Andreas Persson
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I'm gonna use the cover patch and if anyone asks to see the watch I'm gonna open it up and show a wristwatch drawn on paper 
The Martian Space Suit
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Haha, yeah that sounds like the best solution yet.
I just bit the bullet and ordered a Glowforge laser cutter seeing how much potential it has for this costume and other fun projects. Hopefully it will come in early next year and I can get enough time to work the armor by the summer. Make it to a con or two. If anyone else is planning on getting one let me know and I can PM you my referral link and we both get $100 off if you want.
I just bit the bullet and ordered a Glowforge laser cutter seeing how much potential it has for this costume and other fun projects. Hopefully it will come in early next year and I can get enough time to work the armor by the summer. Make it to a con or two. If anyone else is planning on getting one let me know and I can PM you my referral link and we both get $100 off if you want.
Yeah, I really doubt we'll reach the 500 minimum. For what it's worth, I could go for 25 of them (if there's a chance to actually make it to 500) otherwise I'd have to stick to painting them myself or find someone that can do a custom anodizing.
I managed to figure out how the webbing is made and I have to say it's clever and stupidly obvious. They went for herringbone webbing which also goes under the name "soft herringbone tape" and "Horse Blanket Binding". It's interesting because it can me either cotton or acrylic that is supposed to "feel like cotton" as advertised. What they got was two sizes, one 45mm herringbone (the V-shape) for the Nautic buckles + Cobra Compact at the belt, and another (guessing 25mm) without the herringbone weave as the Molle.
I can't upload pictures now, but at the front where the webbing goes from 45mm to 25mm they just folded it and sewn it double thick where it is 25mm. It's not obvious at first glance which is brilliant!
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And I just can't find the right one
It's either not 45mm and grey or it's 45mm and every color but...
Good research. This is a military herringbone tape:
It still doesn't look perfect though but very close
antila
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TheBryanScout
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Just saw the film last night. Epic! But did anybody else notice that there was a NASA patch on the coolshirt sleeve?
Bedon292, not to plug one of my other threads, but i have been doing a lot of lasercutting experiments, with different materials and such. I have a catch all discussion surrounding my slow, yet continuing research on cutting EVA foam on a lasercutter. http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=246305
As someone who uses a lasercutter everyday, my considered opinion is that the glowforge machine looks pretty rad. There are a lot of problems it seems to solve that I have with the machine I use. Namely registration of different operations, IE precisely lining up cuts with rastered surfaces. It also seems like it will be beneficial with saving material and making the most of every piece, because of the ability to visually line parts up on their material prior to cutting. Also the function to have the machine test the material before and set itself to make an optimal cut is really a potential timesaver.
As someone who uses a lasercutter everyday, my considered opinion is that the glowforge machine looks pretty rad. There are a lot of problems it seems to solve that I have with the machine I use. Namely registration of different operations, IE precisely lining up cuts with rastered surfaces. It also seems like it will be beneficial with saving material and making the most of every piece, because of the ability to visually line parts up on their material prior to cutting. Also the function to have the machine test the material before and set itself to make an optimal cut is really a potential timesaver.
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Yeah there is a huge amount of problems it claims to solve. I have wanted to buy / build a laser for a while now, and just had to do it when I saw it. That thread looks pretty sweet. I will keep an eye on it, because I think this costume is going to take a lot of pep foam cutting and I want to do it on a laser.
I really think the base of the chest/back plate and the backpack is foam fabricated. I believe the front was printed but the base is about 1/2" thick (eyeballing) and is curved exactly like EVA foam curves around the body. The backplate also just isn't very cleanly made, as if it were made out of foam instead of 3D printing it. I may take this into consideration when fabricating the master for my mound.
Very cool! What does that plaque say beneath Janty Yates? I really want to contact everyone who touched these suits to find out what they were made of.
The EVA suit looked like it may be real Beta cloth. The texture on the folds around the gopro look like the real deal.
kurofeadra
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This thread is already 27 pages? Wow.
Is it already too late to rejoin the party? Dragon Con 2016 is too far for me.
Is it already too late to rejoin the party? Dragon Con 2016 is too far for me.
Hahah of course not! Welcome back.
sain
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Got a bit more progress on the arm comp today. I tried to detail out the fillets as closely as I could following the reference photos. Some of them are a bit weird, probably hand done so the model isn't as clean as Id normally like. But as accurtae as can make out from the photos I have.
The internal screen pocket is sized for an iPhone 5 right now. So that should be able to slide in perfectly.
Still not sure if anything is on the thin side. In terms of a little detail. My guess is there is a pill slot on it, but for now its blank.
I just have to optimize if for 3D printing and round 1 should be good to go.
The internal screen pocket is sized for an iPhone 5 right now. So that should be able to slide in perfectly.
Still not sure if anything is on the thin side. In terms of a little detail. My guess is there is a pill slot on it, but for now its blank.
I just have to optimize if for 3D printing and round 1 should be good to go.
andromeda
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I think you're right.
Just got back from the movie theater - SO GOOD - and I was thinking it certainly doesn't look as rigid/sturdy as it does in pictures. In fact, it almost looks flimsy in some shots.
And on that note, the one or two times you see him really bending his knees or elbows and the armor bends pretty far with him...maybe *all* the armor is foam, just different thicknesses?
I guess that makes the helmet the most difficult part of the costume.
Andreas Persson
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I don't know how FBFX did the armor or helmet but I bet they're willing to answer any questions being asked about their beautiful work
Especially the inside and it's functions, getting the LEDs to work and the ventilation. The helmet got alot going on indeed. I also noticed some sort of construction helmet looking head rest inside the helmet
I don't know how FBFX did the armor or helmet but I bet they're willing to answer any questions being asked about their beautiful work
Especially the inside and it's functions, getting the LEDs to work and the ventilation. The helmet got alot going on indeed. I also noticed some sort of construction helmet looking head rest inside the helmet
I sent FBFX an email today asking them questions on the construction of the suit. Fingers crossed.
More costume info from Janty Yates:
http://costumedesignersguild.com/articles-videos/pick-of-the-week/the-martian/
http://costumedesignersguild.com/articles-videos/pick-of-the-week/the-martian/
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