Pep to Molded Plastics War Machine,Gatling Gun,Stronger Mount and Other WM Weaponry!

[electraflier]

Re: Foam War Machine and Gatling Gun with Stronger Mount and other WM weaponry!

Muchas gracias mi amigo! I am sure she will be fine! She's home and she's ok! All done but the healing!

 

[propnoob74]

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Here is the link to the build and where to cut the suit....

http://www.therpf.com/f24/my-hd-war-machine-suit-pic-heavy-151527/index5.html#post2377618

 

[electraflier]

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Finally some more progress! The shoulder bells are the most fun part yet!
You were very correct David that the bells at 1.54 were in good proportion for the chest back piece!:cool

You can't really see it under there, but I have a set of thin football shoulder pads underneath the bell.

I may have to cut some of the edges off of the bell to streamline it, but probably not much!:cool
LOve this hobby!:love
The bells are sitting a little high because my rack is pushing the pads up and thus the bells are sitting too far up.
I believe that everything will mount nicely to the pads, including the bells! I took the 3-4 inch pads off and will glue 1/4 inch foam to the football pads. It will be a nice comfortable support system for the armor!
The gun mount will mount to this as well, quite easily..
I believe that I will mount the chest section to the shoulder pads permanently then attach the back with magnets.....all theory now LOL! Everything changes as you run into something that needs to be solved! :confused

 

[docholiday78]

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Here is the Armory!

Small but should work ok.

Nothing fancy, I have to get some shelves for the corners and some movie posters LOL!

You can see one of the hell hounds off in the left lower corner.
First question my wife asked was, "will the armor be in here too?" :confused
Not much space, they're going in the living room, bedroom, rumpus room.. the ... cant stop at just one!:behave

P.S. the walls are a "warm cocoa" not pink LOL! so my wife tells me...hehehe

How do you guys keep your work area so neat? lol I got booted out the house n into my garage cuz the trail of foam pieces i was leavin everywhere:behave my work area looks like its been hit by a tornado but that could be from my fits of rage when things dont go as planned on my suit :lol

 

[electraflier]

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You gotta read the whole thread or my MK3 thread LOL!:facepalm
I got kicked out of the dinning room due to this kind of mess 90% of the time!

The rest is editing and cropping pictures or finding a clean spot to take a picture. If you look the pics are never in the same place twice! hehehe!:unsure
Bet you can't take 10 steps without finding paper triangles on the floor.:$

I also made my wife a bargain... if she wants it off the table, I need space in the house... cant do it in garage at 100 degrees so, either I get the workout room and her stuff she barely uses (due to gym membership) goes to the garage or I get the spare room....
I got the spare room!:lol

P.S. I am writing this from the dining room table LOL! I wanted to watch a movie with her while I worked...and my manneuin is n the gym room and the garage is a hot mess! :behave

 

[electraflier]

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BIG NOTE TO PEP BUILDERS!!!! RESIN ASAP WHILE CARDSTOCK IS CRISP AND DRY!!! IT WILL SAG AND WARP WITH HUMIDITY AND TIME!!! That is all caps because I darn near lost a couple of weeks of work!:facepalm:facepalm:facepalm
Just put resin on my chest and back! It was almost a disaster! :sick
The humidity down here is close to 90% so I just this morning found my torso peps sagged into a wet mess on my work table! :confused While today was intended to be a resin day, I spent an un-necissary hour plus salvaging what should have been an in an out job!:behave
I think I was able to salvage it. Here are some pics.

You can see the warps and buckles across the upper back, this had happened everywhere!!!:cry
I was able to tape/shim with sticks and prod 95% of it back into shape while it was curing! The rest will have to wait until Bondo and sand.
Davy, (one of my inspirations) our recently finished Iron Man builder gave me the advise to do ONE piece at a time...If I had done that, this would not have happened.. Life happens! I had INTENDED to resin this last weekend, but; (insert long list of personal and work disasters here LOL!)

Here is a unique picture that I have not seen on RPF before, so thought it looked cool to share; There are some minor warps that a little heat may fix.
Here is the upper torso from the top!

I am thinking that those pep'd hatch covers up near where the gun goes will be bondo'd over, then I"ll cut actual hatch covers out of plastic like formica or thin Micarta for more "realistic" looking hatches.
Making progress as well, even though the picture is pre resin

I can assure you they have had resin put on them this very morning! LOL! That will never happen again! Too much at stake!!
M

 

[electraflier]

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Spent a little time working today. I resin'd and fixed the torso and finally pep'd my official War Machine neck seal... gonna resin that tomorrow evening. Big thank you to Stagefivedrift with an unfold by Carnage for the neck seal file creation and my bud Propnoob for sending it to me!!! Scaled at 1.85 went together fast, easy and oh lordy, everything lined up perfectly! :love
My Masked Rider War Machine Helmet made landfall in California finally!!!
Crossing my fingers for a delivery this week!:thumbsup
http://www.therpf.com/f13/iron-man-war-machine-ver-ii-finished-148748/

Going to have to start thinking about how to split and re-attach this torso... my brother Propnoobs got some good ideas I can use... :cool
We'll see...still, at least it looks like it's starting to be something!:unsure

 

[electraflier]

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OMG my Maskedrider helmet is here and I can't open it till tonight!:cry
I'll post pictures!!!

 

[electraflier]

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Ok, drum roll please!!!
I asked Masked Rider to send me the helmet in just primer, because I want to motorize the faceplate and use a different color scheme than just the battleship grey and dark iron grey.

It would have broken my heart to sand down and repaint a work of art!

Here is the pic that blows my mind!

It really is coming together!!!

Here is the color scheme I am going for!

Nuff said!
Excelsior!
M

 

[jamesrickards]

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So impressed ! Keep going loving it!

 

[Don Juan]

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Oh nice..me like

 

[msleeper]

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Where did you find a War Machine neck seal?

 

[propnoob74]

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Where did you find a War Machine neck seal?

I have it, send me a pm with your email and I will send it to you....

 

[electraflier]

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Thanks David for sending it forward! The neck seal is Stagefivedrift file and a carnage unfold! I am glad you all like it so far! I cant wait to see it under colors!
That Matte Black, Dove Grey and Silver is sweeeet!
Just saw Batman, very good movie, very dark movie...no resin or pep tonight sports fans!
M

 

[spydrwebz]

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That black and white on War Machine looks sick!!! If you decide to go this route you should trick it out and make the white glow in the dark.

 

[electraflier]

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The black and grey is sick, right!? I fell in love at first sight when I saw it! It does sound cool to have it glow or at least flourese under black light... I don't know if there is a way to add something to paint to make it glow?? Somehing to think about for sure.
M

 

[propnoob74]

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The black and grey is sick, right!? I fell in love at first sight when I saw it! It does sound cool to have it glow or at least flourese under black light... I don't know if there is a way to add something to paint to make it glow?? Somehing to think about for sure.
M

Oh yeah brother, there is; here is the website where you can buy the powder you mix with your paint and presto!!! you turn into a glow worm machine!!!!

Glow in the Dark Paint. Super Bright glow powder, Commercial luminous paint.

 

[Don Juan]

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Go to Walmart I think they sell it..the spray paint that glows..I think you ment black and white...lol

 

[propnoob74]

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Here is the magnet website:
MAGCRAFT® Brand Rare Earth Magnets

Here are the sizes and item numbers:

Part number # NSN0612/N40 0.750" X 0.750" (2) Squares 6 pk.
NSN0575/N40 0.375 X 0.250" (1) Rounds 12 pk.
NSN0573/N40 0.375"X0.125" (1) Rounds 30 pk.

 

[electraflier]

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Thanks David! you are the best! Magnets ordered!!! Hopefully 100 is enough for this suit! LOL!? just kidding 12 ought to do it!
M