Re: Phil's Reach EOD + Halo 4/5 thread of shenanigans (WIP, pic heavy)
Alright! Sorry for the delay there, but managed to get a solid evening of boating in! Now I neglected to take any close up pictures of the pieces that go between the butt plate, side pods, and front of the cod piece, but they are simply two layers of 1/2" eVA glued together with some of the edges beveled. The front also has two slight angles and some minor derails cut out. You can see these parts in the more finished pics!
Onward! Here is my butt plate template drawn and cut out. As you can see, I've already estimated and cut out one of the angles..... it's a heck of a lot easier to do it at this stage than to do it on your foam, potentially making a mistake judgment and wasting it!
Here is the inside of the butt plate after the bevels have been added and glued. So, as you can see, I changed my mind a little on the scale once I got to this point , and added that ~3/4" strip to the bottom to correct it, as well as the two little "wings" on the side which would have been added at some point anyway!
Add a little craft foam for details, and the butt plate is finished! (Probably the easiest part of the codpiece haha)
So, now all of my parts are made, it's time to get a little creative and stick em together! After a little experimenting, I found that 1" elastic strapping bonds very well with hot glue. Soooo, I used it to make an inner belt, belt loops, and hold sections of the codpiece together! It all made for a very comfortable and ergonomic fit, with great flexibility. Here a re a few pics depicting how I rigged it up!
Are those magnets in my codpiece, or am I just happy to see you?
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so yes there are rare earth magnets for the front piece to make it easily removable. Unfortunately the 8 that I added were not quite strong enough to prevent it from popping loose while moving around a lot, so I will have to add one more larger magnet to the equation, and it will be sound (already tested and works well, just need to permanently affix the magnet). You can also see I removed a layer of foam from the back of the codpiece for a little more space.
And this is more or less how it now sits(though the inner belt isn't installed in this pic, and the sides are slightly less droopy when it is worn haha)! I don't have any pics of it on me quite yet, but I'll be sure to snap some next weekend when I'm back in town!
As usual, thanks for looking, guys!