have other people done? or are my files and googling abilities not up to par?
(I do like the flaps on the back of the MVI better so hopefully they do mesh up)
Alrighty... If you'll excuse me, I'm about to start cutting and assembling my helmet in cardstock... I've already made one in 20lb paper just for size. I will be checking in with pics as I go. I hope to learn a lot from you folks, and I hope I can give any helpful pointers to those after me. There's few things better than learning from someone ELSES mistakes.
So I've chosen to make a Mark IV suit, and I have decided that it will be very in depth.
Motorized face plate.
LED Light eyes (the mesh fabric method)
LED Arc Reactor (Chest)
LED Flight Stabalizers (Palms)
Motorized Missile Launcher (Forearm)
Motorized Flaps on Back
Motorized Flaps on Legs
So now that you're all thinking I'm insane for this as a first build. Here are some area's I am looking for input right off the bat.
I have seen the motorized mask often, but am unsure the preferred method for controlling it without it being obvious. I don't know if it's a button in the finger somewhere, or something else. I was unable to find this in any of the builds I read. (That goes for the next few questions as well)
My main concern is how do I independantly control all my gadgets without having a giant obvious set of buttons and/or switches?
As I said, I'm making a Mark IV. The files I have, as well as others I've looked at, seem to be MIV/MVI together. I'm okay with this. I know the difference is mostly in the Chest but in my files, the Mark IV has a Brace and Chest piece... but everything else is Mark VI. Now my main concern is does the MIV Chest and the MVI back line up together? What have other people done? or are my files and googling abilities not up to par?
(I do like the flaps on the back of the MVI better so hopefully they do mesh up)
Alrighty... If you'll excuse me, I'm about to start cutting and assembling my helmet in cardstock... I've already made one in 20lb paper just for size. I will be checking in with pics as I go. I hope to learn a lot from you folks, and I hope I can give any helpful pointers to those after me. There's few things better than learning from someone ELSES mistakes.