Sithslayer78
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Hey guys, I've been working on this suit for a while now and I figured that I should get around to adding it to the list here! I usually frequent the 405th parts of these forums, but after seeing the Mk. 39, I couldn't resist. First post is going to be a bit hectic since I'm putting about 2 months of work into one post, but here goes!
First, I started with scaling. I had a few flights across the country so that gave me plenty of time to break out Maya and try and make sure not only that the parts were scaled to fit me, but each other as well. To do this, I just placed them in an animation scene and scaled them relative to a stock 3D model of a person that I scaled to be my height:
Then, I got working to getting the templates unfolded and cut out. Pretty simple work, but tedious. Thankfully, I had access to a laser cutter to help with cutting out the templates:
While I was at it, I also used the cutter to cut out parts that required the Hex patterning. This took a long time ans was generally boring. But the results speak for themselves:
As for the Arc Reactor, While I was able to find reference images outlining a general shape, it didn't seem very exciting so I just decided to abandon all that and make my own:
Here a second one I made is sitting in my desktop:
I also decided that I would be using Adafruit Neopixels to light the arc reactor, and eventually the hands:
From there, Pics get a bit scarce, but I'll upload what I have and try to get more done from there:
I'll try and post more pictures when I get home, since there a lot more parts (not shown). From here, I'm going to need to (in no particular order):
First, I started with scaling. I had a few flights across the country so that gave me plenty of time to break out Maya and try and make sure not only that the parts were scaled to fit me, but each other as well. To do this, I just placed them in an animation scene and scaled them relative to a stock 3D model of a person that I scaled to be my height:
Then, I got working to getting the templates unfolded and cut out. Pretty simple work, but tedious. Thankfully, I had access to a laser cutter to help with cutting out the templates:
Here a second one I made is sitting in my desktop:
I also decided that I would be using Adafruit Neopixels to light the arc reactor, and eventually the hands:
From there, Pics get a bit scarce, but I'll upload what I have and try to get more done from there:
I'll try and post more pictures when I get home, since there a lot more parts (not shown). From here, I'm going to need to (in no particular order):
- Finish painting errythang
- Build the Visor
- add EL lighting and a cooling fan
- Build the Neck Seal
- Sew Gold Spanded into the gloves
- Sew Gold Spandex elbow Joints
- Wire the Torso lighting and controllers
- Wire the hand lighting and controllers
- Design pockets into the Cod to store things
- Figure out where to stuff a camelbak
- Rig the armor
- Test and go be Iron man
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