Yikes! I've been majorly neglecting responding to this thread. Sorry! Life is lifey. Anyway…
Can't believe I missed you and the other spartans at AX! Maybe next year...great job and suit and especially the undersuit...that must have been a godsend for both flexibility and not being roasted alive lol
The pictures I have up in this thread are actually from 2013, not 2014 but I think there was still a pretty good Spartan showing at SDCC this year (not sure about AX though). Hopefully the reorganization of the forum will help prevent missed meet ups in the future!!!
I have a question for OP and whoever happened to be a spartan at AX: How did you get past or deal with weapons check in? The rules were pretty strict... i.e. If the gun has a futuristic silouhette (star trek phaser, oddly shaped plasma rifle) its fine, but if it looks realistic or anything like today's guns, it must be painted 50% neon. Seeing as how the spartans' pistols and all of the UNSC aresnal is "modern" enough (bullpup layout, etc.) compared to today's definition of guns, I'm interested. Really want to try something like this for next year!
I attended AX in 2013 only, so I'm not sure if they changed their restrictions in 2014. Some of the Spartans I was with at 2013 AX did have trouble and were required to tape off an entire side of their gun with blue tape (when posing for photos they just kept the taped side away from camera). This seemed to only apply to the larger weapons. For my pistol, they just put a tag on it and were ok with it…didn't totally make sense to me why the pistol was ok but the AR wasn't. Since then, I have added orange tape to the tip of my pistol because BCC required it, so it seems to vary from con to con.
Do you have a link to the file that you used for the chest plate. i would really appreciate it. I`m struggling with my armor. Getting by though with the help of your posts of your armor. Its amazing! thanks
Sorry, but all of my armor was done freehand so there are no files! Hope you find something that works!
Just went through this entire thread in one sitting. Amazing work! Takes dedication to sort out so many details and execute them like this.
A couple quick questions for you (sorry if I missed where you might have already answered these):
What did you use to apply the blue paint and glaze coatings? It looks sponged maybe? Also how did you achieve the weathering - for instance the white thigh stripe looks like it was evenly applied then maybe partially sponged off. Same thing for the corners on the shoulder pieces, sponging the blue to expose the silver paint underneath. Looks expertly done, anyway!
When joining sections of foam together at an angle it seems like you'd need to bevel the two surfaces that mate if you wish to achieve a contour. Did you do all this by hand? It seems like it would be easy to over/under-do the bevel and wind up with an incorrect outer shape.
Truly great work here. Fantastic!
Thanks
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! For the painting, yes I did it as you are describing with a sponge! Somewhere in the thread I posted an image showing the order that I applied the different colors…not sure which page it's on though…probably somewhere nearish to the end? For the foam questions, Termhn posted a good response! And yes, I did my beveling by hand, similar to drack's method.
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A few weeks ago I went to Boston Comic Con and met up with
SniperWolf. Had a lot of fun and took some photos
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(some of you may have already seen these on FB).
From a build perspective, I don't have any further plans for this suit beyond minor wear and tear repairs. I do plan to continue wearing the Kat suit to cons and meeting up with other Spartans though…until it's time for a replacement
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As always, keep buildin' guys!