toolguy301
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Been working on a Rako Hardeen. All the hard pieces have been 3D designed by myself & printed through Shapeways. All the 3D printed parts were coated with Smooth On's XTC-3D, sanded, spot filled, sanded, primed, & painted or will be painted. Plan on doing all the sewing by modifying some patterns. I am pretty far along in the build at this point but will fill in up to where I am currently, so will be a long first post.
Designed the helmet & created a pep file to get sizing prior to having it 3D printed. Went through 7 different revisions before getting it 3D printed.
Pep build just to use as a template & sizing.
3D printed helmet. Was designed with internal bracing & attachment for hard hat suspension. Attachment method for the visor lens was also designed into the helmet.
Helmet is in primer & ready for paint. Completed the painting of the rangefinder.
All the armor pieces & chest badge were 3D printed. All the armor pieces were designed with attachment methods in mind either strapping or snaps.
The parts that are grey/black/silver have been painted.
Thermal detonator.
Chest badge. The buttons were printed in white & red, these were just clear coated. Plan on adding lights to the badge. Also designed the vest clips which will be sewn into the vest & have magnets for attachment for a faux attachment method.
Sewing patterns to be used & modified.
Pepping the 2 blasters, the Westar 35 & the other. I created a 3D models for each using that to create a pep file. The Westar 35 is in the final stages.
Painted up the remainder of the armor plates; cod piece, shoulders, & knees.
Helmet was based with a metallic silver & got the antique white painted. Used liquid latex masking to added the damage that I tried to get from reference photos.
Added the yellow to the helmet.
Mouth area painted. Now to dirty it up some with some washes to give it some proper weathering.
Denim for the shirt & pants, faux suede & fur for the vest. Going to dye the pants with RIT Dye Martini Olive & Khaki Green. The vest will be Moon Mist. This will be my biggest challenge so far, sewing.
Added some washes of brown & black to dirty the helmet up & put a matte clear on.
Catches up where things stand at this point, will continue to update.
Designed the helmet & created a pep file to get sizing prior to having it 3D printed. Went through 7 different revisions before getting it 3D printed.
Pep build just to use as a template & sizing.
3D printed helmet. Was designed with internal bracing & attachment for hard hat suspension. Attachment method for the visor lens was also designed into the helmet.
Helmet is in primer & ready for paint. Completed the painting of the rangefinder.
All the armor pieces & chest badge were 3D printed. All the armor pieces were designed with attachment methods in mind either strapping or snaps.
The parts that are grey/black/silver have been painted.
Thermal detonator.
Chest badge. The buttons were printed in white & red, these were just clear coated. Plan on adding lights to the badge. Also designed the vest clips which will be sewn into the vest & have magnets for attachment for a faux attachment method.
Sewing patterns to be used & modified.
Pepping the 2 blasters, the Westar 35 & the other. I created a 3D models for each using that to create a pep file. The Westar 35 is in the final stages.
Painted up the remainder of the armor plates; cod piece, shoulders, & knees.
Helmet was based with a metallic silver & got the antique white painted. Used liquid latex masking to added the damage that I tried to get from reference photos.
Added the yellow to the helmet.
Mouth area painted. Now to dirty it up some with some washes to give it some proper weathering.
Denim for the shirt & pants, faux suede & fur for the vest. Going to dye the pants with RIT Dye Martini Olive & Khaki Green. The vest will be Moon Mist. This will be my biggest challenge so far, sewing.
Added some washes of brown & black to dirty the helmet up & put a matte clear on.
Catches up where things stand at this point, will continue to update.
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