jerewarrior
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looking badass :eek loving your tough guy scar too
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Overwatch: Reinhardt 'Uprising Skin' - FINISHED!
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Hoplitespear
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Looks really cool m8! so whats next? 
LeClubNerd
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This one, Joe Pineapples from ABC Warriors, plus Deadlock for my son and Morrigun for my wifeLooks really cool m8! so whats next?
Hoplitespear
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This one, Joe Pineapples from ABC Warriors, plus Deadlock for my son and Morrigun for my wife
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never heard of that. But looks amazing? its a 1;1 build i guess or you going giant again?
LeClubNerd
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Joe is meant to be 9' tall but i'm going to scale him down and just have him as 6'6".. it's something i'm really looking forward too and i'm giving myself 1 year to get it done so no pressure
.. how about you? what props are you working on?
Hoplitespear
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Doing some home improvements atm . and saving up to start a new project.
. and saving up to start a new project.
LeClubNerd
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hehe, always thinking of the next oneDoing some home improvements atm
LeClubNerd
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I just thought i'd throw in one more thing because I never got to post much video, this one has suit up, movement and some other things.
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LeClubNerd
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Ty so much, and good luck with your future builds as wellAwesome! Already congratulated you on reddit, but reading the build log is so much better
LeClubNerd
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Awesome, i'm glad people are finding them useful. I'll be slowing down on them over the next few weeks but if you want something specific be sure to let me know
LeClubNerd
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When I said he was finished he kinda wasn't. He was finished enough but he had a few missing things like his shield. So it was time to add it on.
For those unfamiliar with Reinhardt his shield is on his left forearm and is a lion emblem.
It looks like this then when he activates it four telescopic arms pop out from behind the shield and extend into a giant forcefield so he can shield his teammates.
As real forcefields are yet to exist i'm creating that effect with light. The arms though will pop out from behind the shield..hopefully.
So I thought about a few ways to have the arms pop out and sketched this one.
I ordered some drawer slides. Good old eva foam for the shield.
Threw the mechanism into Fusion and mocked it up.
in this version there is a bit of interferance but it could be sorted I was more worried about how 3d printed arms would go and decided to think of an alternative and came up with this one.
Then someone suggested just one pinion instead of 4.
So back to Fusion.
I was also contemplating a 3d printed bearing so the entire shield could turn 90 degrees on his arm. When it's not used it sits upright but when it's used it turns 90 degrees and is upright when his arm is held horizontal. I figured just getting it to do the arms would be enough complication for now.
I got a dozen 12v blue strips normally used for cars... one is bright 12 should be very bright, each arm will 2 and then four will be on the back of the shield reflecting back onto me. They will only trigger when the arms are fully opened, i'm putting a glass reed switch onto one arm and a rare earth magnet on the back of the shield this will complete the circuit and the whole thing will light up.
So, I had a nice blue semi transparent PETG filament that had some great flex to it and is much stronger than PLA. I used a skateboard bearing for the pinion, there's 2 double helical pinions with a gap for the 2 levels.
I ran out of the blue and had to switch to some white PLA but the parts that needed to be super tough got done.
A little bit of foamwork for the lions face on the front, I even tried some foam clay, it's interesting to work with but i think I should have turned the heater off (It's winter here) it seemed to dry quite quickly. Anyway, i'm not happy with my sculpting but I can bo back in with my dremel.
For those unfamiliar with Reinhardt his shield is on his left forearm and is a lion emblem.
It looks like this then when he activates it four telescopic arms pop out from behind the shield and extend into a giant forcefield so he can shield his teammates.
As real forcefields are yet to exist i'm creating that effect with light. The arms though will pop out from behind the shield..hopefully.
So I thought about a few ways to have the arms pop out and sketched this one.
I ordered some drawer slides. Good old eva foam for the shield.
Threw the mechanism into Fusion and mocked it up.
Then someone suggested just one pinion instead of 4.
So back to Fusion.
I was also contemplating a 3d printed bearing so the entire shield could turn 90 degrees on his arm. When it's not used it sits upright but when it's used it turns 90 degrees and is upright when his arm is held horizontal. I figured just getting it to do the arms would be enough complication for now.
I got a dozen 12v blue strips normally used for cars... one is bright 12 should be very bright, each arm will 2 and then four will be on the back of the shield reflecting back onto me. They will only trigger when the arms are fully opened, i'm putting a glass reed switch onto one arm and a rare earth magnet on the back of the shield this will complete the circuit and the whole thing will light up.
So, I had a nice blue semi transparent PETG filament that had some great flex to it and is much stronger than PLA. I used a skateboard bearing for the pinion, there's 2 double helical pinions with a gap for the 2 levels.
I ran out of the blue and had to switch to some white PLA but the parts that needed to be super tough got done.
A little bit of foamwork for the lions face on the front, I even tried some foam clay, it's interesting to work with but i think I should have turned the heater off (It's winter here) it seemed to dry quite quickly. Anyway, i'm not happy with my sculpting but I can bo back in with my dremel.
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LeClubNerd
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Here's the left forearm, the whole thing will attach where the Overwatch logo is.
This is the start of the arm sleeves.
And this is where the mechanism is today.
It will either be powered with 360 mechanical servo or the rip cord off a chainsaw... i've ordered both
This is the start of the arm sleeves.
And this is where the mechanism is today.
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LeClubNerd
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Thanks mate
LeClubNerd
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So i'd got it to the point that it opened with the string in the video in the previous post and that reel I had printed off temporarily to check the action I was waiting for a servo and a ripcord to arrive to decide which one. I was also waiting for the lights 2 for the eyes, 2 for the front, 4 for the ends of the arms and 8 long blue ones for the arms themselves.
I then built 4 oblong tubes and attached the lights to test them.
8 of them gave off a fairly decent blue glow, not exactly like being behind the shield but Ok.
I then ran all the wires through the arms to try and make sure none of them got caught up on the mechanism and I added a glass reed switch and covered it in 2mm foam
At this point the ripcord arrived, so i took a screw out to see how i'd attach it and the spring flew out i tried for an hour or so to put it back in and got close a few times then gave up figuring the servo was a better plan anyway... then the servo arrived which was meant to be a 360 servo however it wasn't but it's ok, i had a 3rd plan up my sleeve.
I had ordered a rechargeable screwdriver, i'd figured it'd have enough guts but was worried it'd be too slow.. it turned out fine
So I placed a rare earth magnet in the back of the shield and all four lights for the end tips and all eight lights along the arms were both on very basic circuits one 5V and one 12V each with a glass reed switch that would activate when they got near the magnet which would happen when the arms extended.
So when I buy Plastidip I just buy it off of ebay I I can often get cans 1/4 price but they're in odd colours...like fleuro orange, perfect
Orange is perfect, it gets covered with matt back anyway but if it gets scratched deep enough then i'm fine with orange showing.
I've shown my paint method a few times in this thread but one more time won't hurt, I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but for this particular build I wanted a real Reinhardt just stepped off of the battlefield, not a Blizzard cartoon with fake cuts and a little airbrushing..i wanted real steel, real rust, real weight to it.
So, base black is followed by a layer of rust which is orange/red/yellow acrylic stippled on with a dead brush in the places where you'd expect rust to appear on the metal.
Then you grab hairspray and salt, you spray the area with the hairspray and sprinkle the salt on where you want the rust to show. This salt will prevent paint covering that spot so when you rub the salt off the rust colour will show through.
The next layer is your metal, aluminium in this case. Then before you put your final colour on you use masking fluid where you expect scratches in the paint to be. Then you apply the final colour. In this case blue.
Then at this point i'd normally grab the airbrush and hit it with some shading and weathering with some black tones but my airbrush is on the blink so instead I water down some black acrylic and wash all the parts down liberally. I then let it all dry overnight.
The next morning I wet everything down and with a rag wash and rub away all the masking fluid and salt.
I then built 4 oblong tubes and attached the lights to test them.
8 of them gave off a fairly decent blue glow, not exactly like being behind the shield but Ok.
I then ran all the wires through the arms to try and make sure none of them got caught up on the mechanism and I added a glass reed switch and covered it in 2mm foam
At this point the ripcord arrived, so i took a screw out to see how i'd attach it and the spring flew out
i tried for an hour or so to put it back in and got close a few times then gave up figuring the servo was a better plan anyway... then the servo arrived which was meant to be a 360 servo however it wasn't but it's ok, i had a 3rd plan up my sleeve.So I placed a rare earth magnet in the back of the shield and all four lights for the end tips and all eight lights along the arms were both on very basic circuits one 5V and one 12V each with a glass reed switch that would activate when they got near the magnet which would happen when the arms extended.
Orange is perfect, it gets covered with matt back anyway but if it gets scratched deep enough then i'm fine with orange showing.
I've shown my paint method a few times in this thread but one more time won't hurt, I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but for this particular build I wanted a real Reinhardt just stepped off of the battlefield, not a Blizzard cartoon with fake cuts and a little airbrushing..i wanted real steel, real rust, real weight to it.
So, base black is followed by a layer of rust which is orange/red/yellow acrylic stippled on with a dead brush in the places where you'd expect rust to appear on the metal.
Then you grab hairspray and salt, you spray the area with the hairspray and sprinkle the salt on where you want the rust to show. This salt will prevent paint covering that spot so when you rub the salt off the rust colour will show through.
The next layer is your metal, aluminium in this case. Then before you put your final colour on you use masking fluid where you expect scratches in the paint to be. Then you apply the final colour. In this case blue.Then at this point i'd normally grab the airbrush and hit it with some shading and weathering with some black tones but my airbrush is on the blink so instead I water down some black acrylic and wash all the parts down liberally. I then let it all dry overnight.
The next morning I wet everything down and with a rag wash and rub away all the masking fluid and salt.
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LeClubNerd
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Then I ran out of room and had to go to the next post :/
So, yeah wet cloth rub everything down really vigorously
So I rinse and repeat for all the details on the lion face as well.
So at this point i'm running out of time, as usual so i throw it all in the car and figure i'll put it together at the con..i grab bolts and taper and contact cement, cable ties etc
I was also suddenly having trouble with the mechanism, it had gone from being fine to grabbing on something..i figured i'd look at this when i got to then con as well.
I packet up the power supplies and place them into the shield, they can go either side but i put them on the side of the lion's face. I also add about 40 magnet to keep the lion face on.
So, yeah wet cloth rub everything down really vigorously
So I rinse and repeat for all the details on the lion face as well.
So at this point i'm running out of time, as usual
so i throw it all in the car and figure i'll put it together at the con..i grab bolts and taper and contact cement, cable ties etcI was also suddenly having trouble with the mechanism, it had gone from being fine to grabbing on something..i figured i'd look at this when i got to then con as well.
I packet up the power supplies and place them into the shield, they can go either side but i put them on the side of the lion's face. I also add about 40 magnet to keep the lion face on.
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LeClubNerd
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Damn, lost my post
So here is the battery packs and the shield magnetted on.
The magnets turn out to not be strong enough so the kind cosplay repair guy attaches the lion with some super heavy duty velcro.
I had 3d printed and angled part with bolt holes through it that has a matching part that goes on the inside of the forearm and 3 bolts hold the shield onto the arm.
The fantastic photographer SteamKittens was on hand and he took some awesome shots.
His assistant on the day was Dreambolic Art and she hopped in for a shot, great Darth Maul, i'd always rather be wearing armour than body paint
And then finally ... he did this one. Which floored me because i never knew he took it. He was setting up his lights and I was checking something on the suit.
So here is the battery packs and the shield magnetted on.The magnets turn out to not be strong enough so the kind cosplay repair guy attaches the lion with some super heavy duty velcro.
I had 3d printed and angled part with bolt holes through it that has a matching part that goes on the inside of the forearm and 3 bolts hold the shield onto the arm.
The fantastic photographer SteamKittens was on hand and he took some awesome shots.
His assistant on the day was Dreambolic Art and she hopped in for a shot, great Darth Maul, i'd always rather be wearing armour than body paint
And then finally ... he did this one. Which floored me because i never knew he took it. He was setting up his lights and I was checking something on the suit.
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LeClubNerd
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Anyway, to wrap up another chapter ... the idea worked, the shield functioned, is it heavy? yes is it practical? no is it ok for photos? yes is it good on the con floor? no way, it's heavy and unwieldy and i wouldn't trust myself to hug people with the shield on, especially little ones and i do alot of hugging
So i put it on for the photos and took it back off for the rest of the day.
It was a fun side project to see if I could figure out a way to do it. I will still sort out the kinks but the urgency to get it done is over so it's on the side burner while I rework the right arm now. The 3d parts worked quite well straight off so i'll upload the files to thingiverse so people can play with them.
Anyway, i'm glad i didn't have the shield on the stage because I don't think i could've done this with it on
So i put it on for the photos and took it back off for the rest of the day.
It was a fun side project to see if I could figure out a way to do it. I will still sort out the kinks but the urgency to get it done is over so it's on the side burner while I rework the right arm now. The 3d parts worked quite well straight off so i'll upload the files to thingiverse so people can play with them.
Anyway, i'm glad i didn't have the shield on the stage because I don't think i could've done this with it on
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