Fitting issues to be resolved - big ass gap at the front needs another strap to lock it all together. Legs need to be strapped up and attached to belt.
so having completed the London 48 hour Sci-Fi film challenge I'm back onto the Freeman props with more motivation than ever... Creating a film in 2 days was ridiculous - But learnings were made and I'm feeling much more confident when we come to producing The Freeman Returns.
Anyway - enough jibber jabber here's some work on the other armours & weapons now that the HEV suit is complete (will have it for ComiCon London too).
Cheers man! - yeah I remember that one a while back XD Going to be pretty sweet @ the ol' Comicon this May too, might take some parts of the props for the Blade Runner Secret Cinema.
Anyways - will put up some more prop work this weekend as I'm aiming to complete the Combine helmet and neck / shoulder armour... "Aiming" mind you.
Well not too exciting - Finished the sanding on this bit and primed - removed the pipe detail (that will cover some of the mess) in order to cut the helmet for wearing!
Need to do a big push this weekend as Comicon is the weekend after so the HEV suit will be wired up with electronics and test fitted - and this one should be locked down by then too (well the helmet and shoulder armour) - the rest will be a mish mash of mil-spec items like combat vest - kneed pads - boots etc.
Been working a bit harder in the evenings than weekends these days - weekends are for sleeping off the hangover right XD BUT with Comicon just a week and a tiny bit away gotta get going!
sooo some updates and stuff
Setting up for some soldering (making LED daisy chains for the HEV suit - final touches)
Helmet cut open and test fit seems ok for now XD
. .
Started the paint job - just tidying up and glueing details to do.
This suit is for my friend who is playing the baddy - Commander Valev of the combine invasion force and he's been working on the torso & other armour parts (to fit him obviously
Hope you enjoy - this is a pretty chuncky update comparatively.
So of course our combine helmet is done - EL wire I'm hoping has enough density to be bright enough in daylight (wound it round a few times in the eye piece)
Some silly -
Some serious -
Anyway - the point of that - HEV suit is finished - that gap at the front is sorted... it's a pretty frickin' tight fit - but hey all for... some reason XD Just got to wire up some LEDs in the back panel (I overvolted my first daisy chain and blew a bunch of bulbs XD)
Finished the suit - went to Comicon - broke the suit XD - it was too hot and glue melted like a mother... will be replacing some leg and arm parts but all in all it wasn't too bad... except for my lack of photos - it is always a pain getting the camera out every time so I'm relying on people I gave the cards out to, to post on my page - but alas nothing yet.
I'll post something soon and get on with fixing this thing
So - After another breakdown & re-build I have the MK V
yeah I've made a lot of HEV Suits over the years... This is the screen ready version - a mixture of 3D printed joiners, chest piece & foam.
Fiberglassed and murderproof