Azurial's Pep Files - 12/23/12: Shrike Pilot Helmet available! Iron Man BE soon!

Re: Azurial's Pep Files -Gen 1 Megatron Helmet! Ironman Hand file (w/ palm channels)!

I've been speaking with my stepdad who actually works in an auto shop and h tells me that you dont actually need the bondo or the riberglass strips - just a doublee coat of resin should do. also if you do continue the bondo process, you may want to sand, then apply some spot layers and repeast as needed

otherwise its lookin great!
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files -Gen 1 Megatron Helmet! Ironman Hand file (w/ palm channels)!

Azurial said:
I've been speaking with my stepdad who actually works in an auto shop and h tells me that you dont actually need the bondo or the riberglass strips - just a doublee coat of resin should do. also if you do continue the bondo process, you may want to sand, then apply some spot layers and repeast as needed

otherwise its lookin great!
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yea, I was afraid I was going to have to reapply more bondo :(. I feel that the helmet is the key to the whole suit so I was trying to get the helmet spot on perfect and then just do the rest of the suit in either paper with just resin as you said or make it out of foam. Why is Wisconsin weather so unpredictable? I really wanted to make all 3 suits by the end of may but that is not going to happen now :( I guess I will have more time on my suit but that does not mean I will give up on the other 2, I just will take my time on them and work my butt off on Ven.

Another silly question, Do you think I should go with the full suit like This or should I just go get some champion fit shirt and pants? Money isn't a problem for me so I would like it to be as accurate as possible.
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files -Gen 1 Megatron Helmet! Ironman Hand file (w/ palm channels)!

I would personally suggest going with black under cloaths as a wetsuit is VERY warm and adding a non pourus materail on top of that will get you sweatin like no bodies business

also - dont forget your foam padding on the insides of the peices
 
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Re: Azurial's Pep Files - Sculpting Armiture Now Available

Okie dokies all - i have come up with a simple (and hopefully unisex) sculpting armiture for you guys to use. its 30 parts and roughly 1:1 scale - give or take a bit. its also pretty low poly and 11 pages (due to size) - hope this helps people who are doing sclupts, dont want to spend $100+ on something they dont like and should be able to mount armor projects on when done.
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - Sculpting Armiture Now Available

Azurial said:
Okie dokies all - i have come up with a simple (and hopefully unisex) sculpting armiture for you guys to use. its 30 parts and roughly 1:1 scale - give or take a bit. its also pretty low poly and 11 pages (due to size) - hope this helps people who are doing sclupts, dont want to spend $100+ on something they dont like and should be able to mount armor projects on when done.
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this could be really cool, can't wait to take a look at it
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - Transformers Gen 1; Megatron Blaster now Up!

it most certainly is ^_^

on another note - the Megatron blaster is now up and ready to go! If I'm not mistaken this is the first pep file available for Megatron's arm blaster. the scale might be slightly off as i havent test built it yet - but i plan on it.
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - Transformers Gen 1; Megatron Blaster now Up!

Nice work so far man!

I've seen the original suits made back in the 80s first hand, I must say even by today's standards they're still fantastic.
I managed to find a few pics online of them here: toybot studios: Bubblegum Crisis Live! Circa 1989

I've seen the Linna suti and the Nene suit, but I have no idea where the Priss suit is at this point, and no Sylia suit was ever made to my knowledge.

I noticed someone mentioned the feet as a problem. In the original promo suits, the foot/shin armor doesn't wear like a high heel, even though its made to look that way. since the area around the foot is so thick, the original prop maker had the ingenious idea to basically have them wear like a platform shoe instead of a heel, making it MUCH more comfortable for the wearer.

The helmet visors were also ingenious. They slid up and down like in the show, but were made from a colored plastic(acrylic I think) that was fuzzy on the top half, but clear on the bottom half, the difference could really only be seen from inside the helmet, but allowed the wearer to see out with ease.

I was also impressed by the fact that the suits could even collapse like the suits in the show(as seen in Nene's suit in the link), but that may be more trouble than it's worth to do in my opinion.

From what I understand the suits are currently up for sale to anyone interested, but the owner wants 7,000 USD for the nene suit and 6,000 for the Linna suit, and to be honest they were in VERY VERY poor condition when I saw them, with many broken parts and even missing some pieces, and that was a few years ago. I always figured I'd get around to making my own suit at some point, and didn't feel like paying that much for broken and incomplete costumes.

Still, I think that the techniques the original suit maker used are still worth using today. If you guys want to know anymore about the suits I'll try and tell you what I can.
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - Transformers Gen 1; Megatron Blaster now Up!

UPDATE:
RoboCop files are now up. this is just most of the upper torso. PM me about the rest of the suit.

@HauntedToilet
Ahh! You ninja'd my post! lol but thanks - im working from the original refrence material for the BGC suits, (B-Club Special) and trying to design a general shell so that builders can modify them as they see fit. But thanks for the input - im sure people would love to hear about your experiance

EDIT:

I have decided that once the new hardsuit is finished i will get started on the Motoslave suit. Also with the hardsuit files im putting together, there is a possibility to make them fold down like in the anime - you just need to cut the suit in half, attach the arms to the collar bone and add in the appropriate movement points to close it up on your actor
 
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Re: Azurial's Pep Files - RoboCop Upper Torso now Up!

@Azurial: I remember you saying something about making the suit somewhat "generic" or something like that. But are you basing it on 2040 or 2033?
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - RoboCop Upper Torso now Up!

im not 100% sure there is a real differance, but my refreance materials are from the B-Club Special artbook i got a while back so i think its from the original series.

edit: Its from the 2032-33 era so if im not mistaken that is the original anime
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - RoboCop Upper Torso now Up!

Update: I will be finishing the Hardsuit 6pm Central US Time (12 AM GMT). I will need a volunteer(s) to help me by unfolding the files - my Pepakura designer has gone on the fritz and it'll be a few days before i can re-install it. PM if you are interested in unfolding - this gives you first access to the pep files before any one else.
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - RoboCop Upper Torso now Up!

Update #2:

Heres the pics guys - its done! well not 100% - i still need to do the off hand gripper and the hand plate for the opposing side.
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - RoboCop Upper Torso now Up!

Those would happen to be my old Robocop files or are they different ones and the plate.pdo file is'nt unfolded.
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - RoboCop Upper Torso now Up!

i built these - the files you had were too much work for me to unfold, so i made a low def version. the plate file i kinda just said screw it, clicked unfold and left it as is.
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - RoboCop Upper Torso now Up!

okay gang - with the help of an anonymous paper crafting friend, the Hardsuit files are unfolded and up. There is One leg and ONE arm, just flip these files around and you will have your opposite.
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - Bubblegum Crisis Hardsuit now Up! Bonus Ironette addon!

UPDATE:

Just posted the neck seal, handplates, back ornament's/bubble, and the lower back plates
 
Re: Azurial's Pep Files - Bubblegum Crisis Hardsuit now Up! Bonus Ironette addon!

okay gang one more update then im gone for a few weeks.

i went and re-organized my 4shared items and made nice little folders for each file, so if there is an issue with a link, PM me and when i get back i'll fix it post-haste.

also went and re-uploaded my original forearm file as a companion to the new forearm soyou can take our pick - it includes a hand plate (with the studs) so feel free to give it a whirl. if you have any requests before i get back to modeling the moto slave, lemme know. donations are still being accepted so please feel free to PM me to find out how you can.

also i've lost my TF Ge 1 dvds due to a flood, so if any one at all can get me scrre shots of Soundwave, Prime (Either One or both), Bumblebee, Ultra Magnus, shockwave, star scream, Cyclonus, in robot mode from every angle possible that would be awsome.

if you take a look at the first post, i've set up an list of projects i'm going to be working on over the next few months.
 
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Re: Azurial's Pep Files - Bubblegum Crisis Hardsuit now Up! Bonus Ironette addon!

im having issue downloading

neck
shoulder
upper arm
forarm
forarm with plate
hand plate
waist
pod
thigh
boot
full suit
full suit arc

i was able to download everything else just fine though.

curious if this file share site wont let me download more then a few files in a certain time frame?

if i were you i would ZIP the file and host that zipped folder.

i wanted to also say i am having an issue building the helmet you provided us with. the cheek/jaw pieces fold VERY weird.

i even found a place on the helmet print out that overlaps.have you personally built this helmet yourself? because like i said the jaw accents dont fold together well. its very awkward. not sure if its ment to be like that.


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i got some more to download but.... im seeing a huge issue
handplate.pdo is just that 2 plates no knuckle buster or anything.
stomach.pdo looks like a flat piece. ?

im curious did you use your own measurements to make the arms? they look short and thick, in the anime they are slender and smooth.

im sad, and disappointed :(
 
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