Interstellar Suit - Share your ideas/research

[kurofeadra]

We will be also getting this in May

http://necaonline.com/51415/product...imited-edition-clothed-action-figure-box-set/

However, it isn't that accurate - see the backpack attachments for example. At least we are getting an official three dimensional representation.

 

[TheBryanScout]

I built the model in solidworks and it's 1 to 1 scale, I can export it to different formats, what format would work for pep?

It might be a few months too late, but I did figure out the file format for you guys! Pepakura viewer and designer can actually open up 3ds files and print them! Problem solved! Albeit long after it ceased being significant...

 

[Captain April]

Another member asked for the files I created to use as reference for his own helmet in sketchup to be exported to Pepakura.

I expect a new thread from him on the helmet soon.

 

[Dayereth]

So I'm going to share what Ive done so far, I recently started building the chestpiece and the backpack (they seem the lease daunting than the actual suit part) and I'm mostly using EVA foam. I edited Captain April's chest template a little View attachment my chest template.pdf
and cut out the pieces from foam, I decided to try doing the middle piece out of cardboard and aluminum tape because it had to be thinner and I could easily make the indented area.

Ill see how that goes when I wrap them with this vynel fabric I got


For the backpack I just resized
Captain April's pdf to fit myself (measured from where the straps should sit on my shoulders) and made some measurements and made a bunch of little templates for the pieces
(after cutting and dremeling)

I hope I can find time to start gluing together this weekend.

 

[Captain April]

Looks like you are on your way,I am really interested in seeing the backpack come together.

 

[Dayereth]

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In this photo its really clear that the middle panel of the backpacks are all different sizes for the different actors, where the more complex two panels are the same.

 

[Dayereth]

Heres how two of the chest pieces look after gluing on the vynel.

 

[Captain April]

Looks pretty good for the first try, I find that it takes three shots to get it right.

 

[scoodidabop]

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Heres how two of the chest pieces look after gluing on the vynel.

Looks pretty good. Did you just heat the vinyl to shape it into the nooks and crannies?

 

[Dayereth]

Looks pretty good. Did you just heat the vinyl to shape it into the nooks and crannies?

No, I did it in two pieces, where I glued it to the top, thinner, hard piece, then applied hlue to the edges and pulled it over the edges
seen here:

Then I glued the whole thing to the foam bottom piece. I thought about using heat but I was worried it would un-stick the glue

also, in person, the surface looks alot less bumpy

 

[kurofeadra]

What's the verdict on the four side release buckles? Metal side release buckles with resin cast cover?

 

[TheBryanScout]

Dayereth, do you also plan on making the rest of the suit as well, or just the chestplate and backpack?

 

[RiotJavelinDX]

http://www.scpsunlimited.com/case-studies/2014/11/12/interstellar

 

[Dayereth]

I think the buckles do have a cover and are just those slide release type ones.
you can see from that website RiotJavelinDX just posted

 

[Dayereth]

Dayereth, do you also plan on making the rest of the suit as well, or just the chestplate and backpack?

I would like to do a whole suit some day, but I think it will take time to find just the right stuff, and be a while untill I have the time, so Im just starting with those and I'll see how it goes, I definately think Im going to do the backpack with fiberglass though now

 

[Captain April]

Those are great behind the scenes shots, I am going to revise my backpack with all these clear images as reference.

 

[KaanE]

Here you can see the fabrics pretty well. I would say they're all nylon/polyester, the grey one being a semigloss nylon or polyester twill, the heavy white on the chest is just raw nylon fabric.

 

[Captain April]

Just a couple of days until the Blu-ray release, I have high hopes for behind the scenes and galleries for reference. Here's another addition to the suit parts.

 

[RiotJavelinDX]

 

[kurofeadra]

Anyone planning to produce the nametags and the faux NASA logo?