The Martian Space Suit

[Andreas Persson]

Looks like you would be able to just use a black marker pen on the edges of a red webbing to get the same effect.

I thought the same, but I fear it would be quite difficult getting a fine line between the two colors and since the black ink would have to go fairly deep into the webbing it could easily bleed over that line.

But I don't know, I'm new to this.

 

[WBE]

I thought the same, but I fear it would be quite difficult getting a fine line between the two colors and since the black ink would have to go fairly deep into the webbing it could easily bleed over that line.

But I don't know, I'm new to this.

I think buying an already trimmed webbing is much better.

 

[Andreas Persson]

New reference shots from Wired

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/martian-design-fx/?mbid=social_fb

 

[Captain April]

The Helmet is officially finished,

I will be converting the files.

 

[andromeda]

The Helmet is officially finished,
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I will be converting the files.

*flails*

AMAZING job.

 

[Freez89]

The Helmet is officially finished,
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I will be converting the files.

Man i can't wait to get my hands on this nice job Captain April

 

[Andreas Persson]

I knew it, Andy Weir uploaded a picture of the Beck suit where you can see the FC41A buckles that were hidden inside the battle belt of the Watney suit. I'm still not sure if there are two more on the back side of the belt but at least we know there's more buckles. I can get those FC41A from the same German retailer as the red webbing for about 2€ each in case anyone in Europe would be interested.

 

[Andreas Persson]

With the release of Oculus Rift VR headset early Q1 2016, The martian is one of the movies that will get a complementary VR experience release at Q1 2016.

But until then, here's a Ridley Scott narration of a scene from The Martian showing some great shots of the suit in action along with the news of the VR experience and a FPV screenshot/illustration:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/b...lity-has-liftoff-from-fox-innovation-lab.html

 

[Bedon292]

I knew it, Andy Weir uploaded a picture of the Beck suit where you can see the FC41A buckles that were hidden inside the battle belt of the Watney suit. I'm still not sure if there are two more on the back side of the belt but at least we know there's more buckles. I can get those FC41A from the same German retailer as the red webbing for about 2€ each in case anyone in Europe would be interested.

Very hard to tell, but it looks like the one on the right side is actually asymmetrical and not the symmetrical ones.

 

[jontom]

I've found an additional domestic source for buckles and quick releases.

http://www.ifithermoplastics.com/products/austrialpin

They don't have everything, but its easier to navigate than the Austrialpin site and the prices are pretty good.

 

[sain]

Sorry Guys for the delayed response on the wrist comp. Have had a few crazy weeks. I've ran my files through my slicer and printed out a few parts. The details, seem a bit too fine for my slicers to pick up. I was getting missing surfaces when it actually printed. So I'm beefing up a few features to make it more robust anyways. Thickening some surfaces from 0.75mm to 1.0mm won't make a big difference in look, but should help out with the overall robustness.



Will be working on this later this week. I haven't heard back from the other guys that printed my test files. But just wanted to give a heads up.

Also wanted to add a files of what I think the screen accurate part break up looks like. Each color I think is 1 solid part, that was painted to look like separate parts. I wasn't originally going to break it up this way. But it seems that it may be best in terms of getting all the detail needed.

 

[m1a1hunter]

The Helmet is officially finished,
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I will be converting the files.

Are you going to be selling the digital files?

 

[andromeda]

I've found an additional domestic source for buckles and quick releases.

http://www.ifithermoplastics.com/products/austrialpin

They don't have everything, but its easier to navigate than the Austrialpin site and the prices are pretty good.

Awesome. Nice work.

 

[Andreas Persson]

Thank to Soulinertia for posting these buckles in Bedon292's thread which confirms two asymmetrical FC42A buckles hidden inside each side of the belt.

Link to comment here.

They are both the asymmetrical versions. As you can see below they have been threaded the opposite way on Watney's suit:

 

[Captain April]

Are you going to be selling the digital files?

I am not selling the files but I would trade for the files, which I have already with two RPF members.

 

[LUNA REPLICAS]

This is the first time I've seen this thread on page 2! Anyway, keep up the great work, guys. I'm excited to see where this will go.

-Max

 

[Captain April]

Here are the parts exploded.

 

[Soulinertia]

Incredible!

 

[Ashaman]

Stunning work!
Wish I had something to trade you for the files, or even half of your modeling skills!

 

[MaarekSteele]

Here are the parts exploded.
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Amazing work,. Trying to figure out what I could trade you for